Today, I was at church with some friends and our counselor, who had recently came back from Taiwan. I was born there and love to visit, so I immediately exclaimed, "How lucky!" A few seconds of awkward silence later, he said, "I was visiting my dad who was just diagnosed with cancer." 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, I saw an old friend while out and about. Since I don't leave the house very often, my friend was surprised to see me in person. He jokingly asked if someone was dying, and I cried in response. I was in fact going to the hospital to say goodbye to my grandma. FML
Today, I serve at church and had a funeral. As I greeted the family, someone asked how I was doing. Without thought, I responded, "Good to be alive." FML
Today, I took my best friend to see her dad in hospital. While they were talking in another room about his care, he took his last lucid words before his death. I was the only one there and I'd never even met him before. FML
Today, I visited my ex-girlfriend's house. I saw her mother and asked, "Hi! Have you recovered from that nasty cold that you had for so long?" She said, "I don't have a cold," to which I smiled and said, "That's great to hear!" Turns out she has lung cancer instead. FML
Today, a customer that I've been waiting on for years came into the restaurant after a long absence. I said to him, "Hey man, it looks like you lost a lot of weight! How'd you do it?" He replied, "I got cancer." FML
Today, I saw my dad for the first time in almost five years, at his funeral. FML
Today, my mom talked me into going to a funeral since my dad wouldn't go. It was for one of her classmates. When it was our time to view the casket, we paused in front of it for a second before my mom leans over to me and says, "What if I told you that was really your dad?" FML
Today, my teacher announced that he'd be out for a week because he was going to Vegas. I happily said, "Woo hoo!" Then he finished his sentence by telling me it was because his dad had died. FML
Today, I'm terminally ill, in a foreign country for treatment, and I was feeling hurt and sad inside, so I rang my parents to just talk, to feel warm and protected. My father told me on the phone with an indifferent tone, "Son, we're out for some shopping and getting groceries, Mom will call you back." They never did. FML
Today, I had no choice but to bring my son to work as a med school professor. I sat him in a chair in a corner while I gave a lecture. To my surprise, he added another word to his limited vocabulary, and screamed it out loud with an ecstatic expression on his face. The word is "cancer". FML
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Top comments
jamesderp 15
You couldn't have known, not your fault
WCARlover 35
Well you were at church! Should've just said you were really sorry to hear that and suggested all of you to pray for him together!
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Comments (25)
jamesderp 15
You couldn't have known, not your fault
jakers8424 18
My God have mercy on your soul op
WCARlover 35
Well you were at church! Should've just said you were really sorry to hear that and suggested all of you to pray for him together!
abbyade 21
Not your fault OP, You weren't aware of this. I'm sure you said something in the line of 'I'm sorry to hear that'. He should understand.
w0nderwh4t 14
Damn, his dad is the country Taiwan?
CheekyRaccoon 27
Yep and his mum is China.
28actress 22
I'm sure he knew you meant well. I hope all goes well for his dad. God bless!
senor_octubre 24
There is no way you could've known that OP. Sorry for the awkward situation though
RedCronos 17
Cancer is a bitch
EyRaB 17
You set yourself up for something you had no clue would happen. Don't be so hard on yourself.
sk8erd 15
well thats awkward. but not like you knew about that!