Today, my girlfriend confronted me for forgetting to take the trash out. At some point during the argument, I tried to calm her down, and the words "I should of" escaped my lips. She spent the next ten minutes calling me stupid and laughing at how my grammar goes to hell when I'm distressed. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, my caring way too much about proper grammar got out of hand when I corrected my girlfriend during a talk about her dying grandmother. FML
Today, I yelled at my girlfriend because I thought she'd thrown away an important form I needed to fill out. I found it a few minutes later, just stuck to the back of another piece of paper. After apologizing for getting mad, all she said was, "I'm used to it." FML
Today, my wife yelled at me for being a bastard and not caring about her needs. I felt like an asshole and apologized for everything. It took me a few hours to realize I'd basically just apologized for unknowingly hanging the toilet paper the "wrong way" for her OCD. FML
Today, I found out my girlfriend starts fights with me over text because apparently, when I'm arguing with someone, I stop speaking in "annoying shorthand" and am grammatically correct. FML
Today, my girlfriend felt bad about a rude comment she made to me, and asked me to insult her in return. I told her she was getting fat. Wrong move; now she's not speaking to me. FML
Today, my girlfriend berated me for my "lack of communication skills", all while deeply engrossed with something on her phone. FML
Today, my wife and I got into an argument. She ran out, yelling. Later, at work, I felt guilty, so I picked up some flowers and a card. When I presented them to her, she looked puzzled. I made the mistake of reminding her about our argument. She is now mad at me, again. FML
Today, I took out my phone and realized I butt dialed my girlfriend and left her a 4 minute voicemail of me farting in an echoing toilet bowl. FML
Today, I had a massive argument with my boyfriend, in which he called me stupid repeatedly. I stomped out of his house and sent a very angry text to my best friend about him. She didn't text back. Then my boyfriend texted, "My girlfriend is so stupid, she can't even text the right number." FML
Today, my girlfriend and I had an argument. She admitted she didn't know why she was pissed at me, but still is, and now she won't talk to me. FML
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DocBastard 40
I have a feeling this will be one of the most grammatically-corrected threads in the history of FML. That should serve as fair warning to all the "ur" idiots out there.
happle 21
I think saying it is fine since it sounds like "should've." Your girlfriend sounds like a bitch, OP.
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BoredReader88 5
Damn Grammar Nazi's
israelnotjacob 20
lol sorry OP but as much as I'm not a grammar nazi most of the time; if you can't even use proper grammar while writing an FML about being insulted for not using proper grammar, then you clearly deserved it.
Harpy20 24
OP, "I should of" sounds just like "I should've" (when said aloud), which is grammatically correct. You should've just made her feel like the **** she is. I would've.
ClassyCommando 13
Eye wood of two.
Carmstro 13
24, there's a chance that since they were arguing that he might have separated his words more like, "I. SHOULD. OF." in which case it would have been more noticeable, but that doesn't really mean that the girl should have flipped. In verbal conversation, usually you can let the little things slide.
lamoore 2
you mean Nazis.
gc327072 31
65- that's the joke. *slow clap*
pradip 26
I'm noth a grammar nazi buth I thoo hade wen peopal make simpel stupid misthakes and mess up "there, their, your, you're, should of"
Here4theshow 17
Not* but* though* hate* when* people* simple* mistakes*, I can see why you do not consider yourself a grammar nazi.
charlieohcharlie 12
101, 92 wasn't being serious, apparently it wasn't very obvious though.
sl524 4
So messed up.
whosindahouse 9
36-I love it when you say you love it but you don't.
Pandamonia88 9
@101, that's Nazi with a capital N. :3 I feel sorry for people who make a big fuss about words and stuff. If that's what you gotta stoop to to make yourself feel clever...
lavantant 3
Problem with that being that she would continue the fight simply because he corrected her... Some women have a hard time accepting being wrong, but have no problem pointing out when others are
abrookec2011 14
I believe some people do not realize that commas are a part of grammar. It's sad.
emeraldmaz 9
See, I can hear a distinct difference between "should of" and "should've." I'm not saying that OP's girlfriend should have called him stupid, but they are quite different.
carbonbasedcynic 17
says the person who doesn'tknow how to spell descent
ahabsfan 17
Time to put her to the curb.
ClassyCommando 13
Actually, it sounds like it's time to take the garbage bin to the curb.
sux4u121 10
"Oh your girlfriend made fun of your grammar, time to dump her" nice train of thought.
sarah6786 14
Maybe 2 is right though. It's never a good thing when someone degrades/puts you down/makes you feel bad. Assuming this happens a lot. Every good relationship requires respect, or it IS NOT worth it.
tifafifa 3
I agree with 39, while a little ribbing and teasing is allowed, outright mockery of a person (to their face, no less!) is so rude and disrespectful!
