Today, I couldn't move without people talking to me about the "Royal Baby". It's like it's actually going to have an effect on my life. 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, some old friends came to visit me after I had my first baby a few weeks ago. When the last friend, who has always been rather self-centered, arrived, she immediately announced her own pregnancy and talked of nothing else for the rest of her stay. FML
Today, as usual, I'm receiving constant texts and calls. I'm socially exhausted and just want to be left alone, but everyone I complain to just thinks I’m bragging about my popularity. Including my therapist. FML
Today, it seems like everyone in my family knew about my boyfriend's new engagement, all except me. FML
Today, after a day of anxiety and worry that something bad would happen, I decided to keep my two daughters home from being flower girls at my sister's wedding. Now my sister and entire family is blowing up my phone. Apparently her wedding is my important than a mother worried about her babies. FML
Today, the local gossip was in line behind me at the shop. She saw me buying pregnancy tests. The good news is that I'm not pregnant. The bad news is that she'll definitely have everyone thinking I am. FML
Today, I called my mother to tell her that I got engaged. In the 15 minute conversation that followed, 13 were spent listening to how this is going to affect her. FML
Today, I realized that I could have slept all day yesterday and it would've changed nothing. I don't talk to anyone and I don't do anything. My presence or lack of presence in this world means nothing and affects nobody. FML
Today, I was at a restaurant when I made eye contact with a baby across the room. It smiled at me, so I smiled back. The baby immediately started screaming. Everyone stared at me like I'd just threatened it. FML
Today, I decided to tell my family, including my husband, that I'm pregnant. Their reaction was basically a "meh" before returning to watching the World Cup. FML
Today, I realised that when I was pregnant I had loads of friends, because pregnancy is cute and awesome and empowering, until the baby actually arrived. Then so-called friends don’t want to visit anymore because babies are loud, sticky, poop everywhere, and get in the way of brunch and shopping. FML
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thatgirlkat 9
It's happening to me too and I'm in America.
sammyjanette 17
I know! I plan to boycott all major forms of news for the next week because I don't want to hear about it. Though they'll probably be talking about the royal baby for the rest of our lives.
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Comments (211)
imtooshy 18
OP, I feel your pain as its all I heard about at work today too. This royal baby is becoming a royal pain in my ass! There's far more important things and issues going on in this messed up world.
tralala453 22
I feel your pain.
TaurusTheBull 13
Jeez, I know right? I hate the attention people get simply because they're rich, royal or famous... It's a little disappointing actually how some people's lives revolve around this stuff.
griggypop 4
I agree that the media makes way too big of a deal about it but I wouldn't get my panties in a bunch about it. I mean nobody is writing Fmls about all the coverage movie and sports stars get about the trivial frivolity in their lives.
sonnyrosa 32
Oh boo-hoo to you. So what if people around you are excited about the birth of William and Catherine's child? They're royals and this baby is going to eventually be the leader of the UK and 15 other Commonwealth realms. That's a big deal. You'd want people to be excited about the birth of your first baby. Get over yourself.
tralala453 22
Kate didn't use to be a royal, and being royal means nothing. They're ordinary people.
sonnyrosa 32
To you maybe... but not to many others of this generation. At least Catherine's fame comes from her being in love with the heir to the throne, and not for a sex tape like Kim Krazybitch
lulubelles 33
Don't be so ridiculous #77. No matter what your views on royal vs republic you are just being obtuse. She is royal since she married a prince, she was given a title. They are far from normal people. I'm excited about it, it's not everyday you see an heir to the throne being born, it's the first in my lifetime.
tralala453 22
How exactly are they "far from normal people"? They are normal people who happened to be born/married into a famous family. Nobody had heard of Kate Middleton before she married William.
fleur_de_fevrier_fml 23
You do know that the royals are only a figure for tourists? The Queen has no real power, the Prime Minister is the real leader of the country.
lulubelles 33
Please stop parroting that opinion, it's actually false. The queen does have a lot of power in the UK, and the prime minister very little. If you actually did a little research you'd find that she chooses not to use it for the good of the country and that if our prime minister wants anything done he needs to put it through the House of Commons then the House of Lords. And as for them being 'far from normal people', I wasn't saying they're amazing or super human, just that they have status and interest in this country and that is why some people care if they're having a baby. They aren't just Maureen and Dave from down the road, they're internationally known. Sorry if you don't care, but a lot of people do.
fleur_de_fevrier_fml 23
@ Lulubelle > I live in Ireland and I have studied English history, I was giving you in a nutshell what the truth is. She has a figurative role, and even if she has a weekly meeting with the Prime Minister, it’s just to keep up an old tradition. The Kings / Queens of England lost their power when James II was kicked out in 1688. The parliament makes the laws. She doesn't do it for the good of the country? Really? Did you know that the Queen, one of the richest women of the world, didn't pay taxes till 1992 and she caved in the face of public pressure? I won’t start on her absence of reaction during the Apartheid, the bloody troubles in Ireland, and all the other colonies fighting to gain their freedom. There is a reason why the Royal Family is much more popular outside UK than inside, it’s because people like them for the glam they represent but they don’t really know the reality under it.
ottokat 15
personally, I think its sweet. While everyone is right, it gets majorly annoying, its kind of nice that people from all over the world can be excited over the birth of the next possible heir!! While babies are, yes, born everyday, it is NOT everyday that a prince or princess is born. its a happy occasion, and i understand those who are so excited about it.
Futacy 30
IT'S A BOY!!!
sonnyrosa 32
I wonder what they'll name him :)
Steffi 26
8lbs 6oz!
Spark_Slicker 19
I feel like I'm the only one here who's not annoyed by it and actually thinks its sweet...
lailagothgal 16
How is this something that you deserve?? O.o some people !
XxTwinkie 10
It has no affect on any body's life. You can just ignore it so it's not an fml technically.