Today, my mom came over to me and whispered something in my ear. I didn't hear it and assumed it was a joke, so I started laughing. Turns out my aunt died. 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, at work, I misheard a customer telling me a story. To be polite, I did a slight laugh and nodded my head. She actually told me her mum had died. FML
Today, my phone made a random noise. I jokingly said, "Wow, I wonder who died now?" Turns out it was my son's grandmother. I had to explain it because I screamed. I also got to tell his dad that his mom just died. FML
Today, my mom talked me into going to a funeral since my dad wouldn't go. It was for one of her classmates. When it was our time to view the casket, we paused in front of it for a second before my mom leans over to me and says, "What if I told you that was really your dad?" FML
Today, my coworker left a tiny mess in the break room. I cleaned it up and jokingly said, "Your mother isn't here to clean up after you." She started crying. I forgot her mom died last week. FML
Today, I was hanging out with my friends and my sister, we were all wasted and I was making jokes. My sister then gets a phone call, I leave the room to get a drink and I hear everyone go a bit silent I come back in and all of the sudden everyone looks at me. My friend says, "Um… I'm so sorry, your mom passed." FML
Today, I walked into my house to find everyone sitting around the table and looking sad. I thought it would be a good time to crack a joke and said, "What's wrong? Grandma finally die?" Turns out she had. FML
Today, I overheard my girlfriend telling her friend, "Actually, it's a good thing she died, she was quite a bitch." She was talking about my mother. FML
Today, while at my aunt's funeral, my grandma who has terrible memory loss asked me whose funeral we were at. I had to explain to her that her daughter had died. FML
Today, I was pestering a co-worker, so she jokingly stated "I'll bury you!" and I replied "I'll bury your mom!". Her moms funeral was last week. FML
Today, my coworker said that she suddenly got the shivers. I jokingly told her that it meant she must be being watched by a dead person and made stupid ghost noises. She then told me it was the anniversary of her dad's death and burst into tears. FML
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piekie8888 1
That sucks.. But you should have told her you didn't hear what she said, she would have repeated
darwinism 30
"Laughter is the language of the soul" - Pablo Neruda Still, no harm in saying "sorry, I didn't catch that". Remember that so you don't make an ass of yourself next time OP.
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Comments (82)
at0mskaze 3
That's what you get for laughing out of courtesy when you didn't understand what someone said.
JSwerv3 6
I LOL'd, but sorry op, that sucks. Im sure youll she her again
JSwerv3 6
See* DYAC
SqueakyChipmunk 22
That could have passed for a lisp.
AznSamoan52 10
I hope you learned your lesson Op. never assume in situations like this. It never gets you very far.
Pandacupcakelove 26
Oh no! That's so funny... And so sad! I'm sorry, OP and... LOL!
linkinpark98 24
After the third or fourth time of the other person repeating themselves to me, I just nod a "yes" or politely answer back to what I think they said. Hey, it works most of the time! Just not in this case I suppose.
bdathorne 6
YDI OP, never laugh unless you know it's a joke, or at least that it isn't something serious.
rcgirl2 11
Why didn't you just ask her to repeat it?
Althenias 0
you should never assume anything
SimplyEerb 3
Deafly responding to someone rarely works out.
143dav 8
I don't understand why you would assume it to be a joke...