Today, I was working a kid's birthday party dressed as a clown. The child's mother made me change because he was scared of clowns. The only thing I had in my car was a princess costume that was owned by a girl co-worker. So for 4 hours I had to entertain in a tight pink dress. I'm a guy. 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 mom volunteered me to help out at her coworker's 5-year-old son's birthday party. I didn't realize until I got there that "helping out" meant "dressing up as Spider-Man". FML
Today, a clown came over for my son's 8th birthday party. There was a moment of silence then laughter as everyone realized the clown and I were wearing the same plaid shirt. FML
Today, I went back to work after a vacation, only to find out I'll soon be forced to dress up as one of the princesses from Frozen to promote our store. FML
Today, I walked into my house to find several of my friends there for a surprise sweet sixteen party my mom was throwing for me. Everything was going great until the doorbell rang and a clown walked in. My mom hired a clown for my sweet sixteen. My friends took pictures. FML
Today, I went to a costume party dressed as Prince. As I walked into the party, I realized that I was the only one who hadn't received the memo that the costume part of the party had been cancelled. I spent the evening awkwardly mingling with a group of confused strangers while dressed in purple satin. FML
Today, I was working at Chuck-E-Cheese. If that isn't enough, I was put in the mouse costume. Due to the disgusting hot smell and atmosphere in the costume, I fainted in front of a birthday party. I awoke to a little boy screaming who then kicked me in the face and ran. FML
Today, as a joke, my friends and I decided to put me in a dress and makeup, to creep out a friend. I'm a guy. I'm not sure which is worse, the fact that I so willingly volunteered to wear the dress and the makeup, or the fact that I thought it was comfy and made me look slim. FML
Today, my company had a Halloween party. I was so excited seeing as our company never does anything, so I pulled out all the stops with my costume. I was the only one who got dressed up. FML
Today, I had to walk through an extremely crowded pub wearing a dorky prisoner outfit to get to a dress-up party at the back. When we got there, I soon realised it wasn't fancy dress, but just black-and-white themed. FML
Today, I was attacked by clowns at work. I don't work at the circus. FML
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Harpy20 24
I find it odd that the mother didn't verify what you would come as if she knew her kid hated clowns. Usually the costume of the entertainer is discussed beforehand.
MrsDruidess 23
hey money is money! There is not much of a difference between a clown and a princess regardless of gender at your age. ;-)
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TupniTuptuo 29
Today my dumbass husband hired a clown for our kid's birthday even though they are afraid of clowns. Trying to rectify the situation I asked the clown to change into something else. He came back in drag. FML
raininginseattle 9
Today, kids birthday parties. But with that pur-tay dress, tomorrow, bachelor parties!
jayray313 21
So what? It was a kids birthday party. No big deal.
AitchJay 5
The humiliation you feel is because you link "pink" and "girl". Those two things are not linked, they have nothing in common. Linking a colour to a gender is all in your head, it's a thing you need to let go of.
Kizawie 9
I'm pretty sure its not the pink that made him humiliated but the fact that he was in a TIGHT PRINCESS DRESS did. So i'm pretty sure that this costume was made for a girl. And the costume was probably not his size so it was probably weird looking and uncomfortable. Linking this FML with your stupidity is all in your head, and it's something you need to let go of...
Perdition25 12
Are you going to say that "dress" and "girl" are not linked too? I would have to guess that wearing a dress in any color at all for 4 hours is the more humiliating aspect.
Fou_Lou 20
But the FML is implying that Hes a Guy Wearing girls stuff and that is what ***** his life. If not he could have just wrote that the costume is uncomfortable and too small and stuff and thats what ***** his life.
iwadasn 33
Some men like wearing "girl clothes," but most men don't. If OP is one of the ones who don't (which he presumably is, since he thought it was FML-worthy), then of course he's going to feel uncomfortable.
alexthesurperior 5
At least nobody you knew was there
CountryGirlx 4
If you're a guy willing to dress up that long like that, you ought to receive plenty of money on that. Makes you feel any better, I love clowns!!
utrax 23
Maybe it made you look sexy.
RedPillSucks 33
not a good thing at a kids birthday party. Perhaps later at the dads bbq
alonzo368 5
"Tthe" sorry OP
hazardmuffin 21
It's kind of stupid that the mother didn't bother figuring out what kind of entertainment she was expecting before hand, unless the kid had never expressed a fear of clowns til that point. Also, I'm sure wearing an ill-fitting dress was kind of awkward, but I hope that was the reason for your discomfort and not the fact that it was pink or a dress.
RedPillSucks 33
Probably more the fact that it may have been several sizes too small, and a dress. Giving boners to gender confused kids is not a good idea.
iwadasn 33
There's nothing wrong with being uncomfortable about wearing a dress. Plenty of girls don't like wearing dresses either.
DoctorBurn 8
To be honest, I think that's more entertaining than any clown.