Today, was my 16th birthday. Needless to say, I was delighted when my friends presented me with a birthday card in a homeroom. I pretended to be surprised and exclaimed, "Aw, you guys really shouldn't have!" They didn't. It was our teacher's birthday. They just wanted me to sign the card. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, it was my birthday and everyone in the office chipped in to buy me a card, and nothing but a card. It had a pre-written message on it and a space to write "Love, *insert name*" where everyone signed their names. The "Love" was crossed out and replaced with "From". FML
Today, my friends threw me a surprise birthday party. I was genuinely surprised—and also genuinely hungover from celebrating my birthday alone the night before because they'd all told me they were busy. FML
Today, everyone was signing a birthday card to surprise a coworker. I was told to go find someone who hadn't signed it so I went to the office next to mine, opened the door, and told them about the card. The intended recipient was sitting behind the door. FML
Today, I got a birthday card from my parents. It was my sister's from earlier in the year. They scratched out her name and wrote mine underneath. FML
Today, my friends threw me a surprise birthday party. The problem? My birthday is tomorrow. I spent the entire evening pretending I was surprised and happy, all while knowing they got the date wrong. FML
Today, I took my friends out to an expensive restaurant for my birthday treat. They had arranged for a surprise birthday cake for me which I cut, very happily, while they chanted birthday wishes. When the bill came, I discovered I was supposed to pay for my great 'surprise' cake. FML
Today, it was my co-worker's birthday but she told me not to mention it. Feeling bad for her, I went out to buy her a card, a present, and even a small cake. It turns out that there was actually a party during our lunch break, and I was the only one in our office not invited. FML
Today, it's my birthday, and I was going over to my friend's house for dinner. When I walked in, everyone yelled, "Surprise!" and then turned on the lights. When my friend looked over at me, she said, "Wrong person guys, turn off the lights." FML
Today, my husband and kids apparently forgot my birthday. I was so happy at first because I have always hated my birthday, and thought it could just be another day on the calendar. No. They planned and threw a massive surprise party for me when I got home from work. FML
Today, I found out that my work threw me a birthday party alongside my coworker’s birthday. Said coworker spread a rumor, telling everyone that I wanted each person to buy me flowers and cake. Everyone thought that I was a weirdo for asking for those things from them. I wasn't at work today. FML
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Slayer_fml 0
Aw that sucks. Happy birthday though!
GirlX 0
That does kinda suck, although I do think that is a nice thing for your friends to do for your teacher. Who knows, maybe it's the only happy birthday your teacher will get. I hope you had a happy birthday anyway!
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Comments (51)
godawgs313 0
wow..haha...your friends care about your teacher more than you...how's it feel to be a big steaming pile of douche...
xxyumtasticxx 0
aw that sucks :( happy birthday?
csjossel 0
your friends are assholes
josh1 0
not to be an ass, but there are TONS of "aww it was my birthday but all my best buds forgot about me and instead celebrated (insert unimportant character here)'s birthday instead" on FML. really, if you cared enough about your bday, you would have mentioned it a day or two beforehand and this wouldn't have happened. if you did and they still forgot, you simply need to make a bigger deal out of it next time. who cares about people forgetting your birthday at school, anyway? its not like people go to school every day thinking "man I wonder whose birthday it is today, gotta get them something..."
whoismgmt 0
what arseholes. To be fair though the only way i manage to keep tabs on my friends birthdays is because of facebook...otherwise I wouldnt have a clue!
guitardedman 0
liek oh my gawd that is just terrriblee........... (thats my attempt at sarcasm) ive spent the last 5 birthdays a 2 days drive away from my hometown, including sweet 16, i even forgot my own birthday that year. so a few friends didnt buy you a card, ****** cry about it. you.deserved.it.
Spiffy 0
That's why you get Facebook. It's a good way to make sure your friends never forget your birthday!!!
hahah808 0
#10, you're a retard. seriously. self centered my ass! if someone handed me a card without an envelope at school on my birthday, i wouldn't be weirded out. i'd just assume it was for me, and just be glad someone remembered! and about checking the name inside, who would do that before saying thanks?? i mean usually people don't hand you birthday cards for *other* people on your birthday. duh. #16, i'm sorry you've had such a difficult life. how did the person deserve it though? i fail to see how your bad experiences make other deserve them...
yui567 0
Aw, that sucks. Happy birthday!
turtlellama 0
What kind of complete idiot doesn't know their friend's birthdays? I remember every one of my close friends' birthdays from when I was in second grade. How hard is it to remember, seriously?! It's like saying you can't memorize your best friend's/parent's/child's phone numbers because they're in your phone. Seriously. You assholes have to stop being so lazy. Two more things: One, who said she never told them?! There was nothing in the post about it. For all we know she had been saying "it's almost my birthday!!" for the past month. And you don't HAVE to mention your birthday beforehand. For the last three birthdays I haven't said a word about it and every single person I care about still remembers. Sometimes if you don't talk about it so much before it makes the day even more fun because you weren't leading up to it so much. Jeez, more than half the people that commented on this so far is just a stupid ass. The end.