Love: Guinea pig

Guinea pig

By Troy - 03/04/2009 18:40 - United States

Today, I filled out a political survey for a psychology experiment. A really cute girl was doing it, too. We hit it off and flirted through the surveys, and I asked her out when it was done. Then I found out it was really an attraction experiment and she was in on it. She was acting. FML

I agree, your life sucks 80 892

You deserved it 7 813

Winter: Snow and Funny News
Snuggle up and laugh with our winter stories, where snow isn't the only thing sliding around! More…

Previous FML Next FML

Same thing different taste

Test subject

By Anonymous - 07/12/2009 21:05 - Canada

Today, I signed up for a psych experiment. I was a damsel in distress on the side of the highway, but no one stopped. Back at the lab, another participant said a half-dozen people helped her. The professor was testing how attractiveness affects altruism. I was the unattractive subject. FML

I agree, your life sucks 40 436

You deserved it 3 704

Gaslighting 101

By Anon - 25/09/2023 20:00 - United States

Today, I volunteered to be a "mentally stable" person in a psychology experiment at my university. Little did I know, they'd paired me with a psychology grad student who asked me a series of increasingly bizarre and personal questions about my life. I ended up questioning my own sanity. FML

I agree, your life sucks 659

You deserved it 151

She's lost control again

By wellgreat - 14/04/2009 05:11 - United States

Today, I was in the Student Union when a man a came up to me and asked if I wanted to be in a study to see how men acted differently when working with attractive women. Flattered and taken aback, I agreed. He then told me I would be part of the control group to see how they act around plain looking women. FML

I agree, your life sucks 59 524

You deserved it 6 512

Convoluted storyline

By Krash The Koopa - 02/12/2020 11:58 - United States - Litchfield Park

Today, I discovered that the actress who played a girl I have a crush on faked her résumé. Not only that, but she wasn’t even interested in acting, she just wanted a job. And boom, she also voted for Trump. And I STILL have a crush on her character. FML

I agree, your life sucks 283

You deserved it 1 184

Silver linings

By 10 years, 0 dates - 28/11/2020 11:03

Today, I wanted to ask out this cute girl I used to work with. Before I could, she said she likes my only friend there, and asked if could I set them up. Trying to be nice guy and good friend, I did. Then she made her complete lack of interest in me obvious. But hey, at least the gay guy she hung out with thought I was cute. FML

I agree, your life sucks 840

You deserved it 162

By NotCuteEnough - 24/08/2009 21:27 - United States

Today, I was flirting with this guy that had been forced to be my lab partner for class. He was really funny and attractive, too. In the middle of our conversation he said "You're so cute! You remind me of my boyfriend!" FML

I agree, your life sucks 47 589

You deserved it 7 748

By Dave - 10/09/2009 13:37 - United States

Today, my girlfriend of 3 years told me that I was part of an experiment for her Sociology doctorate. I also learned that the notebooks she's been writing in for the past three years aren't for her "doctorate in literature" as she had told me, they were notes on my behavior for the past 3 years. FML

I agree, your life sucks 55 529

You deserved it 3 573

By BetterThanFake - 13/01/2010 00:03 - United States

Today, I made a fake MySpace so that I could flirt with my boyfriend and see what he would do. He ended up dumping me for the fake MySpace girl. FML

I agree, your life sucks 17 423

You deserved it 51 573

In the zone

By Anonymous - 12/09/2019 20:05

Today, I was flirting with a girl I like when she confessed she was into another guy. I then proceeded to wingman for that guy, telling her to take her shot with him before the chance went away. Effectively sticking myself into the friendzone. FML

I agree, your life sucks 774

You deserved it 1 685

By heartbroken - 30/03/2011 00:15 - United States

Today, I managed to convince the girl of my dreams to stop being so shy, and put herself out there to get her crush to make a move. It worked. And yet as it turns out, I'm not her crush after all. FML

I agree, your life sucks 36 546

You deserved it 13 834

Vball6 19

Thursday 24 November 2011 7:09

It was a psychology experiment.. Yes, yes you do..

wut_fml 0

Friday 3 April 2009 23:21

#5 - you need to take a psych class or two. There are plenty of experiments done on humans influencing their emotions all the time. OP - don't feel bad. Experiments like this are done all the time. It happens to a lot of guys.

Comments

peel_fml 0

Tuesday 7 April 2009 20:31

I think I would actually be fascinated by this...

ducklamp 0

Wednesday 8 April 2009 17:17

oh man, thats not cool, you needed a smart response though, i would have said "oh, well, then can you get back in to character around 7 tonight?"

swagmonkey 0

Thursday 9 April 2009 6:54

Psych experiments are rarely what they tell you they'll be. They're required to fill you in after the fact, but if they're studying, say, how attraction influences your answers to unrelated things, they can't exactly tell you that at the start. You'd fill it out completely differently because you knew that, and the data would be useless.

doug_the_bear 0

Tuesday 14 April 2009 7:10

I'm sorry...but I must say that is a very well done experiment

kaylaella 0

Saturday 18 April 2009 23:50

fail.

jwsmythe 0

Monday 18 May 2009 0:26

That's not really a fair test. Well, if I had been a subject in it, I would have had to be honest at the end anyways. I flirt with any girl. With the cute ones, maybe we'll end up dating. With the moderately cute ones, maybe they'll be interesting and we'll end up being friends. With the ugly ones, it makes them really happy because no one ever flirts with them. Even the ugly ones can become friends, they'll just never end up being dates. :) You'll find, that works well for almost everyone. Not overly flirtly though. If you're too flirty with the ugly ones, they'll think you're trying to take them out, which probably wasn't the goal. A nice moderate flirting makes everyone around you happy. Well, except maybe their boyfriends or husbands if they're close by. :)

whatthefuckcunt 0

Monday 23 November 2009 21:43

hahaha ohh man i can TELL that you've never been on a date with anyone other than mrs. palmer.. thinking every girl you meet wants to flirt with you - they are probably just being nice cuz you look like a stalker! absolute positive fail... and ":)"? no, douchebag, no.

roundnproud 7

Friday 12 June 2009 16:21

that sucks :(

Djosef_fml 0

Tuesday 29 June 2010 3:25

FYL, falling for a manipulative flirt can really hurt if you have low self-esteem. But YDI a little for not focussing on filling the surveys. Or did they tell you they had all day..?