Today, I came home after having traveled abroad for the last two months. Before I left, I'd asked my dad to take care of my fish, and he promised they'd be safe with him. I found them all decomposing. FML
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Today, I came home from a year long backpacking trip in Europe. During my absence my parents divorced, dad took the house and most of the money, sister is seven months pregnant, brother was arrested for statutory rape, and my mom pawned all my stuff to buy booze to "cope." Oh, and my fish died. FML
Today, my mom was criticizing how I can't handle taking care of any living thing because I'm too irresponsible. We had a huge argument so I went back to my apartment, only to find that my fish had died. I forgot I had a fish. FML
Today, I got back home and my hamster was dead. I left notes two weeks ago everywhere to remind my parents to feed it while I was overseas. Apparently, my parents even didn't realize I was gone. FML
Today, my neighbor called me on vacation to tell me that she let my mother into my house to feed my fish. I don't have fish, and my mother passed away 3 years ago. FML
Today, I called my mother who is vacationing in Florida with my dad and sister. Before they left I told them I would be very responsible and that they could trust me. The first thing she asked me is if all the animals were still alive. I said yes. I lied. Her favourite cat drowned in the pool. FML
Today, my 9 year-old little sister is coming back to town with the rest of my family. She specifically asked me to feed her fish. I totally forgot until she called me 10 minutes ago to tell me she was on her way home and couldn't wait to see her fishie. He's dead. FML
Today, my friend is furious with me because while I was watching her various fish for two weeks, I failed to feed her favorite fish and it died. The reason I didn't take care of it was because she never told me she had it, that it was in her room unlike the rest of the fish, so I never saw it. FML
Today, I was walking to the pet store to buy a month's worth of fish food for my fish so I wouldn't have to come back for a while. For fish food it was expensive. It was also surprisingly heavy and I had to carry it back to my house. When I got home, I saw my fish floating at the top of its bowl. FML
Today, I came home to a dead fish duct-taped to the wall of my dorm room. I can't reach it. FML
Today, after being in Europe for a month, I got home to find my door wide open and all my stuff gone. I called my dad who was supposed to be watching my house. He told me I should have had someone check on my place while I was gone. FML
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littlemissalex 3
At least it wasn't a puppy.
gunman15 4
ouch poor fishes
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EmyB_fml 8
At this point I think they're more like fish crumbs...
EmyB_fml 8
I think by now they're more like fish crumbs...
datmoetpijndoen 3
Fishes can be very expesive! In Euros my bf fishes cost sometimes more than €100 (that's 142 US dollar)! If they weren't that expensive it's still sad (and grose) to see your fishes dead and al rotten. And cleaning up is terrible! But the worst is that your dad just let them die of hunger.. Fthe fishesLife for those 2 months!
Raesin 21
Not just that fish can be expensive and in some cases hard to find certain breeds. But they have just as much feeling and personality as any cat or dog. If it had been his dog decomposing that he came home to, people would be yelling 'Call animal welfare!' But no, cause it's a fish, for some reason people don't even react.
thatguy2280 0
saltwater?
antoniocalos15 0
oh dude that stinks really it must stink in your room
bethbk 3
i dropped off my cat at my dad's house a few weeks ago because my mom and i are moving across the country and temporarily living with my aunt who is allergic. went back to check on the cat after a week had gone by, the windows were all open and without screens, the cat was gone, and dad my dad had no idea and didn't even care.
solmiller 0
you should have seen that one coming.
xnj319 2
How did you come back to find them all decomposing? Did they all die at once, just a few days before you got home? Sorry if this is a true FML, but as an experienced fish keeper, I have seen fish disappear quite quickly after dying in a well populated and established tank. The other fish will consume a dead fish quite quickly, and they also decompose really quickly even with only a few other fish in the tank just due to all of the bacteria and microorganisms in the tank. If I don't notice that a fish has died within 24 hours, there isn't very much to scoop out once i DO discover the remains. So unless there was some freak incident where the tank completely collapsed just a few days before you got home, I call BS.
Fmlgirl08 0
at least it wasnt your kids