Today, for our anniversary, I had made a small treasure hunt for my boyfriend, tying roses with notes of poetry to lampposts across campus to lead him to where we would have a romantic dinner. He couldn't find it because people had stolen the roses, or simply ripped them to pieces and thrown them away. FML
Collection
Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I wrote my boyfriend a poem, and left it on the bed with a rose for him to see after work. When I came home later, I noticed the flower in the trash, and the poem had been used as gum wrapper. FML
Today, my boyfriend came over to celebrate our anniversary. He had a card written in crayon with my name spelled wrong, and a basket I had seen his mother throw in the trash filled with flower petals ripped from my mom's garden. Our anniversary was 3 days ago. FML
Today, my boyfriend gave me a poem saying "Roses are red, violets are blue, rubbish is dumped and so are you." FML
Today, my boyfriend surprised me with a bouquet of flowers he'd picked himself. This would’ve been romantic, had they not all been Poison Hemlock. FML
Today, I lost the beautiful necklace my boyfriend gave me for Valentine's day. I looked everywhere, and couldn't find it. My sister held the bag while I dug through the stinking trash, then after I cleaned everything up, took it out of her pocket and said she was pretending it was lost. FML
Today, I awoke to rose petals leading me to the front garden. Curious, I followed them, thinking my boyfriend planned something romantic. As I walked out the door, I was hit in the face with a paper plate full of whipped cream and sprinkles, and then locked outside. FML
Today, I took my girlfriend out for dinner to a fancy Italian restaurant for our one year anniversary. After giving her some roses, freshly baked cookies, and a thoughtful poem I wrote for her, she started laughing and asked for her real gift. FML
Today, it's our fifth-year anniversary with my boyfriend. I gave him his gift and walked over to the kitchen to serve him some food I'd made. On my way back to the dining room, I overheard his plans with his friend to ditch me in 10 minutes. FML
Today, I bought my wife chocolates and a rose. When she got home, I told her I had a surprise but then I couldn’t find the chocolates or the rose anywhere in this frigging house, they were just gone. I had to pretend the surprise was going out for dinner but still, where the fuck did the rose go? FML
Today, my husband tried to be romantic by throwing me in a bed laid with roses. Too bad he forgot to remove the thorns first. FML
Feel like sharing it with the other FML users?
Thanks, your FML was submitted, and will appear in the moderation queue soon!
Top comments
Theglc20 27
People suck.
tiger1 10
It's the thought that counts
Add a comment · Reply to
You must be logged in to be able to post comments!
Comments (97)
Idahome 6
awwwww, what a sweet idea. too bad it didn't work out.
thesmallwarriorr 19
Faith in humanity lost.
ally8 21
You're an idiot to think people wouldn't ruin it
coolman298 15
OP, you are the girl that every (intelligent) man wants. You went through all that trouble for him. If other people weren't so careless it would have worked. FYL indeed.
katertott 44
Not to be a downer, but cool, creative, and fun items left unattended on public display usually = "FREE, take one, have a great day!" This is especially true on a college campus where free things are highly appreciated. Unless you had posted notes telling everyone else to not take them, I can easily see how people mistook them as being free for the taking like a random act of kindness or pay it forward type of gesture. (Of course, some people ignore notes so unfortunately even that may not have been enough.) Hope it was a good day, nonetheless!
SaniK 17
I don't understand why you were surprised, guys know how much girls like flowers but they can be expensive so a free one taped to a post is like the neighbor getting mad at people picking off his orange tree hanging over the fence. Still, sorry op
bluefairy_fml 24
Am I the only one who thinks OP's idea was way too cheesy in the first place? Roses with love poetry leading to a romantic dinner? What straight man in his right mind wants so much corniness in one place? I'm a woman and I would feel a bit embarassed if my boyfriend did such a thing for me, I can't imagine how OP's boyfriend would have felt. I know that some girls love this cheesy stuff and would probably be delighted if their boyfriends did that for them. But men usually feel very embarassed if you shower them with such cheesy, "girly" gifts. They like giving you "girly" gifts if they love you, but they don't necessarily like receiving them. Who knows, maybe it was OP's boyfriend who took the roses in the first place, because he didn't want to have to endure all that cheesiness.
ShadJV 0
I'm a guy and I think that's so romantic, I'd love that kind of gift, especially the poems... But I do believe this was poorly executed, anything unattended in a public place, especially a college campus, can't be expected to be left alone. A bit naive of her.
limabeans101029 21
86- I see your point, but not every straight man has to hate romance. OP probably knows the kind of things he likes; I doubt she would've done it if he wasn't into that kind of thing.
Renee4Echelon 15
Sucks what happened. People are dicks. Funny it happened anyways. Dnt be so cheesy next time :p
AOLDialup 4
You mean he was the first male in the history of the planet to remember a dating anniversary?
Shade1982 21
In this modern day and age, how can you NOT? You barely have to remember anything if you use digital calendars...
96isntassexyas69 20
Ahh, don't people just suck? Sorry OP.