Today, I was woken at 4 a.m. by the sounds of someone crashing down the stairs. I scrambled out, still half-asleep, to find out that nobody was in an agonized heap at the bottom. The walls are so thin in my house that I could hear the neighbour falling down HIS stairs. 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 discovered that the odd creaking noise I hear when I walk down the stairs is actually a crack that had been getting larger over the years. I found out when I fell through and plummeted to the stairs below. FML
Today, less than a day after my cranky downstairs neighbor passed away, I woke up to banging sounds against his apartment ceiling, like the ones he used to make whenever I walked around during the night. I'm shitting myself in fear. FML
Today, I noticed that the walls of my apartment are ridiculously thin, when I heard my neighbor slowly walk up the stairs, slam the bathroom door, lift the toilet cover, take a pee and end with a nice "AAHH." FML
Today, I was staying at my friend's house, which is next door. Our houses are the same layout, only mirrored, so tonight when I got out of bed in the dark, I instinctively turned to my left, thinking I was entering the bathroom, and fell down the stairs. Three of my teeth are missing. FML
Today, my downstairs neighbours screamed at me for making so much noise that I woke their children up and made them cry. The noise was the sound of a loose floorboard shifting as I crept to my bathroom, and again on my way back to bed. They've sworn to get me evicted. FML
Today, I went upstairs to scold my boys for running in the house because someone could get hurt. As I turned around to come back downstairs I tripped and fell all the way down to the landing at the bottom. I could hear them laughing in their rooms. FML
Today, after a month of things going wrong in my life and finally getting better, I woke up refreshed and ready to face the day. Then, I fell down the stairs. FML
Today, I heard the sound of footsteps in the basement. Thinking it was burglars I grabbed a baseball bat and hurried down the stairs. I then tripped on the stairs, fell down them and smacked my head on the bat. The sound of footsteps I heard? It was my cat playing in some cardboard boxes. FML
Today, I fell going down the stairs and hit my head on the wall. My parents came frantically running to my side, but only to make sure I hadn't damaged the wall. FML
Today, while up in my room getting ready to go out, I thought I heard some trick or treaters knocking on the door. I ignored them because I didn't have any candy. The knocking got louder and longer. I walked downstairs, and noticed that the living room ceiling was falling down onto the floor. FML
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Top comments
SubparAtBest 23
Well at least you didn't fall when you checked.
george_s_4 32
Maybe you can wear something to bed that will muffle the sound so it doesn't bother you so much.
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Comments (32)
Moskaaa7 26
Why didn't you help your neighbour, since you were up anyway?
ThongWarrior 17
People of fml are a**holes, this comment is pretty funny
Tomato_Cheese 22
That must've given you quite a STAIR.
daycrae 8
A stair..? Really?
Tomato_Cheese 22
Bad puns were always hit and miss...
maxthebigseal 21
#13 like yours.
Smiley_70 22
Be happy not you or your loved ones and call an ambulance for your neighbor
SubparAtBest 23
Well at least you didn't fall when you checked.
elladonald 17
I'd hate to know what else you hear through those thin walls.
kelciimackk 24
I can only imagine the awkwardness when your neighbor brings somebody home for some fun...
DRaffie 18
It sucks that the walls are that thin. Would be very scary if you heard him being broken into and thought it was you being broken into. Scary thought
ssnow_fml 20
At least your neighbor wasn't having sex.
Mauskau 36
I'd ask if you checked your neighbour was okay but I'm not sure if they'd appreciate being checked on at 4am or not.
Earl_KarmasBitch 36
If the walls are that thin you could just shout "Are you okay, or should I come round?" The odds are fairly good the neighbour is already awake after all.
george_s_4 32
Maybe you can wear something to bed that will muffle the sound so it doesn't bother you so much.