Anonymous
United States
Today, my ex-boyfriend called my parents to let them know I broke up with him. He was sobbing. FML
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Anonymous
United States
Today, my boyfriend called me to break up with me. Immediately after we hung up, I started crying hysterically. I thought I dialed my best friend, and as soon as the line picked up, I yelled, "That motherfucker broke up with me!" My now ex-boyfriend replied, "Yeah, I know I did." FML
Awkwardly_dumped
You got mail
Today, I was making out with my boyfriend. When we took a break and went downstairs, he checked the mail. He had received a letter from his ex-girlfriend, which he opened in front of me. He then began sobbing on my shoulder and broke up with me. He still had to drive me home. FML
justmylife
United States
Today, my boyfriend of 3 years called my house even though I was with him at the time. He needed to talk to my mom. He asked her to break up with me for him. FML
rotezora
Basel, Switzerland
Today, my boyfriend broke up with me by rapping in a voicemail. FML
SteroidPenguin
Clifton, United States
Today, I told my dad that I broke up with my first serious girlfriend. He responded by blaring sad breakup songs as loud as he could throughout the house, just to see me "cry like a bitch". FML
whereismyring
Los Angeles, United States
Today, my ex-boyfriend announced he was engaged. We broke up last night. FML
Anon
United States
Feelings
Today, my parents told me, after 30 years of marriage, that they are getting a divorce. I went to my boyfriend's apartment because I needed some comfort. While sobbing to him, he decided to dump me on the spot because my reaction to the news was "immature" and he wants an "adult" relationship. FML
knee2tak
United States
Crossed purposes
Today, I told my boyfriend, "We need to talk." He said, "I know". So we met after school, and he said he was OK with me breaking up with him, that he wasn't that into me either. He said all that before I could tell him that my parents wanted to meet him. FML
stuck
United States
Stuck on amber
Today, I went to see my boyfriend with the intention of breaking up with him. Instead I discovered that he lost his job today and has to move back in with his parents. I can't bring myself to dump someone who's already crying about his horrible day. Now I have to comfort my soon-to-be ex. FML
me
United States
Today, I broke up with my boyfriend. I had only been dating him for about a month. Thinking he wouldn't take it very hard, I invited him over so I could tell him in person. Little did I know he was going to start crying on my couch and not leave for 5 hours. FML
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DocBastard 38
It's ok for a real man to cry every now and the.ln. I cry whenever I hear Nikki Minaj because she's famous and I'm not.
shorty6823 28
Sounds like he's a bit too immature to be in a relationship.
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Comments (138)
grumpybr 13
Nothing against a little soft side, but keep your cojones for pete's sake!!
Joshwarrior 39
oh I think his cojones are long gone :P
Pstraka6 20
Talk about being codepedent, he needs to move on and handle It like a normal guy, not a sobbing child. Maybe he didn't realirealize thats why you don't want to be with him!
Alicestraza 33
How do you define 'normal guy'? We don't know the circumstances but it's perfectly okay for him to cry. He doesn't need to move on til he's ready.
ambear26 14
Op my ex boyfriend did the same thing! Did you date my ex ? It's a possibility haha.
jackaced 7
That's why you have to deliver break ups in person. With slaps to the face
Ypetrol 11
Did you take him back ?
just_A_guy01 3
I just want to know how old this guy is...
ShakeDisPlace 10
OP it sounds like your ex should be the one posting an FML. haha.
MattieJH 12
He may be a bit immature as plenty of others have noted, but maybe he's just really torn up about it and thinks that your parents can talk you back into dating him. All the same, crying to the parents is a low move, if used solely for the purposes of manipulating the situation, and a pathetic move if used for his own consolation purposes.
fmlaccountthing 3
wow... what's all this shit about manning up? Has it occured to you that maybe he wasn't whining at them, but he may have been really close to them? And come on, is a guy not allowed to cry when a relationship ends? It would be stupid if they were together for a few weeks, but it could have been years, you don't know... And it's likely he'll see her parents a lot less, too.
Jemm_fml 29
Amen, I thought I was going insane for reading these comments and seeing nothing but 'frathouse' written all over them. Geez.
tararochelle 18
Girls always want a romantic, sweet guy... They say at least. This guy shows he cares and gets made fun of. It would be nice not to be the only one crying over the end of a relationship!
B0nb0N09 12
Pretty sure 'girls' all have different preferences. And he clearly doesn't respect her saying no. That's not sweet, it's selfish!
Jemm_fml 29
Y'know, can't say I agree with many of the comments here. I think this sort of compression on men's expressive lives are why we have all these emotionally constipated, stone hearted douches out there. When they get emotional we almost yell at them for it without realizing. Like a woman could never reduce a man to tears or something. We have no idea what the OP meant to this guy, maybe he was going to marry her, maybe it was a long term relationship that ended in a horrible way. Maybe OP's parents were like parents to him and he loved them so gave them a call to update them and got emotional over the phone. We have no idea but I can't see anything wrong with the guy for having actual feelings. If a woman was doing that and the OP was male, chances are people would be posting here voting YDI and calling OP a douche cause he 'must have done something' to her.