Today, I had an all day volleyball tournament in a town an hour away. My dad left early, not realizing he was my ride home. I'm now stranded in the middle of a rural town with no way home anytime soon. 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, my family was leaving for a weekend trip and was supposed to pick me up on the way down. About an hour before they are supposed to arrive, my mom calls to tell me that there's no room left in the car, so they won't be stopping to get me. FML
Today, my friend and I were getting picked up by his dad after a carnival. As I put my stuff in the back of the car and shut the door to walk around to get in the other side, his dad drove off, thinking I was in the car, leaving me to walk up their hill. It was midnight and I ended up lost. FML
Today, my mom and I flew three hours from Wyoming to a volleyball camp in Kentucky. When we arrived, we went to the volleyball center and told them I was there for the volleyball camp. They told me it had been cancelled two weeks ago and they forgot to call us. FML
Today, my parents and I went to the movies for my mom's birthday. After the movie, my mom and dad got into a fight, and left me at the movies. My cell phone was dead, and my house was about 12 miles away. They finally came and picked me up, hours later. FML
Today, I missed my bus. I had to ride my bike 2 miles. Once I left, some jerk nearly hit me. I flipped him off and shouted obsceneties. It was my dad, offering me a ride. He left. FML
Today, my boyfriend and our so-called “friends” left us stranded at a park, when our phones and wallets were also missing. I had to walk nearly four miles in tears before I eventually got a ride from a stranger. Luckily, my phone was returned to my mom, but I’m still in tears from the distress. FML
Today, my parents started fighting at a restaurant. Embarrassed, I went to the restroom to get away and stayed in there for about 15 minutes, knowing how long their fights can last. When I came back, they were gone. They'd ditched me, and left me to walk several miles back home. FML
Today, my dad refused to pick me up because he didn't want to get off the couch, so I had to walk for an hour and a half to get home. When I finally got home, my dad had gone out to pick my sister up from her friend's house. Her friend lives a 3-minute walk away. FML
Today, due to bad weather, my dad let me take his car to drive to my apartment 3 hours away. I only realized when I got there that my keys were still sitting on my parents' kitchen counter. FML
Today, I got offered a ride to go home for the weekend. I go to college six hours away from home and haven't seen my family for almost two months. When I called my mom with the good news, she told me not to come. FML
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babycakess10 0
the team doesn't take a bus to away games?
sourgirl101 29
This is true. I have 3 maybe 4?posted (anonymously) it's fun to get them posted but never fun having strangers tell you you're a ******* idiot and deserve it! This is probably why so many OP's stay silent.
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djames66 0
Report him to the police for neglect. That'll teach him!
Rangant 7
maybe if u had been playing better he wouldn't have become bored and left. YDI for not being a crowd pleaser :) umm find a horse and ride it home?
A7X_LoVeee 10
So no one on your team could give you a lift home? Hmm your team must not like ya too much.
mintcar 10
My thoughts exactly. Haha.
olivia_r 0
Obviously someone isn't going to leave her there when the tournaments over. OP is just trying to get people to feel sorry for her.
A7X_LoVeee 10
"I'm now stranded" seems to me like she was left.
ThatLooksSticky 16
options: - ride with a friend - ride with the coach - use your phone to call your dad instead of posting on FML - use someone else's phone - cab or bus - start walking - start hooking
A7X_LoVeee 10
- Hitchhiking!
mintcar 10
Ride your friend. * Ride your coach. * She gotta catch a lift somehow.
JustDoctor 0
46 I agree.... and maybe if she rode her dad he wouldn't have ditched her, maybe.
randomlettrrs 8
80 Wincest!!
dirtyblond 4
WINCEST FTW!!!!
babycakess10 0
the team doesn't take a bus to away games?
geminiTwin4 3
it might not be a school team
marinus_fml 20
My rugby team doesn't take a bus to away games. We all just drive to the location ourselves.
randome101 12
Might be a non school travel team. My sister is in a volleyball travel team and my dad has to drive her almost every weekend to a place hours away for tournaments.
