Today, I had to go to a birthday party for 10 year-old triplets. They've all been dead for more than 9 years. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, it was my birthday. Also today, same as the past five years, my family forgot my mine and threw a party for my 5-year-old twin sisters who I share a birthday with. FML
Today, it was my daughter's 11th birthday party. One kid broke a vase, another lost a (baby) tooth, and two kids, including mine, tested positive for Covid. My kid parties harder than I ever have. FML
Today, we celebrated our daughter's sixth birthday. Out of the 30 invited, 7 showed up. The last one to cancel this morning told us she was ill. My daughter was in tears as this meant the last remaining playmate couldn't come. My wife later saw her tagged on Facebook at another party. FML
Today, I was at my sixteenth birthday party. My guests consisted of my grandma who I live with, and my 2-year-old cousin she was babysitting. FML
Today, I went to a party. No one there was under 60. I'm 16 and it was the only party I've been to all year. FML
Today, it's my birthday. I am a triplet. In my first class, everyone sang happy birthday to my sister. Her friends got her balloons too. My other sister's friends got her flowers. Everyone forgot I was their sister and all of my own friends forgot that it was my birthday. FML
Today, I emailed 10 parents inviting them to my son's birthday party. All 10 emailed back saying their kids had to get a cavity filled. FML
Today, it was my mother's birthday. My 5 year old brother and 85 year old grandma decided to decorate the house with balloons and a blow up "people" they found in my room. 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, all of my friends bailed from the birthday party I was throwing myself. This was also after they had encouraged me for months to have one, knowing I'd never had my birthday celebrated before. FML
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dunner12 0
WTF
breathemein 10
my friends parents invite us all over for their daughters birthday to hang out and remember her, when she died 7 years ago, they do it every year.
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Comments (352)
MaskedAspen 6
29 and 39 : you're honestly digusting and extremely disrespectful. I'm sure you wouldn't be singing the same tune if this were to happen to you, so don't make a joke about it now. that's mainly directed towards 39.
Badshah29 6
they all died together? creepy
SteelCladAngel 0
could have been premature birth...the survival rate for premature births isn't very high and it's much lower for multiple births.
cynthiaF 0
Maybe OP said FML cause' they felt sad...
emz89 0
my cousin was 18 mths old when she died. she would've been 10 this yr. I think about her on her bday every year. the pain doesn't go away for the parents.
LilysTillie 7
Wow....friends like you, OP...who needs enemies. For the people judging the parents, you clearly do not have kids. the death of one child, let alone 3, is not something you ever "get over". You learn how to adapt, but not get over it. An occasion like a birthday, especially a milestone birthday may be difficult for the parents & they just want to have people around that love them for support. F the parents life, that you're the type of support they have!!!!
twinmum_fml 6
#39 u make me sick. I lost one of my twins almost 2 years ago and it kills me that there are people like u in the world who don't respect mothers of angels enough to not make jokes like that. what the hell is wrong with u???????
donttalkjusteat 3
Your username is 'twinmum' ... That's so creepy. Understandable that its hard but why a username? What do you want, sympathy?
cobra9313 0
I know all of u guys are saying how insensitive these people are above but seriously it's been NINE years. If they haven't been able to deal with the deaths of the children they need psychological help. it's one thing to mourn their death but to celebrate a birthday?? and don't tell me I don't know what it feels like to lose someone, it can be difficult but these parents need a better way to cope with this.
EmilyFelton98 0
Honestly Just Go Its Paying Your Respects
ally_85 1
creepy...