Today, I got up at 5 am to bake a surprise birthday cake for my 16-year-old son. I put the cake on the table and went to call my son. "Surprise!" When I came back 30 seconds later, the cake was all gone and the dog was licking his lips. My son won't even believe I made a cake. FML
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Today, I spent hours baking a multi-layered, detailed cake from scratch for my mom's birthday. It took two seconds for my dog to devour the cake while I picked up a spoon I dropped on the floor. FML
Today, I came home to find my dog had learned how to open our fridge. He ate the birthday cake I was saving for a friend's surprise party, and to add insult to injury, he'd also apparently thrown the barely digested cake up all over my bed. FML
Today, after 30 minutes of pre-heating the oven to make a special meatloaf for my husband's birthday, I remembered that I had hidden the cake in there. FML
Today, it was my son’s birthday. I took him out to a eat and wanted to surprise him with a new iPhone. I handed the waitress the iPhone and asked her to bring it out with the cake I brought. The cake comes out, without the iPhone. The waitress said she doesn’t know what I’m talking about. FML
Today, it was my son's fifth birthday. I asked my grandmother, who is a baker, to make a birthday cake for the party. Two hours after the party started, she arrived drunk with a large ham with candles in it. FML
Today, I finally got to surprise my boyfriend with a birthday cake. I spent four days planning the perfect one. First thing he says? "Erm, you know I'm 32, right?" I got his age wrong. FML
Today, it's my mom's birthday. I woke up at midnight to be the first to tell her happy birthday. When I awoke in the morning, I decided to bake her a cake. Little did I know my whole family was going out to lunch to celebrate. I wasn't invited. FML
Today, it was my friend's birthday, so I baked him a cake complete with his name written on it in homemade frosting. After I gave it to him, his mother berated me for it, saying I should have checked with her first before making a cake for her son. He's 28. FML
Today, I woke up early and spent hours baking and icing a three-tier cake for my friend's eighteenth birthday, which is this evening. I just found out my mother threw it in the compost bin because she's on a diet and it was "tempting" her. FML
Today, I baked a cake for when my mum came home. I did everything I needed to do and put it in the oven, set the timer and went to do some things around the house. When my mum came home, she asked why there was a uncooked cake mix sitting in the oven. I forgot to turn the oven on. FML
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michaelm1290 23
The empty mess on the table clearly showing a dog got into the cake seems like legitimate evidence.
SebastianCT 14
It's the thought that counts :)
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Comments (57)
Brighton_Cruz 20
Aw sorry OP. I'm sure he'll one day realise how great you are.
askullnamedbilly 33
WHY do people on FML keep leaving their food alone with pets lately? Maybe I'm paranoid because I've always had labs (who will eat anything even remotely resembling food), but I always check two or three times that the dog has no way of getting into the room where I've left my food.
welsh_dragon 13
Exactly! My cat is like a ninja so I’m extra careful and quick if I have to leave my food. She stole a piece of bacon out of my sandwich as I was lifting it to my mouth!
bigbluetardis 21
I guess dogs really like cake and cinnamon buns
bellydancer82 15
You were probably gone longer than 30 seconds.. Your dog would choke and die at that rate. I have a Great Dane and even he couldn't finish a whole cake in 2 minutes (trust me, I know from experience XD) But sorry OP, better luck next time, hopefully your son still had a great birthday :)
HeadlessSparrow 20
Was it the same dog that ate the cinnamon rolls?
artistswife 19
We believe you
epeeftw 16
That must be the least messy eating dog ever
bryce0110 23
Hey, it's my birthday too! Happy birthday to your son!
armattiuzzo 16
What if... Your son ate the cake and made it look like the dog.
wow2mylife 25
im suprise you didn't have the dog follow you in to wake him mostly for his birthday