Today, it was my 17th birthday. I didn't want my family to spend money on a cake, so my dad made this delicious apple ring. At least, it was great until my mouth began to itch and my throat closed. I have been allergic to nuts since birth, and my dad put walnuts in my birthday cake. FML
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Today, it was my birthday. My only birthday present was a cake that my dad bought from Walmart. Well, it sure looked tasty. The only problem: it had nuts on it. Guess what I'm highly allergic too? At least my dad told me he'd "tell me how it tastes." FML
Today, my mom baked a cake for the whole family. One spent EpiPen later, I found out there were nuts in it, which I'm severely allergic to. My mom's defense was that she thought I'd have "gotten over" my allergy by now. FML
Today, I turned 18. My parents remembered that I loved German chocolate cake, so I awoke to a hot, fudge-filled chocolate cake with a slice cut out just for me. I've been lactose-intolerant for 8 years. As I cried, my mom handed me tissues, while eating the "Happy" part of my cake. FML
Today, I decided to ask my girlfriend of 3 years to marry me. I made brownies with walnuts and put an engagement ring into the brownie I gave her. Not only did she choke on the ring, but on the way to the emergency room, I find out she is highly allergic to walnuts. FML
Today, I was diagnosed with severe nut allergies. My dad decided to buy jars of Nutella, write "You know you want this" on them, and stick them around the house. FML
Today, it was my 17th birthday. My mom forgot and my best friend is out of town. The highlight of my day? The guy at McDonald's slipped an extra apple pie in my bag. FML
Today, it's my birthday. I'm a pastry chef by profession. Not only did my family buy a cake from my bakery, I had to make it myself and inscribe it with 'Happy Birthday Dad'. The worst part is, they asked money from me to pay for it. FML
Today, my little brother gave me an open jar of peanut butter for my birthday. I'm deathly allergic, and he knows it. Despite his maniacal grin and snickering, my parents said it was an innocent mistake, and grounded me for yelling at him. FML
Today, my mother in-law made dessert. It was a beautiful chocolate cake, chocolate cookies, and every other thing had chocolate in it. I'm deathly allergic to chocolate and she knows this. FML
Today, after my parent's forgot my 16th birthday, then rescheduled for two weeks later and forgot, fast forward to my 36th. My father, my husband, and my teen kids all forgot. I was told to relax and that they would make a cake, etc. No cake was made. Mom got me a food gift that I'm allergic to. It's been a few days. Forgotten again. FML
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anjyu22 0
Sounds like something my dad would do... dads are even worse than boyfriends about remembering that stuff. Trouble is you can't dump your dad.
Reyo 2
Well...considering it was her FATHER who should've been living in the same house with her for the last 17 YEARS...yeah, what kind of an idiot forgets something like that. It's like forgetting you have skin cancer.
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oh_0_0 0
Aw man, good thing you're ok now. Did he actually not remember the allergy or was he just trying really hard to make a nice cake for you and didn't realize that the walnuts might harm you? I can totally see my dad trying to exactly follow the recipe and just forgetting about the allergy. FYL :(
BellaMuerte_fml 0
I don't see how OP's dad could forget that. She's 17! (I'm assuming OP is a she, I'm on the FML app on my iPhone, you can't see any of that info.) A nut allergy is too serious for even a male to forget /: But if he did just forget,
rakume 0
man, how does someone really think that someone would deserve this?
code_red 0
You said it yourself; it was delicious. Let him slide this time around or have him make one without them afterward. I'm not saying it wasn't a serious mistake, but its not something to have a grudge against your dad for too long.
UnluckyJulie 13
I think I like your comment the best :) . Yeah, of course I forgive him. Although with the EpiPen and the trip to the ER, it probably would have been cheaper to just buy the damn cake.
22jrdn55 15
lmao maybe he wants to get rid of you! thats why he's being cheap
crzyry 6
If I were you OP i would make sure daddy didn't take out any new life insurance policies on you recently. O.o
BoboMatrix 0
Considering he made the cake for you, he probably feels more bad about this than you do...
aback 5
After 17 long years of resentment, Dad finally saw his chance.
perdix 31
I'm thinking that after 17 years of investing in the project, Dad finally decided that you were never going to pay off for him and just wanted to cut his losses. Don't take it personally, it was just a business decision. Oh, and HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
weedking 0
Maybe you're fat and your dad was sending a message....
movies101 0
bet you wish you took the cake instead