Today, after house sitting for my future father-in-law and managing to keep things spotless for 3 weeks, a pipe burst. It flooded the place and shorted out a plug socket, causing a fire that ruined the front room. He gets home in 3 hours. I'm screwed. FML
Collection
Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, after moving into my new house, my partner's father came to give us his old sofa. Now, an hour before he has to leave, he's half-completed 3 DIY jobs we didn't want done in the first place, and smashed my water inlet pipe. I have no water and a destroyed kitchen. FML
Today, I came home from work to find my house was flooded from a broken pipe under the sink. My house had just recently had new wood floors, carpet and electrics installed because 6 months earlier my house had been flooded by the same pipe breaking. FML
Today, my husband and I were finally about to put our house on market because we have killed our savings on moving and two mortgages for the past couple of months. Then the pipes burst. Awesome. FML
Today, I overloaded the washing machine and it flooded the downstairs. The flooring will have to be scrapped and drywall replaced. It's 100% my fault. Did I mention this is not my house? FML
Today, I woke up to a fog. Literally. A pipe burst in my apartment and scalding water was everywhere. To make matters worse, when I called maintenance he told me he'd come by later, hung up on me, and turned his phone off. He did eventually show up, but it was 5 hours later, well after I'd paid a plumber $200. FML
Today, I got unbelievably drunk and pissed in the corner of my room, all over a plug socket, which blew out the electrics. FML
Today, after months of delays, my home renovation is nearing completion. Well, it was nearing completion. Last night, a pipe burst, flooding the entire house. The water damage will cost more to repair than the entire renovation. FML
Today, workers came to my house to fix residual moisture damage in my walls left behind by Hurricane Irma. Said workers then burst a water pipe and flooded my entire apartment in the time it took figure out how to turn it off. FML
Today, the toilet on the top floor of my house burst, soaked the bathroom, and water dripped down into the kitchen and the basement for hours when nobody was home. Eight blowers and a dehumidifier later, the house is about 90 degrees and I can't leave. FML
Today, my crew was called out to do some house maintenance. We were nearly done, when someone had the goddamned fucking brilliant idea of washing plaster off their hands in the kitchen sink, which clogged the pipes. Instead of getting paid, we now owe for damages. FML
Feel like sharing it with the other FML users?
Thanks, your FML was submitted, and will appear in the moderation queue soon!
Top comments
Misoranomegami 16
This is the importance of framing right here. You didn't ruin his house, you saved it from flooding everything and also burning down completely. And you don't expect his gratitude for your work to prevent the even greater damage that would have happened if you weren't there, he's family after all. All in a day's work.
real life problems 26
Ask him if he likes how you redecorated the room.
Add a comment · Reply to
You must be logged in to be able to post comments!
Comments (13)
rodfergie 18
I'm sorry.... are you a plumber? Were you supposed to fix said pipe while he was gone? If not, this is call life, it's not yours or anyone elses fault, it just happens.
real life problems 26
Ask him if he likes how you redecorated the room.
Zekfen 17
That is what home insurance is for. As a future note, always know where the water shut off is at for a house your are house sitting in case something like this happens in the future. As soon as you realized it was flooding or burst you could have turned the water off to minimize damage.
Soninuva 41
Not necessarily; at my house it requires a special tool that is available only to the city (the reason being that they use it to shut off people’s water when they haven’t paid their utility bill).
Misoranomegami 16
This is the importance of framing right here. You didn't ruin his house, you saved it from flooding everything and also burning down completely. And you don't expect his gratitude for your work to prevent the even greater damage that would have happened if you weren't there, he's family after all. All in a day's work.
RichardPencil 32
Did you burst the pipe? If not, he’ll probably still let you marry his daughter. Yeah, you’re screwed.
Davros 12
Sometimes you have flush more than once so you dont clog the pipes
RinoaHeartilly 36
How are you screwed? Did you somehow make the pipe burst?
Donut_Wizard 23
Meet the Fockers 3
dexter420 21
I hope you didn’t stay
Lobby_Bee 18
Having an indoor swimming pool increase house value.