Today, I came home from a long day at work to find a path of rose pedals from the front door. Gasping with surprise, I followed it past the living room... past the bedroom... into the kitchen, where there was a note that said "Friends coming over tonight, we need food, love you!" FML
I agree, your life sucks (19099) - you totally deserved it (2092)
On 01/15/2010 at 3:33am - love - by Romantic (woman) - United States (Florida)
(+1)Hey, her significant other could have used pink bicycle pieces to get across the message because he couldn't afford roses. Don't judge.
#46 - On 01/15/2010 at 1:26pm by CyclonePsycho
(-1)If you're going to get picky about "pedals" you might as well get picky that it is supposed to be "pass" not "past". =/
(+1)"I followed it pass the living room"...Nah, doesn't work for me, I'll stick with past, thank you.
(0)I'm right and wrong. Both work, I've just always been taught that pass was a reference to walk by something were as past was referred to time.
Pass: to move past; go by: to pass another car on the road.
(0)aww.. that's funny yet depressingg hahaa. xD i agree with #71, though, that would be a good ideaa
(0)Hey, not being picky or anal. Just teasing the OP.
(And where'd that other comment go?)
#89 - On 01/15/2010 at 9:57pm by CyclonePsycho
(-1)I know a lot of people make jokes about the Nazis, so we can all do our best to overlook it. But there are survivors still alive today.
It's too soon.
#75 - On 01/15/2010 at 4:26pm by BeeSkwaird
(0)Yea. I'm with #7. What's a rose pedal? Ohhh, you meant rose petal.
#13 - On 01/15/2010 at 10:35am by BlueTwist89
(+1)I was going to say the same thing about pedals but you spoke up before I could ride to the rescue.
(0)Given how you spelled a simple word like "it's," I'm not surprised!
#76 - On 01/15/2010 at 4:28pm by BeeSkwaird
(0)SPELLING NAZI!!!! Seriously every1 cares about spelling and grammar here WTF do u think this is???? School mixed with burger king? srory bUt U c@nt a7Wayz ahve ti ur wAy weN ti cOmS 2 sp3771nG!!!
#91 - On 01/15/2010 at 10:03pm by nrose1000
(0)LOL i know right!?! anyone get that weird email thing where all the spelling is totally stuffed and u could read it easy as pie?? I didnt even notice the mistakes because IM NOT LOOKING FOR THEM!!! as long as your not spelling like "Heyy Grls!! Lv yz tlk 2 yz l8rz" all the time then i dont care if u make mistakes!!!
#101 - On 01/16/2010 at 4:58am by DanielleTheOne
(0)wel if he did all that for you to set up dinner, then think what he will do when it's the real thing
#17 - On 01/15/2010 at 10:41am by uhohuscrewedup
(-1)Haha, that's fantastic.
Seriously though, I'd 'gasp with surprise' too if I found 'rose pedals' strewn all over my house.
(-1)well when she comes do the same thing, but leave a note saying "the food I bought comes with a price tag: meet me in the bedroom ASAP"
(-2)I think that's adorable. :) It shows he cares about you.
It may not have been what you expected, but it was still sweet.
(-1)I think it's a really nice way to ask her to grab some food. Nowhere in that note did it say she had to make something. He basically asked her to go to the store. If my bf said, "we need food," I would take that as we're out of stuff and I would go grab some.
But, instead of texting or just making a quick call, he set up a somewhat elaborate way to ask her. It shows the love behind it.
(0)I think the main point is if he was going to invite people over he should have talked to her first. If it was a guy talking about having a long day at work and then coming home to dealing with guests you guys would be jumping all over his wife.
He seems to expect her to go from a long day to cooking food for guests and being an awesome host to people that are probably his friends.
#30 - On 01/15/2010 at 11:31am by TotalPandamonium
(-1)I guess I'm just different. Its all about perception. To me, friends would be mutual. My bf and don't have a whole lot of seperate friends, and I don't mind doind stuff like that.
I guess I just figured that if they are living together, that they would be mutual friends. I felt that the FML to the OP was that she expected something different than what she got. Hell, it could have just been a reminder to something she already knew about. Not enough info, and everyone is going to take it differently. I guess I'm just a person who could see the nice possibilities in this one.
