Today, my older boyfriend and I went shopping together. When we arrived at the till, the cashier looked at me and asked, "Is this your pop?" I replied "No, this is my boyfriend, but we get that a lot." She paused, pointed at the case of Coke in the cart and said again, "Is this your pop?" 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, my boyfriend and I went to a furniture store. We split up for a bit, and after a while I went to find him. A salesman noticed I seemed to be looking around for him and said, "Oh, your son is upstairs." We're the same age. FML
Today, a client stared at me in disbelief after I mentioned that I had a boyfriend. FML
Today, I went into the store where my boyfriend works. I saw him talking to a customer, his back was facing me, so I went up and smacked his butt. Turns out it wasn't him. FML
Today, I was taking my boyfriend to the mall. In the parking lot I pointed out an old man in a vibrant pink sweater who was leaving by saying "He is so gay." My boyfriend got out of the car and walked towards the man calling "Hey Papaw!" It was his grandfather. FML
Today, a woman came up to me and sheepishly asked if my son is single. He's not my son, he's my boyfriend. FML
Today, I called my boyfriend's job to ask him a question. His co-worker answered the phone, and when I asked for my boyfriend, he assumed I was someone else. Who exactly would that someone else be? FML
Today, at my job as a cashier, a man and his 3-year old son got in line. The father said, "Give this to the pretty lady," looking at me. The kid looks at me, looks at his dad, and walks over to the next cashier. FML
Today, my boyfriend told me he'd drive me to the jeweler's to pick out a ring. We drove there, I picked the ring, and the sales person rang it up. I glanced at my boyfriend, only for him to reply, "Well don't look at me!" FML
Today, I was shopping at Costco for a romantic evening with my girlfriend, I bought some flowers, dinner, and a super pack of condoms, At the register behind me, I heard somebody say, "Good thing my daughter has a responsible boyfriend." It was my girlfriend's father. FML
Today, on more than one occasion, I was mistaken for my boyfriend's mother, by his own family. FML
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Tripartita 45
You gotta own it, OP! Grab that case of coke, hold it close to you, and say, "Come on, honey, we're leaving!"
LyricaSilvan 30
I'm a little confused as to why you made that mistake. You were shopping. You should have logically assumed she meant the sodas. Especially since calling one's dad "Pop" is an extremely outdated thing.
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Comments (40)
arkh_angel 16
Am I the only one who noticed the cashier used "this" instead of "he"?
BananEnigma 24
In context, it doesn't matter either way...
Solano2580 24
This is why Everyone just calling it Soda would make things less confusing.
samwilliams800 28
Soda
passionsbite 17
It was in your cart. Who else would it belong to?
Jacobus_G 3
this is an East Coast West Coast thing I'll bet OP is from the East Coast and of course British Columbia is on the West Coast I ran into this a lot when I moved from Washington to Florida everybody on the East Coast calls soft drinks sodas nobody ever referred to as Pop
luke73tnt 17
If you call soda pop, you don't belong in a developed country
mrBearBear 11
Why would you assume a complete stranger wanted to learn who your family members are?
RampagedAlpaca 4
That's why it should be required by law to say soda