Today, while shopping, I bumped into a guy I knew in high school. He went on about he heard I'd got married, looked like I'd had a baby, and that, "she looks just like you!" The kid was my niece, and my husband broke up with me 2 years ago. Thanks for bringing that up. 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 ran into an old high school friend while out with my husband. When she inquired who I was married to, I pointed to my husband, who was looking at shirts. She laughed and said, "No really?", insinuating that I couldn't get anyone that good looking. FML
Today, I ran into an old friend of mine at the store. All was going fine, until she showed me her new fiancé. My now ex-boyfriend. FML
Today, I saw my older sister for the first time in three years. We hadn't spoke since I found out that she was the woman my college boyfriend left me for. Unfortunately, our reunion was fueled by her two-year-old son's desire to meet his dad. My husband. FML
Today, I was visited by a high school friend who lives in another state. She was furious because I got married a few months ago, and she kinda had feelings for me. I had to ask her to leave. Here's the funny thing: she's been married for 4 years and they have a son, and she didn't even invite me to her wedding back then. FML
Today, I found out that my husband only dated me because I look like what he thought the daughter he had with his first wife might look like when she's grown up. FML
Today, I went to my high school reunion. Someone walked up to me and said, "Wow, you look so different!" She then followed it up with, "You used to be so pretty, what happened?" FML
Today, I talked to my ex from Uni for the first time in 10 years. I told her my wife and I just had a baby, and her immediate response was, "I WAS A BABY ONCE!" What the hell did I see in her? FML
Today, while out with my family, I happened to run into "the one who got away." She smilingly introduced herself to my wife, who definitely noticed that she and our daughter share the same name. FML
Today, I received the newspaper from my hometown. My ex-husband's wedding announcement and picture were on the front page. His new wife has the same first name as me. All my Facebook friends from high school commented on how much weight I've lost and how good I look in my wedding photo. FML
Today, I was meeting my husband's old friends at his 20 year high school reunion. He introduced me as his 'friend from work' to his ex girlfriend. FML
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lonkite101 14
Try to move on.... He wasn't TRYING to hurt you.
rachelongaku 9
Ydi for being so sensitive about it. He was trying to be nice to you and start a conversation.
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AnonTheGreat 7
first!!!!!11111
lonkite101 14
Try to move on.... He wasn't TRYING to hurt you.
evilplatypus 39
Exactly. Him mentioning it isn't going to change the fact that it happened. If it bugs you so bad two years later, go to counseling. It'll be hard to meet someone new if you're still so sensitive about it.
TrueTriage 16
Maybe he was knew she was single again and trying to confirm it to get a date
Inheritance 10
OP ever took in consideration that he didn't know, and wanted a friendly conversation with his old high school pal?
CaramelMacchiato 13
I agree with 19, but does anyone else think its a little weird how her pal from high school brought ALL of that information up? I mean, especially since they just bumped into each other and didn't make any plans.
lonkite101 14
31- Well, maybe the pal from highschool just read it on Facebook, or they just got out of highschool a couple years ago... You never know.
CaramelMacchiato 13
True, but bringing up all those things at once? I'd be a little creeped out if I was OP. He should have asked her out for a cup of coffee or actually made plans with her before bringing all of that up.
lonkite101 14
34- yeah, your right. I luv how were having a convo on both FMLS
GoldenGrizzly 7
It sounded like she had her toddler/baby niece with her, had maybe gained a little weight so the HS friend put two and two together. If he thought she was married and the kid looked like her, he probably thought she was doing the family thing.
SystemofaBlink41 27
34- i don't see what's so bad... I mean, what's to get creeped out at? It looks like he was just trying to make a conversation over what he heard. Still, the only thing that would make it creepy is if he was saying it in a "hey-i've-been-looking-at-you-from-afar" way...
downtime 13
34, I didn't know there were taboo topics that can only be brought up over a formal organised meet up. Can we talk about what we do for work or is that also off the table? Maybe a shorter list would be what we can talk about since family is apparently completely out of line. I've broken your rules of social engagement pretty much every single time I've run into someone I haven't seen in a while, please provide us with this list of rules, I can't afford to go around offending more people when I ask how old their child is.
rachelongaku 9
Ydi for being so sensitive about it. He was trying to be nice to you and start a conversation.
MURIKKA 11
Agreed. God forbid that the guy would try to start a conversation....
egc573 40
It seems harder and harder to be friendly when people can get offended over the littlest things. I mean, two months I understand, but two years? There's some bitterness there...
missalkali 8
she probably wasn't nasty about it, but he hit a soft spot and it hurt. no one said she's sitting there thinking about her ex all day, but if she loved him and/or it was a messy divorce, it could easily and understandably still hurt even two years later.
p3mguin 7
Yeah stop being a bitch, he didn't know that
Purplefluff 6
Yeah OP there was no way he could of known...
JinxedPixie 16
I'm sure he didn't know OP =/ Sorry that happened though :(
bmboente15 0
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Lolol stalker, how would he know that much info?
evilplatypus 39
You are aware people talk, correct? Then there's Facebook. Plus, some schools have alumni newsletters (who's married, expecting, dead, etc.). Just because you've apparently cut yourself off, doesn't mean other people have to.
PrimeEvilTahir 24
If you've been to high school; marriage, going to an amazing uni (Harvard, MIT etc) or death is something everyone hears about. You don't really have to stalk someone to know these things. Intact you hear this stuff for people you don't even know!
PrimeEvilTahir 24
11 - you beat me to it... :-)
zolziski 11
I would also like to add that if he was in fact a stalker type then I'm sure he would have known that she is now divorced. For me the FML lies in the fact that he said that she looked like she'd had a child when it would seem she hasn't, but that doesn't seem to be what's bothering OP. ?
CaptTeemo 10
He made the mistake because she had the child with her, and she probably did gain weight. It was just a common mistake and didn't know she was divorced.
Kurochrome 17
And you didn't tell him this... Why? If it bothered you enough to whine on FML about it, why didn't you interrupt him and tell him the truth?
bobbeta30 14
Oh boo, he's just trying to be nice. Your life isn't over. And this all could have been solved by telling him the simple truth.
iamsolid 11
He wasn't trying to make you feel bad!
KitGrey 4
2 years? Maybe move on, tell this guy you left your husband because he couldn't satisfy your enormous sexual appetite and then ask him out.
Deannie88 6
I hate when that happens...I'm pretty sure he didn't mean to hurt your feelings OP. rumors tend to spread like wildfires now-a-days..
PrimeEvilTahir 24
It's not a rumor that she got married, it's a fact! And rumors did not spread like wildfire or else he would've heard that she broke up... Now coming to the point that rumors spread like wildfire now-a-days is only true if you wish to tell people. Yes, it's a lot easier to spread the word now due to social media but I for one despise Facebook and all other social websites because they leave no privacy for me and others! Chose what you say to others wisely, don't post everything on the Internet... Your life will be a lot peaceful :-)
Deannie88 6
Oops my bad. I misread the word "looked". Don't get all hostile, there's a word called people's "opinions".
PaulB123 11
"People's opinions" is a phrase. "Opinions" is a word.
PrimeEvilTahir 24
29 - No hostility here... Just my opinion on what I read :-)
Deannie88 6
Sorry. I can't tell if someone is trying to be rude or is jus nice enough to correct me. This is why I never post anything on here. I just read the FMLs :/ Ma Bad..