(+1)My boyfriend and I have mutual friends, but even so I'd prefer he ask me before he invites them over. I don't invite people over unless I talk to him about it first. Especially during the week because he tends to be way too tired for that kind of thing.
#36 - On 01/15/2010 at 11:48am by TotalPandamonium
(-2)Again, it could have also been a reminder to something that they had already planned. It is all in the context....of which we have none.
(0)Wtf, #37? Stop arguing already, it's clear in the FML that it was in no way something pre-planned.
The OP's BF or husband invited friends over (HIS friends most likely, or she'd be more likely to know of it too), never asked her anything and is now expecting her to cook.
It's OBVIOUSLY not pre-planned, nor is he even asking her to buy food!! The petals are a clever way to avoid her getting angry over the obvious implication that she is too cook for his buddies after her long day or work. Do you have no understanding of such things or what??
Learn to read! So annoying...
(-1)#90, perhaps you should understand that it's all about perception. Just because that's the way YOU took it, does not mean that it's correct. As with my statements. There is no clear context or background, therefore it leaves a lot to perception. I was playing a bit of the devil's advocate. There are two sides to every story. Just as past experiences in your life led you to assume one thing, past experiences in mine led me to believe another. Neither is KNOWN to be right or wrong.
(-4)Too many negative votes, comment buried. Show the comment.
if you don't make the food or fuck it up after that I hope he leaves your ass on the street.
(0)Hahaha... that's kind of cute, but I'd still be pissed!
#27 - On 01/15/2010 at 11:17am by kitkatkelly
(+2)my husband tried to pull that shit on me once: Oh I invited some friends over so we need to get some more food. When he said "we" he really meant: I invited my friends over so I expect you to cook for them and clean up afterwards. What ever. He can cook for his own friends. I don't expect him to do that if I have my friends over our house.
(+1)Don't get any food -- just lay naked on your bed with your legs spread wide, and when everyone comes over, yell "Tuna tacos for everyone!"
On second thought, you can buy a massive amount of Vienna Sausages and tell everyone that they are actual size replicas of your husband's dick. That'll show him!
(-2)I love your first idea!
I cant believe that chump wasted time and money on rose pedals when he could have just called her and told her to cook...
#59 - On 01/15/2010 at 2:17pm by donkey_hang_down
(-2)are you serious? YDI, I wish I had a boyfriend that thoughtful. so what if he's asking you to cook instead of asking you to f***, he was still being creative and thoughful and all sorts of adorable. if he does this, he probably does lots of other sweet things too. get over yourself.
(-2)also, I agree with one of the above posters - you can look at it two ways. sure, you could be disappointed, even mad that he expects you to make food.
or you could look at it as the sweetest way ever to ask someone for a favor.
I know which way I'd look at it.
(-1)YDI. He finds a nice way to ask for a favor, and you spit it back in his face. Quit being a bitch.
#45 - On 01/15/2010 at 1:24pm by RuralNinja
(0)Where in the note did he ask for a favor? He didn't ask for anything. He EXPECTED her to just run out and get him and his friends food or cook for them.
#81 - On 01/15/2010 at 7:24pm by englishmuffin
(+3)Love how no one seems to get that she expect him to have prepared a romantic evening for the two of them, but was instead simply told "I invited people without telling you. Get us food, bitch!".
I'm going to assume most of the commenters here are male.
(-2)Thats her own fault for reading too many romance novels and having unrealistic expectations. Every time a guy does something different it doesn't mean he wants sex. He wanted to ask a favor, and found a nice way to do it. And where in the note did it say bitch? I guess because it didn't shower her with endless praise it obviously implied bitch, right? I guess he forgot women are emotionally frail and need constant compliments to function.
Also, since he wasn't there it might be a good assumption that he works longer (or later) than she does, did that thought ever cross your mind?
#56 - On 01/15/2010 at 1:44pm by RuralNinja
(0)RuralNinja, since you're a person against inferring things, where in the note does he ask her anything? It sounds more like he expected her to get or make food. "We need food," not "Can you grab us some food? Thanks."
I think rose petals are a nice touch, but it's perfectly justified for the OP to come home from a long day of work and be disappointed if not upset that her boyfriend invited people over and expected her to provide them with food.
