Today, I came home to find that my girlfriend had repainted my bedroom. As she had offered to do it, it shouldn't have been a problem. However, she decided to return the several unopened cans of off-white paint that I'd bought for something "more neutral." Like "Sunset Orange." FML
Collection
Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Same thing different taste
Paintwork
Today, I spent the afternoon painting my bedroom and was really pleased with how it turned out. When I moved the furniture back, I noticed a large patch behind the wardrobe I'd missed. The paint shop had closed, and I had no idea which shade I'd used. FML
Mix and match
Today, I started to paint the top of a piece of furniture. My husband had painted the sides a few months ago. I sanded/prepped. He went to buy the paint he had used. I was half done when I stepped back and saw that the colors didn't match. He forgot what he used, so he bought whatever, and "thought it would be OK." FML
Oh no, the humanity!
Today, I came home to find my girlfriend had dyed her hair a ridiculous bright color. She knows I absolutely fucking despise brightly colored hair on women. FML
DIY trick
Today, my boyfriend told my roommate about a trick he had used by filling nail holes with toothpaste when he moved out. When I came home with putty to fill the holes, there were blue spots all over the walls. She had filled them with blue gel toothpaste. Now I get to repaint, too. FML
Remodeling
Today, I finished painting my living room. I had to leave the house in a rush. When I got home, I found smears of paint all around and the carpet crusted with paint that had dried. My cat had rubbed up against the walls and tracked it around. FML
Today, my friend told me I'm not welcome in her house anymore. I've spent the last two months painting and doing it up for her, because she's pregnant and couldn't herself. I just finished the job. FML
Roommates from hell
Today, I got home to the smell of permanent marker and the discovery that my roommate's little sister had drawn flower petals around every polka dot she could reach on my walls. I just put up the wallpaper last weekend. FML
Today, my husband has been painting our house all weekend and plans to finish the job after work today. I decided to surprise him by completing the job myself. Painting the last window frame, I dropped the open tin of white paint, right onto our car roof. FML
Creepy
Today, my parents dropped by my new house, and my mother offered to tidy up for me while I was out. After they left, I noticed that her "tidying up" included throwing out all the pictures of my girlfriend and replacing them with pictures of herself. FML
Today, I was painting my room. I told my mom not to open the door because I was on a ladder just behind it, with a paint can perched atop. She barged in to ask me what I'd said. FML
Top comments
zandalee 20
Sounds pretty and cheerful. As a real estate agent I see so many houses painted boring old white, inside and out. Boring!
Mideoyeo 12
At least you will always have sunshine! You'll probably feel much better about the colour on rainy days :D
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Mideoyeo 12
At least you will always have sunshine! You'll probably feel much better about the colour on rainy days :D
Autocorrected 11
So you'll be seeing orange half the time you're in your house. What's the problem? Maybe you and your girl should celebrate a bit..Orange IS the color for curiosity.
deBlobX 12
Your life doesn't suck
SirCharles83 13
It would be a stroke of genius of you could just brush it off. It's so hard not to show your true colors. Don't be blue, you can always re-paint the room. Orange you glad we had this talk?
Neonemerld 21
No, 33, I'm not. Even one of those sentences would have been bad enough, but you used Four.
noncomposmentis 6
Somebody is trying too hard.
ManInTheMachine 20
He might've pulled it off if he wasn't so desperate as to threadjack so his comment would be seen.
SirCharles83 13
You're all so right. It was not my best showing. I think I'd like to try out the old "my brother stole my phone" trick. Or "I was really tired". Ok it was an absolute fail.
xXHollowIchigoXx 17
No, #57 that's when you try the "it was sarcasm" trick.
SirCharles83 13
Damn! First a horrible comment, then I use the wrong fake excuse. I'm suspending myself from commenting for one week.
ALlamaOnFire 20
Amen to that!
kniggit 10
86- You've won me over.
picante72 24
Now he can get a tan by just sitting in his room.
zandalee 20
Sounds pretty and cheerful. As a real estate agent I see so many houses painted boring old white, inside and out. Boring!
Marcelb 17
True, but white is more neutral and easier to paint over. If I'd be buying a house, I would rather have it be white than sunset orange, because I would probably have to paint over it several times.
guckylynn 19
It's actually really hard to sell a house that has crazy colors on the wall, because it makes it harder for the buyer to imagine themselves in the home. If too much of the previous owner is present (through photos, crazy furniture pieces, walls painted, etc) potential buyers have a very hard time imagining the house as their home.
WeWalkIn1D 11
Agree. White is a very common colour. But if it's just one room in OPs house that's that bold of a colour like sunset orange, the house may look odd, too. Don't get me wrong, sunset orange is still a pretty colour.
SoylentCandycorn 10
I like orange, but it's a colour you can have too much of, especially if it's a room where you're supposed to relax/sleep. Colours do affect moods, and bright, vivid, sunset orange is not a calming colour, it's quite the opposite.
aalexandrao 2
Sounds like someone have read the hunger games series and fallen head over heels for Peeta.
DKParth13 5
No.
sunkistfitch 4
What? That contributed nothing to the conversation.
gc327072 31
What the ****?!
morgiepuff 14
You guys obviously haven't read The Hunger Games trilogy. There's a quote from Mockingjay in which Peeta states that his favorite color is "orange, like sunset".
