Today, my navy boyfriend, who's stationed in Italy, calls me to say he is in San Francisco and is coming to see me. After scrambling to get ready, he calls me back to say he doesn't recognize the train station. After searching on Google Maps, it becomes clear he's drunk at Oktoberfest. In Germany. FML
I agree, your life sucks (27257) - you totally deserved it (1488)
On 09/23/2009 at 10:47pm - love - by Spatch (woman) - United States (California)
(0)Fuck off grammar police.
OP: WOW, your life is totally fucked cos your bf is having a great time?
(0)It's not that he/she can't read. They are being a grammar Nazi because that is technically worded incorrectly.
#61 - On 09/24/2009 at 1:56pm by Intoxicunt
(0)its not october. WTF. i dont get this FML. how did you search him on google maps?
#72 - On 09/24/2009 at 5:46pm by Anonanimal
(+1)So you scrambled to get ready....big deal! Your boyfriend was piss drunk but still thinking of you and called you from overseas which must have cost him a pretty penny. We've all done stupid things when wasted and drunk dialing your partner from overseas thinking youre visiting them is hardly the worst.
(0)Actually I was quite flattered that he called me. The situation was frustrating since I haven't seen him in almost a year, but it was more of a laughing FML haha
(0)obviously youre confused. its not the fact that she got ready. its probably the fact that her boyfriend is in the navy stationed in italy and she thought she was going to see him, got all excited, and then let down.
hmm..lets think a little deeper here.
(0)For anyone screaming, "FAKE!!" to this, Oktoberfest is from September 19th through October 4th this year.
Now shut your cumholes, jackwads.
#6 - On 09/24/2009 at 3:48am by allmidnighteyes
(0)alright, I guess SOMAgirl deleted her comment?
I assure you it was mentally stimulating, and quite the worthwhile read :)
#8 - On 09/24/2009 at 3:49am by untoldfame
(0)Nah, the first 20 or so comments get fucked up really badly. It will chill out after some more comments get up.
#9 - On 09/24/2009 at 3:50am by Intoxicunt
(0)YDI for dating a guy who's too dumb to know the difference between being in San Francisco or being in Europe. Either that or for YOU being too dumb to know when your boyfriend is fucking you over.
#11 - On 09/24/2009 at 4:16am by Flounder
(0)haha aw I wish I were there :) YDI though for dating a retard.
#12 - On 09/24/2009 at 4:18am by MandieHart
(0)My comment isn't showing up. Unintended_, who the hell are you?
#23 - On 09/24/2009 at 5:34am by Intoxicunt
(0)He thinks you're cheating and wants you on your toes. My ex did shit like that to me before finally admitting why.
(+1)And why would US soldiers be in italy anyway?? or germany ? c´mon man it´s been over 60 years ... hitler ain´t coming back !! believe me!! now give us our continent back..
#39 - On 09/24/2009 at 8:23am by DanishDude
(0)Stupid fuck there are US bases in both of those countries and their was the little thing called USSR to worry about.
OP: What did you expect, hes Navy, all hes good for is kissing the poop deck, why would you think he has good direction, sober or otherwise on land. Be happy hes not gay!
#50 - On 09/24/2009 at 10:32am by andlifesuxagain
(0)Not an insult just a jest, but I have personnaly seen Navy friends try to navigate on land.. welcome to Ojai...almost made it to hollywood lol not realy
#58 - On 09/24/2009 at 12:44pm by andlifesuxagain
(+1)there's a huge military R and R facility an hour south of Munich in Garmisch. it's v. easy to get to the oktoberfest by train from there. so he had very good reason to be at the wiesn (like me all day)
#65 - On 09/24/2009 at 2:52pm by steph_darling
(0)"Fuck off" isn't a transitive verb. (You can't fuck me off.)
Alright, I'm being a little pedantic now, but not before. The OP did say it was the bf who was scrambling, not her.
#40 - On 09/24/2009 at 9:01am by BeeSkwaird
(0)You can't fuck somebody off?
Dammit. Now what will my hobby be?
#64 - On 09/24/2009 at 2:25pm by SusanaSaysRawrxD
(0)I dunno....It seems to me that "fuck" as a verb can be substituted for "get" in the phrase "get me off" to create the grammatically correct "fuck me off".
