Today, I gave my boyfriend a $300 cooler for Valentine's Day. When I asked what he got me, he pointed at my stomach. I'm 3 months pregnant with his baby. 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 sent my boyfriend to the store to get groceries while I was at work. Instead of what I listed, he came back with hot pockets, ice cream and beer. I'm lactose intolerant and pregnant. FML
Today, I told my boyfriend I was pregnant. He seemed thrilled, and went to buy some wine to celebrate. He left 11 hours ago and won't come back. FML
Today, my boyfriend and I went to the doctor's for an ultrasound, as I'm 7 months pregnant. Then he went home and took his wife out to dinner for her birthday. FML
Today, I found out that my boyfriend was going to propose to me about three months ago. I was completely surprised and asked why he didn't. At that time, I had told him to stop looking at me like that and go buy me some damn tacos. I was 2 months pregnant then. Now he wants to wait a couple of years. FML
Today, I told my boyfriend of 4 years that I'm pregnant. He suggested we get a paternity test done. FML
Today, I told my boyfriend that I'm pregnant. He seemed excited, and said we should make the baby fat so he can bounce her on his lap and watch her double chin jiggle. Just to prove he's serious, he's been searching for high-calorie foods for babies. FML
Today, I told my boyfriend I was pregnant. He went outside for a "breather" and never came back. FML
Today, I turned down my boyfriend's proposal because I'm pregnant and I told him I didn't want people thinking that's why we were getting married. He… did not react well. Yes, he knows that I'm pregnant. FML
Today, my boyfriend bought another expensive bong to go with the one he bought last month, along with his new phone, airsoft gun, and various other things he's blown our money on this year. He's bought nothing to prepare for our son, though, who's due next month. FML
Today, after telling me his other girlfriend is pregnant, my boyfriend said we should stay together so I could help out with the baby. FML
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geekpower_fml 28
It's ok, OP. You can now point at the stomach in response to several things. "Why didn't you go to the supermarket?" "Didn't you say you were going to do the dishes this time?" "What am I getting for my birthday?" The list goes on and on.
PhoenixChick 26
I didn't know you could spend that much on a cooler. You should take it back and get something to prepare for the baby.
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Comments (89)
meghanclean 17
You totally could've gotten a momaroo with that!
okaydisarray 17
Alternatively, $300 would buy a really good car seat. I've heard some stories about Mamaroos. They're cool looking and an awesome idea but most people I know who bought one had it stop working after a couple of months.
meghanclean 17
And a car seat is better. I have a momaroo for my little one and she loves the thing, but they're also not worth the price.
c_ball 4
I'm going to assume you got a Yeti. Try an Rtic one next time.
hardcorefan16 22
That's ****** up
bad_boyfriend 10
So what you are saying is you only got your boyfriend an expensive lift because you were expecting something in return...
DoomedGemini 38
It doesn't say that. I'd be pretty pissed if I got someone something quality and I got NOTHING in return. And while a baby might be very wanted and loved, a gift from the man to the woman? She's the one having to go through all the pregnancy and what it brings!
shinikageWolf 15
"The **** you mean? What kind of gift is this, my body is doing all the work. Your guys only had to swim a day or two and then my body has to work harder then usual to make a baby for like 9 months!"
toba122 12
Right? Any idiot could supply the baby gravy. The real work is birthing that kid.
GamerMom392 19
You picked the idiot, but then again, give you just spent $300 on a cooler of all things WHILE PREGNANT, I think you two were made for each other. A few months from now, when you're scrounging to pay for diapers, you're going to look at that $300 waste, and cuss yourself.
Brandi_Faith 34
To be fair, you have no idea what their financial situation is like. They could be very well off and have plenty of money for the baby and all the costs that comes with it. For all we know, they could have so much money they don't know what to do with it. Plus, it's not the point of the FML at all.
TetrisPhantom 1
You have a baby on the way and you spent $300 on a cooler? Was he even aware you were getting him anything? If my wife did that to me, I would appreciate the thought, but I'd be a bit miffed that she had spent that much on a gift (especially if I hadn't asked for one), and I'd be more than a little bothered if she immediately asked for something in return. If you two agreed to exchange gifts beforehand, than yeah, he should have gotten *something*, but if not (or worse, if you agreed not to), then you set yourself up for this, and he's the one that got screwed over. My sister had one of her sons on Valentine's Day, and she had an emotional breakdown when she found out her husband hadn't gotten her a gift for V-day. We all wanted to smack her, especially after he went out and got her a gift out of a feeling of obligation. She had a brand new baby but was more worried about herself. That is not the attitude of a mother.
fleur_de_fevrier_fml 23
#39 > do you have any idea of OP's income? Why are you so convinced that by spending $300 on a gift, she is going to put herself in financial trouble? Secondly, regarding your sister, you should know that pregnancy hormones can be quite hellish and turn you into a sniveling monster for the most trivial things. When I got pregnant, I remember crying for half an hour because I had forgotten a Skype appointment with a friend. It was a complete overreaction from me and definitely not how I usually am. One of my friends told me that she had a meltdown because her husband ate the last biscuits. We are laughing at these stories now but on the spot, nothing you're told can actually make sense to you.
sheilandthegirls 20
#39 mothers don't have to stop caring about themselves to be good mothers! This myth irritates the shit out of me!! A mother is still the same person she was before and has the same needs. You may not have agreed with your sister's timing but she just push a human being out of her body on Valentine's Day, she may have been emotional and feeling forgotten because all the focus was on the baby. A gift may have brightened her mood a bit. When you say she should have been happy (less emotional) and not asked for a gift because she had a baby you are being no better than OP's boyfriend. You're effectively saying a baby is a gift from the father to the mother. When if fact they are not, gifts are gifts; babies are babies. Each special in their own way and not to be confused.
bapbap_fml 15
I'd also be miffed if my husband spent that much, but I've specifically told him I don't want him to spend anything because I prefer the things that can't be bought. Bake me something, write me a poem, take me on a walk somewhere beautiful, make me something. I want something from the heart, not the store.
DoomedGemini 38
I feel sorry for your sister for having a family that apparently doesn't understand the hormones going through her and the exhaustion and emotional overload of having a kid. Not acting like a mother for wanting a gift to show she's loved? What, is the child going to die if all the attention isn't on it for a few moments? It's a ******* baby, it wants food, sleep, and maybe some cuddles. I don't think a baby would care their mother wanted something for herself after pushing it out of her ****** as long as the needs are met.
FieldLeftBlank 20
People blasting OP for the money she spent, without considering her financial situation might be different from their own..
Railroader 16
Isn't it your baby too? I mean you were both involved in the process of making it. Saying that it's his baby makes it sound like he was the only one involved in the act that created it.
doemetoch 28
Did you agree you'd be giving each other gifts though, or did you just decide like that you wanted to buy an expensive gift, and then get mad because your boyfriend didn't figure out you were expecting a gift?