Miscellaneous: Return to sender

Return to sender

By regiftee - 25/03/2009 05:06 - United States

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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By I keep failing it all - 02/06/2013 19:45 - Lithuania - Vilnius

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

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By Anonymous - 12/05/2023 18:00 - Australia

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

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By moneycatious - 19/03/2012 23:50 - United States - Seattle

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

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By happybirthday - 06/03/2010 19:42 - United States

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

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By mybmw - 14/10/2009 10:39 - United States

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

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By Anonymous - 08/06/2015 14:11 - United Kingdom

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

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By sadSarah - 01/05/2014 09:59 - United States - New York

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

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By concom - 27/05/2015 19:40 - Cyprus

Today, I finally found my watch after weeks searching for it. It was on my teacher's wrist. FML

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By Anonymous - 20/12/2019 01:00

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

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By SkottLong - 10/03/2015 06:19 - United States - Logan

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

Wednesday 25 March 2009 16:41

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

Wednesday 25 March 2009 16:41

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.

Comments

nodbor 11

Thursday 26 March 2009 8:43

maybe saving it for a rainy day? I have many watches that I rotate, so some are laying around for a while. so you need a watch, here have one. some a more comfortable than others.

matwin_fml 0

Thursday 26 March 2009 15:38

GIVE HIM A NICER WATCH NEXT TIME?????????????????

matwin_fml 0

Thursday 26 March 2009 15:40

BUY HIM A NICER WATCH????????????????

julzziee 0

Friday 27 March 2009 1:57

oh get it over it you got a nice watch now

theoldGP 0

Saturday 28 March 2009 0:13

that's really not an FML.. jesus its a watch.

breaksprinter_ 0

Sunday 29 March 2009 3:00

Well, he probably was trying to keep it nice, you know, how parents do that when you actually give them something of value? He probably figured that he was never going to wear it because he'd be worrying about it all the time, and figured if you break it, at least it was broken by the person who paid for it. So quit whining.

Serperoth 0

Tuesday 10 November 2009 18:44

So what? My dad has a lot of watches and I wear his, as he practically gives them to me. If it was a nice watch, then can you blame him for not wanting it to suffer wear-and-tear? One rarely wears their 'good' accessories, lest they break them. The fact that he didn't remember it is sad though.