Today, after having finally kicked my insomnia's ass after three hours, I was woken up by something I only thought happened in movies. Someone had paid for a Mariachi band to play for their girlfriend, outside my apartment building, in the middle of the night. 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, I sleep during the day because I work nights. My neighbors have a very loud wedding and reception in their backyard including a live mariachi band. FML
Today, after a week of insomnia, I finally managed to fall asleep. Thirty minutes later, my friends decided to bang on my door, yelling at me to wake up and party with them. I'm now wide awake and hallucinating from lack of sleep. FML
Today, I have a cold, and was stuck sleeping in bed. My roommate decided to wake me up by sticking headphones in my ears and playing heavy metal on full volume. This is the third time this week. FML
Today, I was woken up at 2 a.m. by my roommates throwing a party down the hall. I put some earplugs in so I could get some rest for my 8 a.m final. They worked really well, so well in fact that I didn't hear my alarm and woke up at noon. FML
Today, I put my headphones on and laid down to relax to some music. I fell asleep, and woke up later to a police officer busting into my house. My neighbor had been knocking on my door, then looked through my window and saw me on my couch, and was convinced I'd died. FML
Today, I finally managed to sleep, after two days of being kept awake by the miniature floodlights my neighbors have installed to scare off burglars. Only a couple of hours into my sleep, I woke up to the sound of their car being broken into. FML
Today, I was woken up by my roommates cat meowing so loudly at her door, wanting in. Suddenly it stopped. I was just falling back into sleep when I rolled over and the cat was right there beside my head. Meowing. FML
Today, after 3 nights of insomnia, I was finally able to doze off. My boyfriend woke me up just to ask which soda in the fridge was mine. FML
Today, I was finally going to fall asleep at a decent hour. Having insomnia, I generally get about 2 hours of sleep. Right as I'm about to fall asleep, 5 firetrucks decide to drive right in front of my house with the sirens/lights on. FML
Today, my insomnia got so bad that I became convinced my husband was having an affair in our bed right next to me. I punched him so hard in the shoulder that he awoke from a sound sleep, farted, and then shook it off and went back to sleep unfazed. I'm so jealous. FML
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bizarre_ftw 22
The untold other side of the romantic comedy
TrueTriage 16
Even though I wouldve freaked that slight moment of accepting the irony would be hilarious
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Comments (61)
wdd2 5
Ouch, methinks your insomnia knew it was losing and hired backup, now it's time for the next logical step, hire ozzy that will definitely teach insomnia who's boss.
greeneye_fml 12
I'm Hispanic and I ******* hate mariachi music. I would have thrown something out of the window at them.
kakarot2 11
I'd normally not like mariachi.. I mean hardcore mariachi. But some of the songs are good. Vicente Fernandez and Alejandro Fernandez have some really nice, very romantic songs. I am a helpless romantic, and all the girls I've taken mariachi to don't seem to mind.. It's customary of our culture after all.
littlemsweirdo 12
Like a shoe? Haha. That would be kinda funny. I am a horrible person.
Yourheadache 19
Who needs mariachi when you have an amazing rock band, right?
winkydog4056 16
Why not pay the Mariachi band to go play a few blocks away?
ICastillo 25
You should have got the water hose and sprayed them until they left.
BandWagonGuy 8
I would have thrown glass bottles at them and anything else that is not of significance to me.
BlowinChronic 18
Yeah, excellent way to attract a lawsuit when someone ends up in the hospital.
wickedninja918 1
and plus throwing bottles is a bitch move if I were to do anything I'd go down there and kick their asses myself (altho I wouldn't because that's immature just stateing that it's a bitch move to throw bottles out the window
CharresBarkrey 16
30 - True, but I think whoever hired the band deserves this. That's extremely rude to get an entire mariachi band to play outside in the middle of the night.
Bunaf 4
30 - You'd take all 190 pounds of yourself and kick the asses of four other men at the same time? What a badass!
Epikouros 32
I think the traditional reaction is to throw a flower pot. Including the flowers, because it should still be a romantic moment.
perdix 31
YDI for sleeping with that guy's girlfriend! I know hot sex can cure insomnia, but you should find your own girlfriend.
stupidpplsuck 33
i cant tell if you're joking or not, but if you aren't then you are a dumbass
sadistmonkey 19
Perdix never jokes.
perdix 31
Why would the band play outside his apartment if the girl wasn't in there with him? Am I the dumbass?
CharresBarkrey 16
31 - I haven't been here very long, but I've learned Perdix is almost always sarcastic.
TrailblazerSS 5
Perdix your comments sometimes go over the top.
FML_Whale 18
Wait, hot sex can cure insomnia? No wonder I can't sleep...
perdix 31
#39, if you can't handle my comments, feel free to skip them. My pic has been the five earth-toned stripes for years, and I don't plan to change anytime soon. Anytime you see my logo, skip ahead.
SApprentice 34
Trailblazer, you're just still all worked up over his spooge comment. Of all the comments that you could accuse Perdix of allowing to 'go over the top', this should not be one of them.
SApprentice 34
If it was a paid mariachi band they would probably already be aware of noise disturbance regulations. When OP says 'middle of the night', instead of 3am or something, it makes me think maybe this was occurring at like 10:00pm. That's certainly still wrong, and OP should still file a complaint with the police department, but if it's one of those areas where noise needs to cut off at 11:00pm, then it is still within reason. Also, just because it's a mariachi band doesn't mean that they're playing as loud as possible, because there are many quieter, more romantic songs that they do, and it might have just woken OP because OP is an insomniac that can't sleep well. Sorry, just playing devil's advocate on this one. **** mariachi bands.
opoopu 8
Even if it's a quiet romantic song, it's still a band, and the said female being inside her house, I think they would've played it at a volume loud enough to penetrate through walls.
SuperLilydelaO 1
Well too bad for OP. I would totally love to be in the girlfriend's place listening to the serenade its so romantic :P
FML_Whale 18
Hey, at least when you were sleeping, you weren't dreaming about your mother blowing you.
Yourheadache 19
Okay... That was disturbing
chrissy2 28
Haha..It was another fml.
chrissy2 28
I would of been pissed if I was that guy's girlfriend.