Today, the instructions on my new IKEA bed made me cry. It includes a picture of a person working alone with a frown crossed out and is replaced by two smiling people working together. I have no one in my life to help me. 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, the only thing that cheered me up was a documentary about IKEA, and seeing how my furniture was made. FML
Today, I spent two hours building an IKEA bookshelf. When I was finished, I realized it was inside-out. There was no way to fix it without completely taking it apart again. FML
Today, I tried to put together some flat-pack furniture. I wound up in my underpants, screaming stuff like, "Fuck you, fucking Ikea bastard" at pieces of confusing plywood. FML
Today, I attempted to assemble a piece of furniture that boasted "easy, step-by-step instructions." Three hours later, surrounded by mismatched screws and a confusing diagram, I realized the only thing "easy" about it was my decision to ask my dad to come round and assemble it for me. FML
Today, I woke up with my face sharpied. I live alone. FML
Today, I spent an hour painstakingly disassembling my antique mirror after discovering a stack of papers behind the back board. I finally got hold of one corner, and pulled out… a newspaper from 2007 and instructions for an IKEA bed. FML
Today, I attempted to assemble a piece of furniture that claimed to be "easy to build in minutes." Four hours and multiple arguments later, I realized I had misread the instructions, and half the parts were upside down. I'm pretty sure the furniture won this round. FML
Today, I noticed that my weekend hobby is crying. I live in a city where I don't have a single friend or relative. FML
Today, I went into the bathroom and got angry upon finding that once again, no one had bothered to put on a new roll of toilet paper. And then I remembered that I live alone. FML
Today, after opening up to my husband about my mental struggles after a difficult birth, I shed a few tears. He left me there to go take a nap. FML
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Top comments
Luckster 0
These days it's actually not very easy to make friends. If you try to talk to a random person in a mall or a bar or anywhere, they just look at you like you're a ******* retarded moron, mock you, and walk away.
noshcherie 0
awwwww! i would help you.
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Comments (154)
blakehilli8 0
firs
Mustardnight 3
Lol thats sad
humorizer 14
I get tired of people being whiny losers. I don't have too many friends, but do I care? Nah.
wazdog 4
You're whining about whiners.
bailo 0
lol
mrmystery96 0
would you like some cheese with that whine madame?
_Fleur_ 0
Well now we know why YOU dont have "too many friends"
jenwahh 1
well you have to or why would you mention it?
Gerson123 0
GET A LIFE lol jk but find someone
itschris 0
Aww :(
Sunnytweet79 0
Just hire sum workers and STFU
hallix 21
I wish I could help OP build his/her furniture.
SmartJock69 0
I never really payed attention to the IKEA instructions before and their use of Imagery. My condolences but maybe you could just get back out there and find a friend?
froggi_fml 0
aawwww I'm sry :(
noshcherie 0
awwwww! i would help you.
Microbiologist 0
Pay for my plane tickets and I'll come and help you :-) Join a salsa group or something? Hugs x
leasha12111 0
-hugs OP-
Veritas143 0
I'm not sure why..but this made me laugh..i almost feel bad...almost.. Also OP..stop bitchin, you can afford IKEA. You live in NY. You are not an amputee in Africa dying of 3 different diseases. You are just a needy person who feels that everything for be brought to them.. Go out and find some friends. To anyone who wants to say "FML doens't have to be that bad" Yes I understand that, but this FML is completely in her power to change and she's just bitchin.
MissOriginal 0
Making people think of other people in worse situations than them doesnt help at all... It just makes that person feel MORE depressed for thinking of the unfortunate and feel bad for being what u call "needy"
IambecomeRAWR 0
#84, just shut up. What you're essentially saying is that only the worst off person in the world has any right to be unhappy. By exactly the same logic you've used here, you could go up to that amputee you're talking about and say, "Hey, why the hell are you complaining? Just show some willpower and get over it, bitch! This kid has FOUR illnesses!". That's ridiculous, isn't it? But it's exactly the same logic that you've used here. You can't tell someone to stop whining because they're lucky they're in an MEDC. I know this may be shocking, but money doesn't equal happiness.
vesperl 0
I think you mean #49, not #84, right? Because I completely agree with #84. People who are depressed cannot help it - its not a matter of being selfish and not thinking of others as #49 seems to think.
IambecomeRAWR 0
Oh yeah, shit, #49 :L.
intint50 0
win/fail
ifmlftw 0
49- you put waaaaaaay too much thought into that
ferdte 0
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well instead of being a baby you should go out and make some friends.
sweatteaforme001 0
Just because she doesn't have anyone to put together a bed with her doesn't mean she has no friends. Maybe she just moved to a new city where she doesn't know anyone yet. Maybe the people in her life are douchey and unwilling to help. Sometimes life is hard and complaining is allowed!
justrosey 0
Thank you. About time someone on these boards showed some understanding. Yes, the OP needs to go out and meet some friends, but we don't know her personally. No one here can speak on her situation. I agree, sometimes life is hard. All the OP needs is one more person to make her feel like shit. Guess that's the risk you take when you post here, though.
Kamon97 23
Insensitive bitch much? Good luck finding a good guy
nihilanth 0
I would help you !