Today, I was visiting my new in-laws for the first time. During an awkward silence, I took my phone and figured I'd send my friend a text jokingly saying "Mayday, mayday! Somebody save me!" My mood lightened up a little and I felt quite well until my mother-in-law's phone beeped. Yep. 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 went on the road for work for the first time in a very long time. I was enjoying lunch with coworkers when my phone got bombarded with calls and texts. Turns out my wife and my mother had gotten into a fight within two hours of me being away. FML
Today, I finally had a phone call after a week of nothing. It was my mother. It was by accident. FML
Today, I attended a funeral. During the minute of silence, my phone went off. My ringtone is "It's good to be alive". FML
Today, I was so happy to hear my phone go "Ding" that I jumped for joy out of my couch. It was actually a character on my TV getting a text. FML
Today, I went on a date, and halfway through I started getting nonstop calls from “Mom” on my phone. Annoyed, I silenced them. Later, I checked my voicemail. It was actually my mom calling from the ER because she had slipped and broken her ankle. FML
Today, someone knocked at my door. I saw it was my Mom, so I flattened myself against the door and tried to be as quiet as possible. I pulled my phone out and almost had silenced it before she called and heard the ringtone through the door. I had to invite her in and hear the usual "get married and have kids." FML
Today, I got overly excited because someone texted me, but then realized that moments before, I had sent myself a message. FML
Today, I finally taught my mom how to text message people. Now I get a message from her every 30 seconds saying "Hi". FML
Today, my phone rang for the first time in four days. It was my mom. She dialed the wrong number. FML
Today, after my wife and mother in law criticized me for being glued to my phone, I set out to prove them wrong by being away from it. When I finally opened it, my family was upset because my grandma died and they had been trying to reach me for several hours. FML
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Top comments
SkoomaKi 28
Are you the same guy that "accidentally"sent a nude picture to his best friend? You really need to check the person you're sending the message to.
TrueTriage 16
Am I the only one who double checks the name or the number of who I'm texting before I send it?
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Comments (73)
LyraAlluse 25
Just tell your mother-in-law that you need to blast a huge fart and the 'mayday' comment was made because you are using all of your strength to hold it in.
kaitb1103 23
That's where you lie and say: 'haha I'm a big practical joker. That's funny! *big smile*'
MuSiCcHoIcE1 8
always check what you send and who you send it too. wrong person + spell check = life over. especially guys
jazopalchris 14
Why would you have her phone number if you were only just meeting her?
onorexveritas 24
practice your awareness skills mote often and shit like this wont happen
stanjohnson 11
YDI. Be more careful of who you send texts to.
Drifting 21
YDI, they are your in laws, get to know them, their most likely going to be around for the next 40 years....
worldclassrager 41
Usually a text is a good thing to do during an awkward silence but it's good to check the name...
twin1_1995 7
Why would you have your mom-in-laws number?
SpaceRaptor 8
You have ****** things up for sure now, I mean you have literally stated you don't wanna spend time with her, I'm sure there's a fix for this situation, but what ever the hell it is , it won't be an an easy one.