Today, it's my birthday. The present I received from my best friend was the exact same necklace which I gave to her for her birthday two months ago. It had been unwrapped and re-wrapped in the same paper. FML
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A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I received a birthday present from a friend. It was the very same gift I gave to her for Christmas. FML
Today, for my mom's birthday, I couldn't figure out what to get her, so I just took some of her jewelry, wrapped it up, and re-gifted it. She recognized it instantly. FML
Today, as I was waiting in line to give my mom her birthday present, my dad gave her the exact same gift I'd also bought for her. FML
Today, it's my birthday. My girlfriend gave me the present she'd bought for me. I said, joking, "I hope it's not a tie!" It was a tie. FML
Today, I found out that the necklace my boyfriend gave me for my birthday was actually a gift he'd given to his ex-girlfriend. FML
Today, it's my birthday, I once again had to remind my best friend of this fact, like I have every year for the past 20 years. FML
Today, I went to my son's friend's birthday party and felt really proud of giving a great gift. It just so happened that I regifted the same gift that his friend's mother gave to my son the month before, because I forgot to check the name on the bag. It looked like she was about to faint. FML
Today, I took my best friend out to dinner for my birthday. She gave me a gift after I paid the tab, saying, "My mom thought you would like this, it was expensive." It was a lovely set of origami paper, which was the exact set I brought her as a souvenir from Japan. She was right, it was expensive. FML
Today, my husband bought me a beautiful pair of earrings for my birthday, to match the necklace he'd spent months searching for online the previous year. What necklace? He gave me a watch he found at Walmart last year. I wonder who the lucky girl with the necklace is. FML
Today, I turned 22. Instead of cutting my own cake, I stood by and smiled at a friend's belated birthday party. Her birthday was actually two months ago, but she decided to have her party on my birthday. No one remembered mine but everyone got her beautiful gifts. FML
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Carebear423 0
it's the gift that just keeps giving!
bribearr 6
give it back next year...in the same paper.
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Comments (135)
SilentTreatment 7
Sounds like you just got a packaged deal there! No take backs!!.... Oh wait......... Too late.
d3zno0tz 0
call her out on it and then get a new BF.
CateXOX 0
Just because they re-gifted? Yeah that makes them a bad friend, but it's not so terrible that OP should abandon the friendship completely.
pink_raindrops 26
I'm guessing the friend didn't remember who gave it to them for their birthday and thought the OP would like it since they clearly never even wore it. It does suck what happened, but I think ending the friendship could be harsh. I had a friend in school who could never afford to get me bday gifts, but would try to get me to take something of theirs they thought I would like because they felt bad about it. I just explained that I didn't need anything but that It was very considerate.
ergo_fml 13
Maybe she bought you the same one so you could match BFF style? lol
kev88_fml 0
1 word WOW.
mynameisjorden 0
At least you got a present! I don't see the problem
sourgirl101 29
My friends and I never exchange gifts. We only go out for drinks or dinner. It seems like the better idea than not being sure if you're buying something they may or may not like. (:
shakeTHEworld 12
Lol, as have been said before, give it to her in christmas. In the same wrapper, maybe it'll become a tradition of your friendship!
hateevryone 15
you cant give a gift thats already been given
itswhateveridk 0
it's the thought that counts
Sunny_Eclipse 6
The same exact thing happened to me!! Your friend is just too cheap to buy you something as simple as a card.