Today, while on a vacation, I tried to step out of myself and flirt with this boy who I thought was cute. He was going along with it and nodding so I thought it was working. Then he opened his mouth and I realized he didn't speak English. 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 got lost in a foreign city while on vacation and couldn't communicate with anyone, because I didn't speak the language and no one seemed to be able, or even wanted, to speak to me in mine. FML
Today, I was on vacation, when a very cute guy starting talking to me and asked me what my name was. Overwhelmed and stressed out, I blurted out that I didn't have one. FML
Today, I was talking to my best friend about a cute guy that girls are afraid to even speak to, so I then decided to march right up to him and say hello. When he smiled at me, I stood there with my mouth wide open, but I made non-coherent words. He asked me if I was a foreign exchange student. FML
Today, I showed up at my boyfriend's work to surprise him by speaking in Spanish, his first language. I've been taking classes secretly. He smiled, kissed me, and then finished telling his friend, in Spanish, that I'm boring and ugly but he's got nothing better going on. FML
Today, I found out that my German wasn't as great as I thought it was. Trying to give directions to some German tourists, I tried to say, "I hope I don't get you lost." Turns out I actually said something closer to, "I hope I don't seduce you." FML
Today, I tried to "trip" and fall into this guy I've had a crush on. I missed and fell on my face. He stepped over me and kept walking. FML
Today, I organised a romantic day trip for me and my boyfriend to some tropical gardens. I packed lunch and paid for the tickets. He decided to bring a friend, who doesn't speak English. The only thing that he said that I understood was that, "Your girlfriend eats a lot." FML
Today, I emotionally confessed my feelings to the guy I like. His English isn't that good, so he asked me to repeat myself several times. He ended up saying no. FML
Today, I returned to Germany for a break from my studies abroad. I got lost while out for groceries, so I tried asking a guy for directions. I went totally blank and strained to think of the right words, prompting him to mutter about rude foreigners not bothering to learn the local language. FML
Today, I had to use a dictionary before I realized I was being flirted with. FML
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Top comments
NathanKett 0
Flash him your boobs. Now that's a language everyone can understand.
ActionManly 11
Did he speak the language of Love? ;)
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Comments (48)
betamaxjim92 0
haha language barriers suck
drcool41 0
even so I'm pretty sure he could tell what you were trying to say by the tone of your voice and facial expression
betamaxjim92 0
haha language barriers suck
UsernameUnknown 7
Were you really talking that long.
autumn_kiki 0
Whats the problem its better when they don't speak : )
Horde 8
True :] Same with women
autumn_kiki 0
I agree who needs conversation either way
Muwuahahaha 0
Haha. He sounds like a keeper XD
Dante1337 0
nice wow refrence 7.
Jimboom 12
Instead of flapping your tongue in your own mouth your should have been flapping it in HIS mouth. He would have gotten what you were getting at a lot faster then.
Rayn4u_fml 0
Body language?
ActionManly 11
Did he speak the language of Love? ;)
NathanKett 0
Flash him your boobs. Now that's a language everyone can understand.
youthink_fml 0
YDI for trying to verbally flirt with someone you haven't even spoken to. Hard up?
kukopia 0
How is 'verbally flirting' not 'spoken'?!?!?
aurelia1884 0
He probably DID speak English, but just played dumb because he wasn't interested.
dntknowaname 0
haha you beat me to it
tiancai 0
lol yeah actually I've done this many times when I went to the States. "ai dawnt spik ingleesh!" lmao
LadyGore 12
You can't assume that because you don't know her vacation location. I go to Mexico a lot on vacation and I flirt with a lot of Spanish guys who you'd never guess what language they are fluent in. It's hit or miss.
ChaplinSnakker 0
How long were you talking? i mean did you just go over then with a stream of babbling because surely you'd start with something along the lines of "hey" allowing you to immediately realise the language barrier rather then making a dick of yourself? YDI
rawrsaur19 0
except almost everyone can say "hello" and the like. Even if you don't speak a language, if theres a lot of it in your area (like tourists) then you'll pick up a few simple phrases.
Rico5037 0
everyone knows how to **** lol