Today, my crush was walking up to me and I put my earphones in, playing hard to get. When I heard him say something about a date I take an earphone out and say, "Oh, I didn't see you there!" His response, "They're not connected to anything," holds up the end of my earphones and walks away. 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 tried to flirt with a guy at the gym by commenting on his headphones, saying, “Nice headphones, you must be into music.” He stared at me blankly and said, “I’m not wearing any headphones, these are just my ears.” I swear I heard him laugh as I backed away, defeated. FML
Today, I asked my crush what music he was into, misheard his answer because of background noise, so I spent 5 minutes enthusiastically talking about a band he'd never heard of, thinking we were bonding. When he finally stopped me and clarified, I laughed too loudly out of shame, then knocked over my drink. FML
Today, I was on a date, everything was charming and fun, so I went in for a kiss. She turned her head at the last second, and I ended up kissing her ear. We both went on to pretend that it didn’t happen, but the silence was deafening. FML
Today, I was walking to school with my earphones in, when someone tapped me on the shoulder. I was shocked, and whirled around to hit him in the crotch. I soon realized he was just trying to return the commuter pass I'd dropped at the station. FML
Today, I was alone with a work acquaintance at lunch. A noise came from his pocket; he whipped out his iPod Touch and said "Sorry, I have to take this," before walking away with the iPod to his ear. Not only did he not want to talk to me, he thought I was stupid enough to confuse an iPod with a phone. FML
Today I was walking around the mall and I saw my crush from high school. He came up to me and, instead of talking to him, I burped, and he just walked away. FML
Today, I gathered the courage to ask my crush on a date. As I called her, she quickly answered and said "Can't talk right now, I'm in a movie theater." and then hung up. I'd called her home phone. FML
Today, I decided to talk to a girl at the gym I had seen there a lot. I walked up to her at the station she was at and asked her out to dinner sometime. I didn't realize she had been wearing headphones. She took them off and asked if I was waiting on the station. My courage left. I said yes. FML
Today, I was on the bus when my crush told me to come and sit with him. I got all excited, especially when he put his arm around me. He then whispered in my ear "Hey, is your friend over there single?" FML
Today, I went on a date I was really enjoying. My ex-boyfriend called halfway through. When I answered, he told me he wanted to get back together and couldn’t stop thinking about me. I didn’t realize my phone was on speaker. My date heard everything. FML
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genius_man16 1
You are such an idiot. This is why girls need to stop playing hard to get, they just make themselves look stupid, or you will do it too much and the guy will give up. How about just saying "Hi" next time like a normal person? YDI
ssophie7714 0
HAHAHAHA, at least he notices you!
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Comments (321)
ps15 0
why would anyone play hard to get i hate that i hope no one has ever done that to me... missed opportunities.
3ChibiEds 0
YDI. Hard to get is the worst you could do.
amazingkate 0
playing hard to get is just a really good way to cheat yourself out of stuff, i.e. a date with a guy you like. if you keep it up too long a dude will forget you for a nice chick who sees the sense in acting like she likes the people she likes. "oh i didn't see you there." whatEVER.
amazingkate 0
btw, instant YDI for anything that has "playing hard to get" or "trying to look cool" in it. i think it lies in the words "playing" and "trying." if you AREN'T, then just DON'T. YDI
Moniquake 4
lesson learned eh? never play hard to get. lol
Leaveittosteven 0
I'm developing a crush for this guy also for calling you out on your shit, OP
neezy007 0
Dumbass.
Ocelot_fml 0
Playing hard to get will only drive people away. By pretending to ignore him, you are being extremely condescending. Furthermore, some people will see the headphones and assume that you do not feel like talking. Why not acknowledge him and try to make it obvious that you care? In any case, enjoy your loneliness. YDI.
Nai_fml 0
How come whenever there's a FML that has some girl being stupid in it, it makes it alright for guys to just say "all girls are stupid" or something along those lines? Please, all of you idiots who think that's okay, grow up. And OP, how stupid do you have to be to walk around without your earphones plugged in? If you were going to listen to him, why put them in? Try actually talking to him next time, and skip the "I wasn't paying attention to you" bullshit.
lologirl419 0
Agree with most of them, but # 22, # 38, and the one above me especially. God, seriously? Guys don't like that... I'm a girl, and I know this. NO ONE likes that. Do you know how obnoxious it is when someone thinks you're listening to them and engaging in conversation, and then you say "Oh, I didn't see you there"? Good for him, for seeing what a dumbass you are. If you really do like him, then just talk to him about it. Maybe he likes you too! Seeing as you're in fourth grade, you're probably too young for a real relationship anyway, but who knows? Seriously though, being desperate is awful. You're making him think you don't like him. If that's what you're trying to do, then great-that's the way to do it-but if you're trying to make it obvious you like him, don't pretend to ignore him. You know?