Today, my mom told me that she was selling my favorite thing in the world, my trombone. The only thing that I'm good at is the trombone. 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, my neighbor's daughter started learning how to play the trombone. FML
Today, I was short on money for bills, so I pulled out my alto saxophone, knowing that no matter how much I loved it, I'd be able pay my rent with the money. As I pulled it out of its case, the neck strap broke and I dropped it, breaking the bell beyond repair. Now I'm poor AND depressed. FML
Today, I came home and was greeted by my dad telling me that he pawned my guitar for gas money. FML
Today, my mother informed me that she sold my dog to pay off some bills. FML
Today, my little brother got a violin. FML
Today, it's the last night before a concert. Today is also the day my brother pawned my clarinet for drug money. FML
Today, my sister just had a huge fight with my mom. After that, she thought it was appropriate to smash my $1,000 guitar to "blow off some steam." FML
Today, my sister was playing a rock star in a play. When she got home, she told me she used one of my old guitars, because I told her it was ok. I said she could take one to practice on, not destroy on stage. FML
Today, I came home to find that my mother had sold all my valuable collector coins for cheap at a local shady pawn shop to buy herself a TV. The coins in question were worth enough to start a business. FML
Today, my mother started nagging me for spending $500 on a guitar, stating that, "We're not in the mood for unnecessary bullcrap." I paid for it with MY money, and she suddenly turned up at MY house because my father kicked her out of their house after finding out that she cheated on him. FML
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mitchem 3
well find something else you're good at. apparently you are good at blowing on things..that's a start
emmanizzer 6
You people are so ignorant. Just because you're good at a musical instrument doesn't mean you have a failed social life. Many of the musicians at my school are actually quite popular. People these days....
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mitchem 3
well find something else you're good at. apparently you are good at blowing on things..that's a start
AZMarine 0
^ WIN ^
banana_buddy 6
It's so rare to see a well thought up first comment on fml these days, well done mitchem
jmac317 0
yes very true
TXjuggalo972 6
trombone FTW
mitchem 3
tyvm!
lolitaababy 0
ahahahahahahaha!!!! >_<
yanceman 3
go trombone!
jrsgreenfire257 0
Is it ok if i got a trom-boner while reading the first comment?
mitchem 3
well I'm flattered you were so affected by my picture but don't expect a phone call =]
ComTlancy 12
well OP could try a rusty trombone...
Alpha35 4
wow ur a loser... who in the world wants to play the trombone....... TROMBONE?!?!
pimper_fml 0
tromboner
veronica7 0
trombone more like trombonner
Calyx_fml 22
Buy another one yourself. As a life long musician, you'll do yourself the biggest injury in the world if you don't.
dangerdale 0
don't encourage him. music is worthless. go get a real job and provide something good to society
catatonicsleep 17
If his mom is having to sell it for the money then they probably won't have the money to just buy another one... OP does the school have one you can borrow? lots of musicians at my school had borrowed their instruments from the school.
Brave_Sir_Robin 4
Have you ever borrowed/used a "school-owned" instrument for your own personal use? There are few things in life that would make me cut off my own lips/tongue after the fact, and putting my lips on any school-owned instrument would be one of them. You're better off taking up another instrument. Of course, my experiences in school are somewhat different, too. Why the principal wanted me to play his clarinet while he masturbated in the corner of his office is still a mystery to me...
2011LiziWasHere 0
What if she's home schooled?
HesJustTheBest 0
If she's home schooled then she's pretty much ****** for life. Go use the public school system that you pay for with your taxes.
catatonicsleep 17
17 I always played school instruments, you just have to thoroughly clean them, not everyone can afford to buy their own.
smeyer8943 0
most of the time even the homeschooled children in a community play in a public school band. i don't think the school band director would deny a student interested in music the opportunity.
i_am_evil 7
The ability to create and appreciate art separates humans from other animals whose only motivation in life is to survive for as long as possible. Perhaps you would feel more fulfilled should you go live amongst chimpanzees.
noobmuffin 0
That's not their motivation to life. Surviving means living and living does not motivate living. Let me explain this with simple human history; before humans learned of agriculture, they were hunter-gatherers. Due to their superior intellect, they were able to create tools to survive. As they created better tools and agriculture developed, obtaining food was easier. That time saved allowed for leisure, such as art. Art is 'caused' by our thriving. Please think more before trying to sound deep. We can appreciate it, but if I play my cello, my dog comes by, as if to listen. So since even a dog has a sense of aesthetics, what does that mean?
wowthatshorrible_fml 0
5, I know your probably just joking, but **** you. Music is one of the most important things in life.
