Today, I was looking over some old notes from high school when I came across a list of things I wanted to accomplish by the time I'm 25. I haven't accomplished a single one. I'm 26. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I’m 25 years-old. I was unattractive in high school and college. In the last two years I’ve glown up. Also, rent, gas, and food have all gone up in price. I can’t afford dates and I've had to work weekend nights at every job since I was 18. I hate these “rich kids” my age. FML
Today, I was trying to work out, and couldn't even complete an exercise regime meant for 50-year-olds. I'm 24. FML
Today, I'm 25. I dropped out of college when I was 19 because I didn't fit in. I was developmentally behind and looked like a fifteen year-old. All of high school I was excluded. I'm back in college now, but everyone still feels more mature than me. I no longer look or act young for my age due to years of stress. FML
Today, I'm a guy who's always been physically a late bloomer. In high school, I looked too young for girls to like me. At 22, I still looked 17. Now at 25, I look good but when girls find out my age, they expect me to have everything figured out by now. I never got to be young. FML
Today, I'm nearly 30 years-old, and not only am I still a virgin, I've never even had my first kiss. FML
Today, I used to look so young for my age that in high school, I was regularly mistaken for a freshman. I never succeeded in getting dates because of it. Today, I'm 25 years-old and regularly get confused for being in my thirties. I guess all the stress from work, loneliness, and rejection really caught up. FML
Today, I found an old notebook while clearing our house and started reading the embarrassing things I'd written as a teenager. One page had a detailed list of my future goals, including: “Never become the kind of person who owns 14 identical black shirts.” I was wearing one of them. FML
Today, I found my high school diary and decided to read it for nostalgia. My teenage self wrote, “Future me will totally be rich, famous, and married to Chris Hemsworth by 30.” I’m 32, single, and googling “How to fix a clogged toilet.” FML
Today, I've come to terms that I'm only living to work. I'm going to be 25, no friends, never had any experience with women. Been trying all year to meet someone, hasn't worked out at all. Dead end job, school did nothing for me. I literally just exist to work, and have no happy memories at all. I give up. FML
Today, I realized that even though I was an honor student throughout school, and considered the golden child who was going to go far in life, all I've accomplished a year after graduation is becoming an unemployed single mother still living with my parents. FML
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Top comments
genius_man16 1
Kinda depends on the goals. If they were like "become the next Hitler" or "kill many babies" I'd say it's good you haven't accomplished them.
ScruffyTJanitor 0
Well, you've got a list of things to do. Get cracking!
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Comments (111)
Inoku 0
#67 has obviously never had any experience with academic job searching. Have fun waiting for your former professors to die/retire so you can take their tenure.
ga2157 0
you act as though your 82. I know its depressing to see that you haven't met your goals, but your life isn't over.
Corey_Helfand 0
Re-evaluate them. If they're things you're still interested in doing, get started. If not, come up with something else. I wouldn't make it a bucket list. Death is far away. It's not a good deadline. You had the right idea with a 10 year deadline, I think.
cthulhu1138 1
I recall having world domination as one of my goals in high school, but I've lowered my standards quite a bit since then. For instance, a job would be nice to have right about now.
Ohxcrap 0
don't worry, it's never too late. :]
webbles 0
I've been making big lists for years, and they only get me down. Try making one goal a week.
Pepperolls 0
So? You might have changed yourself for different and better goals. I don't see how people can classify this as an FML.
areefer 0
get your priorities straight son!
whitesmoke 0
# 32 I didnt even read what you said... but seriously... Didnt you write enough essays in highschool?
SituationMan 0
#32 knows how life is.