Love, Birthday, Food and Mother in law: Competition

Competition

By JaneDoe - 04/04/2013 02:51 - United States - Salisbury

Today, it was my friend's birthday, so I baked him a cake complete with his name written on it in homemade frosting. After I gave it to him, his mother berated me for it, saying I should have checked with her first before making a cake for her son. He's 28. FML

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By Mr. Headshot - This FML is from back in 2011 but it's good stuff

Today, I celebrated my birthday with a few friends at home. As I bent down over my cake, my friend pushed my face into it. The baker should've told me she put a stick in it to support the cake. FML

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Party for One!

By Sam - 08/12/2017 01:30

Today, at the supermarket, I bought a cake and had my friend's name put on it. It wasn't anyone's birthday, I just wanted to feel less ashamed about buying a whole cake for myself. FML

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You deserved it 2 146

By Anonymous - 29/10/2013 10:40 - Australia

Today, I finally got to surprise my boyfriend with a birthday cake. I spent four days planning the perfect one. First thing he says? "Erm, you know I'm 32, right?" I got his age wrong. FML

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You deserved it 36 649

By peter - 11/09/2009 04:33 - Indonesia

Today, it's my birthday. I'm a pastry chef by profession. Not only did my family buy a cake from my bakery, I had to make it myself and inscribe it with 'Happy Birthday Dad'. The worst part is, they asked money from me to pay for it. FML

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You deserved it 2 999

By ilikecake - 29/05/2009 11:12 - United Arab Emirates

Today, it was my boyfriend's 24th birthday. His friends were throwing him a surprise party and I was in charge of getting his birthday cake. As a joke, I got it in the shape of a penis, with a graphic marzipan design. Funny, I never knew his overly-conservative parents were invited. FML

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You deserved it 53 426

By JadedBaker - 08/07/2012 06:58 - United States

Today, I woke up early and spent hours baking and icing a three-tier cake for my friend's eighteenth birthday, which is this evening. I just found out my mother threw it in the compost bin because she's on a diet and it was "tempting" her. FML

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You deserved it 1 997

By Anonymous - 07/12/2010 03:42 - United States

Today, I brought a cupcake to school for my friend's birthday. After taking one bite, she exclaimed that it was the worst thing she had ever tasted and that we should sue the store that I bought it from. I baked it myself. FML

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You deserved it 5 432

The cake from hell

By Anonymous - 24/03/2023 18:00

Today, I tried to bake a cake for my friend's birthday. It turned out looking more like a science experiment gone wrong than a cake. FML

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You deserved it 202

By stinkerweeder - 05/02/2011 20:30 - United States

Today, it was both my and my stepmother's birthday. In preparation, my dad bought a huge banner with my stepmother's name on it, and a lovely birthday cake. When I told him it was also my birthday, he just grunted and taped a post-it note to the banner with my name on it. Same with the cake. FML

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You deserved it 3 038

By Devotedmom - 10/01/2016 09:07 - Belgium - Li?ge

Today, I got up at 5 am to bake a surprise birthday cake for my 16-year-old son. I put the cake on the table and went to call my son. "Surprise!" When I came back 30 seconds later, the cake was all gone and the dog was licking his lips. My son won't even believe I made a cake. FML

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You deserved it 3 120

therealslim 15

Thursday 4 April 2013 10:38

Yeah, how dare you make a cake for her son! Particularly with homemade frosting. Sheesh.

yahoowizard 16

Thursday 4 April 2013 10:40

Don't worry, she's probably jealous that either your cake is better than hers, or that she didn't make one and that worries her for some reason. Just ignore it.

Comments

oj101 33

Thursday 4 April 2013 11:28

Perhaps OP's mom made/bought a cake for him, and didn't want to be upstaged by OP.

Enslaved 36

Thursday 4 April 2013 13:40

^This is most likely the reason. I once went to a dinner party and was taught never to go to someone's invite empty handed. I brought a dessert and was bitched out by the guy's wife because it clashed with her menu. :P

wldd0g 9

Friday 5 April 2013 2:50

Then you could have been holding ammo for the food fight to come soon after.

Marblecakelolz 11

Thursday 4 April 2013 11:32

Just smash it into her face. Problem solved.

perdix 29

Thursday 4 April 2013 11:39

I hope you spelled Oedipus correctly.

SmiffLah 13

Thursday 4 April 2013 12:15

That's a fabulous comment. Well played....

StarThrower 17

Thursday 4 April 2013 23:35

Love it.

perdix 29

Friday 5 April 2013 1:38

#22, #50, thank you. I had fun with it. Originally, it was going to be longer, but then after I wrote that, I figured it was good as is.

Shmatterhorn 38

Friday 5 April 2013 3:35

Sorry, but that name is too 'complex' for some people to spell.

LebanonBaby 26

Thursday 4 April 2013 11:45

Awww maybe he's a mama's boy and she got a little jealous seeing your awesome home made cake! Dont be upset, be flattered!

skatoolaki 24

Thursday 4 April 2013 14:40

If she has plans to be with this guy long-term, she'd best be wary rather than flattered. Meddling, overbearing mother-in-laws are something no one wants to deal with!

SomeRandomGuy15 18

Thursday 4 April 2013 23:43

32- The OP said the guy was just a friend, didn't say anything about them being in a relationship...

sezzle17 11

Thursday 4 April 2013 11:45

She sounds like a moron. Smash her head in the cake hehe

\ 28

Thursday 4 April 2013 19:42

"Well this ones on the HOUSE!" (Splat

sikunt89_fml 16

Thursday 4 April 2013 11:49

So for 28 years she has made him a birthday cake every year.. maybe she felt threatened by it.. maybe yours looked better and she wanted to throw it at the ground. Some mothers are over-protective.