Today, the instructions on my new IKEA bed made me cry. It includes a picture of a person working alone with a frown crossed out and is replaced by two smiling people working together. I have no one in my life to help me. FML
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Wild Nights Out
Last call, bad decisions and 3 a.m. texts you'll regret until noon. Cheers.
Today, the only thing that cheered me up was a documentary about IKEA, and seeing how my furniture was made. FML
Today, I spent two hours building an IKEA bookshelf. When I was finished, I realized it was inside-out. There was no way to fix it without completely taking it apart again. FML
Today, I tried to put together some flat-pack furniture. I wound up in my underpants, screaming stuff like, "Fuck you, fucking Ikea bastard" at pieces of confusing plywood. FML
Today, I attempted to assemble a piece of furniture that boasted "easy, step-by-step instructions." Three hours later, surrounded by mismatched screws and a confusing diagram, I realized the only thing "easy" about it was my decision to ask my dad to come round and assemble it for me. FML
Today, I woke up with my face sharpied. I live alone. FML
Today, I spent an hour painstakingly disassembling my antique mirror after discovering a stack of papers behind the back board. I finally got hold of one corner, and pulled out… a newspaper from 2007 and instructions for an IKEA bed. FML
Today, I attempted to assemble a piece of furniture that claimed to be "easy to build in minutes." Four hours and multiple arguments later, I realized I had misread the instructions, and half the parts were upside down. I'm pretty sure the furniture won this round. FML
Today, I noticed that my weekend hobby is crying. I live in a city where I don't have a single friend or relative. FML
Today, I went into the bathroom and got angry upon finding that once again, no one had bothered to put on a new roll of toilet paper. And then I remembered that I live alone. FML
Today, after opening up to my husband about my mental struggles after a difficult birth, I shed a few tears. He left me there to go take a nap. FML
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Luckster 0
These days it's actually not very easy to make friends. If you try to talk to a random person in a mall or a bar or anywhere, they just look at you like you're a ******* retarded moron, mock you, and walk away.
noshcherie 0
awwwww! i would help you.
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dissimilitude 0
From previous experience, putting furniture together by yourself can be easier and less stressful than doing it as a team! Hope it went well.
Hillbilly_Deluxe 3
*pats you on the back* i would give you a hand if i were in the neighborhood dont feel bad, there's people out there that are willing to help
V_S234 0
I'm so sorry for you. :( I would help you. :)
GreenEyedMonsta 0
Awwwww *hug* *BIG hug*
citrusjuice 0
Awh! I feel sorry for you! *huggles*
shazzam 0
moving is hard, but being stuck in the same place is worse. hang in there.
gidget1983 0
I had exactly the same thing with an Ikea bed too - I saw that picture and it put me down a little, but felt so awesome after I put it together by myself! (the bottle of wine I drank during the assembly process probably helped to :-P) NY is a great place to be so get out there and live it up!!
FACTSofSTEVEN 0
aweeee im srry =[ ill help u i live in san diego thoe sadly
KarenC_fml 0
I'll help you! :)
beany96 0
awww that sucks=