Today, I moved in with my in-laws and don't yet have money to pay rent, so I'm keeping to myself and staying out of trouble. While trying to write a thank you card, I spilled black ink all over the new rug and it bled through to the carpet. I might need to find a new place to live. 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 was moving out of my old place. While walking around to make sure I would get my damage deposit back, I stepped on my roommate's lipstick and smeared it all over the white carpet. Then I tripped on the phone cord and ripped the whole thing out of the wall. FML
Today, after I just bought a house that is pretty good and suits all our needs for space, my in-laws moved in because they ran into financial troubles. Guess who is stuck with all the extra expenditures? FML
Today, while celebrating at my friend's birthday party, I fell down a flight of stairs, got into a fight with my flatmate, and ruined my friend's outfit after drinking too much. I'm expecting I'll need to find a new place to live tomorrow. FML
Today, my new roommate showed me to my room, which I got a good deal on. I noticed a big black spot on the floor in the walk-in closet. When I asked, he said his last roommate committed suicide and he didn't want to pay to have the carpets professionally cleaned, hence the "good deal." FML
Today, my tiny apartment flooded. My family lives out of state and the few friends I have all gave me B.S. excuses for why I can't stay over for a few nights. I'm so broke this month that I'll probably have to hit up my psycho ex. FML
Today, I was quite happily glossing my new bathroom door, when my useless, alcoholic, housemate came rolling in, knocked the paint over, stood in it, and without realising, walked it all the way down the stairs. I had just had a brand new carpet fitted. FML
Today, my girlfriend and I moved back in after over a month of couch hopping and $2,000 of heat and chemical treatments for a chronic bedbug issue. I just found bedbugs on my legs. We've used all our favors and have nowhere to go. FML
Today, my roommate admitted he spent his half of the rent money on a tattoo. It's all good though, we're just gonna get evicted. FML
Today, I finished painting my living room. I had to leave the house in a rush. When I got home, I found smears of paint all around and the carpet crusted with paint that had dried. My cat had rubbed up against the walls and tracked it around. FML
Today, I'm still not living in the house I fought so hard to buy three months ago. As I was fixing a hole in the wall, I found black mold covering the back side of my drywall. On every wall. I can't afford to fix it. FML
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jriley4u 17
What were you trying to write it with? A quill pen? How do you spill ink if you use a ballpoint pen like a normal person.
jbuckets_404 39
Don't risk trying any fixes from the internet; most likely it will only get worse. Apologize to your in-laws and let them decide on how to clean it. Sorry!
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GhostFox 34
Use the internet to find a way to get it up- one that WON'T risk making the situation worse. It's literally the biggest resource available to anyone with an electronic device and internet.
johnnyswallop 18
Don't take offense, but I'm rolling. You sound like you're employed by the Internet's marketing department.
jbuckets_404 39
Don't risk trying any fixes from the internet; most likely it will only get worse. Apologize to your in-laws and let them decide on how to clean it. Sorry!
sambmjmdjj 9
Where is your spouse? Can't he tell his parents?
squizzlebee 19
Couldn't you have just written it with a pencil
Lobby_Bee 18
Try automotive upholstery foam cleaner. It works wonders on my car seats, I hope it works for your carpet as well.
jriley4u 17
What were you trying to write it with? A quill pen? How do you spill ink if you use a ballpoint pen like a normal person.
raven_of_azarath 35
1. Even ballpoint pens can leak. 2. Fountain pens are making a comeback.
jriley4u 17
Leaking ballpoint pens don't "leak" enough to seep through one rug onto another.
raven_of_azarath 35
Obviously you've never had a ballpoint pen break on you.
RichardPencil 32
Aw, don’t worry. You’re not going to have to find a new place to live. After seeing that mess, your in-laws are going to kill you.
johnnyswallop 18
Win.
demix_fml 32
Sending hugs, and I hope it works out okay x
InfiniteSecret 20
Were you using a jar of ink or did the pen explode? Seriously a follow up about what you were using and how there is that much ink to stain through the carpet and the underneath would be great
ARISKomuniszt 24
Just tell them you had an inky period. Oh come on, I meant the punctuation!