Today, the gift my mother had mailed me for my birthday finally arrived. It was a gift card for Starbucks. A gift card that had already been redeemed. 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, I found out the gift card my friend gave me for Christmas actually has no money on it and was never purchased in the first place. FML
Today, I found a gift card under my bed that I lost a few months ago for $400 to a store that went out of business last week. FML
Today, as I was waiting in line to give my mom her birthday present, my dad gave her the exact same gift I'd also bought for her. FML
Today, I bought my mom a gift certificate for a spa treatment for two so we could spend some quality time together. She took my sister. FML
Today, I received the 'special' present my mother had sent me for my 21st birthday. I opened the box and saw that my mother had picked out, accessorized and shipped to me, in college, a doll. FML
Today, for my mom's birthday, I couldn't figure out what to get her, so I just took some of her jewelry, wrapped it up, and re-gifted it. She recognized it instantly. FML
Today, I received a birthday present from a friend. It was the very same gift I gave to her for Christmas. FML
Today, I celebrated my birthday with my family. As part of my presents, my parents gave me prepaid debit card. When I got home, I looked at it again and realized it's the debit card you get from selling back books to our university bookstore. I bought my own books this year. They gave me my own refund. FML
Today, my mom called me a bastard because I asked for the Target gift card my dad had given to me. FML
Today, I went to my son's friend's birthday party and felt really proud of giving a great gift. It just so happened that I regifted the same gift that his friend's mother gave to my son the month before, because I forgot to check the name on the bag. It looked like she was about to faint. FML
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ADayToPierceTheV 0
Give it back to her for Christmas
KarWitz 0
My mom tried to do the same, I feel your pain.
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Comments (90)
princesskiski 1
my stepdad did that with a toys r us card
vbmg152 19
At least she remembered your B'Day! I don't get a card or a Happy B'Day from my Mom! Ever!! Oh, and no Christmas or anything!
RaggleFrock 13
who gifts Starbucks gift cards seriously? who supports these greed monkeys?
bigtimebamafan16 0
well happy birthday!
livlafluv100 2
wow. nice mom. are you sure she wasn't joking?
jackcandle 10
My dad did this to me with an iTunes card.Happy Birthday BTW.
Jennyboo5797 4
It's okay OP, give her a gift card to a fancy jewelry store like Zales for Christmas, then she'll be so happy until she gets to the store and realize there's 23 cents in it! :)
labola26 0
mmmmmmmmmm Starbucks, I could really go for a cup right about now. :)
ImInABox 6
@Bankrupt or w/e (Phone won't let me reply to comment so this probably won't be read): Cool your jets. Troll was unsuccessful troll (me). Unsucessful in reading the comment correctly before no longer being able to edit my comment. Successful in pissing you off though. And I love my piece of shit car! :D
iTransform 8
This made me laugh :) On her birthday, give her a used Wal-Mart gift card and even the playing field.