Today, my marriage is one week away. Despite all the challenges we faced during COVID, we powered through everything. Today is also the day my work decided to tell me they're letting me go. I now have to either go on my improvised honeymoon or job hunt. FML
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Today, my company let me go after 3 months. A day before my wedding and with zero advance notice. FML
Today, I found out less than three weeks before my wedding that my fiancé will lose his new, great paying job, unless we cancel our nonrefundable honeymoon. FML
Today, it's one day away from my wedding and two days away from our honeymoon trip. Today is also the day that, after dodging it for two years, I got Covid. FML
Today, ever since the company I worked for closed because of COVID, it took me 6 months to find a new job, during which time my wife and in-laws nagged me to get one. Now I have, my wife has asked for a divorce and I absolutely hate my new job. FML
Today, my fiancée decided to go on a "vacation." Our wedding is tomorrow. FML
Today, I found out that I have to reschedule my upcoming honeymoon because my office will be understaffed that week, due to the boss going on vacation right after my wedding. Oh, yeah, and he's in my bridal party. FML
Today, it's been less than a week since I finally got a job, after over a year of searching. I just found out that there's about to be a wave of layoffs. I haven't even gotten my first paycheck, and already I'm going to lose my job. FML
Today, after being jobless for 2 years, I got a call back for an interview. I was ecstatic until I saw the date. It's the same day I leave for a weeklong, nonrefundable vacation. I applied for the job 6 weeks ago, and since not hearing anything bought the vacation 2 weeks ago. FML
Today, I lost my job for taking an unauthorized vacation. I just got married and requested time off for the wedding and honeymoon months ago; it was approved then. They forgot, and then got angry because I didn't remind them. I did remind them, the day before I left. FML
Today, my girlfriend gave me a two week notice for our relationship. FML
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Top comments
bloopaloop 27
Definitely honeymoon. Start that shit off right. What say you fellow voters?
DukavichIsADick 3
Go on your honeymoon. Job hunt online during and/or when you come back
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Comments (14)
bloopaloop 27
Definitely honeymoon. Start that shit off right. What say you fellow voters?
kakabalo 18
hell yeah to that
Marcella1016 31
I think OP can do both. Like someone else said, file for unemployment first, then go on your honeymoon. Spend a couple hours each day applying for jobs. The two don’t have to be mutually exclusive. Also FYL OP, that really sucks :(
DukavichIsADick 3
Go on your honeymoon. Job hunt online during and/or when you come back
RichardPencil 30
Where the hell do you think you're going? You're going to be doing both by Zoom so you don't have to choose between lame honeymoon and awkward interviews.
weeblek 14
The jobs aren’t there. Go on whatever you can salvage of a honeymoon then get down to trying to find another job.
thomasthedankengine 11
it's because you're getting married
tounces7 27
File for unemployment then go on the honeymoon. You'll make more than enough for the time being.
Mathalamus 24
I'm not sure if people are insane or just privileged. Find a job. A honeymoon is, in fact, optional.
Chazzster 29
I agree with you. My assumption is that most people on FML are very young....
rotflqtms_ 21
Finding a job, especially right now, is going to be difficult unless you're an essential worker... Just saying... if the honeymoon was already paid for and OP got fired, they can file for unemployment, safely go on the honeymoon (as long as they're practicing good social distancing and not doing anything to catch covid from others) job hunt while on the honeymoon, and when they come back, they can continue searching for jobs. Don't think it'll be super easy to find one, so odds are they'll be able to take the honeymoon and still be looking for a job after it's over. Never been married, never had a honeymoon, but if you got fired, you got fired. Make the most out of life, but be SAFE! Dont go to overpopulated places. Don't go to crowded places. Drive to the honeymoon destination if possible or just make the honeymoon a quarantine honeymoon...because...I mean...who cares where you're honeymooning if you're just gonna be in the room all the time anyway? Right?
clair_brodie 35
You realize that they will make more on unemployment than their current job right?
ThatWeirdoChick 2
it's not being privileged or insane. jobs are hard enough to get now anyway and if op's already paid for whatever honeymoon they could scrape together, it's an experience that the op will regret missing. it's not as if op is quitting a job to go on the honeymoon so bright side the crap out of the situation.
AmbrosiaFan 18
Or have the honeymoon and job hunt after.
Chazzster 29
A honeymoon is a vacation. You can get married without a honeymoon - But it’s hard to live long without a job. OP - Really bad timing, but that’s life.
kfchicken 31
these comments make it clear why we have a debt crisis is north America.... don't go on any trip save the money, once you get a job go on a honeymoon. you'll enjoy it more without having to think about returning home to no job and less money anyway. also, why travel during a pandemic?