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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Top comments
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)
hateevryone 15
she could have just said that. big deal
Holy_ish 19
lmfao damn but at least you were nice about it
mariahzzzbaby 2
aw that us so sweet that proudly made her day
iloveshim 14
He said it was 'beautiful' jeez can't take a compliment?
chuksnwali 34
right?
sarah56195 0
Aw. I feel bad for her. But FYL cause you didn't know. :/ I'm sure she understood.
doglover100 29
She could've said that. It was a mistake. Atleast Op said it was beautiful.
Szaszaspasz 26
You meant well. I'd feel better if I were her, she now knows she sounds okay. I've heard recordings of my own voice. I sound like I'm just waking up from general anesthesia.
VoodooPriestess 16
Since it was so recent, I guess she was a little self conscious and not sure if you were joking or being sarcastic. I'm sure she wasn't offended.
chuksnwali 34
yeah i agree.
fantasyworld 39
Since it was recent she might still be self conscious about it.
_BruhhGetALife_ 19
I honestly don't really see what's so bad about this. I mean I'd be flattered, he/she called her "accent" beautiful. He/She had no way of knowing she had a stroke. Good for him/her for being polite.