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
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A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I was uninvited from my own birthday party. FML
Today, all of my friends showed up an hour late for my 18th birthday party because they decided to go get dinner without me. 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, I had my 21st birthday party. My friends told me to have the party even though it had been 5 months since my actual 21st birthday. They asked me why I didn't have one originally and I jokingly told them it was because I didn't think anyone would come. Turned out nobody came after all. FML
Today, it was my 21st birthday and I invited a handful of my best friends over. They all stood me up and I drank alone in my apartment. Happy birthday to me. FML
Today, my friends decided to throw a going away party because I'm moving. It would have been great if I had actually been invited. FML
Today, my family and friends threw a surprise birthday party for me, after I'd said multiple times that I didn't want one. I turned and left and now everybody is angry at me and calling me ungrateful and spoiled. FML
Today, it's my birthday. I'd planned an outside party in my backyard, and I'd invited all of my friends. Only 2 of them showed up. It also rained today, even though it wasn't supposed to. FML
Today, my boyfriend admitted that he wanted to throw me a surprise birthday party. The only issue was the fact I didn't have any friends to make it happen. 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
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justamoderator 11
Time to get new friends..
Comrox 19
Aw, OP! Please don't cry! Their pathetic actions aren't worth your tears. Those aren't real friends, and karma will get them one day. You don't need them in your life. Much better friends are out there waiting for you to meet them. Keep your chin up, smile, remember you're beautiful inside and out and try to make the best out of the day. Us here on FML are here for you. Happy Birthday!
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Comments (54)
TanteTine 5
1. Happy Birthday!!!!! 2. These are not your friends.
DeadxManxWalking 27
invite us and we'll throw a better one for you
awesumous 16
It's your party you'll cry if you want to
lilithfury 23
Not real friends. Any of them. Sorry that happened. No one deserves that Shit. I've been there before. It hurts.
ImagineCrazy 27
Wait people actually throw parties for themselves???
Kirtres 4
Well, yes. It's a special kind of entitlement to expect others to celebrate you, isn't it?
TaoShaman 24
Who else is supposed to plan it? A lot of "friends ", especially like these would never plan it.
irishmaiden78 23
I am so sorry OP! Please don't let those jerky people ruin birthdays for you! They obviously don't deserve to be called friends if they can do that to you. I wish I could send you at least a birthday card to prove your birthday is important.
PavlovsCat 5
Is there an address you could give us (e.g PO Box) we could send cards to you through? Would love for you to show them cards from all over the world from people who care more about you then they do!
roshkosch 11
this is such a great idea!
TaoShaman 24
I'm so sorry. That always happens to me so I've just stopped trying. People like that aren't worth it. They never learn and only care about themselves.
yerawizardlizzy 27
Same here. People wonder why I'm such a loner. It's because people never follow through when I make plans and send out invites. Even my parents planned vacations over my birthday. So I started doing things by myself.
Mochapome 9
I have a feeling your username was a Melanie Martinez reference or maybe not. Other than that, sorry for you OP! You should probably aim to get better friends, I wonder why do some people give advice but never uphold it anyway...? But I'll give them the benefit of the doubt and assume they had something up and could not attend your birthday
Rylai 8
I'd say it's a Lesley Gore reference.
JamieLuv2u 11
I am an event planner...so naturally I am curious as to what was going on at the party just before people bailed. It seems rather...unusual to have a whole group bail. I am inclined to think it was less personal, and more a function of poor planning. Perhaps a miscommunication? For example, if everyone thought there was going to be food, and there wasn't...well, hungry is a pretty big motivator. So, I am compassionate, that sounds like it sucked, AND I would encourage you to consider that you need to expand your skill set as an event planner, rather than take it totally personally and make all of your friends wrong. Sounds like you did something out of your comfort zone, yay you! Now let it be a learning experience. Find out why they left. Use it as information for course correction, plot a new course (or event in this case) and let it be an opportunity for learning. Planning a successful party is a SKILL and as with all skills, you might need more practice/info/intention to pull it off well. Don't beat yourself up...and investigate before you beat your friends up ;) Show your friends you can hear criticism, honesty and find out why. The least likely "reason" is that they all planned to hurt your feelings. Most likely is something innocuous and fixable. Have a DO OVER. It is your life...let the awkward moments define you, or define awkward moments as learning and laugh. Good luck!
OverFlash 15
No, some people really are just that shitty. I remember my 18th, I tried to plan a paintball party several months in advance, made a FB event and everything. I had to call it off because I got one response, which was a negative, out of probably a dozen or so people
yerawizardlizzy 27
No, I don't think they ever showed up.
roshkosch 11
It shouldn't matter if there were two cookies and a sinlge beer, friends should be there, not just for what they get out of it.