Today, a friend told me that when I read, I make all the expressions the characters in the book are making. Apparently, I have been doing this since I was a kid, and no one ever told me. FML
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Today, I was reading a picture storybook to a kindergarten kid. She could pronounce more words than me, and corrected me. I'm about triple her age. FML
Today, I was in the middle of enjoying a really good book while in a waiting room. Someone saw what I was reading and thought it would be cool if she leaned over and told me everything that happens. FML
Today, I was reading a book in German, which I don't know very well. Suddenly I reached a passage I had no trouble understanding. Excited, I showed my husband, saying I was finally getting the hang of it. He laughed and patted my head. Turns out, that particular passage was a quote. In English. FML
Today, I realized I’ve been saying “a whole nother” instead of “a whole other” my entire life. It wasn’t until my friend pointed it out with a smirk I’ve been speaking in an alternate universe. He was also the one to point out last year that my use of "like" every three words was "annoying and cringe." FML
Today, I was reading a book in public. Some bastard stranger came over and started spoiling the plot for me. FML
Today, I thought I was on mute during a virtual watch party, and it's only after the third or fourth flappy fart that someone pointed this fact out to me. FML
Today, I learned that I've been saying a word wrong my whole life and all my friends have been too polite to correct me, when I found out that "Segue" and "Segway" are pronounced the same. FML
Today, I have learned a lot of "big" words from reading so much, but can actually only pronounce about half of them correctly. FML
Today, I found out that my classmates affectionately refer to me as "the kid whose eyes are really far apart." FML
Today, I realized that whenever I use emoticons, I tend to make the same face in real life. My coworkers gleefully showed me various pictures with my tongue out, face scrunched up, and so on, while staring at my phone. They've already made their way around the office. FML
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Top comments
MisterKnowItAll 15
That's just cause you're really into the book
SoloAutotunE 17
I sometimes realize when I do it. but when I do, I look around and see if anyone was looking.
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Comments (88)
sillygirl247 14
Maybe those are your expressions in reaction to what your reading vs the expressions of the people in the book.
blink831forever 13
This is not really an fml. You are spirited and into the book you are reading. A lot of people do that.
rnarshmallow 21
It'd be interesting to watch them read Fifty Shades of Gray
pupeve 11
Haha I'd think of it more as an adorable trait you have! ^~^ I definitely don't believe it's a bad thing.
lfloyd0504 18
You would be an excellent actor/actress.
xXcosmicstormXx 8
I do the same thing
lovebooks07 15
That is actually quite a cute thing to do
Antwan813000000 7
What if that was with 50 Shades of Grey
putitinpark 7
I do this when writing. I'm actually surprised I'm not the only one!
da_epic_failman 7
Your friend's life sucks. You didn't deserve it, and your life doesn't suck. No one deserves to be ridiculed for loving books.