Miscellaneous: Today, my parents gave me a shirt from Banana Republic for my...

By Rich - 25/02/2009 02:20 - United States

Today, my parents gave me a shirt from Banana Republic for my birthday. It looked like one I had bought for myself a couple of days earlier but I thanked them and went to hang it in my closet. An empty hanger hung where I placed the shirt I had purchased. They gave me my shirt for my birthday. FML

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By Anonymous - 07/10/2010 00:48 - United States

Today, my parents gave me my birthday present. Two weeks ago, I'd ordered an Xbox online. Three days ago, it came to my house, and my parents thought they could save money by putting wrapping paper on it, and giving it to me for my birthday. That's all they got me. FML

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By mybmw - 14/10/2009 10:39 - United States

Today, was my mom's birthday. I recently got my first job, thanks to her, and could finally afford to buy her something nice. I spent my first paycheck ever on buying her a very nice bracelet. She said it was nice, then asked if I would mind if she exchanged it for one she actually liked. FML

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By Mazzam - 19/11/2008 11:33 - France

Today, it's my birthday. My girlfriend gave me the present she'd bought for me. I said, joking, "I hope it's not a tie!" It was a tie. FML

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By bannana0zoom - 03/03/2012 08:06 - Canada

Today, it's my birthday. My mom got me a gym membership and a bunch of clothes that are a few sizes too small. FML

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By chrono19 - 04/05/2014 10:11 - United States - Bremerton

Today, I got a birthday package from my parents. It was all the stuff I'd forgotten there when visiting a month ago, along with some other things I'd left behind when I moved out. FML

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By HYRTE - 06/09/2017 04:30

Today, I returned a shirt for my mom. When the cashier asked why, I just said my mom didn't like the way it looked. After an awkward pause, I noticed the cashier was wearing the same shirt. She was not amused. FML

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By Anonymous - 29/11/2011 00:01 - United States

Today, I found out where a few of my favorite outfits went. My mother had taken them out of my closet, wrapped them, and given them to my cousin as a gift. FML

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Brown and sticky

By Jon - 14/03/2009 06:30 - United States

Today, I came home a day after my birthday, and was greeted by my mother who told me, "Oh, I have birthday present for you." She explained that she and my father went on a hike, and handed me my present. I got a fucking stick for my birthday. FML

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By Shauna - 10/11/2012 09:02 - United States - Jacksonville

Today, it was my birthday. I finally got the PS3 I've been asking for, for a long time. When I opened the box, I didn't find a PS3, but a bunch of clothes that my mom put in my brother's PS3 box. FML

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Thanks, iHate it

By muggle68 - 10/12/2009 20:38 - United States

Today, it was my birthday. I have been heavily hinting that I want an iPhone. I opened my present from my parents and found an iPhone box. Ecstatic, I quickly opened it. Apparently, my parents thought it would be funny to wrap my present, a $10 iTunes gift card, in the box my Dad's iPhone came in. FML

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Stupoopy 0

Wednesday 25 February 2009 9:21

For their next birthday, steal their car keys and give it to them. Make sure you drive it all night so it has an empty tank of gasoline. Another thing you can do is buy them a new TV to replace the old one they lost. They'll say, what TV? And they'll see that you have staked claim to the old TV. Make sure the new TV you buy sucks.

TT01Fanatic 0

Wednesday 25 February 2009 10:29

Your lucky. My parents bought me a big mac for my 16th birthday

Comments

Zizumia 5

Wednesday 17 March 2010 9:08

sorry to say but ur parents r cheep!

Jelise_fml 0

Saturday 27 March 2010 4:53

@those saying he deserved this or it's because of the recession - I don't think he deserved this unless their was a follow up of an explanation or a better gift, either way you look at it.

iloveTheMiz 0

Saturday 31 July 2010 17:24

First! :D

xNephilim 18

Thursday 9 December 2010 4:24

Honestly, this is totally unacceptable. Even if the family's extremely poor... Giving the OP her own stuff for a gift is a total jerk move. If they can't afford it, they should've told the OP. "I'm sorry, honey, but we can't afford a gift for you this year." FYL.

Farankusu 0

Thursday 24 March 2011 19:55

Not in this twisted reality. I ponder many many parents and children and teenager's callous actions towards each other. Some parents shouldn't be parents as the values some possess just don't possess any sense. However your entitled to your own views in life. some will agree and some won't. it's a part of human nature and life. someday it will change, to what I don't know.

nyseguy 0

Monday 14 February 2011 7:53

I would be more upset at the fact that they thought you were that stupid.

BigC847 6

Sunday 20 March 2011 6:44

I know exactly what happened here! Happened to me when I was younger and living off my parents teats! You obviously used your mom or dads credit card to buy that shirt w/o permission, they found out, and gave you the shirt as a "present" since they had paid for it anyway. So you totally deserved it there champ!