Animals: Today, I shared the story of my younger brother's unexpected...

By Beeh - 24/12/2009 05:31 - United States

Today, I shared the story of my younger brother's unexpected death with a friend. After telling him the story, I looked at him with teary eyes and he looked back into my eyes and said "I understand how you feel. That is almost as bad as when I lost my cat last spring term." FML

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You deserved it 3 416

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By CoolStoryBro - 29/03/2013 08:23

Today, while I was at work, I was on the verge of tears. My coworker asked what was wrong and I explained that I recently had to put my dog down. He then replied, "Cool story, bro. Tell it again." FML

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By Anonymous - 26/11/2014 12:09 - South Africa - Pinetown

Today, my little brother learned about mortality when our dog died. Since then, he's gone a little nuts and keeps ranting that he sees no point as to why our other dog should live. He's 16. FML

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By sliceddice - 10/03/2010 16:08 - Denmark

Today, I was crying because my cat died. My boyfriend cupped my face in his hands, looked me straight into the eyes and said, "I love seeing you cry." FML

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Tactful

By petlover - 23/11/2009 04:30 - United States

Today, I had to put my 17 year-old cat down. I cried the whole way up to the vet's office and back. After finally coming to terms with the situation, and trying to forget, my dad's friend walks up to me and says, "So, I heard you killed your cat?" FML

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By lonesomegal - 30/01/2015 18:11 - United States - Los Angeles

Today, my sister asked me how my boyfriend was doing. He died two years ago. She was the first person I told. FML

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By KayKay - 23/09/2016 06:33 - United States - Ware

Today, my brother called me up. He said he needed to talk to me. Whenever someone says that, I naturally I get nervous. He said, "I gave one of my friends your number." I was shocked and asked why. "Your life makes me sad." FML

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FML by proxy

By Everything Counts - 10/09/2023 16:00 - United States

Today, my brother's life was ripped apart. His wife has chosen to no longer be his wife and is trying to keep his dog as well. My brother has always been proud of his family and hopeful for the future. He will spring back, but this came out of left field. FML

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What's in a name?

By Oof - 27/02/2024 15:00 - United States

Today, I introduced my coworker to my friend's boyfriend. When I mentioned his name, she started crying. Apparently he has the same first name as her twin brother, who died shortly after birth, so that name has become a bit of a sore spot for her. I didn't even know she had a twin. FML

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Uncanny valley

By Anonymous - 02/02/2023 06:00

Today, I got a new, short haircut. Now I look like my little brother who died two years ago. FML

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By Anonymous - 18/08/2015 04:09 - Canada - Brampton

Today, my girlfriend of five years broke up with me, saying I've changed and she can't be with someone who's so emotional all the time. Well I'm so sorry that after two weeks, I'm not quite over my brother's death yet. FML

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Ellowise_fml 0

Thursday 24 December 2009 12:06

Ohh what a jerk :( I'm sorry for your loss...

trebizond 0

Thursday 24 December 2009 12:30

Death is a competition, didnt you know?

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alexFYL 11

Thursday 24 December 2009 18:44

Unconditional love in humans is called stalking. Oops, this is a reply to .. whoever replied to 21 up there.

Morokea 0

Thursday 24 December 2009 18:51

Maybe the person meant "My Cat" as in Catherine, a person...? That just seems unbelievably callous.

capthavoc123 0

Thursday 24 December 2009 19:07

Because it's ridiculous for a person to think of a pet as a member of the family. I'm putting the insensitive label on you.

hawkloverr 0

Thursday 24 December 2009 19:29

your story is worse, but this reminds me of my best friend saying that not being allowed to have her boyfriends dads dog in her new apartment is one of the worst 3 things thats ever happened to her the day after someone tried to murder me, and not for the first time.

iknoright 0

Thursday 24 December 2009 19:40

I sorry for your loss, my really goood friend lost her brother when he was 3. But sometimes like every one said pets are like family, for example my aunt and uncle could never have kids the got a dog tht lived to be almost 18. They were devestated we she died but it was like losing a child to them. So maybe it was like losing a sibling to him.

Flymeister 3

Thursday 24 December 2009 19:53

Sorry for your loss :'-( I lost my brother-in-law last summer and i know how hard it is, my thoughts go out to you.

AndreaHatesYou1 0

Thursday 24 December 2009 19:55

Have you ever lost a pet? You're trying to call someone else insensitive?

Thunderbender 2

Friday 25 December 2009 0:55

You're calling the person who lost her little brother last year insensitive for not feeling the guy losing is cat is the same thing :| You need to euthanized.

ombrelle 0

Thursday 24 December 2009 20:25

wow I can't believe people are actually agreeing that losing a pet is almost equal to losing a sibling if not the same. Unless anyone else has lost a sibling you can not equate the two! My boyfriend lost his brother a year ago unexpectedly and I have never seen a family suffer so much pain. You can never replace a family member. More than half the people who lose animals replace them. We have also both lost pets who were considered family members and treated like royalty and you can never compare the pain you suffer losing a family member to an animal. All of you really need to wake up and see that losing an animal is not the same as losing a human being! OP I am sorry for your loss and sorry that if you read these comments there's stupid people who agree with this ignorant person who said it was almost as bad as losing their cat.

RyanKaufman 7

Thursday 24 December 2009 20:34

Maybe I'm new to this whole humanity thing but it's called perspective? I don't have any siblings and I care heavily for my cats and when one dies I feel awful. I would've said the same thing and if you get sad about then tough luck not everyone's the same. Deal with it.

Thunderbender 2

Friday 25 December 2009 0:58

Yeah I think you're new to this whole humanity thing too because even if you dont have any siblings you'd think you'd have that little thing called empathy to tell you that losing a sibling is NOT the same thing as losing a pet, no matter how much you loved that pet.