Today, at work, we were gathered to be told some bad news. One of our colleagues would be taking indefinite leave because his wife had dropped their newborn baby. I accidentally laughed at the image. 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, my family attended the funeral of an old family friend's baby, who died in childbirth. Afterwards, my husband went around snickering and quietly telling dead baby jokes to the other attendees. FML
Today, my husband of 6 years said in a grave voice that he had some important news for me. Jokingly, I said, "Why, did you get that cute colleague of yours pregnant?" He did. FML
Today, I was at work, when a co-worker began to shake a near empty box. Without thinking, I shouted "What if there was a baby in there? You just killed it!" I then remembered she recently suffered a miscarriage. FML
Today, I found out I'm pregnant. Last week my coworker, who I sit next to 5 days a week, returned to work after bereavement maternity leave. FML
Today, my colleague rushed off to the hospital for the birth of his first son. Having met his wife at the Christmas party a couple of years ago, I called to congratulate her. Shame I didn't realize it was his mistress having the baby. Guess who broke the news to the wife. FML
Today, I told my students that I would be absent tomorrow because my wife was giving birth. They burst into applause... not to congratulate me on the new baby. FML
Today, at work, I misheard a customer telling me a story. To be polite, I did a slight laugh and nodded my head. She actually told me her mum had died. FML
Today, my coworker said her dog died. Without thinking, I tried to cheer her up and said, “Oh man, that’s rough. Get it? Ruff? Ruff ruff!” and giggled like a schoolgirl. Nobody laughed. My coworker burst into more tears. I have a Teams video meeting with my supervisor and HR this afternoon. FML
Today, my boss announced he will be taking bereavement leave due to his father passing away. For some reason I’ll never understand, I got the urge to laugh. I tried so hard to hold it in but it was very obvious. If looks could kill, I wouldn’t be able to write this. FML
Today, I was at work, reading some funny stories on my phone. Just as one of my co-workers decided to share that his father had passed away recently, I burst into uncontrollable, teary-eyed laughter at a story. They don't believe my explanation, and have branded me the office asshole. FML
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Top comments
FailFoxtrot 0
Calm down everyone. Laughing when you shouldn't is an instinctive reaction to poignant situations. It doesn't make him a dick.
Person1233 13
Oh shit . I laughed too. Am I a sick person? D:
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Comments (40)
Mx_Rider 6
for all you guys saying " o m g how could you laugh its not funny blah blah blah" screw you its fml dont take shit so serious most of these are fake. now come comment on my negativity goooo
danis_fml 12
same here
betseyville 6
Dick.
QJD 0
I would have done the same thing. FYL.
Syn_fml 0
You would laugh at a baby falling on its head?
zander09 0
But...but...they bounce, right? Right?
Incubuss 0
I once laughed a litte (when I say little I mean like an awkward laugh) when I learnt that one of my friends dad had died. But it was because I was that upset, and my friend was that upset, that I didn't know how to react. It's like when a kid bumps their knee and they just turn to you to see how they should react, and you laugh and smile and try and make it seem like it's okay. Laughing at the mental image is very creepy though.
youlose_ 0
LMAO FFFF I LAUGHED SO HARD AT THIS FML /AND/ THE IMAGE....sorry. someone should illustrate this!
ktho522 0
It's even worse when it's a laugh attack. My teacher was explaining how he had dropped his son on his head (his son is fine btw) and since baby's skulls are so soft, the baby kinda just bounced like a basketball. And just the last part about bouncing like a basketball gave me a mental image and I couldn't help but laugh. But it's okay because he was laughing about it. FYL because laughing can't be controlled all the time, even at the most inappropriate times. :/
AnimeRules140 0
aww I am sorry. Really guys this is not funny at all.
sundayporch 2
Whatever, not every child is permanently damaged from a drop. The first thing my dad did when my parents brought me home from the hospital was drop me
Syn_fml 0
Yeah, and clearly that's turned out well.