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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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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Jsgirl 0
ouch
Ridyn 0
This can't be true, I've read this before
Calaura9 0
People from norther more Urban areas speak faster and people from more southern states in the US speak slower and kind of have a drawl. She probably spoke slower and he saw it as a drawl not a dissability. I have family from South Carolina and they always say that us Connecticans speak crazy fast. This makes sense to me.
Shyman4ever 0
It was a nice compliment, you probably raised her self-esteem about her disability.
doubleAbattery 0
I once watched this really weird movie called "The Cakeeaters," and the main character had a disability that caused her muscles to slowly give out on her, and her speech to be slurred. I can't remember the name of the disabilty, but I can remember that the boy in the movie asked her about it and after she explained it he asked her "Is that why you talk like you're drunk?" And she said: "I do?" At least you were giving her a compliment. Although, the girl was kidding about not knowing that she sounded drunk when she talks. Apparently, she gets it all the time.
Mortishia 0
It was a honest mistake and you paid her a compliment. May be she'll feel better about her disability.
Andyangels27 0
you couldv been like why are you talking so ****** up? but obviously it wasn't that bad sh should feel good that you didn't notice and thought it was charming
aaaaa12345_fml 0
do you have down syndrome?
alliwannado 0
You know, this is gonna sound crazy, but just because the woman had a stroke doesn't mean her words were being slurred. In fact, she may have been speaking IN what the OP thought to be an exotic "accent". Stokes mess with your brain in odd ways. I've heard some cases in which, if someone did recover from a stroke and was actually able to speak again, speak in different accents they have never spoken in before, OR even in different languages!!!! I mean, it's really rare, but it's possible. The body reacts to traumatic stress in strange ways....
iamtenyearsago 0
That would make me feel better about something that I'd hate otherwise. After a stroke, she probably thinks her voice is ugly, but you telling her it was beautiful probably made her day.