Today, I went to pick up my sister's wedding cake. It was a nice day, the shop was close, and the cake wasn't too big so I walked. On my way back, I stepped aside for a kid on a bike, tripped over my shoelaces, and dumped my sister's expensive, custom-designed cake. The wedding is tomorrow. 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 stood too fast, got dizzy, and fell over. I fell on the grandmother of the bride, pushing her into the wedding cake table. Cake ruined, grandmother in hospital for a broken arm, and everybody mad at me. FML
Today, I was at my sister's wedding. Everything was going flawlessly. That is, until our visibly drunk mom started a punch-up over who got to cut the cake first. FML
Today, I was the maid of honor at my sister's wedding. I was the first one to walk down the aisle, where I managed to trip over a wire, shutting off the music and falling on my face. My family cheered and took pictures. FML
Today, it was my boyfriend's mom's surprise birthday party. I was sent to pick up the very expensive cake and dozens of balloons. Not only was it windy and the balloons flew away, I tripped and dropped the cake. In the driveway in front of all their family and friends. FML
Today, at a wedding reception, on a crowded dance floor, it was a perfect opportunity for a candid photo. I took one step back without looking and bumped straight into the cake table, then watched in slow motion as the entire cake tipped and slid off. FML
Today, as I was leaving church with a cake in my hands (mind you it was pouring, and I was in heels) I decided to walk on the road instead of the sidewalk so I could get to my car as quick as possible. Turns out, the road is slippery, and slipping means falling. With the cake. FML
Today, I was sitting in my room when my dad came in to ask if I wanted the rest of his cake. I'd made it for my cousin's wedding, and spent 2 days preparing it. The wedding is tomorrow. FML
Today, I spent $70 on party supplies for my sister's bachelorette party, another hour decorating, three hours baking and designing a cake, before waiting five hours to hear that she and another bridesmaid had 'moved' the party elsewhere. Cake anyone? FML
Today, I brought a “safe” store-bought cake to a potluck and dropped it on the sidewalk while getting out of the car. I showed up anyway, carrying the box like it was still fine. It was not. FML
Today, I showed up to my friend’s birthday party with a huge cake... on what turned out to be the wrong day. The actual party is tomorrow. Her family laughed and thought if was cute, but I just wanted the floor to open up and let me disappear. FML
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heathcoate 0
Why would you walk to pick up a cake like that? How stupid are you?
red_wings 0
wow you're dead! but in your defense the cake should have been delivered
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Comments (115)
ammali 0
Yeah, this is kind of a YDI and a FYL. Obviously if it's close, then walking would be a good idea for something less important, but just too many things can happen to a big expensive wedding cake. But it does suck for you. Also your sister and her fiance.
wompwompwomp 0
i still wouldve grabbed fistfuls of cake and shove em in my mouth. Why not?? Im ****** anyway. I might as well be eating cake
dudewithface 0
The cake is a lie.
OperationNicole_fml 0
Why did you even take the chance of walking with a wedding cake for a larger distance than from a door to a car? It doesn't make sense.
radge 0
"over, under, around, and through". It's not hard. YDI for that, but FYL for your sister making you pick it up when it could probably have been delivered.
jehsom 0
WTF were you doing with your shoelaces untied??
Edmund_Dantes 0
You could try tying your shoes when you're carrying something expensive and fragile that belongs to someone else.
musu_fml 0
#7 People riding bicycles are cyclists, not bikers. Bikers ride motorcycles.
danc501 1
Why would you walk with something that important?!
reallytruly 0
You know, my friend and I were just talking about how ridiculous it is that something always happens to the cake in chick flicks, when the caterers always deliver the cake. I've never been to a wedding that had a cake small enough that one person could carry it more than a few feet...and I certainly can't imagine carrying it from one house to another where bugs would be flying into the frosting, etc. So either the cake was small enough to fit in a box, so it shouldn't be hard to replace...or I'm calling this one a little sketch.