Today, I went out to meet a wonderful woman I'd chatted with online. I did have a few fears about if she was really just some guy trying to make a fool out of me. When I met her, she really was a girl, and was happy to see me. Problem: she was actually 13. I'm 34. FML
Collection
Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Same thing different taste
Online life
Today, I found out that the girl I've been dating online for over three months is actually a very bored 14-year-old boy. FML
Chris Hansen time
Today, I met and asked a cute girl out on a date. We decided to meet at a fancy restaurant downtown. When I got there I saw her sitting with what turned out to be her parents. They made a huge scene, calling me a pedophile and a low-life. Apparently, the girl was 16 years-old. I'm 25. FML
Depends how old you are
Today, after I met a guy online and we'd became fast friends, talking every day about everything, things got flirty after half a year of talking. A year in, I finally got the time to meet up with him. It turns out he lied about his age. He's 8 years younger and in college. I fell head over heels. Help. FML
Today, I was finally going to break down my social barrier by going out on a date with a nice guy I recently met on a dating site. Just at the start of the date, he asked me how old I was, and out of pure nervousness, I blurted out, "12!" I'm 24. FML
Today, the boy that I met online six months ago and expressed my love to sent me a picture of himself and confessed how old he really was: thirteen. I'm eighteen years old and holding a steady job. FML
Today, I went on a 70-mile drive to the next town over to finally meet this beautiful girl I had talked to online. To my surprise, she looked exactly how she did in her pictures, minus the ring on her finger and the fiancé who wanted to punch me in the face. FML
On the internet, nobody knows you're a dog
Today, it's been a year since I met a guy online. We clicked almost immediately. Eventually we started dating, after proving who we are through many sources. Turns out he lied about his age after he conspired to make sure I was 100% in love with him before telling me the truth. He's legal but the age gap is uncomfortable. FML
Today, I was online dating and a girl from high school messaged me. Thinking she might have matured since we're now in our 40's, I messaged back. She then said it was a joke and that I'm still a desperate, pathetic nerd trying to score with the hottest girl in class. FML
Today, I finally got the chance to meet this wonderful guy I met on a dating site. She was very excited to see me, too. FML
The truth
Today, I was talking to a guy I met online and have known for four years. I've fallen in love with him twice, one of those times being currently. He was supposed to visit this summer. I got an email from him saying he's really a 17 year-old girl from Chesterfield, MO. FML
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newburton13 26
Was she looking for a date or a daddy?
pokemonchick14 12
That girl is very lucky you weren't a pedophile. Shame on her for acting older than she was and meeting you, something terrible could have happened to her.
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lilhellian 27
Honestly this generalization of a generation has gotten old.. Every generation has ****** up people...
EsOSiQueEs 14
I guess that kinda goes along with 13 going on 30(1)
havingalaugh 9
8- don't worry I caught the other fml reference
cuponoodles34 10
she was just trying to rebel and stamp out those daddy issues to her you'd be the man her father never was either that or she had a terrible sense of humor anyway poor you fyl the internet is never safe
calliet145 14
Holy run-on sentence, Batman...
cuponoodles34 10
sorry my mind wandered while writing that one
billyz77 24
Either that, or you just don't remember how to use punctuation. But don't change just because people rag on you. No guy likes periods.
cuponoodles34 10
Haha I'll keep that in mind
ZombieSnoopy 9
Depending on where she is the age of consent is 14...kinda creepy
twinkiefeets 17
Wow that could have ended much worse--with handcuffs.
KixiSummer 10
42- and a *****
dan_in_wi 12
haha, and then Chris Andrews popped out of the closet and asked why you were there right!?
B_CeouL 12
Chris Hansen numbnuts
evig_fml 16
You think he would have learned the name from the 8 other people who referenced him in earlier comments.
poccocurantes 7
I don't know OP I think you dodged a bullet. At 13 she was probably all tatted up and surly from all that hard living. Probably had a huge smack problem too.
medichick 5
After chatting for that long how can you not tell she was much younger. The mentality and language had to be different?
theballetdancer 5
It's quite easy to sound mature. Good grammar and spelling can go a long way! Other than that many 13-16 years old (younger teens) are very mature for their age.
etchsanity1 11
Mature for your age doesn't bridge more than twice your lifespan before you even learn to drive.... I'm agreeing that its hard to believe he had no clue I dated an 18 yo recently for a year and some change into her 19th and I found myself often times just marveling at her lack of life experience. I had several times met someone who had an age gap of several years and thought age is a number but any prolonged interaction just screams out at you how young they really are until someone has been out on their own for a couple years paying their own way and being responsible for their own life age really makes more of a difference than just numbers... I have dated up as well and found that age gaps matter way less after 25 and up but beneath that usually (not always but usually) people should only have a couple years between them. Barring those unique or extreme situations there just isn't really enough substance to base anything deeper than physical on.
poccocurantes 7
Since I have been on FML I have seen older guys and girls discussing pokemon and their group of friends that are into " my little pony" and I won't criticize them , but I am not shocked or surprised that OP didn't notice a generation gap, particularly if she didn't discuss MLP. Just about everyone on here has some connection with movies, video games and websites. I am older an I like video games and anime. Hate pop music though.
Already_Dead 15
#217, honestly, I've done that too. I could never connect with people my own age, and the computer was right in front of me unsupervised, so by the age of 11 I was talking to grown men online every day. I learned very quickly about pedophiles and perverts, also that sending explicit pictures was against the law. I'm now 13. No, I do not go on chat rooms anymore. If I'm feeling down and alone, I'll occasionally try to seek out teen chats. Yet, I CAN picture how that girl must feel to be turned down like that, no matter how wrong it was of her to lie about her age. There's one man I still talk to, but I make it clear that I will never do anything 'sexy' for him on cam or send pics, and he's okay with that. I hope. He has two daughters - one my age - so I also hope to God that he's not a pedophile. Anyway it takes a lot of guts to seek out grown, horny men just because you have no ability to connect with someone of your own age group. And, it's hard. Deciding who is not online for sex. Although, who knows what that idiot was thinking. Op could've been sexually attracted to young girls and took advantage of her (though we all know he didn't). We never know what runs through someone else's mind, or what their intentions are. She could've been just another ****** up, thirsty girl wanting attention. Nobody knows.
Already_Dead 15
Just to be clear, I've never lied about my age online. They either end the conversation, talk sexual, or talk about normal subjects because they're scared I might actually be a cop. That tells me who to trust and who not to. Oh, and no matter how well I know someone online, I would NEVER meet them in person. I came very close one time, but I got scared and contacted the FBI instead (the man was 40 and wanted to meet me just for sex). Some people have brains and maturity, others not so much.
dan_in_wi 12
sorry, meant Hanson... not sure where that came from... but yea, FYL!