Today, my parents gave me a shirt from Banana Republic for my birthday. It looked like one I had bought for myself a couple of days earlier but I thanked them and went to hang it in my closet. An empty hanger hung where I placed the shirt I had purchased. They gave me my shirt for my birthday. 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, for my birthday, my husband gave me a dress he stole from my wardrobe. It was the one I'd bought myself on my last birthday because he forgot to buy me anything, and gave me cash in a brown envelope. Not a birthday card, a brown envelope. FML
Today, my parents gave me my birthday present. Two weeks ago, I'd ordered an Xbox online. Three days ago, it came to my house, and my parents thought they could save money by putting wrapping paper on it, and giving it to me for my birthday. That's all they got me. FML
Today, I bought a new shirt I thought looked cool. At work, three people complimented me, then each one added a variation of, “My dad has the same one!” By lunch, my confidence had left the building entirely. A coworker even asked if I’d gotten it from the “retro section.” FML
Today, was my mom's birthday. I recently got my first job, thanks to her, and could finally afford to buy her something nice. I spent my first paycheck ever on buying her a very nice bracelet. She said it was nice, then asked if I would mind if she exchanged it for one she actually liked. FML
Today, it's my birthday. My girlfriend gave me the present she'd bought for me. I said, joking, "I hope it's not a tie!" It was a tie. FML
Today, it's my birthday. My mom got me a gym membership and a bunch of clothes that are a few sizes too small. FML
Today, I got a birthday package from my parents. It was all the stuff I'd forgotten there when visiting a month ago, along with some other things I'd left behind when I moved out. FML
Today, I returned a shirt for my mom. When the cashier asked why, I just said my mom didn't like the way it looked. After an awkward pause, I noticed the cashier was wearing the same shirt. She was not amused. FML
Today, I found out where a few of my favorite outfits went. My mother had taken them out of my closet, wrapped them, and given them to my cousin as a gift. FML
Today, I came home a day after my birthday, and was greeted by my mother who told me, "Oh, I have birthday present for you." She explained that she and my father went on a hike, and handed me my present. I got a fucking stick for my birthday. FML
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Stupoopy 0
For their next birthday, steal their car keys and give it to them. Make sure you drive it all night so it has an empty tank of gasoline. Another thing you can do is buy them a new TV to replace the old one they lost. They'll say, what TV? And they'll see that you have staked claim to the old TV. Make sure the new TV you buy sucks.
TT01Fanatic 0
Your lucky. My parents bought me a big mac for my 16th birthday
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Comments (81)
Zizumia 5
sorry to say but ur parents r cheep!
Jelise_fml 0
@those saying he deserved this or it's because of the recession - I don't think he deserved this unless their was a follow up of an explanation or a better gift, either way you look at it.
iloveTheMiz 0
First! :D
xNephilim 19
Honestly, this is totally unacceptable. Even if the family's extremely poor... Giving the OP her own stuff for a gift is a total jerk move. If they can't afford it, they should've told the OP. "I'm sorry, honey, but we can't afford a gift for you this year." FYL.
Farankusu 0
Not in this twisted reality. I ponder many many parents and children and teenager's callous actions towards each other. Some parents shouldn't be parents as the values some possess just don't possess any sense. However your entitled to your own views in life. some will agree and some won't. it's a part of human nature and life. someday it will change, to what I don't know.
nyseguy 0
I would be more upset at the fact that they thought you were that stupid.
BigC847 6
I know exactly what happened here! Happened to me when I was younger and living off my parents teats! You obviously used your mom or dads credit card to buy that shirt w/o permission, they found out, and gave you the shirt as a "present" since they had paid for it anyway. So you totally deserved it there champ!
miss101 3
i got noting for my 13 birthday. :s
itsalwaysYDI 0
haha. good point!
goingsolo211 8
Yeah, for my last birthday my parents didn't even give me anything :(
SUEHIM 0
You deserved it for shopping at banana republic.