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By wjones - 15/12/2009 15:06 - United States

Today, my family and I were decorating the Christmas tree. It seemed a bit unstable, but we decorated it without any problems. Later, while my daughter sat by the tree, it began to fall. Her grandmother stopped the tree from hitting her. I, on the other hand, screamed like a little girl. I'm a 38 year old guy. FML

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You deserved it 33 794

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By Christmas sucks - 24/12/2012 01:03 - United States - Boston

Today, I was wrapping presents for my daughter, trying to be really quiet. Behind me, the cat decided to climb the tree, which then fell on top of me and I couldn't move. My daughter had to help me up. She now knows everything she's getting for Christmas this year. FML

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By Dave - 24/12/2024 12:00 - United States - Birmingham

Today, we spent hours decorating the Christmas tree, perfectly balancing the lights, ornaments, and tinsel. Ten minutes later, the cat thought it was a right time to reenact Die Hard and climbed up the tree, knocking it over. Now my ornaments are shattered, and my cat is smugly sitting in the wreckage. FML

I agree, your life sucks 332

You deserved it 224

By shoutoutloud2him - 05/12/2009 08:48 - United States

Today, I was at Home Depot getting a Christmas tree with my family. While picking out a tree, a man thought it would be nice to help cut off the string that held the tree together. The branches hit me in the face and the guy managed to cut my hand. FML

I agree, your life sucks 28 001

You deserved it 2 641

By anonymous - 27/11/2011 00:12 - United States

Today, after spending hours putting up our tree and decorating it, it fell over and shattered the glass ornaments. FML

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You deserved it 4 645

By Anonymous - 09/12/2011 18:44 - United States

Today, our Christmas tree was damaged beyond repair after my son and his friends borrowed it for a little experiment. They tied balloons to the branches and tried to make it fly, after seeing a similar video online. FML

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You deserved it 3 557

By Julie - 25/12/2012 03:20 - United States - East Brunswick

Today, I woke up to find our Christmas tree knocked over, unwrapped presents scattered everywhere, and my mom passed out on the sofa with a bottle of booze. Merry Christmas. FML

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You deserved it 2 794

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By shaggyberaddy - This FML is from back in 2018 but it's good stuff

Today, I spent 15 minutes trying to get my cat out of our seven-foot Christmas tree. Once he was done, he tore about the house and broke the nativity scene, beheading baby Jesus and a wise man in the process. The tree is fucked. FML

I agree, your life sucks 3 820

You deserved it 1 057

By frownyface - 14/01/2012 17:32 - United States

Today, my family and I were burning our Christmas tree. For a laugh, my dad jokingly pushed me toward the fire. I tripped, and my doctor says the burns are probably going to scar. FML

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You deserved it 3 202

By Anonymous - 25/12/2010 07:08 - United States

Today, I was wrapping Christmas presents for my family. I got a huge paper cut on the webbing of my fingers, the pain of which caused me to scream out loud. My whole family heard and came rushing to my room. My grandma took one look, and scoffed, "Oh suck it the fuck up, princess." FML

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You deserved it 30 119

roaminginsomniac 0

Tuesday 15 December 2009 20:43

Sounds about right. Men usually scream like little girls.

fishness 0

Tuesday 15 December 2009 20:54

Hahaha, my Christmas tree fell on me when I was 6.

Comments

silbern 0

Wednesday 16 December 2009 8:49

Grow a pair so you don't shame the rest of the male race.

Banez 0

Wednesday 16 December 2009 15:17

It's not so much the male/female part that is a fail, the age difference, or the lack of manliness. It's the fact that the OP is a father and panicked when the tree nearly fell on his daughter. I know that if I had kids and I saw a tree about to fall on my kid, I would be the first person to stand up and catch that tree. When you panic, you stop thinking. When you stop thinking, you don't respond effectively. That's why it's important never to panic, but to respond. YDI

ajthemistress 6

Wednesday 16 December 2009 16:13

I agree with #49 You should have responded but I can see how anyone, male or female, of any age could scream and freak out in worry of their child.

Igor_g5 0

Wednesday 16 December 2009 16:25

I agree with a bunch of people here. If you knew the tree was unstable, why didn't you fix it? isn't that your responsibility? Glad I'm not you. Hope you get some balls someday.