Today, I went to the mall and had to parallel park. It took me 10 to 12 minutes of maneuvering before I got into the slot. When I turned off the car and got out, there were 8 people laughing hysterically and clapping for me. FML
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Today, the last parking space outside my work was tiny but I tried to parallel park there in desperation. A school kid saw the whole attempt and sarcastically clapped me as I gave up and drove away. FML
Today, I tried to parallel park in front of a crowd. After several failed attempts, someone shouted from a window above, "Nice 23-point turn, dumbass!" I was practicing on an empty street. FML
Today, as I tried to parallel park at a busy spot downtown, a group of teens jumped in front of my car and started a slow clap. FML
Today, I thought I'd finally mastered the art of parallel parking. Feeling proud of myself, I got out of the car to admire my handiwork, only to realise I'd parked halfway onto the sidewalk and completely blocked the entrance to a cafe. I had to sheepishly move my car while enduring the glares of annoyed pedestrians. FML
Today, I tried to back out of a spot in a parking garage. I did a 12 point turn, hit the car behind me and still didn't manage to get out of the spot. Everyone was staring at me, and the attendant had to come over and move my car for me. I have to park there every day. FML
Today, I had to come to terms with the truth that I'm absolutely terrible at parallel parking. After three failed attempts, I finally gave up and parked in a spot labeled "No Parking" just to make it stop. Of course, a car pulled in right behind me and blocked me in. FML
Today, leaving the restaurant I work in, the car next to mine was very crookedly parked. I had a hard time backing out. It turned out the whole restaurant was watching me, and they all started to clap as I drove away. FML
Today, I tried to impress my date by confidently parallel parking on a busy street. I hit the curb twice, stalled the car, and somehow set off my alarm. Then I locked the keys inside while it screamed. We stood there in silence while people watched. FML
Today, I'm so bad at parking that I saw the guy next to me openly cringe as I pulled into a spot. FML
Today, I’m learning to drive and finally felt confident enough to park in a tight spot with my instructor watching. I nailed the angle perfectly, but when I tried to get out, I realized I'd parked so close to the line that I couldn’t open the door. I had to climb out of the passenger side while my instructor pretended not to laugh. FML
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my_life_sucks13 0
why did it take you so long? and , im sorry, but you would have to be pretty sad to stand and watch someone trying to parallel park for 10 minutes.
24788 7
Hey, I don't even know how to parallel park. As sad as that is, I've never had to use it in my 4 years of driving.
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onigiriqueen 0
I know of many places who have actually taken the parallel parking part of the test OUT of the license exam. I think they *really* need to put it back in.
deliapearl 0
at least you took your time and didn't scrape up someone's car
maybe_tomorrow 0
Haha, ah well, happens to the best of us.
Nodaddygirl59 0
so....? wow what website is this again?
calicokitea 0
I've done the same thing. Especially since when I went to get my license, they never tested for parallel parking, and we didn't learn it in Driver's Ed. So when you're forced to do it, it's really difficult.
my_fml_account 2
That is a really substandard driving education then.
sofad15 0
that is not substandard education. It depends where you take the test - if the city is expanded, and there is no problem with parking, parallel parking is not tested on the test. It can be tested, but not required. I took test in Sacramento CA, and in Lincoln NE, and in neither one of them was I tested on parallel parking. But I heard people from big cities like Detroit or NY, they had to take it. Depends on the place.
UseTheFrags 0
Women shouldn't be allowed to drive. I've seen a video where one's trying to reverse bay park...after 10 minutes a man gets out and does it for her xD
Ribenalion 2
Not all women are bad at driving - I can reverse bay park, parallel park, compitently reverse around a corner and 3 point turn - all the basic things you now need to be able to do to get a license. Oh and did you know more men have car accidents than women?
UseTheFrags 0
No...they actually don't, that's a woman's tale, in a feeble attempt to gain respect... You've said it yourself, #50
alijacket 0
If you don't have enough practice, it's hard to parallel park. I was so worried for my driver's test... but they told me since our city has very limited parallel parking, I didn't even have to do it. That didn't help years later when I actually had to parallel park, though. Hah At least you stuck with it... and it's not that much of a FML if people CHEERED YOU ON!
SimpleSimon 0
I love how so many people are now commenting 'Ohh, oohh, I can parallel park!!' Good job, so can I... have a cookie...
twilight_addict 0
it's not your fault that parallel parking is hard =D what IS your fault is making your small little embarrassment even more embarrassing this is upsetting
invisibledamage 2
awwww :( fyl people clapped?! :( it was prob in between two cars yes? i am 19 and don't have my license, so don't feel bad! My parents are too scared to lemme drive haha.
Dush_fml 0
First thing after reading this FML, I looked at the OP's gender and then understood. Get off the road, you will save dents from the side of car's and maybe save a few lives if you cannot park between 2 lines. #32 Too True, I have come back to my car with a dent on the side of my car and just cringe that some pathetic person cannot open a door far enough to pop in and out of a car without physically damaging another man's car. #39 Please do us all a favour and take more practise, if you ever feel in force to do something while driving, you shouldn't be driving. #41 More men drive. More men drive to work. More men depend on cars for eg. labour workers, builders, taxi drivers etc...
Ribenalion 2
"Overall, men were involved in 5.1 crashes per million miles driven compared to 5.7 crashes for women, despite the fact that on average they drove 74 percent more miles per year than did women." Well done for disproving my point I'm sure this comes down to the fact women are biologically less capable of good spatial awareness though
Jupi_fml 2
I think it's that while women DO in fact get in more crashes, they tend to be more minor than the ones men usually get involved in. Women do more stupid little things that cause fender benders. Men will cause big crashes that kill people.