Friends, Birthday and Narcissist: Real friends

Real friends

By The bitch is back - 20/12/2022 11:00 - United States

Today, a former friend of mine, with whom I viciously cut ties a few months ago after I found out she's a narcissist, was one of very few people to wish me a happy birthday. Thanks, but no thanks. FML

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You deserved it 429

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By PaulieD - 19/10/2023 22:00 - United States

Today, I received a "Happy Birthday" text from my ex. I thought maybe she missed me, but when I replied with a polite, "Thank you," they responded with "Sorry, wrong person. However, fuck you." Ouch. Happy birthday to me, indeed. FML

I agree, your life sucks 528

You deserved it 179

Friends and family

By Anonymous - 19/08/2021 09:59

Today, it was my birthday. None of my family members wished me a happy birthday and neither did the 1,000+ "friends" I have on Facebook either. FML

I agree, your life sucks 849

You deserved it 356

It isn't

By Anonymous - 08/07/2021 16:02

Today, it's my birthday, none of my friends wished me a thing. I spent the whole day crying and then decided to call few of them and sobbingly demanded an explanation. Most of them didn't pick up, the rest called me a drama queen, saying that my birthday isn't as important as I think. FML

I agree, your life sucks 770

You deserved it 1 778

Some friend…

By Anonymous - 29/10/2022 16:00

Today, my friends and I went nuclear on a now former "friend," who we've discovered is a textbook narcissist. She unfriended all of us on all forms of social media, and tried to say WE unfriended HER, and overall tried to make it seem as though she was the victim. Thanks for proving my point, bitch. FML

I agree, your life sucks 684

You deserved it 292

#rude

By friendless - 19/03/2018 11:00 - United States - Spokane

Today, I invited my only friend to my birthday party and she said no, not because she couldn’t go, but because she didn’t want to. FML

I agree, your life sucks 4 815

You deserved it 419

Thanks for the memories

By Bpride1 - 10/11/2021 23:00 - United States - Moses Lake

Today, I was victim to not one but two narcissists. I'd totally thought that these people were my friends, but everyone warned me that, "They’re only your friends when they need something from you.” I should’ve listened. I constantly felt like they were just using me. A "Thank you" goes a long way. FML

I agree, your life sucks 741

You deserved it 269

More issues than Vogue

By Anonymous - 07/10/2022 00:30

Today, and thanks to my psychologist, I realized I have yet again wasted years on a one-sided friendship, after said friend cut me out of his life without even speaking to me. The reason? I told him to talk to the people he had issues with before cutting them out of his life. FML

I agree, your life sucks 1 178

You deserved it 187

Under my thumb

By Anonymous - 09/12/2024 05:00 - United States - Upland

Today, the girl I love who friendzoned me called to talk. She shared the marvelous things she'd done for her friend's birthday, then said, "You had a recent birthday too." Then she laughed. We'd talked multiple times without her mentioning my birthday. She ignored it on Facebook. Time for no contact. FML

I agree, your life sucks 372

You deserved it 183

By Wtf - 17/05/2017 22:00

Today, my estranged, psycho ex called me ten times and left belligerent messages because I didn't send him anything for his birthday yesterday like I used to. This is the same man who never gave me a birthday gift, text, or even a Happy Birthday wish during our 7 years together. FML

I agree, your life sucks 4 704

You deserved it 415

By Anonymous - 20/11/2010 05:49 - United States

Today, it was my birthday. The only person that remembered was my creepy stalker. FML

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You deserved it 3 293

cacheson 41

Tuesday 20 December 2022 18:37

Wow, sounds like she’s better off without you too…

Chazzster 28

Tuesday 20 December 2022 19:00

People tend to use the term Narcissist apparently without fully understanding what it means. Frankly it sounds like OP is the narcissist and not their former friend.

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cacheson 41

Tuesday 20 December 2022 18:37

Wow, sounds like she’s better off without you too…

Chazzster 28

Tuesday 20 December 2022 19:00

People tend to use the term Narcissist apparently without fully understanding what it means. Frankly it sounds like OP is the narcissist and not their former friend.

RichardPencil 30

Wednesday 21 December 2022 0:07

She's probably just wishing you a happy birthday just so she can tell everyone on social media that she did so and people will think she's a good friend.

Sonotsuave 35

Wednesday 21 December 2022 3:54

Ok, and lol? If this is the biggest FML of your life then you have other issues. You can always like it or say a polite thank you and move on. Not that big of a deal

BurnInDemonFire 34

Wednesday 21 December 2022 23:55

So this "narcissist" actually made the effort to contact you on your birthday and send you warm wishes, while X amount of others didn't bother, or didn't care enough to remember? This says a lot more about you than it does her, although I guess that may depend on how many people know you well enough to offer their own wishes for your birthday.