Health: Today, I announced to my friends that my grandmother is dying....

By Dartfrogger - 12/02/2015 19:16 - United States - Salt Lake City

Today, I announced to my friends that my grandmother is dying. My best friend pulled out his phone and casually announced, "Technically, everyone is dying." FML

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By cmolloy - 21/12/2011 14:40 - Ireland

Today, I texted a friend offering my condolences over the death of his grandfather. He hadn't been told his grandfather had died yet. FML

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By Anonymous - 11/02/2016 01:15 - United States - Jacksonville

Today, one of my friends made it to school. He has been sick recently, missing days out of the week. When I saw him, I greeted him with, "Were you dying yesterday?" Apparently he wasn't, but his grandmother really did. FML

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Foot in mouth

By Noname - 24/02/2009 05:05 - United States

Today, one of my closest friends and I got into a fight. She ended the conversation with, "My grandma just had a stroke. Bye." I didn't believe her so I replied "That's great. Bye." Turns out her Grandma is in the hospital in critical condition. FML

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By ubbernoob - 05/03/2009 19:33 - United States

Today, I walked into my house to find everyone sitting around the table and looking sad. I thought it would be a good time to crack a joke and said, "What's wrong? Grandma finally die?" Turns out she had. FML

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Adieu

By Pain - 24/02/2024 15:00 - United States

Today, I saw an old friend while out and about. Since I don't leave the house very often, my friend was surprised to see me in person. He jokingly asked if someone was dying, and I cried in response. I was in fact going to the hospital to say goodbye to my grandma. FML

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Brain freeze

By Anonymous - 13/06/2024 07:00 - United States

Today, I work at a hospice center. At 3AM, a call just went out to a man's family to come because he was dying. I didn't realize that this man was my old friend's grandpa. When I saw her, I smiled really big and said, "Hey! Great to see you!" Her grandpa was ACTIVELY DYING. Stupid stupid stupid. FML

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By WronglySad619 - 26/01/2011 10:31 - United States

Today, after mourning and making my girlfriend cancel her big birthday party, I found out my grandma didn't actually die. FML

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Jinxed

By Anonymous - 17/01/2022 17:02

Today, my phone made a random noise. I jokingly said, "Wow, I wonder who died now?" Turns out it was my son's grandmother. I had to explain it because I screamed. I also got to tell his dad that his mom just died. FML

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Foot in mouth

By Anonymous - 15/06/2009 04:48 - Australia

Today, my grandpa died. I called my grandma to make sure she was going to be fine. After talking over the phone for 30 minutes or so, I told her goodbye and said, out of habit, "Say hi to grandpa for me". FML

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Bigmouth strikes again

By Anonymous - 25/05/2022 10:00 - United States - East Islip

Today, a relative showed me a picture of her phone. I also saw a picture of her husband, a friend, sleeping. He looked like he was dead to the world. I asked, jokingly, "Why is there a picture of a dead guy on your phone?" Turns out it was her father, who is in the hospital, and dying any day now. FML

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TupniTuptuo 29

Friday 13 February 2015 8:25

He's not wrong, but I am sorry for your situation.

IDontKnow10101 14

Friday 13 February 2015 8:26

Technically he's right, but it's still rude for him to say that.

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zykrithium 22

Sunday 15 February 2015 3:16

Then that's when you say "technically, you deserve this" then punch him in the nose.

blackonblight 32

Sunday 15 February 2015 5:30

I'm gonna need more context to judge. Was there a whole dramatic build up and then just a vague pronouncement of impending death, with no relevant details or anything, followed by silence waiting for waves of sympathy? Was this a complete non sequitur interrupting an otherwise humorous conversation? Because a snarky person like myself would probably have responded exactly the same way to try to lighten the mood and open it up for you to give further details if it was something you were comfortable talking about. Now, if it was delivered with an explanation and proper setup for something of that gravity, or was a response to a question, yeah, dick move. Maybe just trying to deal with the awkward situation with humour and failing to judge the mood properly. Maybe very uncomfortable with the topic and desperate to change the subject. No matter how you call it, botched the social roll there.