Today, at my graduation for my high school GED, my parents said they were getting all my family and my girlfriend together. So we all went out to a steakhouse down the road, everyone ordered steaks. Turns out the 'surprise' was me paying. I only got 50$ grad money, and the bill was 159.98. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, after months of living on five dollars a day for food in college, I found out my parents bought me an expensive meal plan and forgot to mention it. FML
Today, I wanted to take my girlfriend to a nice dinner before prom. Her parents followed her in, and joined us to "keep an eye on me." They interrupted all our conversations, ate an expensive meal, then got up and walked out when the waitress brought the $95 check, leaving me to pay for it. FML
Today, I took my friends out to an expensive restaurant for my birthday treat. They had arranged for a surprise birthday cake for me which I cut, very happily, while they chanted birthday wishes. When the bill came, I discovered I was supposed to pay for my great 'surprise' cake. FML
Today, I went to dinner with friends for my birthday. During the whole thing they insisted that we get whatever we wanted and celebrate, but when the check came, they all looked at me expectantly. I just bought my friends $150 of food for my birthday present. FML
Today, it was my college graduation ceremony. My parents didn’t come because they “forgot”, although I told them and had been reminding them for months. Last year was my little sister’s high school graduation. My parents wasted no time going to her ceremony and then took her out to dinner. FML
Today, I invited all of my friends to my graduation party, and even paid for them all to be there. They all didn’t show. FML
Today, I was delivering pizzas for my summer job. I got a big order to deliver for a fellow graduate's party. While I was being paid for the order my friend shows up and says "Don't pay him, his parents are rich, he can handle it." Then they shut the door and took off. The bill was $75. FML
Today, my friends took me out to the most expensive restaurant in town to celebrate my promotion, we ordered everything with expensive drinks too. They 'took a smoke break' and left me with the bill. FML
Today, I was working my shift at a fancy restaurant and it had been a really hard day. My parents came in to have dinner and surprise me. After paying, they left a note saying they would see me at home. It also said "By the way, no tip, because you stink at serving." FML
Today, my parents came to the restaurant I work at as a waiter. After, I picked up the check to realize they had left me a $500 tip! We split the tips among the employees so I only got $50 back but I was still psyched. When I got home they asked me if I had noticed that they used my credit card. FML
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Kuroftw 0
Your family are assholes.
Raceta 5
You should have climbed out of the bathroom window and bailed :) hehe.
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mikew85 0
Well, getting your GED probably wasn't very hard. Nonetheless, your family making you think they were taking you out to dinner and then sticking you with the bill is pretty cold. Hopefully you realize your family is a worthless group of scum, get a decent job, and leave them behind. Unless you get a sincere apology from them, forget them. Good luck on the next chapter of your life, and I hope you can further tour education with a college degree.
ozymandias_fml 0
#36 Getting a GED means you dropped out of high school, not completed it.
Katzilla_dances 0
I disagree with #9, I am the only one of my six siblings that has a proper High School degree, and they are all doing much better than I. A GED is the same damn thing as a High School Diploma.
ozymandias_fml 0
#40 -- they got $50 for dropping OUT of high school, not graduating... #44 -- no, it is not. It means that you could not even do something as simple as pass high school. It is a permanent black mark on your record, even if you go on to college. Sad that you are being out performed by high school drop outs. FYL, indeed.
particrashr 0
I definitely agree with number 9. If you had passed high school the first time this wouldn't have happened. YDI
mrcoon 0
Heheh
testing_fml 0
For all of those dissing the OP about dropping out of high school and getting the GED, you have a big **** YOU coming to ya. You know, there are times when people have to leave school - but at least the OP is trying to make something out of their life. Not everyone is privileged. I was lucky with the private high school I went to, but I'm allowed to, and will sympathize with this person. They're trying to do something, and with the GED, they'll be able to move on. There are plenty of people who drop out for crap reasons (drugs, alcohol, etc.) and never go back and their life is a downward spiral that they can't get out of, and they make nothing of their life. About the money: I wouldn't expect a lot, but $50 is low. However, @ OP: that's scummy as shit to make you pay for it. Unless, at the same time you were working. I bet you're the only one in your family trying to make something of your life, so good for you. Get a job, work up through the ranks, and eventually rub it in your family's face.
love4all4 0
Your family sucks. I can't believe your family did that!
danielleFML 0
dude there's nothing wrong with getting a GED... you guys are asses. and so is your family, OP. FYL
Gabby125 0
YDI for flunking out of real high school and having to get your Good Enough Degree