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
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, my friends were acting strange around me. This afternoon, I got a text asking me to meet them out for a couple of drinks. Because of all the strange acting, I decided to tell them I'd go and then not go. I just found out they had been planning me a surprise party. FML
Today, my friends threw me a surprise birthday party. I was genuinely surprised—and also genuinely hungover from celebrating my birthday alone the night before because they'd all told me they were busy. FML
Today, it's my 21st birthday. All my friends and family said they were busy so I figured I was getting a surprise party. Nope. They all were actually busy. I spent my birthday alone. FML
Today, as I returned home, I noticed some movement inside my house. Thinking it was a break-in, I called 911. It was my friends and some coworkers trying to throw me a surprise birthday party. Nobody's said a word to me since. FML
Today, my friends threw me a surprise birthday party. The problem? My birthday is tomorrow. I spent the entire evening pretending I was surprised and happy, all while knowing they got the date wrong. FML
Today, it's my birthday and I'd arranged a dinner party for 20 of my closest friends. I arrived at the restaurant, fully dressed and everything. When I got there, I thought everyone was ready to surprise me, but instead, nobody showed up. FML
Today, I found out that my best friend was having a birthday party and I wasn't invited. I had just finished planning a surprise party for her. FML
Today, it's my birthday and I'd invited quite a lot of my friends to come round and have some fun. When I got home, I saw a few cars outside. It turned out to be for the neighbours. I waited and waited; none of my friends showed up. 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
Today, I'd planned a surprise party for my best friend's birthday. However, she apparently found out about it and told me at the last minute she couldn't make it, probably to avoid being the center of attention. I'd already invited all of our mutual friends, so I had to awkwardly cancel the party. FML
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Top comments
thestoryofacaleb 14
Maybe the best present you could give yourself is some real friends :) Good luck OP and don't let them get you down!
darshini_ii 24
It's never too late to make new friends.
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Comments (35)
annoyedperson 25
They so cray cray for the real real not for the play play shama lama lama mu mu
Sweet_Melody 15
That's really mean what they did, I would look for better friends.
WAKingUP91 11
No before i go accusing you of bad judgement and tell you that you need new friends and blah blah fuckty blah, are you an ass/bitch/simply annoying?
JosephKorso 15
I'm going to play Devil's Advocate here. Maybe OP gets really annoying or clingy when it gets close to their birthday. I say this because I know a few people who are like that, and it kinda makes me want to avoid them until it's over.
manuwish 9
hope you find some real and loving friends!
brittanywashere 14
Doesn't sound like true friends to me. Sorry you have to deal with their ignorance.
Malsain_fml 10
Well... Happy birthday I guess...
WriterB 3
If they do that don't call them your friends.
pharm121 21
Yea it does suck that they hang out with out you. But if the feel the need to do so and not tell you, there must be an underlying reason. Maybe it's time to readjust your personality. Be nicer or less sarcastic if that's the problem. I don't know.
guttedbrit 26
Years ago, I had friends who did this. I persuaded them once to come to the party, and it turns out they only did because of the food, or because there were no better options. Don't ever be somebody's option, OP. You can make great friends again, it's never too late to do so!