Today, my mom sent me beautiful candlesticks along with some half burned candles. I thanked her. She told me the candlesticks were a wedding gift to my grandmother 85 years ago. Then she said the candles were used at my grandma's wedding. I had already lit them. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, my mom lit a candle in our living room, telling the family how much she loved it. She then went on the tell us that my dad got it for her and it must have been some cheap candle. I bought the candle as a gift for her on her birthday. FML
Today, I dug out the 5 fancy, extremely expensive candles I bought during Black Friday. I lit one up, and was delighted that it smelled so great. My mother then walked into my room and stated that it smelled "like shit". The other four were going to be a Christmas gift for her. FML
Today, I was at my friend's house and accidentally blew out a candle that was supposed to be lit for seven days straight. It was in honor of her grandmother who had recently died. FML
Today, my mother-in-law gave me a toaster and a fork as a wedding gift. FML
Today, my mother scolded me for having a lighter in my room. My reason I had it? The candle that she bought me for my 25th birthday. I don't even live with her anymore, she showed up uninvited, and started going through my stuff. FML
Today, my mom and I were talking about a wedding decoration that we are going to use at my wedding. I insisted that I gave the decorations to her and I didn’t bother looking in my house. She came over for the night and cleaned while I was at work. She found the decorations that I'd insisted that I'd given to her. FML
Today, I found a box of birthday candles sitting on the coffee table. Bored, I lit one, and after a minute I threw it away and sat back down on the couch. I started looking at the box and noticed that it said "Magic Re-Lighting Candles" at the exact moment that my trash can burst into flames. FML
Today, I was having a garage sale and my mother-in-law came by to see what I was selling. She decided to buy these ugly green wine glasses that were still unopened. It turns out that she gave those to my wife and me when we got married. FML
Today, my family was celebrating my grandma's 90th birthday. I pulled a little prank and got candles that keep relighting. After a few blows, my grandma fainted. FML
Today, I was supposed to light candles at my aunt's wedding. I accidentally lit the groom on fire. FML
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Top comments
amy397123 0
Oh wah. Blow out the flame and quit yo' bitching.
infest0125 0
Youd think shed tell you that before....
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Comments (103)
MidgetMonster 0
if she had time to blow them out, then it's not an fml. I guess that's why I assume she burned them up. she doesn't really have enough room to add that. fmls should be a little longer!
dancingxthexmoon 0
I agree with midgetmonster.....it had probably burnt out.
ImaginaryFoe 1
Wouldn't she have said "I had already used them" instead of "lit them"?
shamille 5
wait, so what? they didn't blow up or anything, did they? what's the problem?
som_fml 0
so people expect you to keep half burned candles around in a box the rest of your life instead of actually using them? Hoarding?
GoddessDigi 12
Keeping around a few things isn't so bad. Her grandmother is obviously dead (I mean, wedding 85 years ago..so yeah, dead) and that is a memento from her wedding day. I can see WHY she and her mum would want to keep them. And to everyone saying she can just blow them out..uhhh, ever consider it's too late? My mum and I play lots of phone tag before we finally actually speak..usually about 2 days after the initial, "Hey, calling in to check up, call me back." message.
TheTrollinator 0
lol @ #2 this are nawt an fml this are a giant throbbing penis that was just shoved down everyones throat here :(
sizzle0914 0
hahaha wow I agree hahaha!!!! lmfoa!
tuxedoandex 28
"lmfoa"
perdix 31
Half-burnt wedding candles? Big deal! If the candles were made from Grandma's fat. . . Now, you'd be talking creepy and disturbing!
CallMeHush 1
If you can't have the smell of grandma's cookies in the house you might as well smell her bacon frying.
purplemnm 9
I hate people who have to light every candle they see, alot of candles are just for decoration. But then again, candles make a retarded family heirloom.
your_face 15
I have a strong dislike of people who put things that have a purpose on display and never use them. I have a few collectible dolls that my parents never even let me take out of the box, and I was young enough when I got them that I didn't understand why I couldn't play with my pretty new Barbie. Candles are meant to be lit. They're made of wax, they have a wick, they smell nice... it's ridiculous to just leave them sitting around and never light them.
lettertjes 0
I agree with you, your_face. Although I have one candle that I don't lit because it's shaped like a man and the wick is on his head and it would feel weird to melt his head. But I still plan on using it eventually.
lettertjes 0
I probably would have, in the hope of burning the entire candle before my grandmother came to visit.
lettertjes 0
I don't know if we are, but 85-year-olds are hardly ever open-minded, no matter where you live!
purplemnm 9
i meant like some people think they HAVE to light the candle the very second they see one, it's annoying, just let it sit and be decorative for a little while.
MidgetMonster 0
I have a candle made in the shape of an elephant. I will never light it. EVER. and I display it.
Itstopsecret 0
So just put them out and thats it...
bittersweet_by_n 0
...we need to go on a search and rescue for the actual fml here...*checks kitchen sink* (after all, I am a woman)
Albertkoholic 8
I don't see the problem.
cookies_for_you 0
Candles are just sticks of wax, no big deal. This is in no way an FML. The holders are sentimental, yes, but sticks of wax are in NO way sentimental items.
MidgetMonster 0
some candles are more than mere wax, some are a work of art. and my g. grandmother had a pair of very pretty candles blessed by the pope. I have them ---won't light them though, too afraid of demonic plagues coming out of them er