Today, I spent 3 hours making a birthday card for my boyfriend, delicately cutting each letter out of printed coloured paper. He used it as a coffee coaster. 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 boyfriend came over to celebrate our anniversary. He had a card written in crayon with my name spelled wrong, and a basket I had seen his mother throw in the trash filled with flower petals ripped from my mom's garden. Our anniversary was 3 days ago. FML
Today, my boyfriend gave me a card for my birthday and told me to open it 10 minutes after he'd gone; I waited for 5. In the card was written, "It's not working out, but here's $20." FML
Today, my boyfriend came to visit me for my birthday. Over dinner he handed me a blank card that had the words "I love you" hastily written on it. When the waiter came to take our order he informed him that we'd be paying separately. Happy Birthday. FML
Today, I wrapped my boyfriend's Christmas presents for him, because he was too lazy to do it himself. This included my own present. FML
Today, it was my birthday and everyone in the office chipped in to buy me a card, and nothing but a card. It had a pre-written message on it and a space to write "Love, *insert name*" where everyone signed their names. The "Love" was crossed out and replaced with "From". FML
Today, I had an art class with my girlfriend. The teacher assigned "anti-cards", or cards for unusual or bad occasions. My girlfriend decided to make a "break-up" card, and I helped her write the poem inside it. After class, she gave it to me. FML
Today, I wrote a song for my boyfriend on paper. The first thing he did was correct my grammar. FML
Today, I spent hours hand-painting an awesome design on a gift for a friend. My husband was supposed to assemble it when I finished, but when I stepped back to admire my work, he informed me that the whole thing was sideways. He watched me paint it. FML
Today, it's my birthday. My boyfriend didn't get me a present. He did, however, get me a card from our cat. He signed it "Have a purrrrfect birthday." Then he left to go to work. I was alone all day long. FML
Today, I wrote my boyfriend a poem, and left it on the bed with a rose for him to see after work. When I came home later, I noticed the flower in the trash, and the poem had been used as gum wrapper. FML
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foolsangel 4
When someone does that kind of shit with stuff I make, I stop caring about getting them anything special. Next time just grab a card and sign it, since he doesn't seem to care. By the way, don't print out colored paper just to cut out. Go out and buy construction paper, it's cheaper.
deaditegirl 0
What a jerk. Even if he's not into the sentimentality of cards or whatever, he should at least show some appreciation for you and your effort.
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chill0987 0
Mine uses his card (that I spent hours making) as a mousepad
wbrycem 0
43 - colored/colored, or obviously since it's the OP's dialect, COLOUR/COLOURED. Like she typed it. Maybe he uses the card as a coaster because he likes it so much he wants to see it every time he sets his cup down? Like what did you want him to do, gold plate it then frame it? It's a card, guys don't show much emotion, he probably liked it and moved on. A card is a nice gesture, but seriously. He's not gonna wear it around his neck or something.
lmmmr 0
#50- False. Just because you are emotionally stunted doesn't mean your entire gender is. She spent 3 hours thinking about him, so that even if he did only read and experience it once, for a moment he would feel 3 hours worth of love. Fact: Everyone wants to feel loved, especially self-respecting individuals. She did nothing wrong. You and everyone agreeing with you should pull your hearts out of your ass, because you are in the wrong here. And #51- Using it as a mousepad is actually kind of cool. I'm all for finding practical uses for these sorts of things. But using it as a coffee coaster damages it, so that's not cool.
tymarie2012 31
the op is a guy.....
pxs 0
OP is a guy too. That makes this slightly more amusing that the response wasn't expected in the least... but FYL, still.
lmmmr 0
Edit: He* All points obviously stand.
englishmuffin 0
Okay, so I'm a girl who loves making all the sentimental melt-your-heart cute stuff too, but I have 2 questions for the OP: 1. Did you let him know it took you 3 hours? He might have thought it didn't take that long. People don't really have that great a sense of how long something takes just by looking at it... especially people who don't do that type of thing themselves. 2. Did you REALLY, in your heart of hearts, think that he would want it? I love making crafts, but I don't think I would spend that much time for my boyfriend making a card. I know what types of things he would like, and cards isn't one of them. Still, sad if he used it as a coaster IN FRONT of you.
UsingLogic 0
#22: If you really want to make someone happy, you'll spend time on it, and you'll enjoy it, trust me. I personally spent over 15 hours painting a Warhammer figure for my girlfriend, because I thought a gift made by me would be nicer (and I think the figure itself was just as nice as anything else I could had got her). I went as far as making the hair and eye colors of the figure match hers. I can totally imagine how OP felt. You should had spilled his coffee on him, then maybe he would ask what's wrong. And if instead he gets angry and dumps you, then he's selfish and you did not loose anything.
ultraslick 0
#50 partially agree, it's not that guys don't acknowledge their feelings. It's that a birthday card is just a piece of paper. To a guy, a 3hour homemade card is no different from a 5 dollar card from hallmark. It would be like if he got her for her birthday an authentic sports jersey with her name on it. To him that would be an amazing gift, but to her it would just be a shirt.
chill0987 0
I wasn't saying I was offended by him using it as a mousepad. Iwould rather him do that then put it in a box or drawer and never think about it again. ....
Jboolia 0
I always make cool cards for my boyfriend like that. He kinda does the same thing. I bet he thought it was cute and appreciated it, but what's he supposed to do with it after he read it? I don't think it's that big of a deal. appretiation us nice, but I don't really think this counts as an FML.