Today, I was at a goodbye dinner with friends before I move back to America. A friend called to cry over relationship problems she refuses to fix. While I was outside trying to politely get off the phone, my friends ate and drank everything I'd ordered and closed the bill. 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, my friends and I were going to Applebee's. A girl we don't like invited herself along. She waited for my friend outside of the bathroom, forced her to drive her, and said, "It's okay someone will pay for me." She then ate off of everyone's plate and left before the bill came. FML
Today, I was saying goodbye to all my close friends before I move out of state. I'd made plans with one friend in particular to meet up before I move away; he didn't bother to respond to my message or calls. Guess I confused a coworker for a friend, huh? FML
Today, my best friend came over for dinner and a movie. Moments after arriving, she spent an hour on the phone, and ended up accepting another invitation before leaving. I guess it's dinner for one tonight. FML
Today, my friends took me out to the most expensive restaurant in town to celebrate my promotion, we ordered everything with expensive drinks too. They 'took a smoke break' and left me with the bill. FML
Today, my friend took me and a bunch of other guys out to a nice dinner. This was his way to say thank you for helping him move to a new apartment. He got the cheque, excused himself to go to the restroom and never came back to pay. FML
Today, I took a friend out for what I thought was date. After dinner was over and I paid, she pulled the bill out and wrote her name phone number on it for the waiter. 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
Today, my date received food she didn’t order, and instead of eating it without complaint, she sent it back. When I got up to leave, she began to cry. FML
Today, I served my good friend and his girlfriend at the restaurant where I work. They did a "dine and dash". FML
Today, I was invited to a birthday dinner at a restaurant. As I was leaving, I get a text from the birthday girl's boyfriend saying that it was cancelled. Hungry, I decided to go to that particular restaurant anyway. Turns out the party wasn't cancelled. Half the party just didn't want me there. FML
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twaumat 28
wow, those are some crappy friends...
Aspen_Grace33 27
Be glad you are moving if those are the kind of people you will be leaving behind!
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Comments (96)
twaumat 28
wow, those are some crappy friends...
Damian95 16
Seriously. True friends stab you in the front. These friends just ate everything without consideration. Eh pretty much the same thing.
lambda_fml 40
So much for Japanese courtesy.
JoeGrant 12
It's a good thing OP is moving back to America away from her "friends".
lame_at_heart 2
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It's karma. It sounds like you were not helping your friend because you wanted to. You were begrudging her for feeling sad so you got slapped for it. But yes your friends are butts too.
HowieDoIt 21
I read the last two words as "butt stew," much different result!
yankfan89 27
If OP's friend asks for advice and still refuses to listen after the same problem continues to occur I don't blame OP for listening only begrudgingly.
lame_at_heart 2
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Yeah!! I got marked down! This is true I was just defending my YDI based on the information given. It's just speculative that the OP has repeatedly told her how to fix her problems and that the advice given was applicable. But did I not say that her friends were jerks too.
ManInTheMachine 20
The worst thing you can do when you get downvoted is bitch about it.
Zomg_Okay 27
What 36 said. You either go into the hole we're digging you quietly or you apologise and *then* go in the hole.
Axipiter 24
I guess it's too late for a eulogy for #2, he's already buried.
lame_at_heart 2
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I don't recall bitching about it but ok. Seriously guys sorry. It was just my analysis I'm sorry I pissed you guys off.
hellobobismyname 24
2, there are certain people who complain and bitch about shit they could have resolved 20 times over if they tried. For example, when my friend talks to me she only talks about a few topics. Either she's bragging about how rich she is or she talks about her problems with her bf who has a kid. She doesn't like that he spends a lot of money for child support, she doesn't like that he won't buy her expensive things, she doesn't like the mother of his kid, she doesn't like how immature he is, and she wants to beeak up, blah blah blah. That's why I never answer her calls. There are just some people who like to bitch about the things they can change. Who would choose to listen to that over a dinner with friends? Although in this case, the friends don't seem to be that much of a step up.
alycion 39
Some people like being stuck with the poor me victim mentality. They want sympathy, not advice or support. While I feel bad for op, when I'm out to dinner with friends, my ringer goes off. If op knew this friend was a complainer, then why answer in the first place?
Ameel_fml 19
Personally, I think OP's friend was being pretty rude by interrupting a going-away party with her relationship problems. The OP is leaving for another country, and all his/her friend was thinking about was herself. OP should have asserted himself/herself and said she'll/he'll call back later. I mean, how long was the OP out there? 20 minutes? Half an hour? Longer than that? It's rude to leave your own party, and I'm not surprised the friends ended up everything and closed the bill. By the sounds of it, the friends thought OP had left.
klovemachine 24
This is a good time to disappear and stick them with the bill
niallo 23
I really don't see how you are sticking them with the bill. You don't eat or drink anything, you have no bill.
klovemachine 24
As long as OP isn't paying for food he didn't eat
Aspen_Grace33 27
Be glad you are moving if those are the kind of people you will be leaving behind!
cb1002630 11
Sounds like you've got some clASSy friends, OP.
gg27787 6
Really put the ass in class, don't they?
cb1002630 11
Indubitably, #7
Bakarra 22
Nowhere in this fml does it say they were friends because of school, #6... *wordplay oblivious*
cb1002630 11
50-the only oblivious one here is you. The wordplay had nothing to do with school.
Bakarra 22
I wasn't saying you were oblivious...I was making a joke out of not understanding your wordplay, which is why it says I'm oblivious... (For more help, see "sexually oblivious female" meme)
gc327072 31
^Dude, I'm practically a meme scholar, and I read that comment and thought "dafuq?"
josh7279 7
You got some good "friends" there.
trellz17 19
Who does shit like that?
TwoOneFive 11
Apparently her friends do
trellz17 19
Clearly
NickaPLZ 26
It's a two-way street though. Apparently OP's friends do that, yes, but he also took his grand ass time outside on the phone, so it's like pick your side, I guess. And that's why I like your comment cause it can go both ways.
voguelight 4
Pah 'friends'
Enslaved 38
They closed out the bill? So you weren't out any money, right? If you took a long time dealing with your phone call, they probably thought you left. If no one knew what you were doing or where you had gone, you are the one to appear to be the rude one, not your friends.
not_a_robot 15
Although I don't know how long she was on the phone, I assume she told them where she was going and why. This just sounds like the friends took advantage of the situation.
Enslaved 38
She was gone long enough to have all her food eaten. I would think if the friends knew where she was, someone would have found/ checked on her. Btw They paid for her food and drink. There's no situation to take advantage of because she wasn't stuck with the bill. (:
RedPillSucks 33
Except she's still hungry
not_a_robot 15
Well now it sort of depends how many friends there were. If there was five or six people it wouldn't take long to down a drink and an average main course. Also, they took advantage of the extra food.
ManInTheMachine 20
That's forked up! ...too spoon?
TwoOneFive 11
I guess it's never too spoon to look for puns!