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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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
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)
shanster 3
$800 on a HUGE plasma TV? I think not, unless you think a 20 inch tv is huge or you bought a shit brand and it's likely to go out in less then a year.
QWERTYCommander 5
What year are you living in? 800$ is enough for a 45 inch TV, which still isn't big, but it's a lot bigger.
Bloonbloon 0
I agree with 37 and a tv for 800 bucks? I wish.
Compass 0
Really? A trip to New York for dinner in a nice restaurant? That's ALL you want? Are you sure you don't want anything else? They obviously don't have enough money because they spent it on the TV. You were a bit late, OP. Also, 1 TV for you, 1 for dad, 1 for mom (or spare, for guests and such), and the plasma for the living room.
sharpfire 0
your parents are douches for doing that! take a hammer and smash the hell out of that TV
Ioannes 0
Where I come from when it is someone's birthday we give thanks to the patents, not the children. If you had complained in my country you would've been severely beaten with a stick...
LaidToRest48 9
84 Your really cute
nopenope_fml 4
we have 7 tvs ha ha
Scorch117 0
I'm honestly amazed that nobody commented "YDI yer from Jersey". But seriously OP, FYL. :(
SILENT_KILLER765 0
keep the tv to urself
twinkietarget 0
Sell it, then use the money to take yourself to the restaurant without them.