Today, as my friend was rudely rummaging through my phone, she saw a picture of the pottery I've painted her for Christmas. Not only did she see it, but she also declared it ugly. That's probably the present I'm the most proud of this Christmas. 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, it's my girlfriend's birthday. I presented her with an oil painting of her that I'd been working on for over a month, and she started to cry. I thought it was because she liked it, until she asked if she really looks that ugly and disproportionate in real life. FML
Today, I spent the whole night and day painting a portrait of my girlfriend. Being proud of it, I sent it to her hoping she would appreciate it. I spent hours working on that picture only for her to reply with, "That's not me, is it?" FML
Today, I finished a big art project. It was a self-portrait done in acrylics. Proud of my piece, I showed my mom. After some thought her first comment was, "well, I'm either going to insult your art or your face." FML
Today, my roommate asked for my opinion of her new painting. The same painting I hand-painted for over ten hours. She apparently thought it was a gift. She won't give it back. FML
Today, I spent hours hand-painting an awesome design on a gift for a friend. My husband was supposed to assemble it when I finished, but when I stepped back to admire my work, he informed me that the whole thing was sideways. He watched me paint it. FML
Today, my wife sold her first painting and was so proud of herself, until she found the buyer online and realized his YouTube page is full of videos where he paints over horrible art and turns it into good art. Her painting was on it, and yes, he visibly improved it and yes, my wife is raging at me. FML
Today, my toddler proudly presented me a "beautiful drawing" he'd made... on my freshly painted living room wall. When I started to scold him, he said, "But I made it for YOU, Mommy!" Now I feel guilty for being mad at Picasso Jr, and having to paint over it. FML
Today, my daughter wore my favorite Christmas sweater to an ugly sweater party. FML
Today, I won a raffle organised by a friend. I discovered one of the "prizes" was actually a present that I had given to her, that she had "loved". When I asked her where she had gotten it, she said, "Oh, just some crap someone gave me once." She didn't even remember that I had given it to her. FML
Today, I was texting an artist friend telling her I wanted to buy her paintings; going on and on about how much I wanted it and loved the way they looked and couldn't wait to have them. I realized my phone had corrected paintings to panties. FML
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Top comments
DomDomxoxo 16
Don't worry about it, OP. Your friend is uglier than your pottery, personality-wise.
DocBastard 40
It's the thought that counts. And after reading this, I thought your friend was a twat.
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Comments (92)
CrazyManNo9 29
Whatever happens, don't let the rude and crude people get to you. You obviously have a good heart and should just keep on getting on.
My3sons 3
Not much of a friend...gift yourself the pottery, and a new class of friends
slushyslime 7
What is the big deal? Ok she should not have gone through your phone but so what maybe it was ugly. Get perspective . Don't sweat the small stuff. Give the pot to your mom Or something .
slushyslime 7
Maybe the pottery was ugly !!! It really should not be accepted as an fml ! Really your friend didn't like your painted pot boo hoo. Common. Fml is when you don't have friends or family or Christmas or money for presents or your a woman in a country that puts them beneath men
hanymandy 6
Give it to her w a letter that says "I know how much you loved this!"
zombiekitten87 12
Nobody wants painted pottery for Christmas. Yeah, that was still pretty rude of her though, regardless of whether or not she knew it was for her.
GoldenGrizzly 7
I have gotten some ugly pottery from friends. I have a pink polka dot elephant with crooked eyes on a table in my room. I love that thing. I think weird stuff like that is awesome and you have a great conversational piece to remember them by. Even if it were ugly, people should be thankful someone cared enough about them to make an attempt. I would prefer ugly pottery to a gift card, because at least I know someone cared enough about me. That is really what Xmas is about, family, friends, and loving one another. tl;dr: Hilariously bad pottery is great, especially from friends you love. Christmas should be about the thoughts and efforts people put in, not the pathetic attempt at commercialization.
bugmenotmofo 34
Password-protect the phone and there will be no more rummaging.
Kiyda 11
Give it too her anyway.
supportcommand 17
I think you should give it to her anyway. She'll feel like a piece of shit after that. The look on her face will be golden.