Today, my mother threw away my brand new headphones. She saw them on the couch with duct tape on the wires and assumed they were "old, broken, and cheap." I put the tape there to avoid damaging the wires. 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.
Same thing different taste
Today, I was listening to music while I wrapped Christmas presents. All was going well when the music was cut off, literally. I snipped the cable to my very expensive headphones in half. FML
Bring headphone jacks back on all smartphones!
Today, I bought new earphones for my phone so I could finally listen to music again. Not an hour later I broke it. FML
Time to switch to AirBuds
Today, I attempted to untangle a pair of headphones. Somehow, in the process, I managed to tie them into a knot so complicated that it's now a permanent part of my life in the "great big box of mystery cables that lives in the garage." FML
It's called fashion, Susan, look it up
Today, my daughter couldn't find a hair tie and thought a piece of duct tape would be a perfectly fine substitute. FML
Glue ear
Today, I was listening to my iPod while changing the diaper on my baby. One earbud fell out of my ear and onto the changing table so I quickly picked it up without looking and put it back in my ear, only to realize the headphone had fallen onto more than a table. I now have brown earphones. FML
That one John Cage track
Today, I was listening to my music on my phone through my Bluetooth wireless headphones. While listening, I turned my music and the power on my headphones off for a bit. I thought I'd lost them when I got home. They were so loosely fit over my ears that I felt like an idiot when I realized they were still on my head. FML
DIY
Today, since I'm too broke to get a new one, I had to duct tape my bra. FML
Time to move out!
Today, my mother took my brand new PS4, which I haven't even played yet, and threw it out the window while I was at work. When I asked her why, she said she was mad that we didn't have any paper towels left. FML
GHOSTS!
Today, my mother interrogated me about the duct tape, that I'd put on my foot for a wart, having fallen off. I tried to explain that my foot was just sweaty. She responded by arguing that the duct tape falling off was a "supernatural event". I really wish I could afford my own place. FML
Today, when I realized I'd forgot rice on the stove, I jumped off my chair and pulled off my headphones really fast. Now I've got burnt rice and broken headphones. FML
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MichiSixx 12
Why do people assume it's okay to just throw things out without asking? I hope she buys you new ones, OP.
joawmeens 7
Did you respond to her with "YOU'RE old, broken, and cheap!"?
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misslysiak 23
I have found another of my people, someone who has a mum just as dumb as mine.
ChenEighty 20
I've found another of my people; someone who cares about their shit. As I type this, I'm listening to music with headphones with tape on the wires. Nothing wrong with it, just tell your mom next time.
NeatNit 33
why the hell would you put tape on the wires?
Gvfell 9
66 it says in the FML you idiot.
ChenEighty 20
66, taping the wires prevents the problem where the sound goes in and out, or doesn't work at all.
HKCgrimmjow 15
Don't worry guys, just super glue your hands to a table while you listen to music, damage will not occur to your wires
SkyGuy32 17
These kind of FMLs just piss me the hell off. I better go cool off.
KnivesDrache 5
Where on the wires do you put the tape? I have never heard of this trick and want to use it on my $15 stereo headphones and $30 (though I got them free) I phone earpods. And for the information of any readers, I got the earpods for christmas only because I didn't want the phone.
MichiSixx 12
Why do people assume it's okay to just throw things out without asking? I hope she buys you new ones, OP.
Caitie_kid 8
He didn't say that she broke them and threw them away, why not just take them back out of the trash?
nurchok 15
Disgusting, that's why...
RedPillSucks 33
If he took care of his stuff and put them away when he's done, this wouldn't happen. Definite YDI
Ian7890 23
you're telling me you wouldn't pick up money out of the trash? because thats pretty much the same thing.
TheDrifter 24
Yes, let expensive electronics go to the dump because they're dirty and that's "disgusting". Or, you know, grab some sanitizing wipes.
NeatNit 33
except you don't place money on your ears or (hopefully) anywhere near your face.
ChibiChibi_fml 28
Perhaps trash pickup has happened already.
MDTeddy 13
She better buy new ones for Op. Also, I really can't believe she would throw out headphones. I am pretty sure you can tell if they are a nice pair of headphones if you despite the fact there was ductape. I wonder what kind they were? Skull headphones? Nakamichi? Turtlebeach? Maybe they were just Somk because I find that Somk sucks or the pair I got for free do. I don't use Somk. My headphones have an interchangable wire port on them so I don't have to worry if the wire gets screwy.
Zebediabolical 45
Why do people assume it's ok to just leave things laying around on the couch instead of returning them to where they belong? You answer my question, I'll answer yours.
