Today, I managed to get a €5 note tangled in the zip on my purse. I couldn't open it without ripping it to shreds. 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, I decided to use a newer purse because my old one was ripped. When I got off the bus, the automatic back doors closed on me before I could get fully out, and my new purse got ripped too. FML
Today, I saw a dime on the ground. When I bent down to pick it up, my $80 dollar pants ripped. FML
Today, my mum decided to teach me a lesson about carelessly leaving my wallet about. She left it on the floor so our puppy could use it and its contents as a chew toy. I was almost impressed to discover that he can eat three £20 notes and still have room for debit cards. FML
Today, two days after getting a fanny pack so I could more easily store my stuff when I'm out and about, I accidentally broke it without even trying. Don't be cheap. FML
Today, I went to withdraw some money out the bank. On a windy day. Next minute, woosh, my money was gone. My last $20. FML
Today, I had to pay my bus fare in very small change. After carefully counting out coins under the withering glares of a bus-load of people, I quickly slid them into the machine, and somehow ended up jamming it. FML
Today, I was working the cash register. While helping a customer with her groceries, my bra snapped. I then had to ask my male boss if I could staple it back together. Thirty minutes later it snapped again. I then had to explain to my boss that I was too broke to buy a new one. FML
Today, after buying dinner from the supermarket, I had the change in my hand, and my wallet. In the parking lot, a quarter fell out of my hand, and right next to the street drain. As I went to pick it up, my wallet fell down the drain. FML
Today, I was cleaning my apartment when I found a €20 note underneath the sofa cushion. I was pretty happy until I remembered I'd lost €20 a few days earlier and spent an hour looking for it. I'd finally found my own money and felt lucky about it. FML
Today, I ripped my old, worn underwear while trying to pick a wedgie in public. Half ended up in my hand. FML
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Top comments
Drizl 17
Well at least it wasn't worth much more than 5€!
farleytb42 11
Don't you have a wallet to prevent that from happening?
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Comments (59)
Drizl 17
Well at least it wasn't worth much more than 5€!
MissSatan 16
Wow that purse must've been cheap then ;P
lil_ham1644 29
Maybe that's the only money she had on her though
JJ_86 22
It doesn't matter even if it was worth more than €5. If you take damaged currency to bank, they can replace it for you.
farleytb42 11
Don't you have a wallet to prevent that from happening?
raphanne_fml 33
OP is from Ireland. "Purse" means a bag in American English (where people would say "handbag" in British English), but it can mean a little pouch or wallet where you put your money in British English. I'm not sure but maybe that's why?
tj4234 36
That is most likely it, over here we would never say purse for the bag. The only time it's ever really used in a bag related context is when someone wants you to pass their handbag so they can get their purse out. It's also only women that call them purses, men call their ones wallets.
d_g_Asm 7
Its only 5€ not enough to really be an FML.
16characters 12
That might be a lot to some people...
soulreaper12296 28
It's still money though.
Clober 10
That sucks. Next time put your money in your wallet.
nix1993 41
A purse is a wallet in the UK. A purse in the US is a handbag here.
juturnaamo 29
They don't use € in the UK, they use £.
mkayden 23
They don't use pounds everywhere in the UK, Ireland uses euros
kerrygirl 13
Ireland is not part of the UK
jess894 3
Southern Ireland still speak British English, where they use €
nix1993 41
I'm well aware it's not actually part of the UK, but it was the simplest way of saying it to make my point, which I think is fairly obvious. It's not a geography class. A wallet is still called a purse in Ireland, and a purse is called a handbag. In the same way that Canadians say purse instead of handbag and wallet instead of purse, it's far easier to simply say that they are Americanisms.
23lf 16
It's ok to cry OP
CallMeBatman 15
It could be worse, but like #6 said, it's still money though.. Sorry OP.
odod777 28
At least it's not a 50£ note.
worldclassrager 41
Well depending on how much of it was gone it still could have been spent...but this seems like it's gone...
jack_jill05 14
you could buy a lot of ramen with that.
neeni88 23
Tape it back together... It'll still be worth the same.
imessedupagain 9
That was the most amazing comment ever