Today, my parents used my going away party as a cover up for my sister's surprise party. I didn't know until they brought out the cake. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, my family threw me a surprise party for my 29th Birthday. My brother-in-law sent me a text telling me they were all waiting for me to arrive. Thinking it was at my sister's home, I drove two hours there. It was actually at my parents' house. I missed my party and they ate my cake. FML
Today, I thought I had gotten away with throwing a party while my folks were gone the night before. They came home and I was as sweet as possible. I could tell they were not buying it, but I thought I was in the clear. Later, they told me I had drunk-dialled them and spilled the beans. FML
Today, I walked in on my sister and a few of my roommates planning a surprise party for a fellow roommate whose birthday is a week away. My birthday was yesterday. No one remembered. Not even my own sister. FML
Today, I found out that my parents forgot to invite me out to eat with them. I found this out when my mom invited my sister right in front of me. FML
Today, I found out that the day I moved out of my parents' house, they invited my whole family over and had a party to celebrate the fact that I was gone. FML
Today, I thought I was going to a friend’s birthday party. Turns out, it was a surprise party for someone else... and I was the surprise. Everyone shouted “Surprise!” and I realized I wasn’t invited. I awkwardly ate a cupcake and left. FML
Today, my friends threw me a surprise birthday party. The problem? My birthday is tomorrow. I spent the entire evening pretending I was surprised and happy, all while knowing they got the date wrong. FML
Today, I went to a surprise birthday party for a friend. Everyone was hiding and waiting to yell "Surprise!" when I got a call from my mom. I was loudly discussing family gossip and trying to get my mom to hang up when the door opened. Everyone yelled "Surprise!" and then turned to stare at me. FML
Today, after I tried to plan a surprise party for my friend, and a series of miscommunications and accidental reveals, it turned it into a surprise party for myself. I walked into a room filled with people shouting, "Surprise!" FML
Today, I showed up to my friend’s birthday party with a huge cake... on what turned out to be the wrong day. The actual party is tomorrow. Her family laughed and thought if was cute, but I just wanted the floor to open up and let me disappear. FML
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foxy_grampa 19
So I guess your sister wasn't the only one who was surprised
jimmy_vansuelo 10
Guess you know who the favorite is?
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Comments (34)
foxy_grampa 19
So I guess your sister wasn't the only one who was surprised
incoherentrmblr 22
Two for one?...
ZackCraft11 15
Comment moderated for rule-breaking.
Well depends who is the younger sister
TheCrispyCat 20
No it doesn't. OP's parents are flat out assholes.
rob02 19
Surprise
kurodansei 16
Needs Exclamation Points.
MrSassypants 34
Needs to stop using the shift key after every word.
BradTheBrony 19
Needs more salt.
CinnamonBunny 16
Needs more cowbell.
jimmy_vansuelo 10
Guess you know who the favorite is?
Queen_bee1234 21
You get free cake!!!
mcrepas 19
Two parties for the price of one!
coried91 28
Take the cake and hide. At least you'd get something out of the party other than disappointment.
Nolimit2217 32
Wrong kind of surprise!
perdix 31
Did you not remember it was your sister's birthday? It would be funny if your sister's birthday is in May, but people are happy to just come out and celebrate her awesomeness.
sunshine41196 12
what???!?!?
perdix 31
#17, wouldn't that be a great surprise if everyone came to a party for you, even it wasn't your birthday?
mcm_3 16
makes sense
shyeahh_fml 19
Haha that happened to my mom once. Her birthday is in December, but all of the family wasn't together until May (my oldest sister lives in France), so we had a surprise birthday party for her in May. She was quite surprised.
perdix 31
What's worse is that the crowd sang a medley of Happy Birthday and Hit the Road, Jack topped off by Na na na na, Na na na na, Hey, hey-ay, Good-bye!
kurodansei 16
That. my friend, would be fantastic.
yerawizardlizzy 27
That's "Kiss Him Goodbye" by Steam.
perdix 31
#22, thanks, I knew that but don't think many others do. Plus, many people only know the song from near the end of sporting events. :D