Today, the whole family came over to celebrate my 18th birthday. My grandfather bought me a giant mathematics book. Apparently, he didn't want my 16 year old sister to be "jealous", so he got her the new iPad. FML
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Today, my parents bought my 11-year-old brother a MacBook for my birthday. FML
Today, I had dinner with my family in celebration of my 19th Birthday. I've been hinting that I need a new laptop for months now and I was sure my family had bought me one. I have got a pair of slipper socks. FML
Today, my dad's girlfriend threw me a birthday party and all the gifts, decorations, and the cake were according to my age, which they thought was 12. I turned 13 today. FML
Today, my stepmother proved once again that she likes to play favourites. She has no job, so anything she gifts comes from my dad’s account. On my last birthday, I got £5 on a cheap card. Today, my step-brother's birthday, he got £400 and an iPad. He’s 4 years old. FML
Today, I celebrated my birthday. When asked last week, I said I wanted a keyboard. When I opened the present, my parents went into hysterics. It was an electronic Dora the Explorer keyboard. I've been studying music composition and theory for six years. They think my major's a joke. FML
Today, it’s my birthday. My family tradition is that whoever has the birthday chooses the dinner. I chose pizza, but my older sister had a tantrum, complete with throwing my phone at the wall, breaking it, saying she wanted Chinese instead. My parents ordered Chinese. FML
Today, I told my parents that what I'd really like for my 21st birthday is the 1865 edition of the Memoirs of Saint-Simon in 22 volumes that I found online for $200, and have been wanting for months. They laughed and said, "Yeah, right. We'll get you an iPhone and perhaps you'll become normal." FML
Today, for my birthday, my friends and family gave me: A Wii Fit, a free year at the gym and a book of diet recipes. They didn't consult with each other. I've asked for "something corresponding to me". FML
Today, we got my dad an iPad for his birthday. I had to repeatedly reassure him that he could in fact touch the screen without being shocked. FML
Today, I told my parents that all I wanted for my 18th birthday was to go to a restaurant in NYC for a nice dinner. My parents said no, because it would cost too much money. I came home to see my parents had bought a huge TV for $800. We already have 3 televisions. FML
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leogirl95 12
That is just all kinds of unfair right there.
DocBastard 40
Psh, an iPad? What can you really do with that? But a giant math pad? Why, you can make paper airplanes, play tic-tac-toe, doodle, origami...oh, and learn math! You DEFINITELY got the better end of that deal.
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Comments (158)
lenamartinovic 13
Wow. FYL, OP Talk to your mom? :(
emilyjgraham 34
what's that going to do?
EvilPotato 15
What's her mom going to do about it?
EvilPotato 15
Sorry. Didn't see your comment.
TourettesGuyFTW 26
Her mother can explain why grandpa is suck a dick, perhaps.
Psych101 9
59- *such. The only reason I bothered to correct that is because I didn't want people getting the wrong idea when they read your comment.
ydi_4_suking 20
saying someone is a suck a dick sounds freakin hilarious
TourettesGuyFTW 26
My autocorrect has a mind of its own...
RadikulRam 16
Maybe you wrote that using an iPad? I don't believe it was auto-correct, afterall you're named " TourettesGuyFTW"
rainbowflag 2
this reminds me of the line in step brothers "As soon as she is of age I'm putting her in a home"
leogirl95 12
That is just all kinds of unfair right there.
Awkward_Science 2
I'd be jealous of a giant math book, think of all the toilet paper and fire-starters!
SqueakyChipmunk 22
And origami! And paper hats!
slurshies 11
owww, book paper as TP?? that's gonna leave a mark
heygirlie777 21
Lots of mean grandfathers on FML today, huh!
shellz102 12
Well I guess we know who the favorite is now...
MDTeddy 13
What kind of screwed up grandpa is that? she doesn't deserve an ipad and she has done nothing to derserve one. I would have flipped out right at that moment. Who the hell gives someone a math book for a present anyway?
EvilPotato 15
In my family I always get the worse gifts than my younger siblings too.
Dallasluver19 14
do*.
hisgirlherboy 5
75, actually, the mistake was that ElivlPotato forgot a comma after family and too.
straculius 9
After family and siblings*.
