Today, my caring way too much about proper grammar got out of hand when I corrected my girlfriend during a talk about her dying grandmother. FML
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A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I finally told my girlfriend I love her. She corrected my grammar. FML
Today, my girlfriend confronted me for forgetting to take the trash out. At some point during the argument, I tried to calm her down, and the words "I should of" escaped my lips. She spent the next ten minutes calling me stupid and laughing at how my grammar goes to hell when I'm distressed. FML
Today, I found out my girlfriend starts fights with me over text because apparently, when I'm arguing with someone, I stop speaking in "annoying shorthand" and am grammatically correct. FML
Today, my girlfriend had an "accident" at home. She texted me about it. I tried to lightly tease her and sent a comment about her shitting her pants… to the family group chat by mistake. I'm currently writing my last will and testament. FML
Today, I had to send a picture of my Grandma at her funeral to my girlfriend, because she thought I was out cheating on her. FML
Today, I was at my grandma's funeral. While giving the eulogy, I accidentally mixed up "You will be missed" and "You won't be forgotten" and instead said "You won't be missed." FML
Today, I texted my girlfriend that I'm going to 'lick my professor's ass' instead of 'kick' due to auto-correction on my phone. FML
Today, after holing myself up in my room for the day, I eventually turned my phone back on and told my girlfriend that my grandma passed away today. She replied, "Ask me if I fucking care," then accused me of not caring about our relationship because I went offline all day. FML
Today, trying to be nice, I sent a text to my mother-in-law saying that I couldn't wait to have her delicious casserole tonight. Only after sending, I realized that "casserole" had auto corrected to "asshole". FML
Today, my girlfriend has yelled at me multiple times for saying sorry too much. It's involuntary, due to me constantly being told I never do anything right growing up by my parents. She knows this, and is even then one who helped me realize this, and still yells at me for it. FML
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Top comments
RobinGoodfellow 47
There's a difference between caring about grammar and being a dick about it. Learn some manners.
Miss_Chevious 37
this comment is really going to get on you're nerve
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Comments (124)
anyoldnamewilldo 23
Time and place man. Time and place.
Enkeria 30
There's a time and a place for everything. Your timing and placement was grammatically incorrect.
Mauskau 36
Where has snickerdoodles gotten to? Haven't seen them in so long I can't remember if they were male or female ;-;
dreamful_artist 14
Way to be a grammar nazi...
candicorn 23
Is nobody else concerned about the poor use of grammar in a post dedicated to grammar? "Today, my caring way too much about proper grammar got out of hand when..." If you are going to get nit-picky, you should know that this sentence does not follow the rules of proper grammar. You could have said "my devotion to proper grammar" or "the fact that I care way too much about proper grammar". Those both sound better anyway. I normally wouldn't say anything, but I just couldn't help it considering the fact that your post was about your devotion to proper grammar.
completerubbish 17
It isn't a black-and-white matter. You can refer to what Fowler wrote in Chapter II: Syntax under 'The Gerund'.
wvcheesehead 13
Someone has to make every topic about race....
HeWillBeLoved105 22
I noticed. I was just too lazy to say anything. Beautifully said though.
completerubbish 17
What the heck? I meant there is no clear-cut answer for possessives before gerunds. It is a highly controversial matter subject to much debate. There is nothing racial in my comment.
bighood24 17
While I appreciate the use of proper grammar, grammar nazis drive me crazy. Unless they are completely butchering the English language, I'll let a few minor errors go.
yamuri 17
A true douchebag at the lowest level
labaro19 17
YDI because that's just a dick move
EyesofStone 27
Snicks was a she and I think she left after everyone started hating on her.
sweetnsourrr 11
I remember her, she was extremely annoying.