But I majored in accounting, so what the hell do I know about English?
(+1)Dang that's one very drunk sailor.
I hope he made it back to the ship/command in one piece.
#45 - On 09/24/2009 at 9:37am by were_giraffe
(+2)The point that the OP is trying to get accross is that if her boyfriend is in the Navy and stationed in Italy that she doesn't get to see him or probably not hear from him that often. So the fact that he called and said that he was at the train station could have been the best news shes heard from him in weeks.
#49 - On 09/24/2009 at 10:28am by Maybe_Baby
(0)Exactly! Thank you, cuz people don't seem to really understand what I was trying to say. And apparently my comment got deleted. . .
I was trying to say that this was more of a "haha that sucks" FML. I'm not mad at him, it's just almost a year since I've seen him. I was flattered he called me, just the situation was frustrating. And yes, this IS the OP. :)
(0)Um, no, you're lying. You're Spatch_, whereas the OP is Spatch.
#75 - On 09/24/2009 at 9:41pm by smelinapants
(0)Yeah, lemme explain that. I created the account AFTER I submitted the FML. Apparently once the FML is selected to be published, that name used is TAKEN, so I HAD to put the stupid underscore.
And if you're REALLY intent on proving I'm not the OP, might I suggest a posting for you? "Today, I stayed online trying desperately to prove someone wasn't the OP. I have no life to say "FML" about."
(0)Yeah I understand this stuff... My boyfriend is a marine.
#81 - On 09/25/2009 at 12:03am by Maybe_Baby
(+1)HA I just realized he probably called the "other" girlfriend, FYL!
#51 - On 09/24/2009 at 10:37am by andlifesuxagain
(0)Look at it this way: He cares about you enough that when he gets drunk, he doesn't want to hook up with one of the stacked Oktoberfest frauleins, he wants to travel all the way back to the West coast of the US to be with YOU.
#55 - On 09/24/2009 at 12:21pm by TonyHighwind
(0)I bet the majority of the people who don't get it are people who don't know that Germany and Italy are two different countries.
#56 - On 09/24/2009 at 12:33pm by westofwhatever
(0)Haha that sucks that it turned out he was in Germany, but at least he cared enough to call you? I thought that if you were on active duty or what not that you weren't supposed to get completely shit faced
#57 - On 09/24/2009 at 12:39pm by feed_the_ducks
(0)You obviously have never met many enlisted men.
If they're not on duty and in a private setting, they are allowed to do whatever the hell they want. If they are not on duty and in public, than they are supposed to behave themselves in a manner fitting of the United States Armed Forces. Not that this always, or even usually, happens.
#63 - On 09/24/2009 at 2:17pm by hot_mess88
(0)At least now you know what city the other girlfriend lives in.
#59 - On 09/24/2009 at 12:58pm by I_am_stupid_also
(0)ahaha..win.
who the hell wouldn't want to be at Oktoberfest? IN GERMANY?! I sure as hell wanna go to Germany!
#67 - On 09/24/2009 at 3:40pm by xSceneSceneBabyx
(0)Maybe he was so amazingly drunk that he actually thought he was at a train station in San Francisco.
It's possible.
I think.
(0)Does ANYONE even read comments anymore before posting the same stupid questions???
OKTOBERFEST STARTS IN LATE SEPTEMBER!!!! Jeezey Creezy!
(0)HAHAHAHA brilliant!!!!
this guy knows how to have fun with beer in europe :)
problem is, if he's at the real beer fest in bavaria, it's actually in october. which is why it's called oktoberfest.
(0)hmmm... My brother is in the military and in Italy. He just got home from a group trip he organized to Oktoberfest and Salzburg. LOL, totally sorry if he is part of the responsible party.
#82 - On 09/25/2009 at 12:14am by skandrea01
(0)wuts ur bro's name? i am the bf so im just wondering if i know the guy.
#105 - On 10/25/2009 at 4:56pm by iamtimdotcom
(+1)HAHAHA i think it's pretty funny actually, i'm in the navy and this isn't the worst thing i've heard or seen, oh and Oktoberfest is AWESOME!