CharresBarkrey 16
92 - I've read the trilogy and I still didn't make that connection. It's a bit of a stretch
kniggit 10
Those books weren't particularly well-written or memorable. I think the logos at the beginning of each chapter were well-drawn and Peeta likes bread. I'm serious, that's all I remember after reading all three books.
EagorLuvsBigFoot 8
^ Yup, that's exactly why the hunger games is the best selling young adult trilogy worldwide. Because there is a character who enjoys bread, and because the logos before every chapter are quite lovely.
shayshayshazam 14
Now you can watch the sunset every night!
qirde_15 5
aww she's sweet... and tangy!
AussieChild 22
Studies show that colours do alter your moods, so she's probably trying to create a cheery space for you :)
SoylentCandycorn 10
A room in my friend's house is painted bright orange. Instead of making people feel cheerful, it actually gives people a headache.
perdix 31
This is one you suck up and yield to your woman. When it comes to cars and power tools, insist on having your way, but when it comes to home decor, you let her have her way. You do like having a girlfriend, right?
MrForgetable 0
Ah.... No. I think Sunset Orange is a bit too bright and cheery. We're all supposed to be depressed and obese and chugging milkshakes and hamburgers while cheating on our significant others here.
Neonemerld 21
No, 8, I think that's just you.
fleur_de_fevrier_fml 23
What type of chauvinist comment is that? So women should be happy to deal with home deco and leave the technical stuff to men? Grow up, this is 2012, not the 60ies. Besides, OP is entitled to have the color he chose in his room, he can say so to his girlfriend without her throwing a tantrum.
xlord 27
Fleur- I believe it is very safe to say that perdix was joking....don't take it so seriously.
TheMathMajor 26
Took the words out of my mouth, 51. I know perdix is probably being a bit sarcastic, but still. We could live without these gender norms and expectations.
fleur_de_fevrier_fml 23
Yeah let's hope it was sarcastic...
TheDrifter 24
Can't we keep this one? I'm lousy at home deco, but great with a wrench.
spazz666 18
You guys. Are you new? Do you know what a joke is? Everyone who just took that seriously got trolled. Perdix is probably looking at your comments dying of laughter because you took him seriously. First rule of FML- NEVER take Perdix seriously.
copo37 7
I'd love to think we can eliminate gender norms, but its not going to happen. Society dictates it regularly, and people follow. It always has and it always will. There may be some women who work on cars, and some men who love home decor, but in reality, people follow societal expectations.
TheMathMajor 26
I know perdix is rarely serious, but even as a joke it came off bad to me at least. It's jokes like these that perpetuate gender expectations, even if they don't mean to. I'd like to think that a world without gender roles is possible, maybe not in our lifetime, but we can at least try to work on it.
perdix 31
#74, I'd like to see that, too, but the only way that is going to happen is to point out the gender stereotypes and lampoon them. Making them taboo subjects of conversation, even of humorous ones, will just serve to perpetuate them.
Officiency 4
There's no need to be upset.
gc327072 31
So many butthurts, so little time.
fml121785 14
I don't see why so many women get upset about gender roles. I love being a woman and cooking, doing crafts, home decor and other 'girly' things. Don't get me wrong, I also like to shoot guns, drive fast cars, and ride my street bike, but when it comes down to it I would much rather have a man running this country or fixing my car for me. Women just think differently then men and when it comes to running a country, they tend to make decisions based on their emotions rather then what needs to be done.
mowmowlife 21
Because sometimes there are more things to life than cooking, cleaning, and 'girly' things. Being ascribed certain interests is also ascribing a certain amount of values, which I personally infer as serving, subordination, frivolity and superficiality, which are distasteful to me particularly if those are the only qualities being ascribed and I would rather be as far away from those values as possible. Also, I'm aware that you may as well be a perfectly wonderful person, but your profile pic doesn't help too much. Also, I work with my head, not just my emotions
fml121785 14
What's wrong with my profile picture? At least it's a person. Maybe I should go find one like your's?
fml121785 14
Woman are also more than people who 'serve'. Woman are nurturing and take care of children, husbands, and homes. I don't see why you would have a problem being labeled that. It's a good thing! Besides, that's not the only thing they are labeled as. Just as many, if not more roles and qualities as men!
LoveGuru69 0
nice ******* slutnugget
badactor009 0
Strongly disagree. He said its his girl friend. Since when do they get so much say so? Some dudes have issues with establishing appropriate boundaries.
electrorange 13
Orange you glad she did it??
perdix 31
Perfect comment considering your nickname! By the way, I'm glad you didn't say, "Banana."
amandalillian 27
LOL!!! This should be top comment
magicbananas3 6
11- this is fml. Not ifunny. The comments go by time not likes.
perdix 31
Sunset Orange? Sounds like the color of Tang, which, coincidentally, is something you won't be getting if you keep bitching about the ******* paint.
yeti37 16
oh, shit, that was good! kudos.
spazz666 18
So you like his comment? I heard they added a new button for that!
chris_42 11
Orange you glad it's not white?
chris_42 11
Looks like someone beat me to it, and I have no idea how to delete comments. This app is a real paint in the ass to navigate.