ClassyCommando 13
6 seems to be correcting 1.
ClassyCommando 13
Oops, that was supposed to go in 6's thread.
Charger_SRT8 0
Don't you think that's a little excessive? Granted we don't have any background info readily available.
DocBastard 40
I have a feeling this will be one of the most grammatically-corrected threads in the history of FML. That should serve as fair warning to all the "ur" idiots out there.
Sandman366 6
20: Yeah, and can claim she misheard you in case you didn't say should've like you should've.
cheekyterier 13
#20-some people think contractions are not proper grammar, so either way he would be "wrong"
your_face 15
20 - it depends on how pronounced the "uh" between the "should" and the "v" was.
ajeppsen 25
Look in the moderates. It is like grammar took the highway to hell and burned.
ImACat_fml 7
Not even FML worthy!
LaLince 40
#3: lol
TheNewGuy03 29
Doc, but you misplaced a hyphen! :p You are completely correct about this FML, however. The grammar Nazis have come out to play.
kristat 14
I just say here for about five minutes saying "should of" and "should've" out loud and they really do sound exactly the same. The girlfriend sounds like the kind of person who always has to be right even when she's not.
ygdrassil 17
That hyphen is fine. It's not strictly necessary, but some people put that sort of hyphen in.
tsim14 4
Atleast you didn't have to take the trash out.
LaLince 40
good point
BubbleGrunge 18
Should have taken the garbage out, OP!
MatteKudasai 17
(Sarcasm inbound) OP should OF****
blondie107 20
You're an idiot XD
KrazyKatz3 26
And your girlfriend with it....
chocolatefrog28 29
Nazis* ;)
ClassyCommando 13
That is the first time I've seen the word "Nazis" immediately followed by a smiley face.
silvercamaro 22
Who are you correcting?...
IamEloise 7
I think 58 was talking to 6, who I am guessing is correcting 1.
mduffy08 8
A correction within a correction inside a correction. Where's the kick?
gc327072 31
76- *slow-mo opera plays* Bruuummm Bbrrruuuuuuummmmmm BBBBRRRRRRUUUUUUMMMMMMM!!!!!
white16sox 19
76, correction-ception.
RaveBlade 4
87- its called correption.
HooHooHa 6
She sounds like a bitch.
sarah6786 14
How did you say the same thing as the person under you, yet yours was the one no one agreed with?
onlychildFTW 34
The FML community is full of strange thumbers.
wlddog 14
I had trouble figuring out what he did wrong. "I should of" is used all the time by millions of people. I am guessing she was grasping for straws. "I should have" is not a big enough deal to throw a fit over.
happle 21
I think saying it is fine since it sounds like "should've." Your girlfriend sounds like a bitch, OP.
thelinlinx3 10
^ this. How else would you pronounce should've?
unknown_user5566 27
16- The girlfriend was probably expecting him to say "should have". That's the only way I can think of that would've caused her to flip out about it.
happle 21
She shouldn't be calling him stupid and laughing at him, though. That's really mean. :(
doodlecloud 27
16 - 'should of' is pronounced 'should ov' but 'should've' is pronounced 'should ugh-v'. Though really, it takes no extra effort to say 'should have' and a lot of people autocorrect and pronounce 'should've' as 'should have' anyway as, after all, we only abbreviate things to make them quicker/easier to say and there's not much difference between the two.
chosha_fml 27
Yes. So little difference in fact that someone stopping to laugh at it in the middle of an argument must be a petty bitch.
doodlecloud 27
126 - I never said OP's girl was justified. She IS a petty bitch, I'm not supporting her. I was just replying to 8 and 16.
illmatic2 16
Aww **** I can tell already this thread is going to be covered with douchey grammar Nazis.
JustASmallTownBo_fml 7
If she really knows grammar, she should know that "should of" has no difference in pronunciation from grammatically correct "should've"
oj101 33
Some people have incredibly high levels of hearing. My grandmother could hear me listening to music on my iPod on the earbuds (volume 60%) whilst I was upstairs, and she was downstairs. I have no doubt that some people can hear the difference in should of and should've, especially when there's a slight pause in should of as opposed to should've being mashed into one.
maosquare 18
Sorry but I think 'f' and 've' are pronounced differently. It sounds similar but it's not the same.
doodlecloud 27
of = ov, 've = ughv