Today, I went to buy lunch at a grocery store. The total was 3 pounds, and my card got rejected for insufficient funds. I fished about for change, and found I only had 2 pounds. A homeless man behind me in the queue then offered to give me the remaining pound. A homeless man paid my lunch. FML
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Hi everyone, I'm the one who posted this. First of all. Of course I thanked him! and of course I could have gotten a cheaper lunch, I was going to in fact, but he offered, and insisted, so I accepted, and was very thankful. All of you who keep saying I'm a heartless bitch should have considered that I was commenting on the irony of it and that I was embarassed, instead of saying how my life sucked because someone was nice to me. I thought it was a funny story. I got the impression that many of the stories on this site are funny rather than tragic. I could of course have written he gave it to me and i was super thankful etc etc, but I thought that was kind of implied. Oh and about the currency. My lunch was 31 kroner. But as I currently live and study in the UK, i'm used to thinking in pounds and thought that would be easier for the majority of FML readers. But apparently that makes me a fake, sorry guys! And I do in fact give money to charity and homeless people. Not long ago I gave one man my last 8 pounds (this was in the UK), so he could buy a decent meal, figuring I would be OK until I got home 5 hours later. So those of you who got the irony and embarassement, thanks!
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efmivida 0
that was terribly sweet of him
samhat 0
Just Because he's homeless doesn't mean hes dirt poor.
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Comments (223)
MadeOfAwesome 1
How is this a ******* FML?!? someone was kind enough to do you a favour, you unappreciating bastard >_>
bigotcretin 0
ydi, broke bitch.
tp1990 0
haha, good thing that homeless guy had some spare change.. lmao
soniferous 0
More like a GMH (Gives Me Hope, Google it) than an FML, for sure! That's really sweet of him to pay for your lunch when he didn't even know you. I wouldn't say your life is ****** when you have a lunch to eat, nor would I say YDI. This was a lame FML, but nice to read all the same.
bethechange_fml 0
Well, stop feeling bad for yourself and do a good deed.
f0rg3t_m3_n0t 0
How could you let him? Why would you take money from a homeless person? I would've gone without my lunch.
Neferria 0
Did you at least share your lunch with him? If you didn't, then you should feel even more guilty.
dreamofme 0
This is NOT an FML. This should be on givesmehope.com It's ridiculous for you to be down about someone having nearly nothing lending you a hand. You don't deserve it - you should've gone without lunch. F the HOMELESS MAN'S life for giving soemthign meaningful to him to someone who wasn't even grateful. laaaaaaaaaaaame.
pet_virus 0
I think that homeless man was very nice giving what little money he had to help you, I hope you gave something back
Shhh_Catsicles 0
You don't even know if that man is homeless, you're just assuming to make the FML sound better. So stupid. He could just be a man a nice man who dresses a little different.