Today, I spent a lot of money buying a birthday gift for a close friend, only to find out I'm not even invited to the party. FML
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A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I found out that my best friend was having a birthday party and I wasn't invited. I had just finished planning a surprise party for her. FML
Today, I found out my best friend was having a birthday party and I wasn't invited, so I asked her why. She replied, "What birthday party?" It was a surprise birthday party. FML
Today, I was uninvited from my own birthday party. FML
Today, I'd planned a surprise party for my best friend's birthday. However, she apparently found out about it and told me at the last minute she couldn't make it, probably to avoid being the center of attention. I'd already invited all of our mutual friends, so I had to awkwardly cancel the party. FML
Today, I found out my best friend had 3 birthday parties for herself over the weekend. I wasn't invited to any of them. When I asked her why, she said I "didn't fit in" to any of the groups that were at the parties. All my other friends were invited. FML
Today, it was my co-worker's birthday but she told me not to mention it. Feeling bad for her, I went out to buy her a card, a present, and even a small cake. It turns out that there was actually a party during our lunch break, and I was the only one in our office not invited. FML
Today, a close friend told me she had no plans for her birthday. I found out she was lying when I had to serve her and nine other mutual friends dinner at the restaurant I work at. I don't know what's worse, the fact that I wasn't invited or that none of them even remembered that I worked there. FML
Today, I thought I was going to a friend’s birthday party. Turns out, it was a surprise party for someone else... and I was the surprise. Everyone shouted “Surprise!” and I realized I wasn’t invited. I awkwardly ate a cupcake and left. FML
Today, after I spent months assisting my 'work bestie' with planning/arranging her "Surprise!" wedding, Surprise! I wasn't invited. FML
Today, my friends decided to throw a going away party because I'm moving. It would have been great if I had actually been invited. FML
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jriley4u 17
Return it.
Tripartita 45
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Comments (89)
Ihavegas 22
you are your own close friends, congratulations the prezzies are now yours!
Chazzster 32
Don't make an issue of it, but return the present. Obviously you are not as close a friend as you thought and I know that hurts.
darshini_ii 24
You should keep it for yourself OP. Cheer up, some people just can't identify nice people.
gotbeer 7
close friends dont need invitation
Brandi_Faith 34
I'm surprised at all the "return the gift/break up with her" comments. There are a bunch of possible situations here. The friend could have just forgot to invite her by accident, assumed she knew and was coming, told someone else to be sure to tell her and they forgot, or it's possible they're not as close as op thinks, but just jumping to conclusions after one situation, which could easily be a miscommunication, seems stupid to me.
danceinconverse 25
Right? When someone says they have this weird friend who thinks theyre besties everyone loves to jump on the hate train and immediately lynches the "weird friend" for being socially awkward, but when it's a scenario like this everyone is ready to put down the other person for being a "horrible friend". FML's are short guys, you don't get a whole lot of info and you only get one side of the story. I'm not saying either of those scenarios is what's happening in this one because like I said, I don't have enough information. But why does everyone have to jump to the extreme conclusion every time????
queerdragon 20
If Op feels hurt the friend didn't invite her to the party, she should return the present. There is no need to become resentful of a person. But if it were me, I would just ask about the party and see what the friend says.
DickMcSwag 17
Smash it in front of them and then tell them the friendship is over
MrLonelyHertz 23
Wrong. The gift was expensive, therefore, smashing it would be a huge waste of time and money, and you would look ridiculous for doing it. So again, WRONG. Now, the RIGHT answer would be to return it, and splurge that money on yourself. Think smarter, not harder.
XXXdieXXX 3
Get a refund and buy a peanut butter milkshake
domolovesyoshi 33
They could be allergic to peanuts
mariri9206 32
To follow 32's statement, they could be lactose intolerant. lol
ChristinePi 36
Guess you're not as close as you thought, sorry OP. Try and return the gift or you can give it to them anyways.
tin_cup 27
What's the gift? Send it to me! I'll be your friend!
EnJey0 19
As OP doesn't specify their age, I'm going to propose 2 scenarios. The first one: Maybe they're still teenagers, in which case, maybe the friends parents will only allow a select few people to attend. And so OP got cut out by no fault of the friend. Scenario two: OP and their friend are both adults and the friend is just a dick.
Dale_shackleford 13
It's also possible that OP is a jerk and doesn't realize that the friend doesn't like them or OP doesn't know the person super well and didn't realize that the person had friends that she considered close, but Op thought she was special.
Axel5238 29
Agreed, but also it could be a family planned b-day who knows. It could be there are people there OP doesn't get along with. The point is just being someone's friend even a good one doesn't automatically entitle you to an invite. It's nice to invite someone, but you aren't entitled to an invite.
LyricaSilvan 30
I didn't invite one of my best friends to a birthday party once, but it was because her parents didn't like me at the time and she would have gotten in trouble for hanging out with me. Sometimes there are genuine reasons for these things. Also, all the people saying OP should return the gift or keep it for themselves are childish as all hell. Being immature about it won't fix anything.
MrLonelyHertz 23
It's not childish when the gift was expensive, #57. Now what's childish is not inviting someone because of their parent's opinion. The parents can have a field day with it, sure. But YOU could've at least shown you would damn the rules for your BEST friend by inviting her anyway. At least you would've shown that you cared enough to write her name on a freakin' invite, just saying.... By not inviting her, you were basically siding with her parents, but that's just me talking.
VeganVampyre 27
I agree, #70. I had a few friends growing up that my mom didn't really like, but I still always invited them to my parties and they always invited me to theirs. My mom wasn't always thrilled but she accepted it because she knew we were friends, but even if she hadn't let me go I would definitely still have wanted my friend to show they care enough to invite me rather than saying "oh, your mom won't like it if you come so I just won't bother inviting you at all." Better to be invited to the party and not be allowed to go or get in trouble for going rather than to feel like your supposed friend just didn't want you there at all.