Today, I was at a swim meet. I was on a relay team and I was the anchor. My team was in 1st. I was ready to dive in when I saw my tampon string was hanging out of my suit. I freaked, slid off the block, and fell on top of the guy before me and gave him a concussion. We got DQed for a false start FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I swam in a race against all of the girls in the midwest in the hardest, longest, most grueling race you can swim. I won. Happy but so tired I could barely move, I looked up to see my time. I had been disqualified. For flinching. Before the race started. FML
Today, a new session started for my swimming squad. I walked down to the pool, tripped over a stray equipment bag, and belly-flopped into the pool in front of everyone, fully clothed. I'm the coach. 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, at my volleyball tournament I was extremely pumped to start playing so I went to take my sweats off and everybody began to stare at me then I looked down to come to realize I had no spandex on, just a thong. FML
Today, I went swimming. While I was walking along side of the pool, everyone was staring at me. I began to think that my diet was really working. It was only an hour later, in the changing rooms, that I noticed the string from my Tampax that was sticking out of my swimming costume. FML
Today, I went to the pool. When I hit the water the top of my swimsuit came off so I tried to put it on underwater. The lifeguard thought I was drowning and pulled me out in front of everyone. Topless. FML
Today, I tried to impress our swim team coach by doing a complicated backflip from the diving board. I landed face-first in the pool and had to be rescued by the lifeguard, so I guess I won't be going to the Olympics any time soon. FML
Today, my tampon string was hanging from my bathing suit. My boyfriend thought it was a thread hanging from my bikini bottom. He publicly pulled out my tampon. FML
Today, I had a gymnastics meet. I thought I was done with my period, but when I was up on the beam warming up my routine, one of my coaches called me down and told me that I apparently wasn't. My coach goes around asking my teammates moms if they had any pads. My dad caught this all on tape. FML
Today, I was at a swim meet, swimming as hard as I'd ever swum before. During the last lap I saw no one in the lanes next to me. Thinking I was first, I became extremely excited. When I came to the wall, I realized the reason no one else was around: They already finished the race. I was last. FML
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washburn_fml 0
#1 I'm glad your life goal is now complete. OP: You deserve it. Sorry, but if you're going to put yourself in any kind of high pressure situation with others counting on you like that, you gotta get over little things like tampon strings.
audereyy 0
LOL. #1 your a jerk. anyway, that sucks, but if your a girl, how did you fall on top of a guy? girls and guys dont swim relays together. anyway its not like you could do anything about it right before you dove off, so it woulda just been easier to swim the whole thing and tuck it back in when you finished and were still in the water. its not that big of a deal i mean everyone knows girls have to wear tampons when they swim.
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TryToBeKind 0
Wow. I bet your whole team hates you now, your life and team is sorta scarred b/c of you. I'm not trying to be mean, but what does a tampon string have to do with the race in the first place? Nothing. Leave it alone.
lowcapacityx 0
Dude with ******? I thought girls race with girls and boys would race with other boys?
afj67 0
#22, girls can swim fast too. sorry that it happened to you, but you didn't need to freak. swim race, tuck later.
Seegtease 0
If it was co-ed, it must not have been a very important meet. I'm also surprised they DQ you for slipping and falling. You'd think they'd be more empathetic to stuff like that when you're on slippery blocks.
tbweffect 0
Man up you big pussy, should have carried on.
Spl4sh_D4m4g3 0
Let me guess, you're one of those girls that won't change your shirt when there's a guy in the room even though you're wearing a bra. The world needs less people that over analyze things...
AvatarNicole9 30
Not wanting to change in front of a guy (even if you have a bra on) is not "over-analyzing things". Some people are conservative with their bodies and don't want everyone to see them. And besides, what does your comment have to do with this FML? There is no connection.
cleoman 0
#35 you're an idiot and why were you swimming with guys in a relay if you're a girl. unless you're a guy and just enjoy wearing tampons... and why are there swim meets going on now? my season ended februrary 21. hmmm idk
Ric3ball 0
awww man that sucks
completeloser 0
Who pulled number 1? I didn't even get to read it. **** all of you.
stripedoctor 3
If i were your teammate i would kill you. Its a string, not a giant sharpened knife.