Ian7890 23
#68 you are so ignorant...
roxxyfoxxy3 25
-85 Two words. "I forgot" Which, tend to be most common In my vocabulary :D
Zebediabolical 45
Four words... "You won't forget again." I'll have a clean couch for a while. Until I have to throw something else away.
joawmeens 7
Did you respond to her with "YOU'RE old, broken, and cheap!"?
Welshite 40
You would insult your mother like that because she threw away something by accident? That's really quite cruel.
MichiSixx 12
#7- It's a joke and she threw them away without asking. Pretty sure you'd be pissed if your mom threw away something of yours that wasn't broken.
Welshite 40
#14: Of course I would be angry, but I would never dare say that to my mother or anyone else for that matter, especially when upset. It is called RESPECT.
MichiSixx 12
#15- That is true, I wouldn't say that to anyone either. I apologize.
capslockisgood 19
15 While I don't agree with insulting your mother, I do think that a relationship should involve mutual respect and apparently this one doesn't.
katties 27
So cruel... but still funny, but cruel. I think it's funny to joke about, but don't say things like that to your mothers.
IIFenix 3
15. In some cases of mutual respect people do tend to insult each other and still have that respect. Me and my mother for instance on a daily basis we insult each other and are still very close.
RedPillSucks 33
Mutual respect also involves picking up after yourself when you're in someone elses house.
IIFenix 3
And how do we know op doesn't live with his mom or that he didn't just put the headphones there and go to the bathroom...
advent2060 4
Maybe u shudnt put duct tape on ur headphones it makes em look shitty
misslysiak 23
Maybe you should learn how to write correctly.
fsomelife 26
*sigh*... "I put the tape there to avoid damaging the wires."
advent2060 4
It's the Internet if I I feel like using abbreviations for words then I will, if you don't like it too bad.
23Z9TZO 18
It's the Internet, everyone seems turn into an English teacher for no apparent reason
fatraptorjesus13 9
Not an English teacher, an English teacher would have issues with 99.9% of this writing. People just want a decent attempt at writing so it is not painful to read.
buddy51 23
Shitty lak ur por spelin mak u luk.....
Llama_Face89 34
13- You didn't seem to have a problem spelling out your words that time. Embarrassed?
Fmeonce_shameonu 15
#52 Do you know what a contraction is? You used one in your sentence; It is known to be poor or informal literature. More for speaking than writing. Even I know this and English was my worst subject. Embarrassed? "Started from the bottom now we're* here". Pun intended
xStaciexLynnx 15
75- What? Contractions are not considered poor grammar or 'just for speaking'. Everyone uses them in writing.
Fmeonce_shameonu 15
#78 I agree with you, They are not wrong or incorrect to use. But any English professor would say it is informal to use them, they are not a formal version of text. A collegiate English professor would say they are more for speaking than writing. When you are going to be rude to someone, and bash their literature it is safe to make sure you cover yourself 100% and not 95% like #52 did. It just looks lazy or half-ass. I guess what I was trying to say is his sentence could have been better. There was room for grammatical improvement.
Deserthoney 7
Oh man that sucks. FYL op. Get her to buy you the same ones.
BigMatt803 18
Maybe you should have used clear tape. Then the only place she would have threw them is your room
IIFenix 3
It's not the same as using duct tape.......DUCT TAPE FIXES EVERYTHING!!!
Llama_Face89 34
Thrown*. Proper grammar, my friend. Please use it.
avapaige1234 19
You should never leave your stuff anywhere.
ElmoSaysSquishy 28
I agree but for all we know OP could have just went to the bathroom or for a shower. he could have left them because he was coming back soon.
Curtar2 18
I take my stuff with me wherever I go. Any time I leave my stuff sitting out my family decides to touch/break my stuff.
AngrySailor 17
By this logic, if your stuff isn't "anywhere" does it even exist?
AurumPotestasEst 16
That's deep #49... so deep I can't even see you.
KrazyKatz3 26
Exactly. As soon as you are finished with it you must immediately toss it into a black hole so it disappears forever. That way no one can throw it out
JessicaZado 11
I feel you OP. My family always thinks It's okay to get rid of things without asking. But I hope she buys you new ones!
varlso 8
Speaks volumes about our society that someone would throw something out for no other reason than that it looks old.
AngrySailor 17
#29. In Canada, we send the old folks to sea on ice flows.
Llama_Face89 34
Toss 'em in the Reversing Falls. XD
DaLiquer 20
That'll teach you to leave your shit laying about!