Psych101 9
111- Actually, the way the sentence was constructed, the mistake was having the word "the" before worse.
Psych101 9
^By that, I meant 8 should have removed the. I wasn't trying to say it should be after worse, as opposed to before.
looloothing 9
That's how it is in my family. My little brother has an iPhone, an iPad, and a MacBook Pro. All I have is one hp laptop. Injustice I tell you.
ittsdann 6
First world problems
annihil8or 15
Well macbooks and their other computers are still just a bunch of overpriced crap (tons of laptops with more processing power and specs for lower prices) and android ice cream sandwich phones def. rivals the iPhone. The iPad is hard to match though.
happyday123_321 2
Well at least you have a computer... Be thankful for what you have because there are some people in the world who don't have anything, let alone an hp computer which are pretty nice. Just be thankful is all I'm saying!
misterjez 15
White girl problems #9...
wugui 1
I prefer my Hp Envy 15 laptop over any over-priced macbook pro. Also the S3 beats the iphone in my opinion. The ipad can't be beat I guess.
cupcakekallie 6
My parents gave my nine year old brother the iPhone 4S. They won't let me have a phone. I'm sixteen and known as the responsible one of the family.
Juve_life21 4
HP laptop not so bad.
DocBastard 40
Psh, an iPad? What can you really do with that? But a giant math pad? Why, you can make paper airplanes, play tic-tac-toe, doodle, origami...oh, and learn math! You DEFINITELY got the better end of that deal.
howrudoin 11
Theres an app...for all of that
thgiL 9
15 - shit really??
taran6 3
Technology is moving too fast for me
howrudoin 11
26- Too bad you couldnt hear the sarcasm unless you were sarcastic yourself then in that case disregard this response
TourettesGuyFTW 26
Doc makes good point. Should've used pages from book to make a paper plane, in front of him, fly it into his face, then make an origami middle finger salute for him.
Qandol 26
If its a Giant math book, as OP said, OP can sell it since they can be pretty Expensive sometimes and buy himself an Ipad with that money.
BatemanFML 0
Let's say, god forbid, you get into some mortal combat death match with your sister one day (I'm thinking Step-Brothers style). Your grandfather gave you the upper hand. I'm sure that math book is much heavier than the iPad.
sens3sfailing 25
Shit! The iPad has a paper airplane making app?! God damn I need to get me one of those!
thgiL 9
43 - ya I was being sarcastic lol I guess noone caught onto that
sens3sfailing 25
No, we caught onto it. It's pretty obvious. It just was funny...at all...
GryffinClaw 1
FYL, I know how you feel, my Dad is a maths teacher and always gets me a book, but that was very wrong of your Grandfather to do. Talk to your parents...
ALpein 0
What? Why?
FMLshark 12
Because getting someone a book as oppose to the sibling getting an iPad is a crime punishable by death in 37 countries, 100.
sophie22_fml 8
Why talk to her parents? OP's grandpa can do whatever he wants with his money and no one can do anything about it. Ofcourse it was unfair but I highly doubt talking to her parents is going to help. FYL OP
AidenSurvival 7
Damn. He should buy you a car then.
spud11763 14
No, then his sister would get a private jet according to his family's logic
DarkJediLove 19
Maybe he has high hopes of education for you and gave up on your sister? Then she will be the jealous one when you have a degree and your book outlasts the iPad which is probably already outdated.
zandalee 20
Happy birthday OP! Is my birthday today too!
KM96 24
Well HAPPY BIRTHDAY to both of you!! :)
zandalee 20
Why thank you! It's been a wonderful day.
Dallasluver19 14
Happy birthday! (:
TzHaar_Joh_Zuhai 4
Happy bitchday to you!
happyday123_321 2
And you're spending your special day on FML...?
pokefan813 16
A lot of august birthdays here! Usually I'm the only one...
DespairFaction 11
Did you get a math book too?
FMLshark 12
Think about it this way: Your grandpa gave you a potential antique. When books seize to exist and tablets take over, you can sell that thing to a museum for big bucks. Joke's on your sister. ;)
darnellq 13
CEASE to exist.
FMLshark 12
Thank you, 42. *Cease. My bad.