SirEBC 7
95, thank you for that very complex and in-depth explanation of our evolutionary history. I feel so enlightened.
jrb13 10
says a person that listens to music. ******. where do you think it comes from, idiot?
jrb13 10
ps that's for dangerdale.
goaliemkl123 8
someone doesn't like music
Epic_Phale615 0
Music is awesome. And some trombones cost over a thousand or so dollars. If his mom is selling it i'm guessing he's in high school, so a step up trombone will be well over $1,500.
HesJustTheBest 0
Take charge for once in your life. Take your trombone and beat your mother unconcious with it, then take money from her purse for a train ticket to the nearest big city. Live on the streets playing your trombone for the passerbys until you get recognized by a large music producer. Or you can find a bunch of other hobos in the same situation, play with them and your chances will multiply of getting noticed!
BahahahLOL 0
And there's always Plan B. He could play some tromboners.
Midget9 0
Beating your mom with trombone might dent it...
ksv101 3
win
TrollsHaveSouls 0
YDI for not getting out enough
you_freak 7
She's actually doing your social life a favour
R34luver 5
my thoughts exactly
olaf2010 0
agreed
emmanizzer 6
You people are so ignorant. Just because you're good at a musical instrument doesn't mean you have a failed social life. Many of the musicians at my school are actually quite popular. People these days....
Mokiikom_fml 8
#9, #86 and #98 are failures at life who think that wasting their life away is cool and that they need to force that choice onto other, more successful creatures, who are actually able to create art and have a point in life.
intothecrypt 3
The concept of a social life is doing things that the majority of society accepts and respects. If you're shredding on a guitar, you're going to be a lot more popular than someone playing a trombone. And to all the people making puns with the word, I hope Stephen Trombonnar kicks your asses.
dudeman1212 22
I'm a musician and I have an extremely active social life. Not only a normal one, but my music brings me and leads me to meet other music lovers and musicians. Think before you post...
the_enigma1019 1
I hate assholes like yourself, whose entire knowledge of musicians come from cartoons. My girlfriend and I are both in band, and both relatively popular.
RedBOT 6
Ugh you're probably just salty that you're too dumb to be good at an instrument.
CutiePie_101 7
When one door closes, one door opens :)
ILoveEggnog 7
When one door closes, kick it in.
meeba 2
suicide solves everything
newfiegirl 8
what a thing to say ! do you know how serious suicide is! ffs, you have no idea what some people go through when it comes to suicide! I hope you falls down and chews your tongue off !
Grimmerie 31
i have a history of suicide attempts and thought that was hilarious. don't get so butthurt.
ILoveEggnog 7
As a person who has committed suicide successfully, all I can say is, being dead sucks. The three things I miss the most are; coke, hookers, and buttsecks.
newfiegirl 8
14, as did I, and several people in my family, both successful and not, and I by no means thinks it's funny !
Clarice1 9
I know you didn't mean this seriously, and I'm not going to jump down your throat about it. My mom and best friend both have a history of suicide attempts, so it's an important issue to me, but I think we've all found that once you get some distance it's good to be able to laugh at yourself. Still, I feel like I need to say that I don't think you should be making comments like this in a public forum. Joking with close friends when you know you all understand each other is probably fine, but you can't possibly know how every stranger on a website is going to react. Of course it doesn't make you responsible for someone's hurting themselves -- with self-harm and suicide, the greatest fault lies with the illness itself. I just really believe it's better not to take the chance that your words could cause anyone pain. If you've read all this, thanks for listening.
Zmeilerr 22
#14, How in the **** do you find it funny that he told the OP to go kill himself? Please enlighten me. You have a ****** up mind.
newfiegirl 8
23, my thoughts exactly!
2011LiziWasHere 0
she said that it's not funny
HesJustTheBest 0
You all are retarded for not being able to spot a troll. But as a great man once said: "Death is the solution to all problems" - Joseph Satlin.
newfiegirl 8
25, WTF you saying?
2011LiziWasHere 0
that it's not funny to suggest suicide.
newfiegirl 8
obviously
Kar98 6
Huh? The hookers totally did lines of coke off your dead corpse, #15, and you most certainly had buttsex.
ErbodyLuvsDaLulz 4
We all know people who commit suicide are just quitters. I have no sympathy.
atomheartm_fml 0
#27( and everyone who answered this) "People are the real problem. Get rid of the people, you solved your problem!" - Stalin I wont answer the troll, everyone is overreacting.
jonnygeorgy 0
hahaha nice
the_younggun22 1
yeah just take out Joseph and the l on satlin. what does it spell?
hollee 0
stain.
Mokiikom_fml 8
#113: epic fail...
2011LiziWasHere 0
Hey, guess what? He is a she.
nyrangers1022 6
ur good at rusty trombones?
Troll1 0
ur mum has a rusty tombone(r)
Angelece 0
wats wrong with trombones? huh! I'm in band the trombones are workin' it.
stevenmx86 8
Maybe now you can learn a new skill.. You'll always be a trumboner at heart...