Today, my parents left for work before I had to leave for school and I decided to skip. I stayed by the phone, expecting the school to call so I could pose as my parent and excuse my absence. The phone rings and I pick up. It's my Mom, calling to leave my dad a message on the machine. FML
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Wild Nights Out
Last call, bad decisions and 3 a.m. texts you'll regret until noon. Cheers.
Today, I noticed that my mom had left the house without her cell phone. I called her phone to let her know she forgot it. FML
Today, my mom let me stay home from school, because I was sick. We both agreed not to tell my dad, since he's adamant that I never miss even one day of school. A few hours after my mom left for work, he came back home, with another woman. FML
Today, my mom called 5 times and I didn't pick up due to being in class at college. I was later called to the front desk, where my mom was crying. She said she was worried about me because I didn't say "I love you" to her after she dropped me off at college. FML
Today, I wasn't sure if I would have to go to work. My mom told me the night before that she would wake me up if I had to. I woke up, and seeing that it was past the time I normally go to work, I happily assumed I got called off. That is, until I got a phone call from my boss asking me why I wasn't there yet. FML
Today, I checked my inbox and realized I got an email from a potential employer, saying they were having trouble getting a hold of me by phone. They called while my mom was using my phone to look up directions to a place, and she answered, kindly hanging up when they asked for me. FML
Today, I received a message from front desk that my concerned father is trying to contact me. I call only to hear that my parents were freaking out that I wasn't answering my phone. They saw me 9 hours ago. They were going to call the police. I'm in college and also don't live with them anymore. FML
Today, my daughter's school called to inform me that I needed to bring her some sneakers. Not feeling like driving the 15 minutes to her school, I told them I was away from town. Then I realized I was on my house phone. FML
Today, I called my mom to tell her that I finally got my period. There was an awkward pause. She was at work. I was on speakerphone. FML
Today, while on vacation, I called my home phone to check the messages. Someone answered. FML
Today, I listened to a voicemail from my mom about how she misses me and can't wait to see me when I get back from vacation. Thinking she hung up, my mother then had a conversation with my aunt about how quiet the house is without me and how she'd be blessed if I didn't come home. FML
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Top comments
LittleMissMack 0
If you're going to skip, at least do it right. You should have called school and acted like your mom and told them you weren't coming in. And you should have screened phone calls. Your fault.
Cloudy_fml 0
When I was in grade school, they'd never bother to call until AFTER school had ended...
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Comments (97)
Seegtease 0
If your parents both work (and the school could find this out), why would you answer the phone during the day to pretend to be somebody who should be at work anyways?
Das_is_gud 11
You do realize the school does know the parents work schedule
trantula_77 0
you lazy punk...get your ass to school, or use the time working your arms so you can dig some ditches...maybe practice the phrase, "would you like fries with that?".
Amkii 0
That's why you just let the answering machine get it. The school doesn't know your parents' schedules.
yay_fml 0
You should have let the answering machine get it and if it had been your school, you could have just deleted it. jeez.
Vonnick 0
What #12 said.
sugarcupcake 0
karma will bite u in the ass
Meeks 0
I agree with both #12 and #13. And why didn't you let the machine get it again.....? Hmmm?
mariposa93 0
#1, if you were all up for pretending, the proper thing to do would have been to call the school and excuse yourself. #2, if you spent your day sitting and waiting by the phone, wtf was the point of skipping in the first place?
cuttybuddy 0
you're an idiot. if you were going to go through the motions of picking up the phone and pretending you were your parents, you should have called the school first as your dad and tell them that you weren't going to be going to school. then you could have chilled the rest of the day knowing no phone call was coming. but i suppose judging by what happened, that would be expecting too much from you...
Brown5922 0
ever heard of some thing called "Caller ID" wow...