SnowFlakeInAK 7
I'm sorry OP,your father is an incompetent moron! Call him and tell him to go back and get you or you'll turn him into child protective services. How the hell does a parent forget their child?!?! I wish becoming a parent required a license just like driving does. You failed your parental test, you're not allowed to procreate!!
meowmeowgirl 0
you can't stop a human being from having sex... and what if the condom breaks?
A7X_LoVeee 10
Call child protective services? Give me a break!
Yournamehere42 7
Seriously? He didn't forget about his child, he just forgot that his child needed a ride home. Most likely having to drive OP home isn't an every time thing, as many sports teams ride a bus to away games, and it just slipped his mind. Besides, if OP bothered to take the time to post an FML about it, it probably wasn't a dangerous situation. Save the procreation limitation for those who have fifteen kids they can't afford and haven't discovered the cause of it yet.
mintcar 10
CPS? Really?! HAHA.
Jrefinne 7
36, it's called an abortion. Or adoption. Or surgery.
pink_raindrops 26
Did you not read the part where the father thought the OP had another ride home? He didn't know he was the ride back, which isn't so surprising really. Alot of the times friends hang out together after playing a game, especially if they win, they'll go to celebrate. It does suck that the OP was left, but it's not the end of the world, they're not that far away. I know an hour drive can be quite the walk if you have no other choice, but it could be alot worse. I think you're REALLY over reacting about how bad the father is for making a mistake. Calling child services is completely out of line as well...just because the dad made a mistake about not being the ride, doesn't mean he's a horrible dad in any way.
SnowFlakeInAK 7
Interesting. A mistake is buying your child the wrong color of shirt. Parental fail is leaving your child in another city. Y'all are entitled to you're own opinions, as am I. As for me "REALLY over reacting" I have children from the ages of 9 to 27, and two grandchildren. Not once have I ever left one of my kids behind anywhere! It's the parents responsibility to verify their child has a ride home from a sporting event BEFORE leaving. That's what a good parent would do; make sure, beyond doubt that their child has transportation arranged before leaving. in this day and age where children are kidnapped, raped, molested and murdered no parent can EVER assume anything and just leave their child behind.Period.
sundayporch 2
I feel really bad for your kids.
SnowFlakeInAK 7
109... I feel really sorry for your children if you think it's Ok to forget and leave your kids in another city with no way home.
Yournamehere42 7
Refer to OP's reply to the first comment. She told her dad she was riding with a friend and then changed her mind expecting him to still be there after everyone else had gone home. Enough with the righteous anger.
zowieandzander77 1
pink raindrops .. I feel your pain I hate when people make idiotic comments because they can't be bothered to read what's already been posted.
tigrouficele2012 44
If you can post this on FML, you obviously have access to a computer. Skype to your home phone. Or send an email to your dad's cell phone; he'll receive it as a text. Or flat-out email him if he's likely to be at the computer. If you're not posting this from a computer, but in fact from a phone, then you are an idiot. Since I don't see a "Posted from iPhone app" note, though, I'm assuming the less likely case that you somehow have a computer with you.
Igor_g5 0
When I post it doesn't say anything about an iPhone app. But that's what I have.
redbluegreen 41
FMLs don't have to be posted right as they happen you know. Obviously, the OP isn't still there. It's just the way they wrote it.
mrahhhhh 21
Maybe I'm just too optimistic, but I see this as a chance to see a new place and buy some cool stuff if you have money. You have at least an hour while your dad comes back. This is only an FML if you don't have much of an imagination.
mintcar 10
Call him or ask one of your teammates for a ride. Unless...you're that annoying, abhorrent bitch everyone seems to hate on the team. If that's the case, you better pray your dad returns.
mintcar 10
Call him or ask one of your teammates for a ride. Unless...you're that annoying, abhorrent bitch everyone seems to hate on the team. If that's the case, you better pray your dad returns.
A7X_LoVeee 10
It looks like that's the case.