Today, my mother and grandmother informed me that my sixteen-year-old dog died. I was standing in Wal-Mart at the time. They then yelled at me because crying in public is "inappropriate." 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, I found out my boss wrote me up because he heard me crying on the phone, and that it was unprofessional. I was talking to my sister, who was telling that me my father had died. Three weeks ago, he was crying about his dog breaking his leg. FML
Today, my mom walked in on me crying in my room and yelled at me for being a "weak little crybaby." I’d just found out my best friend died in a car accident. When I told my mom that, she said, "Does it look like I fucking care?" FML
Today, my girlfriend whom I'm crazy about broke up with me out of the blue. After pleading with her unsuccessfully, I called my mom for comfort and advice. She informed me that my dog had died. FML
Today, while I was at work, I was on the verge of tears. My coworker asked what was wrong and I explained that I recently had to put my dog down. He then replied, "Cool story, bro. Tell it again." FML
Today, I was at a friend's birthday party when I got a call from my mom telling me to come home because my dog died. When I told my friend that I had to leave because of the loss, she replied with, "Okay, but you brought my gift inside, right?" FML
Today, my 12 year-old dog died. My boyfriend's attempts to comfort me involved him muttering, "At least she knows how to play dead now." FML
Today, my mom grabbed my iPhone and threw it from the balcony, because I didn’t cry on the fifth anniversary of our family dog’s death. FML
Today, I found out that my mother is extremely emotional when it comes to animal deaths when a bird flew into the window and died, and she insisted we have a funeral. FML
Today, I had to put my 17 year-old cat down. I cried the whole way up to the vet's office and back. After finally coming to terms with the situation, and trying to forget, my dad's friend walks up to me and says, "So, I heard you killed your cat?" FML
Today, I woke up to a note from my parents saying we needed to talk. Assuming it was about the weed I'd left on my dresser, I quickly confessed. Turns out my dog died. FML
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Top comments
cgguardian 17
I'm sorry about your dog...crying in public is perfectly alright; there are people who do it on a regular basis, for goodness sake. You just lost one of your best friends, I mean, c'mon. :( That's some insensitive family you have...sorry, OP. Perhaps you could get a puppy to fill the void a bit, after a little while? :D
starflyer59 17
sounds like my family.. I'm sorry OP. I know it sucks :/
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Comments (74)
JessBassett 24
What else would they have expected? That's horrible for you OP, I'm sorry for your loss.
MEM0817 18
It's Wal-Mart. You crying probably made you fit in with the normal, regular people there. You know, compared to everyone else...
msbeans07 2
They seriously need to grow up. Crying in public is not wrong unless its because you weren't allowed to have a chocolate bar.
Omniprism 15
I would have walked away from them and gone outside or something so that I could cry in public alone. My dogs are my babies, I would be devastated.
Catkam623 27
Walmart *shudders*
MakinMills 12
if you were close to your dog, of course you would cry. I know I would.
kallima_fml 3
Fur babies can become more like family than actual family members! Sounds like this may be true for you! Sorry for the loss. :-(
XxxPineapplexxX 1
It was 16
KatjaM 15
I'm sorry you lost your dog, OP. I recently lost my pit bull too and losing a pet you love never gets easy. They're heartless for giving you attitude about what you're feeling. Think of all the good times you shared and that your dog was very loved by you.
FimogenFeels 14
That was so insensitive. Sorry for your loss.