Today, I found out that my birth date was entered incorrectly, and I’ve been believing that I am a year older than I really am. I’m actually 14, not 15. How did this happen? Both my parents and the doctor got the year of my birth wrong. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I found out that my parents have been lying about my birthday. Now it makes sense how they "lost the birth certificate" or how many photos of me as a baby are dated before I was actually supposed to be born, because "the camera must've glitched, we must've confused the date we wrote in the back of that card." FML
Today, at the eye doctor, they asked for my birth date for the files. My dad answered quickly, "May 28, 1994." It was embarrassing to have to correct him with "April 19, 1993." Who's May 28? Way to go dad. FML
Today, I, a person who will be 21 in a few months, was mistaken for my mom's older brother. My mom is in her fifties. Apparently this is becoming increasingly common, because the world sucks. I didn't realize it was affecting me this badly. FML
Today, I found out I've been misspelling my middle name for 25 years. FML
Today, I was mistaken for an 8th grader because of my height. I'm 32 years-old. FML
Today, it took me longer than it should have with a bit of calculations to remember how old I am. FML
Today, I found out my lifespan has been reduced by a year just because of where I was born. FML
Today, I got mistaken for a high school freshman. It’s my 23rd birthday. FML
Today, I realized that since I was in elementary school, my friends, my workmates, and even my family, all call me accidentally by someone else's name instead of my actual name. I'm 30 years-old. FML
Today, I saw my original birth certificate and realised I’ve spent almost all my life misspelling my first name. Now I’m worried it might invalidate pretty much every legal document I’ve ever signed. FML
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Top comments
Lobby_Bee 18
I've never had a child before, but don't you have to register your new born? Wouldn't they catch on if the baby being registered is born a year ago?
PenguinPal3017 19
So wait... your parents forgot how old you were, and checked your birth certificate to figure it out? Like, even if my kid's birth certificate said they were 3, I'd know they were 2. At what point did they forget?
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Comments (16)
interesting33 37
I'm loving your username
RichardPencil 32
That’ll suck until you’re 21, then it’ll be great to be a year younger than expected.
mike3775 39
I’m trying to figure out how that is possible to go unnoticed for that long. Sucks though
Lobby_Bee 18
I've never had a child before, but don't you have to register your new born? Wouldn't they catch on if the baby being registered is born a year ago?
TheFireEternal 26
You can register a baby within 12 months of their birth. you're supposed to do it within 30 days however they understand sometimes things don't always work out that way. also you can register later than a year however at that point it's a lengthier process and there's a fee.
dexter420 21
Stick with the lie. But not with bf
acmariner99 25
You’re 14 in Korea.
PenguinPal3017 19
So wait... your parents forgot how old you were, and checked your birth certificate to figure it out? Like, even if my kid's birth certificate said they were 3, I'd know they were 2. At what point did they forget?
SneezyBear 27
The only way this makes sense is if OP was adopted as a child and somehow the child's D.O.B. was messed up on the paperwork?
thatslifeiguess7 16
Were you born at home? If I was you i would check missing babies 14 years ago and a death record for the baby they lost. I am not sure how this happened
Davros 12
Were you born in the 60's? If so I would say your lucky that's all they forgot
rodfergie 18
HEY!!!! I was born in the 60's, and.... uh...um... What?
ofotherworlds 8
At least you found out now, not 3 years from now!