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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Comments (165)
lilly1185 3
Really? You're supposed to sip wine. And if you felt the need to be rude I'm sure there was a napkin available to hold in your gnarly mouth fluids. Yes to a course in charm school.
lilly1185 3
Really? You're supposed to sip wine. And if you felt the need to be rude I'm sure there was a napkin available to hold in your gnarly mouth fluids. Yes to a course in charm school.
offtap 0
I modded this one and FYL. although you could have aimed in a different direction, but then again, shit happens. Give him some money for stain removal or something (:
sosadrightnow 4
Am I the only one who thinks this sounds fake?
alexandravan5 0
I would have done the same, like, that must be one hell of a viola!
alexandravan5 0
I would have done the same, like, that must be one hell of a viola!
Albertkoholic 8
wow! what's it like living in a fairy tale??
Sungoon 0
I play the viola and I think Walton > Bartok! >:0
Cadence692 0
Totally irrelevant to the post, but I agree. The Walton is gorgeous!
daleftw 0
Haha this FML sounds like something out of a Family Guy episode. Except father in law liked you more.
reduska 0
Not once in my life have I ever seen someone unload the contents of their mouth in surprise, except in TV. My advice is not to use trashy drama or soap operas as a template for actual human behaviour, no one spits out of surprise. People spit out of disgust if anything. Doesn't matter whether you're well-off or not, if someone spits up over your finest suit you're going to be pissed. Dunno why people are being bitchy about different social classes though. Different folks have different amounts of money, get over it. I'm not rich by any means, but it's not like I'm living in a hut with little or no food. You've all got internet access, you can't be struggling that much.
boatkicker 5
It does happen on occasion. When I get really excited, I laugh, and it's really difficult to hold things in my mouth when I'm laughing.