Today, my phone rang while I was home alone. When I picked up, all I could hear was heavy breathing. Convinced it was one of my friends playing a joke, I said loudly, "Get off the phone, you fucker, and don't call back!" It turned out it was my grandma. She had been having a stroke. 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, one of my closest friends and I got into a fight. She ended the conversation with, "My grandma just had a stroke. Bye." I didn't believe her so I replied "That's great. Bye." Turns out her Grandma is in the hospital in critical condition. FML
Today, a telemarketer called my house phone and asked for my grandpa. We were in the middle of having his wake. FML
Today, my phone made a random noise. I jokingly said, "Wow, I wonder who died now?" Turns out it was my son's grandmother. I had to explain it because I screamed. I also got to tell his dad that his mom just died. FML
Today, I received a random phone call from an unknown number. Three times. After the third time, the person started yelling at me viciously. Then I suddenly heard a different voice, saying, "Terribly sorry, sir. My poor sister has dementia and thinks you're her husband. Her dead husband, I might add." FML
Today, my grandma picked up the phone. It was a man asking to speak to me. Instead of giving me the phone she decides to hang up on him, thinking it was some guy trying to "get with me." It turned out to be the call I've been waiting all week for... a call from a huge company about a job offer. FML
Today, I was on the phone with my senile grandma, when I told her I had to go because I had an appointment at the clinic. For some reason, she assumed I was talking about an abortion clinic, and started raging at me and calling me a murderer. FML
Today, my phone rang for the first time in four days. It was my mom. She dialed the wrong number. FML
Today, I got a text from a number I didn’t recognize saying, "Hey, cutie." Thinking it was the guy I met in a bar during a NYE party, I flirted back. Turns out, it was my grandma learning how to use her new phone. FML
Today, my mom is in the hospital and I'm sitting by the phone in case anyone calls with news. Each time the phone rings, I bolt upright to answer it. So far I've been woken up by two telemarketers, three robo-calls, and some old lady asking for Doris, who doesn't live here. I can't turn my phone off. FML
Today, I was playing with my phone after midnight, and I kept getting calls from a withheld number. The guy just breathed heavily and wouldn't speak. When the third call came, I asked, "Who the hell are you?" The call ended, and my dad yelled from outside my door, "ME! Now go to sleep!" FML
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ummmyeahhh 0
ok, bad move. but if all you heard was heavy breathing, you'd think it was some creeper or a prank. so, yeah, i understand. hope your grandma is okay.
arms_akimbo 0
How could you know?
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ambrosia21 0
not everyone bothers to check the caller id every time, the only time i ever really do it is if i'm in my house alone. And some phones in his/her house might not have caller id. Two of the phones in my house don't. and in addition that not everyone pays for caller id. just b/c the phone has the ability doesn't mean it's used.
Seegtease 0
Okay. For one, I know tons of people with home phones without caller ID. Even if the phone has it, you usually have to pay for it. And it's pretty clear the the OP didn't have it, or there would have been no mistake. So quit talking about caller ID, morons. It has nothing to do with this.
scalenehourglass 0
that sucks. don't be so quick to be sure next time, and don't be such a dick, even when it is your friend playing a joke on you.
elemenopyqrstuv 0
guys there are plenty of phones without caller ID... dont be tools. I feel sorry for you, and hope your grandma is okay.
Haha_you_suck 0
ahh that sucks so badly to all you annoying assholes making "caller id?" comments, they probably didn't have caller id. i dont either. and to number 36: stop the preaching goddamnit
alex_vik 1
#7 - Even if it were his friend, that would still be a dick thing to say to them.
roflcoptersoisoi_fml 0
And yet you're on FML posting this. Nice. Hope shes okay though.
trucanadian 0
This isn't something you deserved. We all would done the same thing. What are the chances that something bad would actually be happening to a family/friend? You did the right thing by saying what you said. She was a dumbass for not calling 911.
O_fml 0
LifeAlert?
llSgtScopell 0
Why are people marking this as something you deserved? It was an honest mistake