Today, a pregnant friend who is due in 2 weeks posted a picture of a baby on Facebook. I commented congratulations. She's still pregnant. It was a picture of her baby who died 3 years ago. 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 bumped into an old school friend. I'd heard she was pregnant so the first thing I did was congratulate her. Not only was she not pregnant, but the reason she managed to get so fat was because of comfort eating due to her miscarriage last month. FML
Today, I found out my mom had a miscarriage before I was born. I had no idea about this, and the reason I found out was that she posted it on Facebook, where I'm friends with her. She feels fine posting about this to complete strangers but not talking to me about it? FML
Today, I received several texts congratulating me on my pregnancy. It turns out that my husband announced he is going to be a father on Facebook, which I don't use. I'm not pregnant. FML
Today, I found out that I'm pregnant and sent a picture of the positive test to my boyfriend. Before I got a text back from him, I saw his newly updated Facebook status, which read, "This has got to be the most depressing day of my life." FML
Today, my mother posted a video of me giving birth, on Facebook. FML
Today, my sister announced her pregnancy at my husband's funeral. FML
Today, my good friend who just had a baby girl sent her newborn's pictures to me via picture message. To reply, instead of writing "Awwwwww" I wrote "Ewwwwww" by mistake. FML
Today, my family attended the funeral of an old family friend's baby, who died in childbirth. Afterwards, my husband went around snickering and quietly telling dead baby jokes to the other attendees. FML
Today, my friend was showing me pictures of her and her family. I told her to stop at one of the pictures. I started laughing my back off and said that she looked grotesque. She asked me if I was serious, I swore that I was. It was actually a picture of her sister, who died 1 year ago. FML
Today, at work, we were gathered to be told some bad news. One of our colleagues would be taking indefinite leave because his wife had dropped their newborn baby. I accidentally laughed at the image. FML
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AwkwardPimp 5
Not your fault - who posts pics of dead babies???
countryrose92 23
Not your fault Hun, you were trying to congratulate her, she prolly shouldn't of posted the picture of the baby so close to due date with out specifying more.
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Comments (148)
DoubleBlumpkin 4
What's the difference between a Dead Baby and a tree? One is legal to hit with an AX.
mimiminx 23
Yeah dead baby jokes are ******* hilarious. Grow up
Mads_1234 28
You didn't know, OP. it's not your fault. May that baby RIP.
InhumanX 7
A family member of mine gave birth to a stillborn and no one mourned, because we celebrated the child's birth, not his death, there is always a lighter path to walk in life
jem970 19
Good for your family but I could not have done that
snufflebubble 13
It's definitely not your fault, especially if the picture was of a new-born
incendiaaa 23
some of these comments are really insensitive. maybe she posted a pic of her previous baby to remember it before the next one arrives into the world. that's like asking why people would post pics of their dead fathers or other relatives. but yes... captions would probably help in these ambiguous situations...
guckylynn 19
They're not insensitive, they're bringing up a valid point. She's so close to having a baby, and posts a picture of a baby, so people are automatically going to think she had the baby. It sounds to be like the mom is looking for attention so she did this to find someone to argue with. This way she can make people such as OP look bad and make herself a victim.
Aydens_mommy91 4
How is posting a picture of a baby you lost trying to make herself a victim? As a parent who has lost a child you always remember that child especially during another pregnancy. The people who are saying the expecting woman is at fault are being harsh in my opinion as well. Yes captions help but I'm sure things are running a million miles an hour in her mind.
hooligyn123 18
There may have even been captions and they didn't show, I have to actually click on the picture if I'm on my mobile to see captions. And yes I can comment without seeing captions. Also, seriously? What's the likely hood of some pregnant lady sitting there thinking "hey if I post a pic of my dead baby I can troll for peoples congratulations". More likely the lady was simply thinking and mourning of her child who passed away....
incendiaaa 23
YES. thank you. and maybe OP didn't read the caption, you never know. both sides of the story have to be seen in these kinds of situations, there is nothing wrong with a mother mourning her child whether or not she is pregnant. it's as if people had no understanding of tragedy.
asb818 14
There's also the possibility the picture was posted on the anniversary of the death so the mother possibly didn't realize there could be confusion.
OptimusVader 23
It obviously wasn't your fault at all. Unless the picture was more of a toddler than a newborn. In that case...
The_Thinker 18
First of all, I'd like to re-assure you that this is certainly not your fault . Secondly, did you know that sudden, overwhelming surges of hormones are not at all uncommon during the third trimester? FYL, OP.
julien2992_fml 5
who does that?????
perdix 31
It sounds like she is putting a cruel test on her Facebook page to help her sort out the people who really know her from the fake FB "friends" that she wants to weed out. You failed, so expect the defriending ceremony soon.
infectedsense 15
Under the circumstances it was an easy mistake to make, your friend should understand