Today, I sampled some of the food my fiancée's mom is making for our wedding. Everything tasted terrible, and I almost vomited. Turns out she never actually went to culinary school as she claimed, but had just watched Julie and Julia. It's too late to book another caterer for the wedding. FML
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Today, I'm getting married. A few months ago, I allowed my mother in-law to take care of catering. She begged to be a part of the wedding, so I gave her the caterer's number and order info. It appears that I will not be eating at my own wedding because she decided to order food I'm allergic to. FML
Today, I got food poisoning from my wedding food. FML
Today, I proposed to my girlfriend. Being a chef of a highly-rated restaurant, I cooked a well-liked dish. Not only did she say no, but commented on how bland and tasteless the meal was. FML
Today, I spent 5 hours preparing dinner for my fianc''s grandparents, whom I've never met. At dinner, his grandmother says to him, "If you're going to pick someone to spend the rest of your life with, at least make sure she can cook." I'm the executive chef at a 4 star restaurant. FML
Today, a friend invited me over for dinner. She presented me with a "gourmet" homemade meal. As I started eating, I realized it tasted… off. She looked at me expectantly, so I politely ate it all. Afterwards, she told me it was a new recipe she was trying "tuna casserole" made with canned tuna… which we found out later expired in 2015. FML
Today, I found a recipe online that looked delicious and not too complicated. Halfway through cooking, I realized I was reading the instructions for two different recipes and had combined them into one horrific dish. The resulting meal tasted like burnt cardboard mixed with regret. My girlfriend ended up ordering takeout. FML
Today, surprisingly, my roommate made a nice meal. Within an hour, I started throwing up. When I confronted her, she confessed that she'd used long expired ingredients, including meat, because she didn't want the garbage men to think she's "the type that wastes food." FML
Today, I got dragged to a wedding where I knew no-one. It went on for hours, I got so hungry. We get to the meal, my wife had forgotten to order a vegetarian meal for me. I couldn't eat the main meal, due to allergies and no alternative. I then spent two more hours just waiting to go home. FML
Today, I called my mom to make sure she could attend on the wedding day my fiancé and I had discussed. She started off with criticizing the venue we considered, then went on to criticize my fiancé, and then stated she would under no circumstances help out, but demanded to pick my wedding dress. FML
Today, I went to my fiancé's house to have dinner with his family for the first time. Trying to be polite at the end of the meal I went to take the plates in to the kitchen. I overestimated how heavy the half-finished soup pot was, and threw soup all over myself and future mother-in-law. FML
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Top comments
TheDrifter 24
F your fiancée's life for having to grow up on her terrible cooking.
brittanyrmh_ 12
Julie and Julia is the equivalent to culinary school, didn't you hear?
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Comments (119)
hellproof023 6
Why wouldn't you sample her BEFORE you book?
THE_A_TEEN 28
Then this FML would never exist and we would never have the opportunity to laugh at this OP.
teamlightskin 14
Why wouldnt the husband say that she never really went to culinary school? Even if she went before he was born, he still knew her food is nasty. Hope you can find a flexible caterer!
1969CamaroBabe 6
There are plenty of people currently in culinary school. Hit up a local college and sample the food of a current student. Someone in school (who can actually cook) would probably be eager to book their first job and I'm sure they wouldn't be pricey. Look at the positives....
JBsGirlee 7
That's actually a really good idea. Like when you go to students for cheap dentistry. It's a discount and most of the time it's fine
yentlben 2
Great idea!
coleman05 4
If you live near west chester pa I know a great inexpensive last min caterer.... Www.cateringbyjamie.com
pink_raindrops 26
Have you never had a meal at your future mother-in-laws house? I just find it weird that you would let her cook for your wedding if you've never had any of her food before. If you can't get a caterer, maybe order from a restaurant instead. Find one that delivers if possible. It might be a pain, or more expensive if you have a lot of people coming, but at least no one will throw up.
sunkistfitch 4
That sucks. Maybe you should try Something like that, but instead of Julie and Julia, watch a Paula Dean episode. FYL
perdix 31
It doesn't matter -- grooms don't eat very much at the wedding anyways. Of course, you do run the risk of your guests staging an open revolt if the food is that *lowers sunglasses* revolting.
Jirekianu2 19
YEEEEEAAAAAAAAAH.
sugarshane007 20
Every FML needs its own Horatio moment.
cmb8280 24
How did your fiancé not know this??
unknown_user5566 27
Maybe she was just too used to the cooking to know it was terrible?
ideasrule 13
Come on, get creative. You could hold a potluck, where everybody cooks and brings in their favorite food. Or hold a competition to see which of your guests is the best chef, and pay him/her to cook for everyone.
Angelrose2004 17
I agree. She could also do a drawing for a couple of $25 gift cards to encourage people to bring dishes.
Angelrose2004 17
*he* my mistake.
hilde43 5
I will cook for you :)
PhishloverA 14
Time to see if McDonald's will cater