Today, my watch broke so I casually mentioned to my dad that I needed a new one. A little while later he hands me this really nice watch. He says, "Here, this one's been lying around for a while." It was the watch I gave him for Father's Day. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, my dad found the Father's Day present that I spent at least ten hours preparing and decorating. I'd expected him to be extremely happy about this lovely gift. His only reaction was to ask if he could exchange it for something else. FML
Today, I was meeting my girlfriend's parents for the first time. When I went to shake her dad's hand, I broke his watch. FML
Today, I gave my husband an expensive watch. The first words out of his mouth were, "You didn't use our joint bank account for this, right?" He then asked if I still had the receipt. FML
Today, my husband bought me a beautiful pair of earrings for my birthday, to match the necklace he'd spent months searching for online the previous year. What necklace? He gave me a watch he found at Walmart last year. I wonder who the lucky girl with the necklace is. FML
Today, was my mom's birthday. I recently got my first job, thanks to her, and could finally afford to buy her something nice. I spent my first paycheck ever on buying her a very nice bracelet. She said it was nice, then asked if I would mind if she exchanged it for one she actually liked. FML
Today, my dad told me he had a present for me. It was his tooth, which he had pulled out a few minutes before. FML
Today, as I was waiting in line to give my mom her birthday present, my dad gave her the exact same gift I'd also bought for her. FML
Today, I finally found my watch after weeks searching for it. It was on my teacher's wrist. FML
Today, I finally got a Christmas gift, a calligraphy set, for my father that I have been looking for for a month. My dad came home happily with the same calligraphy set today, saying that he surprised himself for Christmas. He got it cheaper than me. FML
Today, I showed my father a nice sweatshirt online, hoping he would take the hint and get it for me. He did, three sizes larger than mine, for himself. FML
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xXPeachRoseXx 0
Aww, I can relate. I got my father a tie. About two months later, I saw the tie in the "Dirty Rags pile." He had been using it to wash the floor and didn't even remember it was the one I gave him for father's day.
Chaith 16
Don't feel too bad, of course it was a nice gift to you. You bought it. A lot of guys, me included are very picky with watch styles.
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Comments (42)
sneakersneaker 0
People still wear watches? Darn... I just use my cell. =)
Neenertastic 0
what time is it? time for a classic re-gift. my mom does the same thing with perfumes and lotions I give her as gifts...they're all stashed under the sink in the guest bathroom. stick to cards from now on!
MonkeySpeaks 4
If it makes you feel better I got my mom a bunch of her favorite shows on DVD. Everybody loves Raymond, Sopranos, etc. I went back a year later... everything was still in celophane. I dropped a lot for thema nd shes like yea, I keep meaning to return them lol. THANKS... parents are just like that sometimes. With them its always the thought that matters. Now I just get mom flowers cause she can't return those hahaha
MrJentipede 2
My dad re-gifts everything he gets, very often do I get back on Christmas things I've given him on previous occasions. I don't put any effort or money into getting him nice things anymore.
JackTheRipper_fml 0
should've bought him a rolex dumb ass
Dasmi3 0
that not a fail that is awesome a new watch on the spot hell yes
jimmy34_fml 0
lol arnt dads great like that
lol_seriously 0
you should strap it to his face
pyro_metal 0
sucks. I never really saw father's day as a big thing though, compared to mother's day though. Was the watch expensive?
nikkireese 0
very uncool of daddy.