It's funny how in the FML where a girl wakes up early to make french toast for her boyfriend, everyone backs the boyfriend up for bitching at her about having to wash the dishes.
#82 - On 01/15/2010 at 7:28pm by englishmuffin
(0)RuralNinja:
It wasn't her fault for expecting a romantic evening. He's the one that left rose petals everywhere.
If I was to ask you to wash my clothes and decided to wrap them up and put a bow on top, who's fault is it if you expect a present?
He didn't ask her for a favour. That would of involved calling her/talking to her and asking her politely if she good please get some food. Didn't happen.
#86 - On 01/15/2010 at 9:04pm by AtoZnumbersand_
(+1)#47 win.
Also, idkweird is NOT female. Morons with no brain have no gender anyway, they're in the same group with the amoebas etc.
(0)Gotta agree that it's a bit effed for him to place the demand on you and raise your expectations, but I can't think of a sweeter way for him to ask a favor.
(0)I agree, I was expecting the punchline to be 'into the bedroom where I saw him with my sister in bed' or something similar.
(+3)So, leave a path of crunched potato chips in a path to the kitchen and leave a note that says:
"I'm not your servant, make your own food. I'll be out with my friends. Love you!"
#71 - On 01/15/2010 at 3:03pm by madderakka
(0)Sweet yet the same time...extremely typical right? :D
#73 - On 01/15/2010 at 4:11pm by Danzergirl1
(-1)This FML has been used before; Today, I came home to find rose pedals strewn around the floor and candles lit everywhere. Thinking it was my boyfriend trying to get me in a romantic mood, I followed the pedals to my bedroom where I find my boyfriend having sex with my sister. FML.
(0)at sumkid, just cuz they have rosepedals doesnt mean they r the same
#87 - On 01/15/2010 at 9:05pm by icanfloat12
haha!! it's kinda messed up, but when I thought twice about it; he probably knew you were coming home fast and it didn't give him enough time to set up everything. So telling you to go get some food for his "friends" could probably buy him enough time to set up everything. (This is just my theory.)
#93 - On 01/15/2010 at 10:17pm by myname22
#84, that is nothing like this one. The one you told us is more f-ed up!!! Really! That's a fml.
#95 - On 01/15/2010 at 10:40pm by myname22
(0)that's funny! i would think it was hilarious if this happened to me. maybe you're just too sensitive.
p.s. petals?
(-1)This is 2010, gender roles have changed, you can't expect a woman to do all the cooking and cleaning when she works too, it's completely sexist. If she does some of the physical labour then the guy can do some of the cooking and cleaning. Look at the construction industry in recent times there have been more and more women entering it. Look around we can work twice as in a job and will still get payed less than I guy with the same qualifications that works half as much (what's is wrong with this masticated world). Women are typically far more capable of independance then men, most men 'need' women to take care of housework cause it demasculates them, while women can and will play all the traditional roles of a man cause we don't need a man to provide us with money. Many of us are striving for independance now, we are more than capable of lifting those heavy boxes, it's all a matter of building the muscles. Don't get me wrong there is still a place and a time for the guys to be gentlemen, but women can do alot with independance too.
#105 - On 01/16/2010 at 11:04am by ayame_jbomb_2727
(0)It works it could be a chewed up world, I could find the right word so I wrote/typed the first word that can to mind that was similar in looks but not meaning, I'd known I had used that word before somewhere forgot it was in biology class a few years ago back either when I was in grade 11 or 12, now I've been out of school for 2 years one of which was spent in school at university but that don't matter. I think the word I was looking for was 'masculated' not 'masticated' o well thats what happen when you try to use your brain after working in a dead end job for a while. I try to be an intellectual person but it doesn't always work.
#109 - On 01/16/2010 at 11:47am by ayame_jbomb_2727
(+1)you know, it also could have been that they needed more food in general, and he didn't want to be rude and leave his friends.
but even if it was just him saying he needed food for his friends, if my boyfriend went to the trouble of the rose petals and everything then that probably means he does cute and sweet stuff a lot of the time and i wouldn't mind picking up some food.
(0)myktm, the form passed is the past participle of the verb to pass.
Pass can be used transitively: I passed the church on my way to the store.
