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By Anonymous - 24/10/2010 13:06 - United Kingdom

Today, I was selling personalised stockings at work. When handing a customer's order over to her, which had no name on, I joked, "Oooh this is a bit mysterious". She replied, "Actually, it's in memory of the baby I miscarried earlier this year." FML

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By derbyboy - 19/10/2011 05:38 - United Kingdom

Today, at work, I misheard a customer telling me a story. To be polite, I did a slight laugh and nodded my head. She actually told me her mum had died. FML

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By jjjjjjmmmmm92 - 20/07/2010 23:08 - United States

Today, I was at work, when a co-worker began to shake a near empty box. Without thinking, I shouted "What if there was a baby in there? You just killed it!" I then remembered she recently suffered a miscarriage. FML

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By Anonymous - 06/07/2011 23:38 - United States

Today, my family attended the funeral of an old family friend's baby, who died in childbirth. Afterwards, my husband went around snickering and quietly telling dead baby jokes to the other attendees. FML

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By Anonymous - 17/06/2009 12:27 - France

Today, I gave a beautiful book of baby names to a friend of mine who's been trying to get pregnant for a while. She just burst into tears when she saw it. Just before meeting me, she'd found out she was sterile. FML

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By Anonymous - 09/07/2015 14:38 - United Kingdom - Birmingham

Today, a week after my miscarriage, my little sister thought it appropriate to wrap her belt around her neck and scream, "Hey look, it's your baby!" FML

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By fistpumpin4life - 10/10/2010 00:51 - France

Today, at work, I asked a lady how she was doing. When she replied, I didn't understand her, and instead of asking her what she'd said, I just replied with, "Oh, that's good." What she'd said that I didn't understand was that her husband had just died. FML

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By Anonymous - 19/05/2022 02:00

Today, on the first occasion I've seen my boss since her brief leave, I brought up how I got to hear all our customers' heartwarming plans for their moms on Mother's Day. Her mother just died. That's why she was on leave. FML

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By Anoymous - 09/06/2013 06:02 - United States - Burlingame

Today, after telling my mother-in-law about my recent miscarriage, she cheerfully made a cake to celebrate. FML

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By Anonymous - 05/04/2011 00:17 - Ireland

Today, I heard that one of our customers had passed away. Saddened, I told everyone who came into our shop about his death. Understandably, some customers got very upset and one even fainted. Suddenly, the "dead" man walked into the shop. Turns out I got the name wrong. FML

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By Demotivation - 23/08/2013 14:12 - Germany

Today, I learned that when a heavily-pregnant friend asks about my progress with the baby socks I promised to knit, it's rather unwise to tell her, "Not to worry, we're set even if it comes out with a few feet too many." She's still crying. FML

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haha89 0

Sunday 24 October 2010 19:13

You didn't know. Although that would've hurt to talk about a lost baby.

DocBastard 38

Sunday 24 October 2010 19:19

That's a bit bizarre for a parent to do. Why leave the kid's name off if it's supposed to be in memory? What am I missing here?

Comments

JacksonCampbell 9

Monday 25 October 2010 9:50

i know a girl who is named Hope, because her parents hoped they wouldn't have a miscarriage... for the eighth time.

monnanon 13

Monday 25 October 2010 14:30

thats a sweet thing to do. I cant imagine what it would have been like to miscarry 8 times :S

ambulence 0

Monday 25 October 2010 11:01

that's just stupid.

Ellen_Farrah 0

Monday 25 October 2010 14:27

who does that to a miscarriaged

_kthnxbai 0

Monday 25 October 2010 15:17

You didn't know, don't take it too hard. In this case, f her life.

spaceshan69 0

Monday 25 October 2010 15:42

your life is ****** because you made an honest mistake about something that has no bearing on your life or future??? how about you shut the **** up and come back when you have a real problem!

crobcrob 1

Monday 25 October 2010 20:47

that is an odd thing to do in memory of a lost baby! so in all fairness it's not worth feeling bad about

conch_fml 0

Monday 25 October 2010 23:40

eh don't worry about that there is no way you could have known and its not like its the first thing anyone thinks of. if she took offense to what you said its her problem not yours.