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Today, it’s my girlfriend’s birthday, so I ordered a cake at the bakery and asked the baker to write “Happy birthday Marie!” in italic, because I think it’s prettier. When I opened the box, I saw “HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARIE IN ITALY!” FML

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I swear cake decoraters just write whatever it is they think they hear. Even if it makes no sense at all when written out.

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Not surprised at all...can the in Italy be covered up? Or just have them redo it...

If I was Marie, I'd be amused by that.

my question is why this post from 2011 is now on the top of latest.

Because it was just taken from the world board and posted to the US based board. An FML person stated this on another post awhile back when people wondered the same thing. It's apparently that's how it works when they backload the board from other area boards.

ForeverJasmine 26

I wrote on cakes and a lot of people can't just write in italic even if you want them too but they do write as pretty as they can.

I agree. Writing on cakes is so much harder than it looks.

It's only italics if it's typed. Otherwise the word you were looking for was cursive. Considering you gave bad directions to begin with you deserved what you got.

Ms_Monster 6

I only read through the comments to see if someone else thought this too. I'm glad I'm not the only one.

dannidoll93 24

Happy birthday Marie and curses

Except the proper work is script not cursive. OP wants letters that are slanted not straight connecting letters. You are correct about italics but not on the correction.

Sometimes it seems like bakery workers do this type of thing on purpose. Maybe it can become a good joke after you explain it. Good luck OP!

Surprise her via taking her to italy. You can't let that cake lie.

At home I go by my first two names so for my high school graduation we got a cake with those names. Ended up with a cake with "and" in between the names so it looked like it was for two people. The icing colors were wrong as well. You wouldn't think filling out a cake decorating form would be difficult.

species4872 20

I am surprised that no one commented that OP should have written down what and how the text on the cake should have been and given that to them first. That would have been the sensible thing to do. I mean to say that there are people who struggle to get the spelling of "Happy" right let alone knowing what "italic" means.

I have never ordered a cake where an order form wasn't used by the employee. OP shouldn't have had to write anything.

pheonixfire13 17

When your names Marie