Holidays: Today, my brother and I were going to give our parents their...

By Anonymous - 26/06/2009 14:31 - United States

Today, my brother and I were going to give our parents their anniversary gift which cost us over $3000. The gift was a trip to London in August to see a show on Michael Jackson's comeback tour. FML

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By Anonymous - 22/07/2009 08:11 - United States

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By andrie09 - 07/07/2009 22:18 - United States

Today, my mom told me I was a bad daughter because I didn't get anything for my parents' anniversary. I just sent my brother a check for $400 for my share of their gift. FML

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Today, my dad told me he's taking the whole family to Disney World, even my step-brother's girlfriend. But not me, because he can't "afford" it. FML

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By Kolkata - 05/08/2012 23:25 - Canada

Today, my son surprised me on my birthday with tickets to a concert I really wanted to see. I was excited, especially since I planned to buy them but couldn't due to the fact it was too expensive. I was ecstatic, until I found out he'd stolen my credit card to buy them. FML

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By FML4evs - 10/04/2009 02:43 - United States

Today, my little brother watched an old video of The Who, who are know for smashing up their guitars and such. He decided it would be cool to try it with mine. That guitar was worth over $3000. FML

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thatguy7 0

Friday 26 June 2009 23:17

That sucks, I hope you can get your money back.

lukewarmocha 0

Friday 26 June 2009 23:18

dang that sucks. knew somebody had to post this though...

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thejoz 0

Saturday 27 June 2009 0:37

Damn. Even if you can get your money back, that still sucks. "Hey, Happy Anniversary! Here's a trip to go see the King of Pop, Michael Jackson! ...Oh. He...died. Yeah..." Definitely a bummer.

Me27 0

Saturday 27 June 2009 0:38

Yeah, not so much an FML. You'll get your concert money back, they get a trip to London (it's not like it's not worth going without Michael Jackson performing there...). How selfish of you to even post this.

eduardodv 0

Saturday 27 June 2009 0:44

blame it on the boogie

nprugby11 0

Saturday 27 June 2009 0:47

Give your parents the plane tickets to London, and just make sure to get a refund on the MJ tickets, I heard that the concerts were covered under insurance so just file a claim.

littlegirllove 0

Saturday 27 June 2009 0:50

#31 you are F'd up! Like wtfff?!

laurisshnazzy 0

Saturday 27 June 2009 0:53

True FML.

nevele11 0

Saturday 27 June 2009 1:06

Is it horrible that this made me lmfao really hard? :/ Cause... that really does suck. And it's disgustingly ironic.

LachelnKind 0

Saturday 27 June 2009 1:06

Who cares if the parents can still go to London? What if the only reason to go there was the show??? Can they get the money back from the plane tickets?

xHaniffax 0

Saturday 27 June 2009 1:06

Oh that sucks but where did you buy your ticket from? cos if you got it from ticketmaster then you can get a refund I don;t know about anywhere else but I'm sure you'll get your money back andd they can still go to London and do other stuff

Qauzzix 0

Sunday 28 June 2009 22:09

Its strange that you're the first person to mention that. Ofc they can still go to London but the reason for the destination to be London was because of the concert. It changes everything because the OPs parents would maybe have another wish for their next holiday other then London, and since there wont be a concert it will probably just remind them of what they lost out on.

xrinny 0

Saturday 27 June 2009 1:14

Ouchhh, holy shit that ******* suckssss! You don't deserve that. Mj's death was a tragic accident. As for the trip... Get your money back for the tickets but still send your parents to England? Give them the money from the tickets for spending cash? I'm sure they'd still love it. :)