Today, I wanted to surprise my long distance girlfriend by flying to her unannounced. When I arrived at her house, her family tells me that she herself boarded an unannounced flight to where I lived hours ago. Surprise. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I got back from my daughter's flat in Scotland. I got a flight there yesterday morning to surprise her on her 21st birthday. Nobody told her I was coming. When I got there, it turned out she decided to get a plane to London to surprise me. £200 on flights, and I didn't even get to see her. FML
Today, I got off work early to go home and surprise my girlfriend with lunch, only to come home to her in the middle of packing up all of her stuff. FML
Today, I flew in to visit my long distance girlfriend. When I got out of the cab, I saw her way down the street walking the dog, so I hid behind the bushes to scare/surprise her. Mission accomplished. I just wish I hadn't bought her that pepper spray. FML
Today, I drove three hours to surprise my girlfriend, who I hadn't seen in three weeks. When she opened the door, she gasped, told me to fuck off, and slammed the door in my face. FML
Today, I drove three and a half hours to surprise my long distance boyfriend for our anniversary. He was out of town. Where was he? Three and a half hours away trying to surprise me. FML
Today, I flew into New Zealand to surprise my girlfriend on her trip. In the New Zealand Airport I received a text message saying she wanted to break up with me. I live in Michigan and just spent $1,500 for this romantic surprise. FML
Today, it was my girlfriend's birthday. To surprise her, I told her that I was going away on business, and could not be there on her birthday. When I show up at her house to surprise her with a present and cake, she opens the door in her underwear, beside a man in his boxers. She was surprised. FML
Today, I found out my friend has been texting my long distance boyfriend more than I do. When I confronted her about it, she confessed that it was because they had been planning a surprise appearance for me. I've never been surprised before, and I ruined my own surprise. FML
Today, I wanted to surprise my boyfriend by showing up at his place unannounced with some take-out food. I got there just in time to see him leave his block of flats with another girl. FML
Today, knowing my long-distance boyfriend was cheating on me with a local girl, I decided to make a surprise visit to confront him by showing up to his home. Both of them answered the door. My boyfriend claimed to not know me, and threatened to call the cops. I ended up back at the airport in tears. FML
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jenniferchaify 11
But romantic
nanpooo 6
Atleast you both get to meet the family if you hadn't before.
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Comments (86)
MagicStallion 9
This is the awkward thing - Who goes to who? Does the girlfriend fly to meet the boyfriend thus wasting money, or vice versa? Apart from that problem this would strike me as something funny and that I would laugh about with her eventually. In the meantime though, that sucks for you.
SApprentice 34
77- They're actually both going to have to spend the money flying back home. They're both at the other person's house now, so they'll probably just pick a house, and one of them will go straight home, they'll visit together, and then the other one will go home.
bhall51411 6
How many times is this exact story going to be reposted???
jmayes414 5
It's like Trading Spouses but a whole lt less exciting!
cece_miless 8
That's kinda sweet though .!
holyshitbatman 20
there's seriously about 5 or 6 FMLs JUST like this
PhishloverA 14
I originally thought you were gonna say you arrived and she had another boyfriend but look on the bright side, at least that's not the case
tbenson0628 14
Awe.
thandidavis 17
Gift of the magi!
shark_girl 9
Well at least you know the love is mutual? Sorry, that sucks. But hey, great story!
picturescrazy 24
That seems to happen way too often! It stinks for now, but later down the road it'll make a great story (: