Today, I told my parents that all I wanted for my 18th birthday was to go to a restaurant in NYC for a nice dinner. My parents said no, because it would cost too much money. I came home to see my parents had bought a huge TV for $800. We already have 3 televisions. 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 went to dinner with friends for my birthday. During the whole thing they insisted that we get whatever we wanted and celebrate, but when the check came, they all looked at me expectantly. I just bought my friends $150 of food for my birthday present. FML
Today, I bought my mother an expensive TV she had been looking at. After I bought it, she continued browsing for more stuff. I told her I couldn't afford the extra items. She got mad and called me "selfish". FML
Today, I told my parents that what I'd really like for my 21st birthday is the 1865 edition of the Memoirs of Saint-Simon in 22 volumes that I found online for $200, and have been wanting for months. They laughed and said, "Yeah, right. We'll get you an iPhone and perhaps you'll become normal." FML
Today, my mother flipped out that I spent $20 on a gift for myself for my birthday. Instead of getting a gift for me, she spent $300 on a new vacuum cleaner, and claims that we didn't have enough left in our budget to spend on me. FML
Today, I spent over $2,000 on a big flatscreen TV. My dad insisted I let him mount it on the wall instead of paying someone to do it. All seemed fine, until the TV came loose and smashed onto the floor. My dad refuses to accept responsibility, and says I should've had a professional install it instead. FML
Today, it's my birthday. My parents, with whom I live, told me that they didn't get me anything, but instead they said they would knock off a bit of the housekeeping I owe them. FML
Today, I bought my son a nice car for his 18th birthday. When I gave it to him, he just got mad and told me that if I really wanted to spend that much money on him, I should've used it to help him pay for college. FML
Today, I found out my mom is getting rid of cable TV. My dad and I bought her a 700 dollar plasma screen TV for Christmas. FML
Today, after months of living on five dollars a day for food in college, I found out my parents bought me an expensive meal plan and forgot to mention it. FML
Today, I begged my parents not to take me to a restaurant for my birthday, but sure enough, they took me to one, along with my siblings, aunts, uncles, you name it. Ordering with them is a nightmare, so after a whole half-hour the waiter still hadn’t gotten everyone’s complicated orders written down. FML
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YDIxLol 0
That's bull shit. Throw lasagna at them.
Shlizabeth 0
I'm gonna say FYL because I live in NJ and while it's hard to get to NY just for dinner, for a birthday that's a reasonable gift, so to say that's too expensive and then buy a brand new tv, that's just rude.
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Comments (168)
badluckchik101 0
Today's my 18th birthday too! Happy Birthday. But that totally sucks! FYL
cmac86 24
the tv is an investment that will be worth its value in a few years. you're talking about a one nigh meal that you can't enjoy very long.
Jernau_Gurgeh 0
How exactly will a tv be "worth its value" in a few years?
gangofgold 0
touche!
WeStayCrunk24x7 0
YDI for wanting to go to fagville aka New York
shiznit2042 0
FYL for living in New Jersey
SpookyDeeCat 0
I agree, that sucks. A TV is nice, but a memory of doing dinner in NYC is something that will last much longer then that TV will. And why THREE TVs? Some people have there priorities ALL out of whack.
crap345 0
i live in the city. so my life is better then yours.
Bumlove89 0
Stop whining. At least you have another tv for everyone in the family to use.
KK_320 2
Duh! New York would be around a thousand!
sallyhasaparrot 0
WHY ARE YOU COMPLAINING?? haha consider yourself lucky cuz there are much worse stories on this site
RPGkid 0
Dude go to New York some other time. I got 7 broken ribs, dislocated sholder, broke a toe and had to suck it up and clean my own blood on my 18th birthday. I say take the Tv and be damn happy. I was on my 18th.