thanks for the $5 gift voucher
Randleman, United States
Today, my parents bought my 11-year-old brother a MacBook for my birthday. FML
Collection
Thanksgiving
Questions about your love life, a burnt turkey and the cousin who knows everything: Thanksgiving, a contact sport.
Same thing different taste
Anonymous
Forestville, Australia
Today, the whole family came over to celebrate my 18th birthday. My grandfather bought me a giant mathematics book. Apparently, he didn't want my 16 year old sister to be "jealous", so he got her the new iPad. FML
Anonymous
United States
Today, for my birthday, I got a Big Mac. FML
muggle68
United States
Thanks, iHate it
Today, it was my birthday. I have been heavily hinting that I want an iPhone. I opened my present from my parents and found an iPhone box. Ecstatic, I quickly opened it. Apparently, my parents thought it would be funny to wrap my present, a $10 iTunes gift card, in the box my Dad's iPhone came in. FML
Anonymous
Today, my stepmother proved once again that she likes to play favourites. She has no job, so anything she gifts comes from my dad’s account. On my last birthday, I got £5 on a cheap card. Today, my step-brother's birthday, he got £400 and an iPad. He’s 4 years old. FML
computergeek
United States
Today, my parents got me a new computer for my birthday. They also took the liberty of throwing out my old computer, with 8 years of photos, videos, music, documents, emails, and bookmarks on it. But that's okay, I had a backup. They threw that out too. FML
future missing person maker person thingy
Lloydminster, Canada
Today, after saving up for weeks, I bought myself an iPad. Because mine is better than the one my parents bought my ten-year-old brother, he got pissed and threw it into our pool. I'm now grounded for getting angry and calling him a bastard in the aftermath. FML
Elmo
United States
Today, is my brothers 16th birthday. He got keys to the Lexus. I'm 18, have no car, and got pajama pants and chapstick for my birthday. FML
Ethan Pullenayegem
Canada
Sounds fair enough
Today, my dad came up into my room and told me that as a consequence of breaking my MacBook in anger, he’s punishing me by helping him with yardwork every single hour of the day. FML
anon
United States
Today, I graduated from college and my parents gave me an apple. Not the computer, the fruit. FML
Paige
United States
Today, my parents gave me an iPhone. They then checked my grades online, and promptly took it away. FML
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ChloeRattlehead 22
my dad once bought my sister an iPhone 5s for my birthday. I got a 2 liter of Pepsi.
CaliSwagy 15
When it's your parent's birthday give a gift to the other and act confused if they ask why.
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Beyto7000 20
That is some ****** up shit.
Teyros 24
In all fairness macs aren't that amazing.. Glad your brother is prepared for lots of school work!
LevyLove 17
I don't think there's any fairness in this at all....
Hyenayena 27
Your preference. I'm an artist and find Mac to suit my needs better, but the pint of this FML is that there is no fairness in how the siblings are being treated in comparison
failedgamer01 20
I know the feeling. My sisters each got brand spankin new laptops and I just got a barely functioning hand-me-down. They are not even teens yet and they treat their electronics like trash!
Dexter83_fml 17
Reading your responses is truly cringeworthy I can't imagine a parent treating siblings differently. If it were me I'd would say something and just say now that's not very fair is it ? Then walk off
mds9986 24
Oh poor you, your parents didn't get you an expensive present.
JayGatsby 25
It's not the fact that OP didn't get an expensive present. It's that if the parents we going to get an expensive gift why did they have to give it to OP's brother on his/her birthday.
mds9986 24
Because life isn't fair and maybe her parents thought she was mature enough to understand. Apparently not.
leogachi 15
Her parents are openly playing favorites with their kids. Being upset is a reasonable response to that.
JayGatsby 25
No, her parents are just douchebags who favor her brother. Life being unfair has nothing to do this
SneezyBear 27
#53, Life may not be fair, but we are allowed to complain about the unfairness of it. Especially from parents who are SUPPOSED to be fair. Just like doctors are SUPPOSED to treat patients and customer service people are SUPPOSED to politely serve you. Parenting is supposed to be a full time job - if you can't treat children fairly, kindly and respectfully, fine, but don't be a parent. Just like if you can't be nice to rude customers, fine, but don't be a cashier. "Life's not fair" is the reason why you, as a parent, need to be the supportive person who loves your child unconditionally, who they can fall back on when life kicks them in the nuts. It does not justify being an asshole parent (which playing obvious favourites is one criteria of) which has been shown to link with future emotional maladjustment, relationship issues, attachment disorders and even criminal behaviour. This should not be rocket science.
Hyenayena 27
Picture this, asshat: Your birthday, your special day. Life isn't fair, but perhaps maybe one day a year life could be a little nicer to you. OP wasn't asking for a MacBook. Op is just upset that on HIS/HER BIRTHDAY THEY WERE PUSHED ASIDE
sic0211 11
Must be 11" Air
goldcock19 9
What did u get tho?
aaakx 11
break it at night or you have to read books before your bro;-)
alex_gen 39
Guess you know what to do for Father's Day.
ChloeMeyers_Xo 16
Buy yourself something nice for your parents birthday.
birdybirdchirp 18
honestly that does seem to be the fair thing to do..because what they did isn't cool.