Today, I discovered how pathetically introverted I am when during a car ride with my family, I said, "I really like this song" and my parents gasped because they didn't realize I was in the back seat. And I'm their only child. FML
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Today, while riding on the car with my family, I put on my headphones and pretended to be listening to music and when my parents talked to me, I pretended I couldn't hear them. They took this opportunity to discuss how fat I was and how I can't hold down a boyfriend. They were laughing as well. FML
Today, I was singing and drumming on the steering wheel in my car while stuck in traffic, only to realize the car next to me was full of my carpooling coworkers, all staring at me in disbelief. They spent the day at the office requesting songs. FML
Today, my teenage daughter came out into the living room and began belting out a song. When I cleared my throat, she screamed, turned beet red, and said, “I THOUGHT I WAS ALONE!” She’d been hiding all day, and to say I'm judging her would be an understatement. FML
Today, I had to listen to my mom give a detailed description of her date last night to her friends via speakerphone... while I was trapped in the car with her. When I pointed out that I was still in the back seat, she scoffed and told me, "I have a sex life, deal with it." FML
Today, I was singing loudly in my car at a red light, completely oblivious. When I finished the song, I turned to see a bus full of passengers watching (and also some of them filming) my performance. FML
Today, I tried to overcome my shyness by warmly greeting the bus driver while entering it. I instead blurted out really loudly the words of the song my iPod was playing. FML
Today, I was listening to music with headphones in my usually quiet class. At one point I really got into the song so I just quietly sang along because why not. Turns out by the end of the song I was singing at full volume, almost yelling, and my friend stopped me to say that. The entire back row was laughing. FML
Today, my Mom was gushing to a relative about going to see a very famous singer with my sister while we were at dinner. I smiled politely, until the relative asked why I wasn’t going. I felt too embarrassed to admit I hadn’t been asked, despite having the money, so I awkwardly made something up. FML
Today, my roommate eavesdropped on me singing. When I realized he was there, he said I was "fucking incredible" and asked me to do another song. There's just one issue: I only sing well when I'm alone. The result was predictably bad. If it was possible to literally die of embarrassment, I wouldn't be writing this. FML
Today, I got caught singing '80s hair metal love ballads to myself in the car by the object of my affection. FML
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Sinamoi 18
Ninja in training...well done.
DespairFaction 11
*gasp* I didn't know you were on FML! It's ok like to sleep if I'm not driving.
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Comments (93)
perdix 31
They probably gasped because the song was shitty and they were disappointed in your poor taste in music.
FranzFerdinand 18
You know, sometimes parents just forget that you're in the car if they're talking, it's happened to me and other people I know. If that's the only incident that "proved" something to you then it might not be so bad, haha. However, if it's something that bothers you, you can try doing something at school or in the community where you can talk to others and come out of your shell a little. (:
Azail 15
Noor is this your fml? Or is op a ninja in training and is your student?
soad2014 7
My mom would do something like this to me. My dad has been dead since March, but he would gave never done this. :(
AussieChild 22
As a fellow introvert, this made me giggle :P Has never happened to me, but I would actually find it hilarious, and always use it to my advantage ;D
Blueglasscup 18
I'm also an introverted only child but as an only kid, wouldn't you feel closer to your parents? I mean I seem like a regular extrovert and speak my mind whenever I'm with my parents.
outoftown 27
Hey, OP, you posted an FML and it was accepted! Way to go, fellow introvert. No "pathetic" in that. There's nothing like a sense of humor about yourself to draw you out.
perdix 31
This reminds me of the old joke: A 10-year-old kid has never spoken a word. His parents took him to all the doctors and they could not find anything wrong. One day, at the dinner table, he suddenly said, "Soup's cold." His stunned parents said in unison, "What?!?!" The kid said, "Soup's cold." His mom said, "We are thrilled you can talk, but why haven't you ever said anything before?" The kid said, "Well, up until now, everything's been fine."
panda_burrito 2
I really like that joke.
ellytoad 13
They're probably just getting old. I hear memory capacity flies out the window. Then again, I myself am such a quiet person that I think I randomly turn invisible... in the Frodo-wearing-the-ring-of-Sauron sense. Along with that, I seem to leave my conversation partner's short-term memory altogether, as he or she turns away mid-sentence and drifts off.
br0ccoli 15
I think you have what it takes to be a ninja.