Today, it was my birthday. My grandma gave me a hug and a check after wishing me a happy birthday and walked away giggling. I was excited because it was the only gift I had gotten all day. Ten minutes later, I realized that it was actually just my tax refund. FML
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Today, I found the birthday card my grandma had mailed. Apparently, it contained a gift of $100. Too bad it was in my mom's trash can, opened, with no money. She told my grandma it must have gotten lost in the mail. FML
Today, I found out that my grandma has been sending me birthday money every year. My mom just steals it before I ever see it. FML
Today, I celebrated my birthday with my family. As part of my presents, my parents gave me prepaid debit card. When I got home, I looked at it again and realized it's the debit card you get from selling back books to our university bookstore. I bought my own books this year. They gave me my own refund. FML
Today, I came home a day after my birthday, and was greeted by my mother who told me, "Oh, I have birthday present for you." She explained that she and my father went on a hike, and handed me my present. I got a fucking stick for my birthday. FML
Today, it's my birthday. My grandma posted about it on her Facebook wall, but people got confused and thought it was her birthday instead. She got twice as many birthday wishes as I did, and that's including the ones I got outside of Facebook. FML
Today, it was my birthday. I got ONE birthday greeting: from my bank, telling me they were closing my account. FML
Today, my family threw me my 21st birthday party. My grandma's gift turned out to be a pack of condoms. "Not that you'll ever get to use them," she said, turning and walking off, cackling maniacally. Now I remember why I never talk to the old crone. FML
Today, it's my birthday. I called my mom to thank her for the gift she'd sent. She was surprised and said, "Oh I thought you were waiting to open it." She ended the conversation with, "OK, I'll call you on your birthday." FML
Today, it was my birthday, so when I woke up, I came downstairs yelling, "ALL I WANT FOR MY BIRTHDAY, IS A BIG BOOTY HOE," only to find that my family had thrown me a surprise party. All my grandparents were at the bottom of the stairs. FML
Today, for my birthday, my mom presented me with a $4,000 check to pay for my braces. I've been very self-conscious about my teeth for years. Everyone applauded and told me how happy they were for me. Later, my mom asked me for the check back. Apparently it was just meant to make her look good. FML
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katie_lady 0
...On the bright side, it was still more money than you had the day before.
Scorponok 0
Haha. Your grandma hates you.
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Comments (46)
Q1 0
Happy birthday! Let's trade grandmothers please?
mopho 0
Oh no, the government gave you money.. FYL, seriously.
melissa_10 7
hahaha....thats was cute!
moosing 0
Oh yeah.. your grandmother burned you.. total FYL.. not. You got a tax refund, be happy, you little brat.
Stay_beautiful 0
You're complaining because your grandmother played a joke on you, yet you STILL got money in the end? oh ya....FYL indeed. Whats the smiley face for sarcasm? whatever it is, [[insert here]]
DisturbedDriver 0
Sounds like my birthday in 4 days haha.
itsTiffany 0
Aww I'm sorry :( That's just wrong... I hope your birthday gets better.
tipsypiink 0
#23, the goverment most cetainly did not give OP money. OP just got back some of the money that was taken from them by working hard.
STFCBarsby 0
At least you got the money you should of had anyway given back..consider it lucky you're earning enough to even get tax refunds.
heyyou1203 0
well i mean, at least u got something??