Today, my best friend asked me to be the best man at his wedding. I had to decline because the bride's family has deep prison gang ties and I'm a correctional officer. 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 was invited to my friend's wedding. I wouldn't mind, but she chose her now fiancé over me, despite him being in prison for assault, a heroin addict and a general dick. This was all because I accidentally called her stupid three years ago. FML
Today, my best friend of over 16 years is getting married. I was supposed to be her Maid of Honor. Instead I was uninvited a few weeks ago. FML
Today, I arrived at my best friend's wedding and found out that my invitation was no longer valid. His brother tried to explain that they'd decided to make the ceremony for family members only, then two our classmates popped out to say hello. They're not related, neither to my friend nor to his fiancée. FML
Today, I had to bail my drunk husband out of jail after he and his best friend tried to steal a police horse from an officer. FML
Today, my younger brother called me saying he's getting married. Now, I have to attend my ex's wedding. I'm the best man. FML
Today, I found out my best friend has been stealing hundreds of dollars from me and my fiancé. My wedding is tomorrow morning. Guess who my best man is. FML
Today, my best friend was throwing me my bachelorette partly. A cop came by and said there have been complaints about the noise. Thinking he was the stripper we ordered, we pulled him into the house. He was an actual cop. FML
Today, my fiancé's best friend, who will be our best man at our wedding, decided to confess his feelings for me and tell me how he's always dreamed of us eloping together. The wedding is going to be awkward. FML
Today, I rang up a good friend to ask her to be one of the two bridesmaids at my upcoming wedding. Before I could ask, she let me know that she would not be attending my wedding, as, "Weddings are expensive, so I'm not attending ones for people that are just acquaintances." FML
Today, I ran into a good friend at work. I work at a jail. She doesn't. FML
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chessu 21
Now, this is a true FML!
INDYSTRUCTABLE 43
that sucks, maybe you can still show your support in other ways.
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Comments (29)
klutzyduck1 24
For those that are confused, when you are hired in law enforcement, corrections or otherwise, you sign an ethics contract. Every ethics/moral code I've seen includes a clause that's states you SHALL not have contact or a relationship with known felons. The result of violating this is an automatic termination of your employment and not being able to be hired elsewhere. Since for most people, LE is a career, it's a big deal. I had a childhood friend that unbeknownst to me had gotten heavily into meth. I felt bad telling her that we couldn't be friends anymore, it wasn't a judgement of her, I just cared about my future in my job.
interesting33 37
that sounds utterly messed up. what of your family commited a crime?
marcranger 29
Damn, OP. Maybe this will convince your best friend to have a scaled-down wedding consisting of him, his fiancée, and a couple of witnesses, of which you'd be one? I know I'd be rethinking my guest list for any event in which my best friend couldn't come due to a number of prison gang members also being on the list.
onceuponatime456 16
Time for you and your best friend to have a heart to heart about where his life is headed!
James WH 2
maybe you should make better friends lol
interesting33 37
is that not allowed or is there a safety thing?
squiros 2
it's a conflict of interest. every mention of anything illegal will now be the responsibility of the correctional officer - which would likely ruin the wedding at best. then there's the opposite - uncle tommy gets busted a month later for the murder of 3 gang members, who would he naturally think outed him? even if correctional officer actually had nothing to do with it, it's essentially only a matter of time before the side of the law you choose, because it's a career, divides your friendship.
morningmonster 18
This is my favorite FML