Today, an old friend of mine landed in Spain, where he's visiting me. After a few minutes talking about where we should meet, we realized the reason he couldn't figure out where it was, was probably due to the fact that he was in Barcelona. I live in Madrid. 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 was meeting up with a friend in a town. He said he was at the restaurant we were going to meet at; I was too. Turns out I was in the wrong town. FML
Today, as a good friend, I went to pick up my buddy from the airport. I arrived at the wrong terminal and waited for an hour before realizing he had landed an hour earlier at the other terminal. By the time I found his whereabouts, he'd already taken an Uber home. FML
Today, a friend who I hadn't seen in a while offered to give me a ride. I didn't really know how to give directions to my house, so when we had been driving for a while and it was getting awkward, I just pointed at a random house and pretended to live there. FML
Today, I met with my Bolivian friend, who's vacationing here for a few weeks. Eager to show him how welcoming we are in the USA, I took him home and introduced him to my parents. The first words out of my dad's mouth were, "Bolivia? That's in Europe, right? We saved your asses in World War 2." FML
Today, I flew to England to visit my boyfriend, who has been working there for the past three months. I went to his hotel and waited for him; he never showed up. I called one of his colleagues to ask him what was going on. He had no idea what I was talking about. FML
Today, I confidently walked into what I thought was my friend's apartment for a party, only to find a confused elderly couple staring at me. Turns out, I was not only three doors down from where I thought his front door was, I was also on the wrong floor. FML
Today, I introduced my Spanish friend to a girl I've had a crush on for a long time. Because he only spoke Spanish and she only spoke English, I was the translator. The first thing he said to her was, "You are really pretty." I translated it as "I like other men." Later, they found out. FML
Today, I had an argument with my dad about Venice being in Italy, not Spain. He wouldn't believe me, and had to Google it. He's an engineer for an aerospace company. FML
Today, after many hours studying a complete course of Spanish, I felt really good. I had accomplished something, something I could really use next week when I fly to Mexico on vacation. Then I found out what I had learned was Spanish as they speak it in Spain, not how they speak it in Latin America. FML
Today, I ran into an old friend from college on the bus to work. Having not seen each other in over 10 years, we spent a good 15 minutes talking about our lives after college. At the end, he asked me what my name was. FML
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_kyleG_ 34
Proper Prior Planning Prevents Piss Poor Performance
haileyrows 26
What I'm wondering is how they didn't notice this when they were planning the friend's trip...
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Comments (88)
Oppression_fml 19
Is he an American? Of course he is.
CaptainBlack 18
His life sucks
WattledParsley 11
Fail to prepare, prepare to fail.
sdfghjkmnbvc 1
Looks like he figured out which city has the better soccer team
latinablanca 24
LOLOLOL debatable.
sethsmith11 21
Saw this FMl and I'm knew this would pop up. Little bit surprised one of the first comments wasn't a debate between them and one between messi and ronaldo
Wehan 8
It's only like 6hrs drive tops. That still sucks though.
SueAnn23 8
How did he not know??
Sphanz 17
Looks like someone did good in geography class....
Googolman 29
Looks like someone did well* in English class.
AirBusDriver 23
Your friend should jump on a train to Madrid, the ride between those two cities is most scenic. Problem solved!
Jake42100 17
Seems like mutually poor planing,You both could have mentioned what city you are/would be in....
besosforme 26
Definitely poor planing... Too bad the friend didn't plane for 600km more.
SPFINATOR1993 10
Such a shame he didn't plane more.
ManicGypsy 22
Is your friend from the the US? I think some (not all, please don't downvote me into obliteration) Americans are not very good with geography. "Spain is a very small country, right? They probably only have 1 airport. Blah blah blah" kind of thinking. Just because the country is not as big as the "Great and Powerful United States of America".
HeWillBeLoved105 22
It has nothing to do with the geography or how "little" the country is it was the friends pure and utter stupidity. And you're not that far from his friend.
vocaloid_01 11
Just because his geography skills might not be superb, doesn't mean OP's friend is from the United States, is it so hard to believe Other people from Other countries make mistakes too? Why Is it always assumed to me American?
latinablanca 24
Your comment shows pure ignorance. Looking at your profile, I see that you're from the US... Maybe you have poor geography skills and that's why you think other Americans do as well? I'm not sure. But if my theory is correct, maybe you should MOVE AWAY to a different country and help yourself develop some geography skills(:
Loveyou6611 20
Of course you say Americans right? Because we are all the same?? Wrong.... You are a idiot, just because you "think" we are doesn't make it true. Btw any moron knows Spain is a big place, he probably just didn't research enough.
SPFINATOR1993 10
I agree. He's "a idiot."
k_th0m 15
Please don't reproduce. We don't need to deal with any more of your kind.