Today, my friend's dad had a heart attack. Without realizing what I was saying, I texted her, "If you need anything, you know I'll be there in a heartbeat." FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I was texting a friend of mine. She mentioned it was her dad's birthday. I typed, "Tell him 'Happy Birthday' from me!" and as I pressed send, I remembered her dad was dead. FML
Today, I texted a friend offering my condolences over the death of his grandfather. He hadn't been told his grandfather had died yet. FML
Today, a friend posted the Facebook status "Ahhh... relief." Trying to be funny, I replied "Why? Did you just poop?" A few hours later, I read her previous posts and found out her dad's in the hospital having heart surgery. Now everyone thinks I'm a heartless dick. FML
Today, I received a text from my dad, which was borderline-incomprehensible due to an insane amount of text language. I replied, jokingly asked if he had a stroke while writing it. A few seconds after hitting send, I remembered the stroke he suffered last month. FML
Today, I got a text message. It said, "I'm so drunk. What you up to, girl?" It was my dad. FML
Today, I texted my sister to ask her if she was OK after finding out that one of her oldest friends had died. She didn’t know. FML
Today, I texted a friend saying I urgently needed his help. He gushed back along the lines of, "Glad you reached out, everyone has noticed your terrible frame of mind, you’re a suicide risk." I meant help with a tricky Excel spreadsheet, but thanks for the support I guess. FML
Today, my dad asked me to send my mom a text since he was driving and I was in the passenger seat. I pulled up my mom's contact on his phone, and I found that my mom had recently sent my dad a picture of her jugs, along with the message, "We miss you." FML
Today, I work at a hospice center. At 3AM, a call just went out to a man's family to come because he was dying. I didn't realize that this man was my old friend's grandpa. When I saw her, I smiled really big and said, "Hey! Great to see you!" Her grandpa was ACTIVELY DYING. Stupid stupid stupid. FML
Today, I called my mom to let her know that my father, her ex-husband, suffered a series of mini strokes. Her reply was essentially, "Oh that sucks. Are you still taking your grandmother to lunch sometime this week?" Dad lives halfway across the country. FML
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gusgus36 5
they know you mean well.. they might not have even noticed that you said heartbeat. don't beat yourself up over it
perdix 31
Well, if her dad is the official timekeeper, you might never show up.
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Comments (96)
u1ose 2
wow way to "ticker" off. see what I did there. ticker...tick her.
chelseaaababyyy 17
i wouldnt have thought anything of it if i was her, would just think you were being nice
mine2take 5
"Today, my best friend mocked my father's heart attack. Why the hell am I friends with this bitch? FML."
metalhead5564 0
I'm sure your friend knows that your heart was in the right place. She may think it was a little heartless at first but I'm sure she'll understand.
sociology 0
I'm sure she had a lot more on her mind than u saying heart beat don't be so self-centered jk she should understand though if she doesn't get a new bff
RebeccaBree 0
my bf's dad had a heart attack and the second I found out my dad and I were there to pick her up. she spent a week at my place because I refused to let her leave until her dad out of the hospital.
PeaceMeg129 2
Could have been worse...
Stylin_Since_97 10
I guess if it came from the hear- i mean, it's the thought that counts
jabee8 0
LOL thats so cute :3
Cow_girl_cutie 0
You're just being a good friend, she probably didn't think twice about what you said, just happy she has a friend like you there for her no matter what, that's what really matters. Not really a fml, more of a minor inappropriate use of words for the situation that's all. Don't be hard on yourself about it. All you have to do is clarify yourself if she thought you said that because you thought it was "funny" but if you're a good friend, I'm sure she wouldn't take it that way. It's more of F her life cuz her dad had a heart attack. Hope her dad is okay now though.