Health: Today, I decided to conquer my fear of blades, and tried shaving...

By Anonymous - 23/11/2014 00:10 - United Kingdom - London

Today, I decided to conquer my fear of blades, and tried shaving my legs with a razor. I sat on the side of my bathtub and wet my legs, but some of the water splashed. I slipped on it and fell back, hitting my head on the tile wall and slicing my leg open at the same time. FML

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By februarymarchapril - 04/02/2015 03:45 - United States - Austin

Today, I shaved for the first time. My mum gave me a razor and I spent about 20 minutes trying to use it. I gave up, yelling, "FUCK IT!" and put it back on the shelf. It fell, and as it hit the floor, a lid fell off. I'd tried to shave with a sheathed razor for 20 minutes. FML

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Not my day, is it?

By ouch. - 10/12/2018 09:30 - United States - Stamford

Today, I was washing the dishes when I gave myself a nasty gash on my leg from the open dishwasher door. After five minutes of cleaning up the blood and wrapping it up, I came back to finish the job only to drop a plate and send broken shards into my foot. FML

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By Taylor - 15/07/2012 14:42 - United States - Eastchester

Today, I shaved my legs for the first time in three weeks. It took half an hour, three disposable razors, and I cut my legs up so badly they look worse then they did when they were hairy. FML

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Bad start to the day

By Concussed - 17/01/2010 06:22 - Australia

Today, as I showered, I sneezed, hit my face on the wall, got shampoo in my eyes, slipped on a bar of soap, bashed my head on the wall as I fell, grabbed at the walls to stop me from falling and happened to turn off the cold water, scorching me. FML

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By Anonymous - 19/02/2017 01:00 - Australia - Stretton

Today, I was in the shower washing my hair when my hand ran down the shower caddy and in particular, on my razor. If I wasn't woozy from all the blood splatter around the shower - seeing the bone that connects my finger definitely did it. FML

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By Anonymous - 22/03/2013 19:15 - Italy - Catanzaro

Today, while shaving my nether regions, I slipped and sliced myself in three separate places. They won't completely stop bleeding. I'm virtually having a second period, and it hurts to close my legs. FML

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By Anonymous - 07/03/2015 04:26 - United States

Today, I tried shaving my bikini area for the first time. I ended up cutting myself several times. I now have impressive razor burn, and it's incredibly painful to even wear pants. FML

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Sliced

By Anonymous - 18/04/2023 18:00

Today, I was in a rush to get ready for work so I quickly shaved my legs. In my haste, I accidentally nicked myself in a very sensitive area and had to spend the day simmering in discomfort and checking my crotch every so often to make I wasn't bleeding through my pants. FML

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Sick moves, dude

By Anonymous - 02/09/2009 09:20 - Canada

Today, my boyfriend and I were having a shower together for the first time. He was trying impress me and did some sort of dance move, he slipped, and when he fell he kicked my leg out causing me to fall and hit my face on the faucet. FML

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Panic! In the Bathroom

By MAWZ - 19/07/2011 06:33 - United States

Today, while I was showering, my brother thought it would be funny to burst through the door pretending he was a burglar. Panicked, I went to grab the soap bar as a weapon, slipped, fell, and hit my head on the faucet. FML

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Anthonymm2 20

Sunday 23 November 2014 9:05

Well in another year I'm sure you'll work up enough courage to try again.

Lafayo 9

Sunday 23 November 2014 9:15

even no-shave November has its casualties

Comments

patrickeli 15

Sunday 23 November 2014 9:22

Eek, but I'm sure it was a coincidence. A simple razor isn't something to be irrationally afraid of.

SauceySarah 30

Sunday 23 November 2014 9:23

That's just a fluke accident. Don't let this rare occurrence stop you from trying to overcome your fears.

adamjcurryy 19

Sunday 23 November 2014 9:23

I can't be the only person bothered by 'wetted'.

doctorhook86 24

Sunday 23 November 2014 9:27

I voted YDI exclusively because of the word "wetted".

patrickeli 15

Sunday 23 November 2014 9:29

I actually had to check my dictionary to clarify that "wet" is the past participle. It's actually both "wet" and "wetted."

thinblue32 15

Sunday 23 November 2014 9:24

Now it's a fear of blades and a fear of wet floors lol

Pauline96_fml 20

Sunday 23 November 2014 10:30

What kind of blade were you using? A simple shaving razor which has 3-4 blades usually won't accidentally slice you, and even if it does slice you the slice will be shallow enough that the bleeding stops within an hour at most and the cut will normally heal in a day or two

sabbyheartswhat 23

Sunday 23 November 2014 10:33

OP was using a straight razor to shave her legs obviously. :p Leaving her with a very "Sweeney Todd-esque" sliced open leg.

mikaellikestacos 14

Sunday 23 November 2014 11:01

I hope you're ok. my friend uses a straight edge blade (I think that's what it's called) and he cut a chunk of his chin off because his brother scared him.