Today, on my first day at a new job, my boss asked how old I was. I replied, "Eighteen." She responded that she was my age thirty years ago, which makes her the same age as my mum. When I told her, she gave me a puzzled look, so I repeated myself. She was my age thirteen years ago, not thirty. 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, I started a new job. As I was introducing myself during the morning get together with the team, I forgot how old I was, and panicked. I ended up saying I was "twenty-fine." I’m 27. FML
Today, while I was in a bathroom stall, I overheard my younger coworkers discussing my age. They said, “How old is she? Some days she looks like she's 35 and other days she looks like she's 58!” FML
Today, I told my boss her new haircut made her look younger. She smiled and said, “Oh, thank you!” I tried to double down on the compliment and said, “Yeah, like... 20 years ago younger!” She stopped smiling. It turns out that would’ve made her twelve. FML
Today, a customer complimented me on how good I looked for my age. She thought I was in my forties. I'm 18. FML
Today, while I was working, my friend stopped by and visited with me a moment. After she left, my client asked me if she was my daughter. My friend is 32 and I'm 27. FML
Today, I was at work refreshing the shelves when a man turned the corner and said, very surprised, "You look 12!" A few weeks back, two people did the same thing, only they said I looked 9. I'm almost 21 years old, and just very short. Starting to get just a little self conscious here. FML
Today, the new guy at work - who is probably at least ten years older than I am - admired the photo on my desk of myself with my husband and teenage daughters and asked, "Are those your grandchildren?" I'm in my 40's. FML
Today, I was mistaken for an 8th grader because of my height. I'm 32 years-old. FML
Today, my parents told me about how they met. I'd already known they were eight years apart, but I never knew my dad started dating my mom when he was 21 and she was 13. FML
Today, I had a customer tell me that I don't look a day over 39. I'm 35. FML
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deuce_wild 0
is it me or is this worded by a two year old
pinkfrenchrose 5
Wtf does this mean...?
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Comments (88)
jankylove 0
HAHA damn, what a great first impression. I hope you still have the job.
Darraghscoot 0
so ******* what women get so hurt by this get over the age thing!
kashman95 1
serioysly...I mean tell her you thought she said thirty not thirteen problem solved. NOT fml worthy
Boomi 39
Hopefully, if it was an honest mistake!
StillWaving 0
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You really need to work on commas. If you are still 18 you have bad grammar. +Jenn+
Saturn_fml 23
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from UK.. probably a foreigner :/
James64138 26
You sound like a bitch.
sens3sfailing 25
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What are you talking about? He has plenty of commas in their, if you are calling him put commas in the quotation marks, then you fail at life and are just looking for things to complain about
tigergirl72 0
sucks to be you!
pinkfrenchrose 5
Wtf does this mean...?
Mads_1234 28
She thought the boss was 30 years older (48) instead of 13 years older (31).
deuce_wild 0
is it me or is this worded by a two year old
omfgitsvera 0
Haha, that sucks to be you. And to everyone who commented on his or her grammar, really? Are you that stupid that you can't understand it? I mean it's not fantastic but it is definitely understandable.
techlife 0
I don't understand what he is saying. She asked his age. He said 18. She said that she was his age 30 years ago. 30+18= 48. She's 31. I'm missing something.
theoldGP 0
you don't understand? wow. he misheard.. he though she said 30 but she actually said 13 hahaha
bom_bom 0
only got it when u explained it ...lol
meshee03 0
if that's right then how is this an FML? it's kinda stupid no offense :/
TheImmaculate 0
They probably think you suck at math
fayee 0
he/she also sucks at grammar
davidcassoa 0
the average intelligence here is at a minimum. There's only 4 basic grammar errors. Most of you made at least two in your clever rebuttles. And by the way, this isn't an FML; it's simply a misunderstanding
Loosicles 0
#13, not "there's." There are* I like it when people criticize people who criticize people for bad grammar for THEIR bad grammar while using bad grammar. Festival of lolz.
meshee03 0
I agree with #13 and who cares about grammar anyway I don't see why people criticize so much I mean seriously chill out. sorry that nobody is as perfect as you are
frontmanmike 14
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