Today, I had a going-away party because I am leaving the country forever. Out of the 130 people invited, 60 were a resounding, "Yes! Of course I will come!" After paying $300 for everything needed at the party, two ended up coming. And left because nobody else was there. 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, I got a cross-country job promotion. I decided to plan my Going-Away-Forever party, and bought a pack of 100 invitations. After mailing them out to all my friends, I have 92 left. FML
Today, I had my leaving party after work to celebrate getting a new job. 3 people turned up. I'd invited 35. FML
Today, I threw a goodbye party because I'm going to live to Chile soon. Nobody came. FML
Today, my friends decided to throw a going away party because I'm moving. It would have been great if I had actually been invited. FML
Today, I saw some friends' cars at a friend's house, but thought nothing about it. Then I found pictures on Facebook of the pool party they had as a going away party for my friend, who is leaving the country for three months. I had no idea my friend was leaving, and I was the only one not invited. FML
Today, I made the "Good luck, We'll miss you!" sign for my own going away party. FML
Today, I sent out a note to 300 friends saying that I'm having a birthday party in a couple of weeks. I asked to please write back if they are interested in coming. Two people replied. They said they can't make it. FML
Today, I got an invitation to the "Going away lunch" the company is throwing for me. I didn't know I was leaving. FML
Today, I invited all of my friends to my graduation party, and even paid for them all to be there. They all didn’t show. FML
Today, I'd arranged a family reunion to see family I hadn't seen in years. Out of about 20 people, only 3 said they would come. One messaged to cancel the night before. The other two no-showed. FML
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BigGuy99 0
From experience, never throw yourself a going away party and expect folks to come. Just tell folks you are leaving and if someone wants to organize something they will and invite people over and set it up. I have heard of several friends inviting over a hundred people to these things, just to see only about 0-15 show up to send their good byes.
amelinat 0
I feel really bad for you, safe travels.
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dirtskootin713 0
awhhhh im sorry
lalush 0
aww :( sorry bout that... probably wrong address? :/
mandyc 0
well now you get to leave all those shitty people behind :D
sca006 0
Awww thats sad
Azlin_22 0
sounds like you invited them by facebook right? in which case im not suprised seeing for msot people even though they have hundreds of 'friends' on facebook probably only ever talk to a few of them.
MGW501 2
It's a relatively cheap way to discover you have absolutely no GOOD friends. Enjoy your trip, travels, and new life - you won't have to worry about anyone back home.........
bella_brasil 0
US sucks after a while,I don't blame her for leaving lol. That's so mean though,wow.
jeremsan_fml 0
i got almost the same thing when i left the country so just realize that those were absolutely not your friends and forget them were are u going ?
jmeg_fml 0
aw yeah I had a similar experience with a party, i had 60 yes and 13 show up... and spent around $150... it sucked and i was really embarrassed at the time, but at least i learned a good lesson about how to tell who my real friends actually were. don't worry about it, it's behind you, and your life is moving forward anyway if you're leaving for good!! have a wonderful trip :)
maddog_fml 0
Thats sucks really hard. Good luck.