Today, I found out that the necklace my boyfriend gave me for my birthday was actually a gift he'd given to his ex-girlfriend. 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, I found out that my ex gifted a special handcrafted necklace I made for him to his new girlfriend. She wears it on all her socials. FML
Today, I found out the promise ring my boyfriend of 4 months gave me used to be his ex-girlfriend's. FML
Today, I found out that my engagement ring was actually my husband's ex-fiancée's. FML
Today, during a major fight with my boyfriend, I threw a necklace he had given me out the window, thinking it was just a cheap trinket. He then told me, for the first time, that that necklace had belonged to his now deceased grandma. FML
Today, I bought my girlfriend a very expensive necklace. I gave it to her thinking she'd be extremely happy. Instead she was mad at me because my gift for our anniversary was better than hers. FML
Today, my girlfriend gave me her ex-boyfriend's hoodie as a gift. FML
Today, I realised that every morning my girlfriend gets me to help her put on a locket her ex-boyfriend bought her on Valentine's Day. FML
Today, I found out that the girl my boyfriend says is "just a good old friend" is actually an "ex that got away." FML
Today, I found out my boyfriend was going to propose. He'd bought me a beautiful white gold ring that I never got to see. His estranged mom stole the ring. FML
Today, my boyfriend treated me to a surprise romantic dinner, got me a huge balloon bouquet, a dozen roses, and a beautiful card for my birthday. Too bad it's his ex's birthday and not mine. FML
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InnocentRainbow 0
All you people saying at least you got a present obviously don't understand women. We don't want something that you gave your ex, we want something that you picked out for us, even if it's cheap, if you picked it out just for us it makes it extremely special and meaningful. Giving a woman something you gave your ex is basically saying we aren't special to you. FYL OP. You need to have a talk with him.
Ajjas013 6
So you're mad at him for recycling?
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Comments (227)
erizzz 0
we are in a depression you know... just be happy u got a regift instead of no gift at all u ungrateful bitch
Rickymonkeypants 0
be happy you got something
CharleneW 0
At least he got her something? Seriously? Actually, he didn't get her anything.. he re-gifted a necklace he bought for his ex-girlfriend. So absolutely no thought whatsoever went into this gift for the OP. I'd be pretty annoyed too. He bought that with the vision of giving to his ex and seeing HER happy face, not OP's. Why couldn't he have returned it to the store or sold it himself when his ex refused/returned it? Do some people just not think?
MattCole 0
The girl who cares not about the gift itself or her boyfriend's kindness, but rather about how much money her boyfriend spent is consumed with selfish vanity.
CharleneW 0
I don't see where OP complained that he didn't spend a bunch of money on her? For me, I wouldn't care how much my boyfriend spent on me, as long as whatever it was, was bought/made with ME in mind, not some old flame.
dugumit 0
look after that necklace he will need it to pass onto the next when he's thru with u.
jloveee 0
she's not being selfish, ungrateful or any of that shit. it would sure as hell bother me (and anyone on here who's disagreeing if they took the time to really think about the situation) if someone i cared about gave me something sentimental, and i found out they had already given it to someone they used to care about at one point. he shouldn't have given her anything if he wanted to save money, i'm sure she would have preferred that. op, fyl :/
boatkicker 5
I will let the situation bother anyone here except for "the people who are disagreeing". I have been given ex's gifts before, and it honestly doesn't bother me. At least I got something; At least he remembered my birthday.
ShagWell 0
Hellooooo its just a guy thing. :P
neokitty 0
aw, but atleast he took the effort into giving you something?
CharleneW 0
And what effort is that? When he physically handed her the gift? This gift was pretty much effortless and thoughtless. He couldn't even be bothered to pick out a gift for her and instead, pretty much just said 'my ex didn't want this, I guess you can have it'.
Lambie 0
Exactly.
GotNothingToLose_fml 0
LOL same exact thing happened to me
punkin76 0
My ex-husband gave his wedding ring from our wedding to his new girlfriend to show his commitment to her. She actually took it.
csd_fml 5
ouch :( that's gotta hurt.