Today, it's my sixteenth birthday. I was hoping to get a car. Instead, my parents got me a three month membership at the gym so I can lose weight. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, it's my birthday. My mom got me a gym membership and a bunch of clothes that are a few sizes too small. FML
Today, it was my 16th birthday. My surprise was a new car, that is now in the side of the garage because my mom lost control while driving it around front. FML
Today, it's my sixteenth birthday and my mom promised me she'd buy me a car. She came home with a toy lego car. FML
Today, it's my sixteenth birthday. The only gift I got was from myself: a positive pregnancy test. FML
Today, for my birthday, my friend bought me a book on how to lose weight. FML
Today, it was my birthday. Some 17 year-olds will receive cars as presents from their parents. Mine, however, booked me a plot in the local graveyard. FML
Today, it's my sixteenth birthday. The only gift I got was a bill from my parents. Apparently, the rent is due on the 1st. FML
Today, my mom signed me up for Weight Watchers as a surprise birthday present. FML
Today, my parents gave me fat burner pills for my birthday. FML
Today, for my birthday, my friends and family gave me: A Wii Fit, a free year at the gym and a book of diet recipes. They didn't consult with each other. I've asked for "something corresponding to me". FML
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xOpheliacx 0
Well I don't have a car, OR membership to a gym, and I'm eighteen. I'd be happy with either.
incognito_fml 0
You shouldnt have expected them to give you a car. Youd be pretty lucky if you got a car and its not as if your parents are obliged to give their 16 year old a car. Take the gym membership. Be grateful
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Comments (214)
SimpleIdiot 0
******* rich kid
route95 0
Can't hate. A 3 month membership is WAYYY cheaper than a car (used or not) + gas + insurance + maintenance.
4tehlulz 0
I put "I agree, your life is f***ed" because I feel bad that you're that spoiled enough to think that your parents will buy you a car. A three month gym membership is something to be happy about, at least they care about your health.
maya_everettx0x0 0
HEYYYY! ITS MY 16th BIRTHDAY TOOO! but come on chick. get over it.
AntiChrist7 0
if there is need for a gym membership you soooo deserved it. should have bought you a bike
skierguy 0
Well, I'm glad you could take that silver spoon out of your mouth long enough to tell us this heartbreaking story.
MonkeySpeaks 4
Seriously? Youre complaining about them trying to do something for you. WAH WAH WAH. I ASKED for a gym membership for my birthday. Well I am part of a gym but i wanted a trainer... Do you have any grasp of how expensive your gift waS? That going to the gym is a luxury. How about "Thank you mom and dad for caring enough about me to want me to get into shape and giving me the tools to do so." Again, another spoiled brat.
MonkeySpeaks 4
#73 - did you ever think that being overweight would CAUSE her to have a lack of self esteem and her parents are giving her the tools to take care of it at a young age when its still managable?!?! She is going to look back at this and if she suses it to its fullest say "thank god my parents did that" or "i wish i had realized what i had when they gave it to me" She IS SPOILED because her parents did something nice for her and she can't appreciate it. ANd maybe she needs tio get into shape. I AM SICK and TIRED of hearing people whine about weight and how insecure they are when they dont even pay attention to the HEALTH ASPECTS of being oberweight. Poor you, you wanna look like a supermodel. Im wondering if her parents are concerned about her. Diabetes, Heart Disease, TONS of weight related illnesses that they are trying to prevent.
n1col3 0
ARE YOU KIDDING ME? you have to be the most ungrateful kid i have ever heard of. for one, on my 16th birthday i didn't even get a gift and i never complained about it either. what planet do you live on??? you want a car at the age of 16... dream on playa. on top of that gym memberships are not cheap and you caused this problem yourself. maybe you should not have gained so much excess weight and exercised (sometime NORMAL kids should do) or your parents wouldn't have given you that gift? huh? you think? oh and to top it off i'm surprised they didn't give you a box of twinkies so you could not only shut your mouth, but shove some more food in your face and add weight to your rolls.
thisisntgrant 0
whether she was hoping for a car or not, the fact that she posted the fml about getting a gym membership instead shows that she expected a car. if she wasn't expecting the car, then her life wouldn't be ******. i was overweight on my sixteenth birthday, and my parents actually bought me a gym membership too. i was happy with it, and i'm happy with the results i got from it. she's just spoiled.