Today, on my way to a big convention in Chicago, I found out that when my friend said, "I live in Chicago," they really meant, "I live an hour and a half outside of Chicago." Hello traffic and hours of daily driving. 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, after a 14-hour day at work 180 km away, the freeway was closed 30 km from home. I had to detour, adding another hour and a half to the already three-hour trip home. I was basically at work for almost 28 hours. FML
Today, I drove the six hours to LA to attend my Uncle's birthday party. When I tried to get off at the exit, it took me two hours just to get onto the street where the club was. By the time I showed up, the party was already over, so I ended up going to a Denny's. I drove eight hours for a Denny's. FML
Today, I had the most Chicago experience ever. While I was eating my delicious, deep dish pizza, someone was ripping the rims off my car 15 feet away. FML
Today, my friend and I drove three hours to attend a U2 concert. We had been psyched about the tickets for weeks because they were awesome seats (my early Christmas present). After a long drive, we get to the venue and I realize in horror that I left tickets at home, on my desk, three hours away. FML
Today, I drove three and a half hours to surprise my long distance boyfriend for our anniversary. He was out of town. Where was he? Three and a half hours away trying to surprise me. FML
Today, I drove my friends two hours to see a tourist attraction I had been talking up for months. It burnt to the ground last week. FML
Today, I was meeting up with a friend in a town. He said he was at the restaurant we were going to meet at; I was too. Turns out I was in the wrong town. FML
Today, I spent more time driving to my vacation spot than actually vacationing. FML
Today, my family informed me that we were going on a 10 hour road trip to my cousin's wedding. They only decided to tell me 45 minutes before we left for said road trip. FML
Today, I missed my University entrance exam because of heavy traffic. I was stuck at one intersection for over an hour. The real kicker? It took me less than 10 minutes to drive home. FML
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Top comments
enxhi96 21
That's your fault for not asking for details ahead of time... You could have asked for the address to see how far he lived from the convention if you cared so much.
sprouting 13
Today, when I woke up to angry texts from my friend, I found out that when they said "I'd love to come visit," they really meant, "I'd love to be a free-loader." Hello loneliness and betrayal.
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Comments (56)
MyGFisaturd 23
Shit
westernmd 6
how does this get approved and mine doesnt
tmh6586 12
Look up his address before you go. You deserved that. It's your own fault.
hawksfan3519 3
Literally 75% of people who say they're from Chicago actually live in the suburbs. I for one am actually in the city!
siggy_mcsigx 22
Google Maps
scififemme 23
They probably meant that they in Chicagoland which includes the surrounding suburbs and extends to parts of Wisconsin and Indiana.
mariri9206 32
Chicago (or even "Chicagoland") does not extend to anything besides Chicago, especially if you live in Wisconsin or Indiana. Because you live in the burbs or Wisconsin or Indiana.
kirkaygri 18
An hour and a half from where you want to be could still be in Chicago. It's a pretty big metropolitan area and rather than claiming Cicero or Parkridge or Hammond, they just say Chicago. I'm from Illinois; Chicago is that whole half moon up around the lake. The actual city lines are pretty moot. That's how most big cities work.
Darkreign333 23
Anyone from the Chicago area knows that when someone says they're from Chicago, there's an 80% chance they're from the suburbs. Sorry OP, construction is almost halfway done!
vampire9545 5
hated this bs when onling dating sites. "i live in philadelphia" i go to ask what part "upper Darby". thats like 2 hours outside the city, its like two counties over.
yerawizardlizzy 27
Look up "metropolitan area." You might learn something.
PhoenixChick 26
As someone who lives in Illinois- yeah, anyone who lives within two hours of Chicago says that. Any suburb with a commuter train counts itself as "chicago." Because they don't want to say that they just live in Illinois, 'cause if you don't say Chicago people just hear "I grew up in a corn field and my mom was a moo cow."