Today, my future father-in-law, a respectable New England gentleman, bought me an $8,000 viola and bow for our engagement. I was so surprised that I spit a glass of wine from a 60 year old bottle all over his custom-tailored suit. He was not happy. FML
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Questions about your love life, a burnt turkey and the cousin who knows everything: Thanksgiving, a contact sport.
Today, trying to impress my in-laws, I put a lot of effort into selecting a nice bottle of wine for dinner at their house. When I got there, I gave the bottle to my wife's mother. Later, my father-in-law emerges from the kitchen to berate his wife over her poor choice of wine. It was mine. FML
Today, my dad got so drunk that he proposed to me. FML
Today, my little brother got a violin. FML
Today, at our wedding reception my new father-in-law gave his speech, saying his little girl was too good for me. Everyone, including my parents, agreed. FML
Today, my soon-to-be husband showed up with an animal print suit at our engagement ceremony. FML
Today, I married the love of my life. I was ecstatic until the wedding reception, where my new husband got drunk and started crying about how he'd been "forced" into marrying me. FML
Today, I overheard my soon to be step-daughter telling her friend on the phone that she hopes that mine and her father's wedding is just a big joke, and that he isn't really going to go through with it. I just dropped five grand on a dress and venue. She's in for a surprise. FML
Today, my violin broke and I have a recital coming up. I gave it to my friend to give it to the luthier and the luthier has fixed it. I asked my friend to return it to me and they became angry I was asking for too many favours. My recital is tomorrow and I can't get my hands on a violin for at least another week. FML
Today, I was having a garage sale and my mother-in-law came by to see what I was selling. She decided to buy these ugly green wine glasses that were still unopened. It turns out that she gave those to my wife and me when we got married. FML
Today, I am completely mortified. At my father-in-law's funeral, my husband put a bottle of beer on the coffin and announced to the room his dad was such a tight-fisted sod, it was the first drink he’d ever had on him. FML
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WannabeJew 0
Wow, I can't believe all the bitchy, whiny people. So what if his fiancee's family seems loaded? That seems to be the point. He's trying to fit in and he made a huge social gaffe. I get the feeling he's a bit overwhelmed and awed by the sudden shift in social status (hence, mentioning the money) and now he's completely embarrassed. Your snide comments only show your envy and pettiness, methinks. OP, that blows. I've had similar issues. My best friend's family is way above mine in social standing; we're 5 generations blue collar and his family errs on the white collar side. I've done some things I didn't realize were rude and he had to correct me later. Luckily, his mom and stepdad are understanding. People seem to forget the relativity of FMLs. This is an FML for him, even if others believe it's only his whining. He was surprised and acted reflexively. It's not like he intentionally did something stupid.
lovable 0
how could you do that??
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Tadeusz_fml 5
I feel sorry for people who comment on girls' pictures on FML and call it hitting.
Tadeusz_fml 5
"I do say, I believe I was just spat upon with my wine that is as old as me." "I must say, I am quite unpleased with you." Actually, it would be more like this: "I say, I do believe you just spat on me with my own wine that is as old as I*. I must say, I am quite displeased with you." Not that he'd say something. A stern look of digsut is all that is required. *As I, because it's an abbreviation, if you will, for 'as I am,' as opposed to 'as me n/a'.
emopinback 0
its happen to me just not after n 8000 $ present i feel for u tho
Taurus_ChicKa 37
That sucks, but really YDI for reacting in that way; it was nice of him to do that for you and sure you would be surprised, but how hard is it to swallow?
x805xUnknown 6
Rich people...
BuddyChristSays 0
Poor people...
Rick_S 3
Let's recap here. You're marrying into a family that can afford stuff like $8,000 violins, 60 year old bottles of wine, and custom tailored suits. You're life is f'ed how, exactly?
boatkicker 5
Because it's not OPs money. Having rich family members doesn't mean that you are rich yourself. My step-grandfather is extremely wealthy, but he doesn't just give it away to everyone. Marrying into his family is no different than marrying into a family who has no money. It's his and he earned it.
MrJangles 0
ydi for being a gay ass English tea drinking dickmongel
pinksyringes 0
swallow don't spit.
TheVariableX 0
Gold digga.
lolalovesyou 0
Only $8,000? Holy freak, I'm 13 and my viola was wayyyy more than that. He sounds cheap.
ktbird 0
You're a spoiled brat then.
RoxyRaccoon 4
I'm 16 and my viola cost $60. I agree with ktbird, you're a spoiled brat.
cherylface 13
And you can look at that ridiculously expensive, yet useless viola for hours when you hit your next growth spurt and need a larger size.
viola2005 0
Agree with 128. And yes, chances are that you will grow out of your viola's size. Yay more money wasted! Although since $8000 violas are cheap to you, I don't think you'd care.