Today, after months of being pestered to do so, I finally read the first Harry Potter book. I hated it. Upon hearing this, my girlfriend posted the fact on Facebook, where I immediately received tons of abuse and eventual shunning by my friends, family, and coworkers. My girlfriend just laughed. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, my girlfriend dumped me because I have never read any of the Harry Potter books. FML
Today, my boyfriend finally convinced me to watch Harry Potter for the first time. I was bored out of my mind the entire time, and by about an hour in, all I could think about was how badly I wanted to punch Hermione for being a rude little know it all. FML
Today, my daughter turned 11. Since she LOVES Harry Potter, I decided to write her an acceptance letter to Hogwarts. When she saw the letter, she screamed and showed me. When she found out I wrote it, she told me she hated me, started crying, and stepped on my foot. FML
Today, my boyfriend and I had the worst fight of our relationship, and I’m not sure we’re going to make it. Why? Because out of all his hobbies and interests that I’ve happily joined in on, I said I had no interest in Harry Potter. FML
Today, my "friend" told me I was weird and irritating. Yet she has an unhealthy obsession with Harry Potter, hates people in general, and has a Facebook for her cat. Yeah, I'm the weird one. FML
Today, my brother-in-law brought his new girlfriend over to meet the family. Things went south real quick after she went on a tirade about what terrible parents my wife and I are for letting our kids keep all their Harry Potter memorabilia. Now he’s mad I threw her out. FML
Today, I saw my first FML I published on Facebook. Everyone was bashing me, thinking that I was the problem and the cause for my ex-boyfriend wanting to do his own thing. I used to sit in his room being ignored for days straight while he gamed. Not once did I bitch about his gaming. FML
Today, my daughter wouldn't stop yapping on about not being able to register on the new Harry Potter website. The amount of whiny jibber-jabber emanating from her cake-hole made me want to boot her from our family tree, and I had to resort to booze to wash the pain away. I'm a terrible parent. FML
Today, I found out there's a Harry Potter club at my school. My boyfriend is in it. FML
Today, It's been a few months since I started reading the Harry Potter books to my daughter. She told me a list of all her favorite characters. I didn't have the heart to tell her that every single one of them dies by the end of the seventh book. FML
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JustJumped 22
Could have been worse, could have been twilight
hordriss 14
So you're getting shunned for having an opinion of your own? Shit, the people you know are assholes!
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Comments (325)
rivaraven 35
I love Harry Potter, but.. that is just not right. I mean, all the abuse you got. I have several friends who don't like Harry Potter. It's their choice. I don't care. I like it, it's all that matters.
lackadaisy_leah 15
Avada kedavra!
worldclassrager 41
There are: The Lord Of The Rings Narnia Harry Potter And Hunger Games... You fall into one and shouldn't discriminate about other likings...
the_wombat 6
Lies. I'm LOTR, Narnia and Harry Potter and I mercilessly discriminate against Hunger Games. There's a difference between great literature and shitty teenage drama.
Taurus_ChicKa 37
I don't blame you, OP. The series sucks. I tried to read it and fell asleep after three pages. I won't touch the books or the movies. But on topic, just because you have a different taste doesn't mean you deserve to be ridiculed, threatened, harassed, etc. That's very immature of the people doing it, which if they're fans, that proves they're just as immature as some Twilight fans can be, except they get ridiculed for defending what they enjoy. That being said, you did not deserve to have this happen to you, and if I were you, I'd leave the stupid girlfriend who forced you into doing something you didn't want to do, who then subjected you to cyber bullying (in a sense) and stood idly by and laughed about it. She's an immature Potterhead and you deserve better. How old is she, ten? /facepalm
ileenefudge 29
I agree. To me, the books and movies are stupid. My grandmother loves them and has all of them but I won't go near them. An OP should ditch the Gf because that's ****** up she put you through that crap then stood by and laughed as you got made fun of, just because you don't like something she does.
jakeydudey 13
What? You can't help taste, like you can't help which gender you want to shag?
nietzche 8
Dude With only two words i'm gonna make you love HP: emma watson That´s all the rest doesnt matter
BionicSasuage 6
Jeez, it's like a person cant have an opnion that isnt the same as everyones without being torn a new asshole.
honoshikun 3
If he doesn't like it, that's his opinion. All of you who said he deserved it are assholes.
Durotic 8
*Shunned*
Steffi 26
People don't choose what they like.