Today, a man in a hurry asked me for a light. Not being able to find my lighter amongst the muddle inside my handbag, I handed him my lit cigarette so he could light his. He took it from me, started smoking it and walked off. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, some guy asked me if he could borrow my lighter. I said "of course," reached into my handbag, and gave him the lighter. He stared at me for a few seconds until I realised I'd given him a tampax. FML
Today, I begged a coworker to let me borrow her lighter for my smoke break, since I'd lost mine. She was reluctant because of my track record of losing the darn things. After my break I stopped to use the restroom really quick, and promptly dropped the lighter into the toilet. FML
Today, I was at a bar and met this great guy. He was going outside for a smoke and I wanted to go too. Since I don't smoke, I decided to borrow one of my friends cigarettes as an excuse to go outside with him. As I was lighting the cigarette, he pointed out that I was lighting the wrong end. FML
Today, I was walking past a homeless guy while smoking; he asked if he could have a cigarette. So I gave him one and said without thinking, "Sorry, it’s a menthol, but beggars can't be choosers." FML
Today, I gave a man a cigarette. He spent the rest of the day so far following me around, telling me all about his medical history, and chasing after me when I got too far away. I couldn't get rid of him for hours. FML
Today, on my way home from grocery shopping, two young adults around my age came up and asked me for a lighter. Thinking they just needed it to light a cigarette, I handed them my only lighter. They immediately ran away. I got robbed for a 1.99$ lighter. FML
Today, I got punched in the face after a stranger asked for a light, didn't realize it was a butane lighter and burnt the tip of his nose lighting his cigarette. Now my nose looks worse than his. FML
Today, a man pulled a knife on me just so he could mug me of the cigarette I was smoking. FML
Today, a homeless guy asked me for a cigarette. Knowing that I only had a couple left in my pack, I gave it to him. He opened it, took one out and thanked me profusely. A bit surprised, I went on my way. Oh yeah, that's right, the pack contained the money I'd withdrawn from an ATM. FML
Today, I asked a guy if he could buy me a pack of cigarettes, since I'm still under 18. He took my money, went into the supermarket, and must have slipped out a side-entrance, because he never came back. FML
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Top comments
CallMeWindSock 24
Maybe it was a sign for you to quit smoking.
HowieDoIt 21
Joke's on him! He took the ricin cigarette.
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Comments (134)
Mshrodes 13
Does anybody know if this FML was translated from the French version or if it was the other way around ? It's on both versions and I'm curious :)
Sirin_fml 47
This one is translated from VDM.
Mshrodes 13
Right. I should have gotten that from the location. I hadn't seen it.
joeyl2008 29
is your life really ****** because of this?
evolute72113 9
It's a sigh from god to quit
threer 30
She technically gave it to him, #73..
juwood 7
I'm definitely not a model citizen, I won't lie to you. I just believe everything I said was true and relevant, that's all.
Bryanb1306 13
Okay, he took your cigarette. How exactly is your life ******? It's just a cigarette. I'm confused.
ThatsJustCray 5
its one cigarette relax
TrimKibbles 12
The rule is as follows: If your FML contains anything to do with you and your smoking habit, prepare to be YDI'd, regardless of whether you were in the right or not.
Alicestraza 33
As per the standards of every FML about smoking, all the self righteous assholes have said OP deserves it for smoking. Because obviously those people are model citizens with no addictions, vices or harmful habits whatsoever. And of course smokers don't know they're doing damage, good thing people like that are there to remind them all the time. It also seems to be nearly all Americans who comment 'lol they saved u so u can quit now' because quitting smoking is that easy and achieved when you lose one cigarette.
MidnightMusic53 37
It's not just Americans who say it. It's equal in all countries, and I'm sure you know that. I voted YDI because OP should have realized that the man would probably walk off with her cigarette, which obviously, he did.
Alicestraza 33
It's not equal though. At least from my observations on smoking FMLs that majority of severe anti-smoking commenters are American. This FML is from France. Do you honestly think they have the same staunch anti-smoking mentality the USA has in equal measures?
MoNercy 10
Actually, it's rather commonly understood that handing a cigarette to someone where there is no lighter, or the lighter isn't working means "touch my lit cigarette to your unlit one and light it that way". Smokers do this all the time. For the OP to have the guy walk away with the cigarette is an incredibly rude thing to do.
Anonomusturd 9
One thing I don't miss about smoking is all the moochers and weirdoes always bumming off you. Hopefully, he just misunderstood your gesture cause that's pretty rude.