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Pleased to meet you

By Holls - 12/04/2012 13:47 - United Kingdom - Bristol

Today, I met a guy while out with some friends. He kept blowing up his cheeks, so I did it back to him and asked him why he did it. He pulled out a card from his wallet and pointed at it. It was a card saying he may have speech or facial difficulties because he had a stroke when he was 12. FML

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By hellbound - 12/07/2013 16:35 - United States - San Antonio

Today, I received a text from my dad, which was borderline-incomprehensible due to an insane amount of text language. I replied, jokingly asked if he had a stroke while writing it. A few seconds after hitting send, I remembered the stroke he suffered last month. FML

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By Sam - 03/02/2012 04:00 - Canada

Today, I got punched by a man for making fun of his stutter. I didn't. I stutter too. FML

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By Brianna Michelle Ferrell - 18/09/2018 13:30

Today, I went on a date with a guy and he kept winking at me. I thought it was really sweet until later that night he told me he had Tourette's. FML

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Choked

By embarrassing - 15/07/2021 18:01

Today, I went out to eat with friends. My crush was also at the restaurant with his friends. He smiled at me as I took a mouthful of food, and I choked. The waitress had to perform the Heimlich maneuver on me, while he and his friends fell off their chairs laughing. FML

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Thanks, I hate it!

By Dimples - This FML is from back in 2013 but it's good stuff - United States - Sanford

Today, I was at a café with my friends when an elderly man noticed my dimples. He came up to me, stroked them while whispering, "One in a million" then walked out. Now my friends do this to me constantly, even while driving home. I almost hit a tree. FML

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By Anonymous - 06/07/2013 11:26 - United States

Today, while out for lunch, a guy approached me and asked for my number. I politely declined. To my dismay, he dropped to his knees, grabbed his head, and started moaning about how nobody ever gives him a chance. I felt the accusing stares. FML

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By Anonymous - 25/05/2022 18:00

Today, I got slapped by a date because she thought I was making fun of her speech impediment. I wasn't making fun, I just have the same speech impediment. FML

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By anonymus - 18/08/2009 16:33 - United States

Today, I asked a woman where her beautiful accent was from. The woman stared at me for a while. Then her daughter told me that the reason her mother talked like that was because she had a stroke a few months ago. FML

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By murp - 18/10/2012 16:26 - Canada - Calgary

Today, I went out for a few drinks with some friends. All night, I kept smiling and showing off my newly brace-free teeth. Later on, one of my friends drunkly asked, "Why does she keep smiling? Her teeth are fucking jacked." FML

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By WasntMe - 17/07/2013 23:15 - United States

Today, I was at the park playing Frisbee with my friends, when I saw a boy sitting on a bench looking rather sad. "Hey!" I yelled, and he looked up at me. I lightly threw the Frisbee in his direction, and it hit him in the face. He was blind. FML

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TKello 6

Thursday 12 April 2012 18:52

I wouldn't worry about it, I mean yeah it's embarrassing for you, but it doesn't sound like he was upset or anything. If anything, it's probably a common occurrence for him.

RiiOT09 9

Thursday 12 April 2012 18:54

A stroke at 12, that's terrible :(

Comments

hollenbackam 12

Thursday 12 April 2012 19:38

Is anyone else wondering what happened to the FML about OP's wife sleeping with a burglar by mistake?

nofearjenshere 12

Thursday 12 April 2012 19:48

It got deleted. Sometimes that happens. :b

zues70 4

Thursday 12 April 2012 19:53

You were insensitive...next time ask first...even if he didn't say it, I'm sure it hurt him.

SubaruWRXSTI 16

Monday 11 July 2016 2:56

I don't think anyone would equate blowing up cheeks to a disorder, she probably assumed he was flirting with her.

alfred07 18

Thursday 12 April 2012 20:00

Don't worry about it, how were you to know?

CharliesCool2084 8

Thursday 12 April 2012 20:07

It's fine, you'll never have to see him again and he's probably used to it.

psuedodragon 23

Thursday 12 April 2012 20:09

I have several relatives who've had strokes and I think I still would've done what you did OP... the puffed-cheek thing has to be a pretty rare side-effect of strokes, you had no way of knowing (though FHL as well, a stroke at 12?!)

TheHaHaNoGuy 5

Friday 13 April 2012 12:14

Although uncommon, it's not nearly as rare as you'd think. Roughly 300 kids (under 18) have a stroke a year. That's almost 1 a day. I've met several kids who have had strokes even as young as 7. In fact, there was one boy I met who had a stroke in the womb. So it's less common than you'd think/like Sources: I had several strokes over the ages of 13/14

iloveweed69 7

Thursday 12 April 2012 20:13

Aw :( its okay, we all make mistakes.

khaleenicholas 3

Thursday 12 April 2012 20:13

I think you handled it well considering you had no idea. As long as you weren't rude about it when you asked then I'm sure he didn't take it offensively. Things happen.

challan 19

Thursday 12 April 2012 20:15

We could tell that you were flirting with him, and that's just from your fml, so I'm sure he's not holding anything against you. Talk to him again! Don't avoid him.