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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Comments (83)
nzfer2 9
I bet they laughed so hard and the adults probably thought u where a child molester or a cross dresser. Hahaha
iwadasn 33
The mother hired a costumed entertainer but didn't bother specifying what costume he'd be wearing? That's especially stupid if her son has a phobia of clowns, since that's probably the most common costume for a kid's birthday party.
amisenho 11
Unless OP went dressed as IT, of course.
lalaney 14
There sure are a lot of FMLs that have to do with men being ashamed of doing anything vaguely feminine. It's sad what that says about our culture's view of women. You wouldn't see an FML that said "I had to wear a fake mustache today. I'm a girl. FML". Get over it, OP.
hessel 13
uuhm a mustache is very different from a dress. i would rather jump in a pile of shit than wear a dress
Ralphfennieckie 7
Oooo,... I wanna try that
darkfireflame 15
I'm sure the kid won't forget that birthday party.
amisenho 11
Why the hell would she call an entertainment company if her kid didn't like clowns? Who did she expect him to dress as, Ted Nugent?
EvilLittleMan 23
Gruuuuuub !!!! Secondly, why in the hell did she hire a clown if the little booger eating moron is afraid of clowns?
invisiblegal 13
... The mother should know if their child likes clowns or not before she gets one for their birthday
BananaCoconutty 26
Is she ******
Davros 12
hairy dude in a dress around kids sounds much scarier than clowns