Today, it took me and my husband three hours to put our new book shelves together. It took our cat all of three seconds to knock it all down. 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 proudly showed off my new DIY bookshelf to my family. Everyone seemed impressed until my cat jumped on it, the whole thing collapsed, and it narrowly missed my grandmother. Now my family thinks I need to hire professionals for every project. FML
Today, I spent two hours building an IKEA bookshelf. When I was finished, I realized it was inside-out. There was no way to fix it without completely taking it apart again. FML
Today, I attempted to assemble a piece of furniture that claimed to be "easy to build in minutes." Four hours and multiple arguments later, I realized I had misread the instructions, and half the parts were upside down. I'm pretty sure the furniture won this round. FML
Today, I started building a basic bookshelf from a flat-pack kit without looking at the instructions, because "How hard could it be?" I finished just as the last screw went in, then noticed the back panel was facing outwards and every shelf was upside down. Taking it apart took longer than putting it together. FML
Today, my wife texted me, saying an expensive piece of furniture had been delivered. I specifically said, "Wait until I get home and we'll put it together." An hour later, she opened it and broke it beyond repair while trying to assemble it herself. FML
Today, it took me a full ten minutes to finish on the toilet. I was babysitting at the time, and it took the kids those ten minutes to destroy the kitchen and shave the cat. FML
Today, we spent hours decorating the Christmas tree, perfectly balancing the lights, ornaments, and tinsel. Ten minutes later, the cat thought it was a right time to reenact Die Hard and climbed up the tree, knocking it over. Now my ornaments are shattered, and my cat is smugly sitting in the wreckage. FML
Today, I attempted to assemble a piece of furniture that boasted "easy, step-by-step instructions." Three hours later, surrounded by mismatched screws and a confusing diagram, I realized the only thing "easy" about it was my decision to ask my dad to come round and assemble it for me. FML
Today, at my job as a librarian at an old library, I was shelving books. Things were great until one entire bookshelf fell over. The damage wasn't too bad. Then the rest fell down. FML
Today, my boyfriend got frustrated trying to take my entertainment center into the basement for the kids' game room. It didn't fit, thanks to the horrible design of the house, so he Spartan-kicked it down, breaking it into 15 pieces. FML
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Top comments
YaboyVinnie 21
That's Ninja Kitteh for you.
saIty 17
Are you one of those couples who're like, **** the instructions!
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Comments (142)
jlstewart 3
You deserve it for putting together bookshelves that a CAT was able to break down. You obviously didn't know what you were doing. Or you have a super pussy.
cuppycakeslove 20
Must be from Ikea.
Toxic_Ninja 2
Pfft amateur cats... I'd wreck that thing in 2 seconds
IndiRae 9
And then it suddenly became home improvement.
eat_zinc 0
Aw man that sucks. Our cat ruins everything too:/
mserrato 8
At least you didn't have any books on the shelf
darthdamian2 4
It's my husband and I someone didn't go to collage huh?
THE_A_TEEN 28
Maybe you slept through english class. You missed a comma after "my husband and I" AND you misspelled COLLEGE. Before you insult and try to correct someones grammar, REVISE YOUR OWN POST. What a shame to the grammar nazis. Hypocrite...
cobrasan 0
Put the sucker down!
alex_shtuchka 0
Stop feeding the cat urgently !!!
Bekll 31
Do you have Simon's cat?