Today, I was selling personalised stockings at work. When handing a customer's order over to her, which had no name on, I joked, "Oooh this is a bit mysterious". She replied, "Actually, it's in memory of the baby I miscarried earlier this year." 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, at work, I misheard a customer telling me a story. To be polite, I did a slight laugh and nodded my head. She actually told me her mum had died. FML
Today, I was at work, when a co-worker began to shake a near empty box. Without thinking, I shouted "What if there was a baby in there? You just killed it!" I then remembered she recently suffered a miscarriage. FML
Today, my family attended the funeral of an old family friend's baby, who died in childbirth. Afterwards, my husband went around snickering and quietly telling dead baby jokes to the other attendees. FML
Today, I gave a beautiful book of baby names to a friend of mine who's been trying to get pregnant for a while. She just burst into tears when she saw it. Just before meeting me, she'd found out she was sterile. FML
Today, a week after my miscarriage, my little sister thought it appropriate to wrap her belt around her neck and scream, "Hey look, it's your baby!" FML
Today, at work, I asked a lady how she was doing. When she replied, I didn't understand her, and instead of asking her what she'd said, I just replied with, "Oh, that's good." What she'd said that I didn't understand was that her husband had just died. FML
Today, on the first occasion I've seen my boss since her brief leave, I brought up how I got to hear all our customers' heartwarming plans for their moms on Mother's Day. Her mother just died. That's why she was on leave. FML
Today, after telling my mother-in-law about my recent miscarriage, she cheerfully made a cake to celebrate. FML
Today, I heard that one of our customers had passed away. Saddened, I told everyone who came into our shop about his death. Understandably, some customers got very upset and one even fainted. Suddenly, the "dead" man walked into the shop. Turns out I got the name wrong. FML
Today, I learned that when a heavily-pregnant friend asks about my progress with the baby socks I promised to knit, it's rather unwise to tell her, "Not to worry, we're set even if it comes out with a few feet too many." She's still crying. FML
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haha89 0
You didn't know. Although that would've hurt to talk about a lost baby.
DocBastard 40
That's a bit bizarre for a parent to do. Why leave the kid's name off if it's supposed to be in memory? What am I missing here?
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skyttlz 32
Ouch
iheartglasses 0
#9, Maybe they lost th baby before getting a chance to know the sex or pick a name... But OP I know there was no way not to feel like a douche but you didnt know so take that as a learning experience
je_suis_mied 0
What's a personalized stockinh stand?
l3allin_all_day 0
????
elmorous 0
that's not an fml. i doubt she went home all angry about it. feeling guilty means you are a good person. don't sweat it
jocelyng_fml 0
I'm sorry will somebody explain this to me, what's a stocking stand, and if it means what I think please explain the fml
elmorous 0
christmas stockings. some malls have stands where you can pick designer stockings and have them personalized with all kinds of fancy letters and trim. i, personally, have never seen one, but my vivid imagination has allowed me to
jocelyng_fml 0
ok thanks it's just a little early for Christmas so I had no idea what kind of stocking op meant
ohsuzykuew 0
I believe the words Christmas stocking kiosk may have been a better explanation.
elmorous 0
there should be a skill testing question people are required to successfully answer prior to being allowed to comment ...
GoColts8718 0
True dat
Fortuitous 0
True. However, I'm sure the mother was still upset over the loss, so it still is an FML.
justanotherbird 19
No, that really isn't a normal situation. How often do people buy Christmas things for miscarriages? I'm not saying it's bad that the lady did, but it isn't exactly typical. There are various other reasons the stocking may not have had the name on it, I don't see a problem with what the OP said.
Selena_is_back 7
# justanotherbird, your comment is invalid. Not everyone has the same "culture" or ways of "memorial". The mother just wanted to do a little something for her dead baby. I don't see anything wrong with that. So even if it's common or not, she can do whatever she wants to do. This could have had been the baby's first Christmas, if he/she was still alive.
Bobissmall 13
That's not what 59 was saying, they were only saying that it wasn't OPs fault.
Selena_is_back 7
I never said that OP shoul have stayed quiet... I was just saying everyone has a different way of honoring someone or something. I apologize if I said something wrong.
MissD0llFace 5
no wayyy!! then there wouldn't be any morons to laugh at
elmorous 0
59 I was referring to the comments by other people in this thread, not the OP. FHL As a consumer, I enjoy a little humourous banter with salesclerks. It sounds like that's exactly what she was trying to initiate. She has nothing to be ashamed of; in fact, the guilt she feels for the situation reflects her good nature. It's unfortunate, but sometimes these situations happen.
Elixa 0
Your a horrible horrible person! it's called being professional, and always expecting the unexpected. I hope you were fired!
ohsuzykuew 0
there u go again. :::sigh:::
kellykerplunkk 0
oops...
yelwarc 0
I would like to motorboat you
zem5 0
cleavage
Graawr 7
Well that sucks, but you didn't know about it. But people will still think that ydi. :
daringfall 0
how do you put up a pic for fml when your on your phone?
daringfall 0
how do you put up a pic for fml when your on your phone?
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