Today, eight tornados hit the town where I live. The only person who tried to get a hold of me and see if I was OK was my World of Warcraft guild leader after I didn't show up to raid. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, it's been more than 3 days since a tornado ripped through my neighborhood. Several were injured, and there is millions of dollars of damage. Not a single family member has called, texted, or stopped by to see if I need help or got injured. FML
Today, I went into labor and got my husband drive me to the hospital. Instead of staying by my side, he rushed back home for a World of Warcraft raid. His excuse? His friends were counting on him and they'd be pissed if he let them down. FML
Today, I've not had any contact with my mother for years, and when tornadoes came through our hometown and wiped out most of our downtown area, she didn't contact me at all. I finally contacted her myself. Her reason for not contacting me? She had "watched the news" and "knew I was OK." FML
Today, my social anxiety got so bad that I nearly had a panic attack when too many people joined my World of Warcraft party. FML
Today, I went to help a friend move into her new apartment. We were half-way through when it started to rain, and in my anger I yelled that it's like these things happen just to annoy me. Then we heard the tornado sirens. FML
Today, we had our busiest day at work all year with lots of angry people calling, and a co-worker called in sick. I went to my local game shop after work, exhausted and upset, and guess who was at his usual table running a Dungeons and Dragons group, apparently not too sick to go out. Yeah. FML
Today, I got bored and decided to try World Of Warcraft. FML
Today, my fiancé nervously sat me down for a "serious chat". The chat wound up with him asking if we could postpone our wedding, because his World of Warcraft guild had a raid scheduled for the same day. FML
Today, it was my two year anniversary with my boyfriend. As we were about to exchange gifts, he got a call and said he had to go home immediately. What was the emergency? His guild leader couldn't find another healer to finish a raid and promised my boyfriend gear if he would step up. FML
Today, I lied when my therapist asked why I preferred Tuesday morning appointments. It's actually because World of Warcraft is down for regularly scheduled maintenance. FML
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Top comments
YaBoiSeabass 15
He's a true friend
AmericanBadAss 21
Perhaps your local friends and neighbors had more pressing duties to get to, like their own families and their own lives to sort out before they could get around to seeing that you were ok.
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Comments (103)
caliguy08 17
Can I just say.... WOW!!!! Mind blown... (Yes, pun intended)
evster1 12
Oh no, someone cares about you, whatever will you do?
Tarlachia 33
So your town is destroyed, and probably your home too, and yet your internet "boss" saw you were affected to some degree or another by the tornadoes, and contacted you to make sure you're still coming to work (raid) that day, right? This deserves a picture meme.
wmayrhofer 18
Sorry, the earthquake in Italy with 150 dead is a lot sexier
mikepzz 27
We'll you play Warcraft, maybe there isn't any friends lol
LyricaSilvan 30
I actually have a couple close friends who play it. So...nice fail.
LyricaSilvan 30
At least you know your guild leader cares. That's a good buddy, right there.
Soleysauce 5
It's better that someone actually checked on you rather than nobody at all. I play WoW myself. I've met some amazing people though that game. Your GM cares :3
SoulFrog 7
"All gamers are detached and don't care about others"
LyricaSilvan 30
Anyone who says that is an idiot of epic proportions. I've met some of the best people I have ever known through gaming.
aredvulpix 23
It's nice that at least someone cared! I hope all is well, OP!
sparky82 11
Glad you're ok. That was some scary storm yesterday.