Today, at my all-night senior party, I was talking to the blind girl who I haven't had classes with since 9th grade. I unthinkingly opened the conversation with "Nice to see you again." 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, a girl said hi to me very enthusiastically at school, and I heard her friends laughing afterward. I was too lazy to put in my contact lenses this morning so I couldn't tell who it was. FML
Today, I forgot my blind date's name 3 times during our conversation. FML
Today, I ran into an attractive friend of a friend who I hadn't seen since a night out last month. I tried my best to be friendly and interesting, but he still seemed awkward. Later I find out that last time he saw me, I was blind drunk and vomiting after propositioning him all evening. FML
Today, I recently graduated from high school and I went to a college party. I met these girls and told them I graduated college already, to sound cool. I then heard one of them say, "I went to middle school with you, and I was in your math class." FML
Today, I ran into an attractive friend of a friend I hadn't seen since a night out last month. I tried my best to be friendly and interesting, but he still seemed awkward. Later I found out that the last time he saw me I was blind drunk and vomiting after having propositioned him all evening. FML
Today, I met an old friend from high school and his hot girlfriend. I jokingly said she must be blind to go out with him. His response: "Yeah, she is." FML
Today, I saw a cute girl at a night club. When I approached her and introduced myself, she said "Don't you remember me? We danced here last weekend... but you were smashed that night". I cheekily replied "Oh really? That's hot, what happened next?" She said "You were hitting on me. So, I left." FML
Today, I went out to lunch with two old friends from high school. While at the restaurant, we saw a girl who we graduated with. The girl gave both of them hugs, then introduced herself to me. FML
Today, I started college after a night out. I'd got tipsy at the club and started dancing with a cute guy. He asked for my number. I didn't want to give it to him, so I gave him a rejection number. Guess who's the new professor for my bio class? And yes, he recognized me. FML
Today, I had to go to the mall for a quick errand. While there one of my friends who works at a phone booth was there and I stayed for a little bit chatting with him. While chatting, a girl passed by. She was so pretty that I blurted out, "What a woman!" out loud. Turns out it was my ex. FML
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dragon53535 2
I don't see a problem
Tbearshy 16
She walked right into that one
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Comments (77)
Tbearshy 16
She walked right into that one
AnOriginalName 19
He totally blindsided her with that one. She probably didn't see that coming. I hope that she can see that it was just a mistake.
incoherentrmblr 22
Was her response "Nice to feel you again too" ?...
pimrol 16
I see what you did there.
marzforlife 8
Haha I love it
spignona84 11
#7 don't be a try-hard
lizzy_r_b_94 18
Well... I hope they don't bring out fml and their comments in Braille...
AnOriginalName 19
70, there are adaptive programs and such like that so that blind can use a computer. And if that girl is using it for FML, well.... I'm sure you can see where this is going.
Fedezzer 20
How did #22 get down-voted to this extent? It was a joke in keeping with the theme of the humour, and it gets hidden. You feel like you need to wave around your university degrees as critics of online witticism or something? Jeez.
tackblog 14
I work for a retirement home, and I often receive books about people with disabilities. It says that blind people don't often care if someone mentions the word 'see'. It's just vocabulary.
markcallanan_ 20
Tell her it was a mistake hopefully she'll understand
Futacy 30
I honestly don't even think she would've noticed or cared that he said that. This is more of an example of someone getting all uncomfortable and sensitive around someone who's different. It's almost the same as using the word "nutcase" around someone with a peanut allergy.
dragon53535 2
I don't see a problem
sarcasticlover 30
Neither does she!
Demig0d6 14
Eye totally understand this situation
Brandi_Faith 34
3, I agree. It's a common phrase most people use and if she gets offended by any sight related comments than she is in for a rough ride.
brand125 17
and to be honest, i dont see why op cant say that. its not like the blind person has to reply the same, they can change up their wording to like "and its nice to talk to you again" or something. op shouldnt feel ashamed of being able to see, as long as their respectful
TJStarzZ 8
I'm sure she didn't, either
Kruiser 16
I hope that didn't cause a scene
Pwib 14
Well it's not like it could have been foreseen.
enddmd 27
It must have been quite the sight.
loveyo27 8
It shouldn't be awkward, unless you make it awkward. I mean yeah FYL, but it's a common conversation starter, and by the looks of it you really haven't seen her in a while so, I'm sure she will understand what you meant.
AnOriginalName 19
OP hasn't seen her in a while? Yeah, I bet she hasn't seen OP in a while either.
niallo 23
I agree. It's a common thing to say, and blind people aren't that sensitive. Talk to them like you would anyone else. They're still people. I'm disabled myself. I'm bothered more when people tiptoe around it.
Marcella1016 32
Exactly. I have a blind colleague, and I was always careful about saying phrases that had some sort of reference of vision - but she would see me and say, "Nice to see you!" and I realized it was ok. It's really just a phrase and I think most people probably get that, unless they're super sensitive or something.
PenguinBitch 44
Ops, correction: Nice to FEEL you again.
PenguinBitch 44
Okay cool, common thread-jacker #19 gets all the love, minutes after I posted.
conman531 23
Well, honestly, there aren't many other things to say. "Nice to encounter you again" doesn't exactly roll off the tongue
Dave_Davington 34
Maybe she's glad you're talking to her like you would any other person, rather than tiptoeing around her disability? Hardly a sure thing, but it's entirely possible.
Dthsapprntc 23
I've found that most people with disabilities prefer if you just ignore their disability and treat them like you would anyone else. OP shouldn't feel awkward about it, and the girl is not likely to write her own FML about it: "Today, a guy I haven't talked to for years walked up to me and treated me like a normal person instead of a freak even though I am blind, FML."
tournamentdecide 33
I'm not sure why she would have an FML if she can't see..
Dthsapprntc 23
There are multiple ways for someone to enjoy the wonderful world of FML without being able to see. Braille displays, text to speech and speech recognition software, or just a friend to read and write for you. Having a disability doesn't mean you can't do things, just that you have to think of alternative ways of doing them.
JazNim17 18
I have a cousin who's blind and she's always on Facebook. I'm not sure how she does it, but if she can figure out that, I have no doubt she could find a way to use FML if she wanted to.
donkinator 24
you do realise, these days that there are braille keyboards and various programs that allow the blind the use of just about any technology. And maybe you should do your research before commenting
gravitywillfall 1
Bet she didn't see that coming.
Bennnncon 10
Damn, i was going to make that joke D
TheLittleBear 19
I'm sure she'd understand. If she's been blind all her life then she will have experienced comments like that for a long time and will probably just laugh it off.