Today, my mom wished her best friend a Happy Birthday on Facebook. Her best friend died this year. Oh, did I mention that it’s also my birthday? FML
Collection
Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, my best friend since 8th grade died. This follows the deaths of my father in 2023, my divorce, and my mother dying last year. I already had an emotional Mother's Day, and now this. FML
Today, was my birthday. Today was also the day that my mom's cat died four years ago. She was too busy crying and looking at old photos of her beloved cat to even wish me a happy birthday. FML
Today, it was Mother’s Day. My mom died when I was young, so I deleted all of my social media, to avoiding seeing all my friends hanging out with their aging, but healthy, loving mothers. Then my dad decided to remind me what day it was and to wish my abusive stepmom a happy Mother’s Day. FML
Today, I was texting a friend of mine. She mentioned it was her dad's birthday. I typed, "Tell him 'Happy Birthday' from me!" and as I pressed send, I remembered her dad was dead. FML
Today, I was speaking to an old friend and I asked her how her mother was. She replied, "She passed away, you came to her funeral last month." FML
Today, I woke up and took my mom to work. It wasn't until after I got home, logged on Facebook and looked at the upcoming birthdays to see that it was her birthday today. No wonder she was silent the entire car ride and slammed the door on the way out. FML
Today, I wished my best friend a happy birthday with a long, heartfelt post on social media. Turns out her birthday is next week, she'd just set a trap by changing the date on her profile. I was so confident that I even added, “Finally remembered this year!” FML
Today, I changed the date of my birthday to today on Facebook to see how many people actually know my birthday. My mom wished me a happy birthday. FML
Today, it's my birthday. The only "happy birthday"s I got were from my mom, her Facebook account, and the Facebook account she made for her cat. FML
Today, it's my birthday. Today is also the day my grandma died, six years ago. Since then, I get to sit through any sort of attempted celebration while my mom sobs and drinks herself into a stupor in the background. FML
Feel like sharing it with the other FML users?
Thanks, your FML was submitted, and will appear in the moderation queue soon!
Top comments
RichardPencil 32
Maybe she only wishes happy birthday to dead people so she won't have to buy a gift.
Razath 17
I get it, actually. Wishing a dead friend a happy birthday isn't that weird, can be part of the grieving process - especially if it happened this year. I still wish my dad a happy birthday, though we took down his FB profile so I mostly hold a short vigil by myself these days. Ignoring their child's birthday though? That's kind of bad though. Even if you're grieving, the least you can do is wish a happy birthday. Unless the grief really messed her up. We all deal with it differently, so I probably wouldn't be too harsh with her depending on the circumstances.
Add a comment · Reply to
You must be logged in to be able to post comments!
Comments (2)
RichardPencil 32
Maybe she only wishes happy birthday to dead people so she won't have to buy a gift.
Hangryko 32
@RichardPencil - I laughed way harder from this than I should have.
Razath 17
I get it, actually. Wishing a dead friend a happy birthday isn't that weird, can be part of the grieving process - especially if it happened this year. I still wish my dad a happy birthday, though we took down his FB profile so I mostly hold a short vigil by myself these days. Ignoring their child's birthday though? That's kind of bad though. Even if you're grieving, the least you can do is wish a happy birthday. Unless the grief really messed her up. We all deal with it differently, so I probably wouldn't be too harsh with her depending on the circumstances.
Hangryko 32
@Razath - That's true.