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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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
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)
iFruit 0
Oooh. Idk what to say to this post, so I'll just say that I don't know what to say. Which I already said... alright, I'll be going now.
youEQUALtosser 0
Same thing happened to a mate of mine a while back. Turns out, the guy had a speech impediment.
triplethreat13 0
one of my good friends had an unexplained stroke when she was 11 years old, and i work with disabled people in my volunteer job, so i can tell you that people will let it slide if someone doesn't know their condition. you tried to give the woman a compliment and i'm sure she appreciated the effort.
JHM_27 0
ahahah lmao sucks one time my teacher asked my friend why he spoke so weird it was because he had alisp :P
gatosmaya 0
wait, so you're saying that this woman was insulted because you told her that the way that she spoke was beautiful? I don't think this deserves neither fyl or ydi. you just complimented her
TheOtherNewest1 6
Later today on MyLifeIsG..... "I had a stroke a few months ago and have since been having problems with speech, and it's made me very self-conscious. Today I was talking to a very nice young man in a store. He asked me where my beautiful accent was from. Now I feel happier and less self-conscious. MLIG." If she didn't get pissed, it's probably fine. You were just trying to be nice. You couldn't have known it was a medical condition. Better that than "What the **** is wrong with your voice?! Are you retarded?!" Of course, then it'd be a major YDI.
zesunflower 0
thats hilarious HAHA
person1000003 0
LOL
curryndricegirll 0
that's probably true
Hockeylover87_71 0
I agree with #45