Or intransitively: He passed through life without a care.
The word past can be used as an adjective: Don’t hold grudges for past offenses.
As an adverb: I thought he would stop, but he just ran past.
And as a preposition: How does the food always get past the bib?
So because she followed the trail of rose petals...she followed it past the living room
If she had just gone beyond the living room she would have said "I passed the living room."
I think.
(0)Yeah.. To the people arguing about "pass" or "past". Ever thought of passed? like #99 said? ==' LOL
#100 - On 01/16/2010 at 4:35am by jonnibonni
(0)FYI to those who are commenting on spelling noone cares about spelling, most people when reading the english language can read it if liek the letters are mixed up, the words around a word are waht give a word meaning and for most wrods you jsut need the fisrt and lsat letetr in the rihgt palces to raed the wrod.
Ps. the spelling errors are to prove my point. I know I went over board. Everyone makes typos and minor spelling/gramatical errors unless they read through their post tons of times before posting it.
#108 - On 01/16/2010 at 11:37am by ayame_jbomb_2727
(0)I care about spelling. I went to school and learned spelling and grammar, just like everyone else. Why should people ignore such things? Spelling and grammar errors make me cringe.
(0)Yes, the brain is clever enough to realise wehn the lteters are mixed up and still see the words. It is also clever enguouh to realise when there is an extra or wrong letter there. But mixing the letters up is not the point. Misspelling the words is the point.
Yes, we all make mistakes. But we should be able to take some constructive criticism and learn from our mistakes, otherwise we stay ignorant, and look ignorant.
This comment and #114 disprove your point that no-one cares.
(0)I don't like reading things that are full of grammatical and spelling errors either, but when there are long discussions/arguements about on or two minor things that slip by or a small spelling error that divert the attention away from that actually story from the OP, some of the witty comments may get missed. I'm saying why worry about a little grammatical error, and most people realize the errors they make with spelling and grammer when they re-read what they wrote. See my post above about how 'we live in a 'masticated' world', I realize my error in word choice about 5 minutes after I posted the comment before I your comment on it. Why can't we ignore a minor infraction when it come to spelling and grammer when we all make those errors?
#122 - On 01/18/2010 at 9:08am by ayame_jbomb_2727
(0)you should proofread your comments, you have a ton of spelling errors.
#124 - On 01/20/2010 at 10:00am by imthelimabean
(0)Typos mostly, actually the computer doesn't always register the letters I type, so the last letter of some words are missed and the one comment was meant to be full of spelling errors.
#125 - On 01/20/2010 at 10:55am by ayame_jbomb_2727
(0)Oh and my computer likes to jump around on me when I'm trying to type responses to people so I sometimes skip words or end up with words in the middle of other words. My mouse area on my laptop is too sensitive sometimes so it'll click somewhere when I'm in the middle of typing a sentence and the last letter of a word may get missed.
#126 - On 01/20/2010 at 11:05am by ayame_jbomb_2727
(0)You're not his damn slave. You came home after a long, tiring day at work to see rose petals. When some people see rose petals, they think "a romantic night", not "feed me and my friends". Sure, it was a creative way for him to ask, but it was wrong in its intentions.
I say do this: Lead rose petals up to your bedroom one night, and when he comes inside, you're in some sexy lingerie, lying on your bed, strewn with rose petals. There's romantic music playing in the room. He thinks he's about to get some. That's when you hand him a note that says "If you have enough money to buy roses to shred, you have enough money to buy your friends food. Love You!" Then, turn over and go to sleep.
#117 - On 01/16/2010 at 10:24pm by NotFatEnough
(0)Hah, I think that's kind of cute. Of course, I've never been in your particular situation, but I still think it's funny. (;
#119 - On 01/18/2010 at 12:04am by NoteMyGrin
(0)Haha wow. I find this kind of funny and cute, but also kind of...upsetting? I don't know if that's the right word I'm looking for...but anyways, since you say "long day at work", I'm assuming you weren't in the mood to cook, so it's understandable how it's upsetting.
But it's cute in the way that he's not...err loss of words...he's not being a complete ass about it. He got the roses and such, so I don't think it's completely horrible.
#120 - On 01/18/2010 at 2:44am by TwilightFalcon
