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
Wild Nights Out
Last call, bad decisions and 3 a.m. texts you'll regret until noon. Cheers.
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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plan_Z 14
I kind of feel your pain, my family works the same. One year I got a card for my birthday, my brother got a laptop, a xbox 360 and 7 games for it. Two years ago I got a text that said "well done, you are not dead yet." For my birthday, my brother got given a brand new house. Favouritism sucks.
WhimsicalMusings 11
I think the line "he got a brand new house" immediately renders the argument "they fed and clothed you! They did their best! Just be grateful!" completely invalid. Unless you had a history of dangling your parents over shark tanks (and your brother had to keep rescuing them) there is no excuse for that level of favoritism. ...Seriously, I have terrific parents, but I have a hard time imagining them saying "Happy birthday! Here's your own private villa!"
ojuice 2
I guess we know who the favorite is......
nomrana 14
There comes a moment when we aren't an apple of an eye anymore. sad but true.
alex_jaguara 33
That's how you see who is the favourite.
athphane 7
I once got a gaming laptop for my birthday. My brother got a Nintendo Wii U
Snaek 10
I don't get what's wrong here, you got the better of the two.
talicaroxi 25
I've had similar happen. for my 18th I got a tescos value cd player. my sister got a saxophone other a laptop and brother an xbox. ..for My birthday!
SneakySlayer 15
WHY WOULD THEY BUY A MAC NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Macs are trash , apple is trash but if you like over paying I can under stand
Sirin_fml 47
Says the guy posting from the iPhone app. Are you friends with the secretly-gay gay-basher from the other FML? :-)
Hyenayena 27
Hey man, to each their own. I love both Pc and Mac, however I find Mac suits my personal needs better (I'm an artist and I love the resolution and the wider range of apps I can use, also the multitasking is great if I'm working on reference sketches). I like my Mac, and I liked my PC. I just had to make the change due to my career path. I don't see the need of spending over $1000 on a computer if you aren't using it for a specific purpose...
NostalgiaFreak9 43
My parents use to give my sister something SMALL on my birthday, and I would get something small on her's. Usually, it was like a stuffed animal or an action figure. Your brother sounds spoiled.
psyjoniz 12
for years i had begged for a laptop. one magical christmas i watched both sisters and brother open new laptops. i opened a chess set.
vikky538 29
Happy birthday OP. Not just wait for their birthdays and treat yourself on those days