Today, I asked a woman where her beautiful accent was from. The woman stared at me for a while. Then her daughter told me that the reason her mother talked like that was because she had a stroke a few months ago. 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, at work, I was reprimanded for not engaging with customers enough. In an effort to be more friendly, I complimented the next customer on her interesting accent. Turns out it was from a stroke she had last year. FML
Today, at work, I was helping someone who really sounded like she had a Boston accent. So, I asked her where she was from. She has never been out of state. Turns out she has a speech impediment. FML
Today, my teenage daughter asked me if accents are hereditary. FML
Today, while at my friend's house, I noticed her brother had a bit of an accent. I laughingly said "Is it me or does your little brother have an accent?" She stared and replied with "No, he has autism." FML
Today, I met a guy while out with some friends. He kept blowing up his cheeks, so I did it back to him and asked him why he did it. He pulled out a card from his wallet and pointed at it. It was a card saying he may have speech or facial difficulties because he had a stroke when he was 12. FML
Today, two drop dead gorgeous Australians asked me for directions. Being so shocked by their beauty and accents, I couldn't get words out of my mouth. Then one said to the other, "Nope, she doesn't speak English", then walked away. FML
Today, I received a text from my dad, which was borderline-incomprehensible due to an insane amount of text language. I replied, jokingly asked if he had a stroke while writing it. A few seconds after hitting send, I remembered the stroke he suffered last month. FML
Today, one of my closest friends and I got into a fight. She ended the conversation with, "My grandma just had a stroke. Bye." I didn't believe her so I replied "That's great. Bye." Turns out her Grandma is in the hospital in critical condition. FML
Today, I was speaking to an old friend and I asked her how her mother was. She replied, "She passed away, you came to her funeral last month." FML
Today, a woman asked why my daughter doesn't look remotely like me. I just smiled and shrugged it off, but the truth is that she looks exactly like I did before I got my botched plastic surgery. FML
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curryndricegirll 0
at least you didn't make fun of it. if anything, i hope she would feel better since you called her speech beautiful. i mean i know it's still awful, but it's a little better
AndelleRae 9
That does suck, but the way this is worded implies that the woman is a stranger. How were you to know she had a stroke? I don't think it's an FML or a YDI. Just kind of embarrassing.
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Comments (95)
paperfox_fml 0
FIRST AGAIN!
DoomJeff91 2
That's great son. We were all wishing you the best of luck. Mom and Aunt Caroline made you a cake with a big #1 for our big #1. Lots of love from the family. Good luck with tomorrow!
suaveneanderthal 0
haha how mad can you get at someone for not knowing? he wasn't bashing her he was complimenting her! that sucks for the op FYL indeed
neonokku 0
not that bad
KiSsKiZzy 0
Haha bitches I'm #32!!!! I'd like to thank all the baby dicks in the world!! (Not that I am 1)
KiSsKiZzy 0
Did you get her#?
GhostDuck 30
NO ONE CARES!
GhostDuck 30
... you're number 63...
americayay 0
Well, at least she found someone who thinks her disability is sexy. Even if he is a bit creepy.
arsewipe92 0
Lol, my sentiments exactly!
curryndricegirll 0
at least you didn't make fun of it. if anything, i hope she would feel better since you called her speech beautiful. i mean i know it's still awful, but it's a little better
were_giraffe 2
that's what i was thinking. at least you saw her trait as beautiful sometimes people need to remember beauty is in everyone
ashleyb104 0
I thought the same thing
ronzi 15
#3 very well said ??
AndelleRae 9
That does suck, but the way this is worded implies that the woman is a stranger. How were you to know she had a stroke? I don't think it's an FML or a YDI. Just kind of embarrassing.
SupKev 0
are you a guy or a girl? -_-
ermkrmr 0
she's obviously a girl...
chlorinegreen 27
that was just rude and uncalled for. of course she's a girl. how would you feel if someone questioned your gender? that's rude.
intothecrypt 3
No need to be a dick to either. I'm a guy with long hair and get mistaken for a girl a lot, but in this case it is not obvious.
ShadowNine 0
Damn FYI (:
volleyballgirl16 0
embarrasing but it was a compliment so.... her disability is beautiful whats wrong with that
tick_tock 0
Don't kick yourself about it too much, you didn't know. Hey, at least you said it was beautiful!
CryingHowls 0
you may have called her accent beautiful which might make her feel better but more likely than not, she took it sarcastically. making it worse =p
curryndricegirll 0
wow. i never thought of it like that. it makes more sense now, that she got offended
crazy_cat_lady24 0
Oof that must have been awkward. Don't be too hard on yourself, there was no way for you to know, you were just trying to be nice. The lady will probably understand later on.
monkey_boy984 0
u stupid **** :D
chlorinegreen 27
I hate that word. you should be careful with things you say.
Tolerate 4
you shouldn't call people who made an honest mistake that word.
Unlucky_Gun 0
Shut up moron, like you've never made a mistake in your life..