#83 - On 09/25/2009 at 3:10am by that1775guy
(+1)So, let me get this straight. You get a phone call from your overseas military boyfriend (however misleading that call may be), and you're upset? A lot of spouses, significant others and families of military don't get such an opportunity, and would be incredibly grateful to hear their loved one's voice. Fail.
(0)It's not that she's angry with him, it's just that since he's serving overseas she only gets to see him but for 30 days a year (max) so a surprise visit would be something really special. More of a "Well, that's disappointing" than FML, but I sympathize her. I bet the OP just laughed it off.
(-1)Um....yeah. You kind of have to SEE somebody in order to be dating them. Therefore you're just saying you have a boyfriend in order to fill a void of loneliness because you couldn't get someone that would have to see you more often. Way to use him.
(0)I joined just to say this. I think that you're being pretty rude and presumptuous to say something like this. Unless you know the OP and know how she feels about her boyfriend, who are you to decide what validates their relationship? With the same logic: if the OP and her boyfriend were married and he was deployed, would they no longer be married because they were forced to be apart? What if they OP and her boyfriend were together long before he even was stationed in Italy?
To the OP: YDI for dating a sailor, date a marine :D haha jk I clicked YLIF.
(0)you're sorta bitter you dont have a gf or bf aren't u. u see if u date for a year and a half then take a job where u hafta be apart sometimes u dont just resort to breaking up.
#107 - On 10/25/2009 at 5:53pm by iamtimdotcom
(0)get over it. like you never did something stupid when you were drunk? do you even realize what that says? the truth generally comes out when people are wasted, and they often don't even know it. he was drunk, far away from you, at one of the biggest parties... and what he really wanted was to come visit you. you should be pleased.
(0)my daughter just got back from that Octoberfest and for some reason, it's in September. It is actually the biggest public festival in the world. But they don't care what month it is, with all that beer.
(0)OK first and foremost y'all responding are a bunch of fucktards. Read the damn post and then respond, not the other way around.
Anyhow as a sailor myself I can relate to your boy. When stationed and fucked up overseas there really isn't any greater compliment for someone stateside than to be called and told that you think you're close to em and you want to see em. Drunkenese is a language you have to speak, or be around the speakers frequently to understand so don't worry about it. This isn't really a FML, this is more of another reason to stick with your man. He's a keeper honey if he's drunk and saying he wants to be with you in the middle of one of the biggest celebrations in the world...
#96 - On 09/26/2009 at 3:26am by Lostsoul4U
(0)Yeah, I'm in agreement with you. I stated like 4 times in these comments that I was flattered that he called me. I had said somewhere in this mess o' comments that the situation was just frustrating cuz it's been almost a year since I've seen him. And trust me, I plan on stickin' with him :)
(0)I don't know why but I think it's kind of cute that he was so intent on seeing you...even if he was far far away. At least you know he's true. :)
(0)How is that an FML? More like something to laugh at him for the next time you speak with him and he's coherent.
(0)When he's back, you're gonna laugh about this for a long time
I love drunk Americans on the Oktoberfest... So much fun.
#100 - On 09/28/2009 at 8:28am by dat_paulchen
(0)ur an idiot it was the bavarian oktoberfest. they celebrate in september cuz thats just before the weather turns to a frosty nastiness.
#106 - On 10/25/2009 at 5:03pm by iamtimdotcom
(0)this is the boyfriend who this is all about
first 5 or 10 posts, u guys are retards, chill out grammar cops. and i find it surprising that so many ppl who are reading this online wouldnt take another minute and a half to look up and realize that oktoberfest is not in october. just a sign of how lazy and ignorant we are these days
#28 you've prolly never had a relationship with much trust in it have you?
#57 im amazed uve never heard of being a drunken sailor, the navy has the most alcoholics of any service. sorta odd since we are the only service that can't drink when we go on tours but there you have it.
#68 you got it spot on
#108 - On 10/25/2009 at 6:04pm by iamtimdotcom
(0)Hahah I spent 2 days getting wasted on Oktoberfest - it was a pure win!
I totally don't get what was the big deal about Oktoberfest not being held on October.. Some of you Americans are very silly.
Next time, try google, please?
