Today, my friends threw me a surprise birthday party. The problem? My birthday is tomorrow. I spent the entire evening pretending I was surprised and happy, all while knowing they got the date wrong. 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, my friends threw me a surprise birthday party. I was genuinely surprised—and also genuinely hungover from celebrating my birthday alone the night before because they'd all told me they were busy. FML
Today, I woke up to balloons, streamers, and my roommates yelling “SURPRISE!” Unfortunately, they got the wrong day. My birthday is next week, and now I'll probably have to pretend to be surprised again in seven days. FML
Today, I showed up to my friend’s birthday party with a huge cake... on what turned out to be the wrong day. The actual party is tomorrow. Her family laughed and thought if was cute, but I just wanted the floor to open up and let me disappear. FML
Today, I threw myself a surprise party. FML
Today, after I tried to plan a surprise party for my friend, and a series of miscommunications and accidental reveals, it turned it into a surprise party for myself. I walked into a room filled with people shouting, "Surprise!" FML
Today, I'd planned a surprise party for my best friend's birthday. However, she apparently found out about it and told me at the last minute she couldn't make it, probably to avoid being the center of attention. I'd already invited all of our mutual friends, so I had to awkwardly cancel the party. FML
Today, and recently, many of my friends have been acting strangely. My birthday is coming up soon, so I thought maybe they were planning a surprise party. Nope. Turns out they've just been secretly hanging out without me. FML
Today, it's my 21st birthday. All my friends and family said they were busy so I figured I was getting a surprise party. Nope. They all were actually busy. I spent my birthday alone. FML
Today, it was my best friend's birthday party. Her boyfriend and I agreed to organize a dinner date to surprise her and celebrate. They celebrated, but forgot me until they arrived at the restaurant and saw the dinner reservation under my name. FML
Today, my boyfriend admitted that he wanted to throw me a surprise birthday party. The only issue was the fact I didn't have any friends to make it happen. FML
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Top comments
TomeDr 25
So?? What’s the big deal? Your friends love you so much that they threw you a party!! Just because they were off by one day doesn’t change that! Honestly, did it occur to you that they maybe couldn’t have the party on your birthday for other reasons? Or that they might have been trying to “throw you off the scent” so you wouldn’t guess what they were planning? You don’t sound very grateful to me.
smoochmysnoot 6
You sound like a spoiled brat. A spoiled, ungrateful brat. Honestly, what a stupid thing to be upset about!
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TomeDr 25
So?? What’s the big deal? Your friends love you so much that they threw you a party!! Just because they were off by one day doesn’t change that! Honestly, did it occur to you that they maybe couldn’t have the party on your birthday for other reasons? Or that they might have been trying to “throw you off the scent” so you wouldn’t guess what they were planning? You don’t sound very grateful to me.
smoochmysnoot 6
You sound like a spoiled brat. A spoiled, ungrateful brat. Honestly, what a stupid thing to be upset about!
TwoBytesCarley 27
I’ve normally thrown surprise birthday parties on days that are not their actual birthday. It makes for a better surprise because the recipient is really not expecting it. Why would you just assume that they don’t know your birthday? And instead of being ungrateful and complaining on the internet, why wouldn’t you just ASK your friends why they had it the day prior? You sound extremely narcissistic. I’m amazed anyone would want to go through the trouble of throwing you a surprise party.
BrizBurry 10
maybe that's how they made it a surprise
Crowned Sataness 12
they know when your birthday was. it wouldn't have been as much of a surprise on your birthday. they didn't every single one collectively think it was the same wrong date you're really ungrateful