Today, my girlfriend surprised me with what was allegedly a birthday "cake". It was so horribly deformed, I wasn't sure whether to eat it or wear it as a hat. I had to pretend it didn't taste like play-doh, and ended up throwing it up in the toilet. Happy birthday to me. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, we were celebrating my birthday and my boyfriend thought it would be funny to shove my face in the cake. While the candles were still lit. FML
Today, I showed up to my friend’s birthday party with a huge cake... on what turned out to be the wrong day. The actual party is tomorrow. Her family laughed and thought if was cute, but I just wanted the floor to open up and let me disappear. 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 woke up early and spent hours baking and icing a three-tier cake for my friend's eighteenth birthday, which is this evening. I just found out my mother threw it in the compost bin because she's on a diet and it was "tempting" her. FML
Today, I meant to surprise my boyfriend by baking him a cake. When I took it out of the oven, I realized I had accidentally used salt instead of sugar. He tried to eat it anyway, and ended up spitting chunks of it out all over me. FML
Today, I tried to bake a cake for my friend's birthday. It turned out looking more like a science experiment gone wrong than a cake. FML
Today, it's my birthday. I lit my birthday candles on the cake I made myself and blew them out alone, while my worthless husband sat on the couch stuffing Doritos in his face. My present? He sprayed Lysol in the bathroom after he took a dump. FML
Today, I celebrated my birthday with a few friends at home. As I bent down over my cake, my friend pushed my face into it. The baker should've told me she put a stick in it to support the cake. FML
Today, it was my birthday. But instead of a decent surprise, my friends decided to smash a cake on my face and unhook my dress, while taking a video of it. In a public shopping mall. FML
Today, I was celebrating my birthday when my friend gave me chocolate as a gift. I wasn't suspecting anything and ate about half of it before I noticed something strange. It turned out there were some kind of worms living in it and the chocolate was about a year after the expiration date. I got sick. FML
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SKITTLZ2000 16
You should be happy that someone went through the effort to try to make you happy, even if it didn't turn out great.
cutycat136 28
Depending on how close you two are or how long you have been in the relationship, you could have just told her. I'm sure if she had some too and you weren't saying anything, she was thinking it too and just wasn't saying anything either. If you had have said something maybe she would have understood and took you out somewhere or went and bought you a new cake instead :)
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Comments (108)
Shakazulu1216 13
What happened when she ate a piece?
mwali02 32
Good question! Follow up definitely required OP...
afallingstar 22
Question is did she eat any...or was she mad at him over something and made the cake especially for him.
shemademedoit 20
the things you do to not break her heart .....
cameosurgeon 16
I feel like op over exaggerated. it's not that hard to make a cake.
slayertack 19
You'd be surprised how bad some people are at cooking
cutycat136 28
Depending on how close you two are or how long you have been in the relationship, you could have just told her. I'm sure if she had some too and you weren't saying anything, she was thinking it too and just wasn't saying anything either. If you had have said something maybe she would have understood and took you out somewhere or went and bought you a new cake instead :)
theperfectchild 13
Props to OP for eating it anyways! He had the best in mind for his girlfriend. He wanted her to know that he appreciated the gesture.
iMuffinKat 16
Yeah, even though it kinda sounds like OP doesn't want to tell her so her feelings don't get hurt...if he's scared of her breaking up with him or getting in a fight over this...she's not worth it. But for now she tried baking you a cake and you tried eating it. It gets better...just have a talk with her.
SKITTLZ2000 16
You should be happy that someone went through the effort to try to make you happy, even if it didn't turn out great.
lexiieeex3 32
But not at the cost of his health...
gemstone586 12
that's what I was thinking. No one forced him to keep eating it. as someone who can't cook, a) it takes a lot of effort and b) I'd rather you just say, something is seriously wrong than to get sick. but either way, I'd hope you would appreciate that I tried... fml is filled with people who are completely forgotten, by their own mothers, no less. this doesn't seem so bad in comparison.
AngryRabbit 2
I disagree. The girlfriend would obviously know she can't bake to save her life, if it was really that bad. She should have gotten him a nice, edible cake and kept the experimentation for another time, so he didn't have to spend his birthday hunched over the toilet.
Kitty_Kat44 31
At least you care enough to act like you enjoyed it.
acrochick27 15
Things you do for love?...
DonnaNoble_fml 10
Comment moderated for rule-breaking.
Next time, be completely honest. Or lie and say you are allergic to something in the cake
zBLAKEz 23
"Be completely honest. Or lie." Damn. Talk about a 180.
91hayek 31
Comment moderated for rule-breaking.
lol its not 180, its 360.
e_is_for_eli 12
a 360 would mean a full circle so they would be right back at the start.
False_Stupidity 42
You can pretty much guarantee that one of those options will be picked though. #7 is just covering all bases.
CaroAurelia 12
This is the best-written post on this site.
Steph_mmarie 14
someone went out of their way to try and make you happy. It was nice of you to eat it, but you should try and keep a good attitude! It's the thought that counts :)
jasen352 9
Well at least she tried, OP.
wakemeupplease 21
that nice of you and at least she tried