Today, I was yelled at and humiliated by my otherwise awesome brother-in-law for my supposed lack of effort in the planning of a baby shower for my very pregnant sister. The kicker? Her huge, break-my-bank semi-surprise baby shower has been in the works for a month, and is happening this weekend. 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 sister-in-law had the nerve to hijack my baby shower to announce her pregnancy. It's all the more infuriating because we later found out that she's NOT pregnant, just a fucking attention whore. FML
Today, my future sister-in-law cancelled my invitation to her and my brother's wedding. Her reason was that I was incredibly rude to announce my pregnancy to my family at a time like this, because it took all the attention away from her. FML
Today, after seven years, I finally found out why my sister was mad at me: Because I had to get admitted to give birth on the day she had planned her baby shower, which she didn't inform me about or invite me to. As I stole her thunder by giving birth, being full term 44 weeks and way past my due date. FML
Today, I am forced to throw a baby shower for my entitled and witch of a sister in law. She and her husband have been making my life living hell for more than 10 years now. What their hellspawn would do, God only knows. No, I can't walk away. It's a cultural thing. I'm trapped until death. FML
Today, my attention-seeking sister-in-law came to my 20 week ultrasound and afterward, without my knowledge, took it upon herself to announce the gender to Facebook and call the entire family, telling them "we're having a boy" nullifying any need for the announcement I had spent 4 weeks planning. FML
Today, my sister refused to come to the hospital with the rest of my family to visit my new baby. Apparently, I’m an "attention hogging slutbag" because I "chose to go into labor" on her birthday. FML
Today, I announced my first pregnancy to my family. Not to be outdone, my sister immediately announced that she "might" be getting pregnant soon. My family ended up congratulating her instead, and asked me if I would plan the baby shower. FML
Today, after I spent months assisting my 'work bestie' with planning/arranging her "Surprise!" wedding, Surprise! I wasn't invited. FML
Today, my sister decided to have her baby shower on my birthday. I recently had a miscarriage and she knows this. FML
Today, my wife invited 45+ people to her baby shower, but literally 4 people came. Now I get to deal with my pregnant wife and her fluctuating hormones. FML
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misha1995 0
I get it. For all of you that don't, at the end it turns out she WAS planning one, a huge "break my bank" one, but it was a semi-suprise one so the guy yelling didn't know.
cthulhu1138 1
Joke's on him once the baby shower goes down. Hopefully he'll man up and apologize.
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Comments (68)
jasmine1259 2
this isn't a fml because once he finds out he's gonna feel like a dick for yelling at you.
Brave_Sir_Robin 4
(surprised I'm the first to say this) How is babby formed? How girl get pregnant?
perdix 31
VERY pregnant? You are pregnant or you are not, there are no degrees. "Is there a bun in the oven?" is a yes/no question. What the hell is a SEMI-surprise? "Hey, sis, we're having a bunch of your friends over for no particular reason. If they are carrying pastel-colored boxes, it's just a weird coincidence." And just as everyone is about to leave, you all yell, "SURPRISE, THIS HAS BEEN A BABY SHOWER!!!" I guess that would count.
anniebananie 3
Are you ******* retarded? Normal people oftentimes use the term 'very pregnant' to describe a woman who is very far along. Stop bitching.
perdix 31
What about semi-surprise?
CyclonePsycho 1
The OP could have told her sister about *a* party and neglected to tell her any details. The OP's sister thus knows there's something going on, but not what it's all about. Or something like that. Not hard to figure out, really.
perdix 31
That's essentially what I guessed in my original comment. Just seems like another ******-up abuse of the English language. Then again, very (gack) pregnant women are the life of every party, regaling guests with tales of swollen feet and hemorrhoids and drinking nothing. If a pregnant woman is invited to *a* party, she knows something is up.
whatamaroon 0
Doesn't anybody know that etiquette dictates that family members should not throw a shower anyway?
notimaginary 7
Agreed!
hug_a_presby 0
immediate family members shouldn't throw baby-showers, it looks like a gift grab. YDI for not ever reading an etiquette book.
sulitak 27
and you'd be wrong there. standard etiquette only forbids the parents to be from hosting their own shower.
FerrariCake 2
Maybe you should get your brother in law some Midol.
shananigans 0
1. Generally, immediate family members are NOT supposed to throw the showers. That stuff is left up to people like the woman's best friend. 2. Unless your brother-in-law is REALLY bad at keeping secrets... Why didn't you just tell him? Unless you really wanted it to be a surprise for both of them, considering they're BOTH the parents, but generally the shower is all about mommy. EDIT: Unless your sister was actually in the room while he was going off... In which case FYL for nobody trying to defend you.
gal_in_GA 0
Yeah...i was just about to say--family members are not supposed to throw showers. It comes off as greedy. Tell your BIL that he's a bit of a prick for his little tantrum.
greeneye_fml 12
I hope you told him that to his face. He should be the one posting the FML.
Bobskoo 0
God damn it, you're supposed to be helping plan a baby shower for your sister! What kind of a sibling are you? Well actually, I have been planning a lot this past month and have spent a lot of money organising the perfect baby shower. Oh, you have? I'm so sorry, I shouldn't have yelled. I retract all previous comments and sincerely apologise. Kk, lol!