Today, I slipped and fell down the stairs, landing hard on my knee. Through my screams of agony, my mom accused me of exaggerating the pain, and said I was just being an attention seeker, before finally taking me to hospital. I was told my leg was broken. She refused to apologize. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I fell down the stairs and landed heavily on my foot. Because I wasn't crying, my mom refused to take me to the hospital. It took me an hour of agony to convince her. It turned out to be broken in three different places. FML
Today, I slipped walking down the stairs. My mom thought I sprained my right ankle. In her haste to get me to the doctor, she grabbed me and accidentally tripped me. I broke my left ankle. The right one was fine. FML
Today, I broke my toe and screamed, "Fuck!" My mom heard and yelled at me for swearing, while I laid on the floor in pain. FML
Today, I was home alone in my apartment. I tripped over my dresser and fell and sprained my ankle. As I was laying there in agonizing pain, my downstairs neighbor shouted at me to shut up. FML
Today, I walked across my kitchen to go get my mom a blanket after she shoveled snow. I slipped and caught the kitchen chair with my side, landed on the floor and almost fracturing my knee cap. She then told me she wasn't cold. FML
Today, two days after leaving hospital with a broken left leg, I tripped and fell heavily on the floor. My dad quickly asked if I'd broken my other leg. When I reassured him that I hadn't, he disappointedly muttered that it would've been a hilarious story to tell his friends at work. FML
Today, I was in a car accident. When I came home, I told my mom. She just got angry with me, blamed me for it, and didn't even ask if I was OK. FML
Today, I fell down the stairs. Lying on my back in extreme pain, I called my mom for help. When she came over, she said I looked like a dead bug, took a picture and posted it on Facebook. FML
Today, I fell down a flight of stairs at college. I was taken to hospital with a fractured ankle and had to call my parents to drive me home. They constantly made passive-aggressive remarks on the way home, because I'd "totally ruined" their plans to eat out at a fancy restaurant tonight. FML
Today, after slipping on my stairs and spraining my ankle, I got a brace and crutches at urgent care. When I went to get into my car, my crutch slipped on some paper and I fell. I crawled back into urgent care, only to learn that my sprained ankle is now broken in 2 places. FML
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Top comments
warturtle 14
I used to be like you once, until I took a stair to the knee.
Savner 16
At least she took you to the hospital right then. My mom made me go a week with a broken arm once..
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Comments (85)
warturtle 14
I used to be like you once, until I took a stair to the knee.
GetKayotic 12
C'mon man! I think we've all heard enough of that joke.
Snowkeys 11
Well I haven't heard it in awhile. Maybe it's making a comeback lol.
HowieDoIt 21
That was in perfect taste, sir.
hnsblue 14
Too soon!
GetKayotic 12
11, you're right, it might be coming back. My bad, my friends say it alot and that's why I'm tired of it.
Lacist 19
#57 A joke isn't just about the rate of popularity it's about the situation. I mean just because a song is super popular and overplayed doesn't mean it's bad, it just gets butchered and annoying to most. If he were to say arrow to the knee in general, it might not have worked depending on how bland and or irrelevant it was.
Savner 16
At least she took you to the hospital right then. My mom made me go a week with a broken arm once..
AnOriginalName 19
And look how tough that long week made you! I can't think of anything in this world that's tougher than an FML commenter.
bigpops 12
you can't do anything until the swelling goes down and that can take over a week
slappygecko 21
Savner, you're so metal. Like hardcore. Closest I can come to that is waiting for a good couple of hours after spraining all 4 ligaments in my ankle. I hobbled 6 blocks, took a 45 minute train ride, and my parents though it'd be a good time to get a quick dinner.
iAlissa 34
I'll have you know that I stubbed my toe while watering my spice garden, and I only cried for twenty minutes.
Bookoholic 11
XD perfect comment!
demonmonkey 13
45- I bet you still have milk with your nails at breakfast.
PinkieKeen 20
45- ill have YOU know that I read the Mark Of Athena and only broke 6 plates out of cliffhanger anger.
AnOriginalName 19
45 - You sound pretty tough. Welcome to the Salty Spittoon.
iAlissa 34
This is the best day of my life!
venom2421 10
My dad fell down the stairs when we were all drunk. The doc said he was fine, and a week later at a different doc he was told his kneecap was 2 inches too high, then had an MRI and he had torn a ligament, they put him in surgery 2 days later. So he went 9 days with a completely ripped off ligament.
TallMist 32
49, I feel your pain.
Rosebudx 32
Milk it for everything you possibly can. Guilt trips can work wonders.
rocker_chick105 31
Your mom is ridiculous. If I were you OP I would ask her who the adult it here
Cheezes 7
OP, feel lucky. When I was younger, I broke 3 ribs and my parents refused to take me to the hospital. I was pretty much told to man up. Now I have excruciating back problems because of it.
Savner 16
They don't do much for broken ribs anyway
KatieElizabeth96 9
Okay.. Ouch?!! Sorry!
Olympiakos10 15
Cool story. Maybe you should make an FML post about it.
bigpops 12
all you can do is tape or wrap the ribs and they don't even like to do that anymore...
BellaBelle_fml 23
They can do plenty for broken ribs. Broken ribs can be very dangerous to leave untreated because they can end up breaking even more without being stabilized and possibly puncture a lung. Or it can cause permanent issues such as the back pain that #6 has. Not to mention getting pain meds instead of just going about your life in agony.
DFresh503 8
Well... MAN UP!!!
brainymes 30
Some people just can't admit they're wrong. Sorry OP, hope you get better soon!
colton_colton 50
Those who canmy admit their mistakes drive me crazy!
Olympiakos10 15
Might have a better chance at getting a 4 year old to eat their vegetables.
KatieElizabeth96 9
Ouch! Sorry OP! I thought waiting 2 hours for my mom to get me from a track meet when I fell over my hurdle was painful! I can't imagine my leg!
punkyboy 11
my mom did the same thing with my sister when she broke both her wrist she wouldn't take her to the hospital thinking it was just her overreacting until the next day when we found out she couldn't even write in school
HowieDoIt 21
Shut up, Meg.
katykoolcat 13
This is hilarious! Haha