Today, I was at a friend's pool party. He lives on a lake and one of our friends wouldn't get in the water. My best friend and I decided to push him off the dock. Once we had, I turned to see my crush who had watched looked shocked, then said, "You know he can't swim right?" 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 was at a pool party. My friend's little sister pushed me in the pool, so when I got out, I pushed her in. She started screaming, and I started laughing because I thought she was pissed that I'd pushed her in. That wasn't why she was screaming. She can't swim. Her whole family witnessed it. FML
Today, a few of my friends arranged for us to go skinny-dipping with the guy I really like. It went really well, until a turd surfaced before our eyes. After we scrambled out of the pool in panic, my crush called us all freaks and left. FML
Today, we were hanging around the pool with a couple of friends and a crush of mine. Thinking I would be able to impress her with a well-performed dive off the diving board, I went up and attempted my best dive. I slipped as I jumped, hitting my head on the board. I had to be saved by the lifeguard. FML
Today, me and my friend were following this hot lifeguard around a waterpark. In the wave pool, I decided to be cute and "accidentally" bump into him during the waves to start a conversation. As I prepared to do this, a large wave pushed me off my feet and I fell face-first into his butt. FML
Today, my friend pushed me into the swimming pool. Unfortunately, we were eight feet away from the actual pool, so I face-planted and rolled in. FML
Today, I went to the university pool. There was this cute lifeguard there, and every time I got out of the water I saw her looking at me, so I walked up to her and asked if everything was OK. She told me she thought I was going to drown. FML
Today, on a date, I told the guy I could swim. He suggested we race. I agreed to impress him. I jumped in, immediately panicked, inhaled water, and had to be helped out by a 10-year-old with floaties. He asked if I lied about anything else. FML
Today, I nearly drowned. I was at a wave pool for the first time and stupidly swam out to the deep end. When the waves turned on, I discovered I can't swim in rough water. Despite my yelling, "Help!" and flailing around, the lifeguard paid me no attention. My friend had to save me. FML
Today, I was tanning by the pool. My friend put his arms under my back and knees and picked me up. He threw me across the kiddy pool to my boyfriend, shouting "Catch!" My boyfriend didn't catch me. Instead of a tan, I have a huge bruise. FML
Today, my friend and I decided to go skinny-dipping in her pool just after we'd finished watching a scary movie. While we were in the pool, I heard something move in the bushes so I freaked out and ran onto the deck, slipping and falling flat on my back. Her dad saw the whole thing. FML
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Signposthead 0
He fails, you guys are assholes.
kwosti 0
this is why you shouldn't force people into doing something they dont want to do... learn the lesson honey.....
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Shmoe 0
Why go to a pool party if you can't swim?
potatopeeler 0
I ******* hate people who do that. It's not cool and it's not fun -- people who don't want to go in the water don't want to go in, they're not secretly longing for someone to force them to swim. I've been pulled/pushed into a pool a few times, a couple while I was on my period (when I still used pads, too), and it's annoying as hell. And people who don't want to swim go to pool parties because they want to be there for their friends, especially if it's their birthday. It's boring as ****, but I've done it a few times for close friends.
XxKate1294xX 0
i would only ever do that if they had been in the water and it was like, pushing them off a floaty thing already kinda IN the lake, therefor..probably knew how to swim. if hes on the dock not in the water, maybe there's a REASON?
Pyrbaby 0
I can swim very well, and used to do compete. Now I'm very embarrassed about my body so I don't swim where there are a lot of people around, so never at pool parties. Why should I give up the chance to socialize because I don't want to get in the water? It doesn't matter why he didn't want to get in, it is not anyone else's business and they shouldn't have pushed him in. OP deserves it. Too bad nothing more humiliating happened to her. What a bitch.
Kat_MS 0
Did you think pushing him in would somehow make it more fun? ... If he doesn't want to swim what is the point in forcing him? All its gonna do is piss him off (and in this case, freak him out).
shiner5 0
Wow you fail. YDI
atmalum 0
U guys are the biggest bunch of ******* ever. How is that FML? That is ******* hilarious. If I did that I would just jump in after him and then laught afterwards. U guys need to get a little sense of humor for once. I figured being on a site like this, people would actually be able to laugh about some things, but I realize there are a bunch of ******* on this site.
Weevil_fml 0
I fail to see the humour in forcing people to do things they are obviously against. Would you put a spider in the bed of someone who has arachnophobia? I've had things like this happen to me a lot because for some people "No" just isn't a good enough answer. Such almost always ends in an unpleasant experience, and once it resulted in a broken shoulder. Fun times.
elfuzzo 0
"Would you put a spider in the bed of someone who has arachnophobia?" Yes. I have done this before. Phobias are silly and the people who have them need to be cured somehow.
Skjerf 0
Have you ever had any phobias or great fears? I have a great fear of being pushed underwater. I can swim, but not very well, and I'm for some reason unable to hold my breath underwater. I'm working on it myself - in situations where I have control. If anyone thought it would be helpful to throw my into the water or push me under (when they KNEW my situation), I'd have to reconsider my friendship with those people if they'd had so little respect for me and my boundaries - after I'd gotten up again, gotten out of shock and emptied my lungs for water and stopped crying.
gonzolove 0
Surprising a person with a phobia generally does not get them over it. Usually it makes it worse. They have to gradually get used to the object of their phobia. They may seem silly to you, but who the **** says that your opinion is what we should all go by? If you put a spider in my bed, I'd punch you in the face.
Yokaze 0
In this case it would have to be a spider that could potentially kill them. Like a black widow. I hope you haven't done -that-...
Ret_fml 0
You must be such great friends if you didn't even know that about him. I would've asked why he was so reluctant to get in the water.
Arcterion 0
I hope you drown. =)
you_and_me_fml 8
That's happens to me... But my dad pushed me cause he thought I was "just being a wuss"
Yokaze 0
Wow, your dad didn't know you couldn't swim? WTH.