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By artist - 29/03/2013 11:12 - Czech Republic - Prague

Today, I spent the whole night and day painting a portrait of my girlfriend. Being proud of it, I sent it to her hoping she would appreciate it. I spent hours working on that picture only for her to reply with, "That's not me, is it?" FML

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By Anonymous - 29/01/2012 19:09 - United States

Today, it's my girlfriend's birthday. I presented her with an oil painting of her that I'd been working on for over a month, and she started to cry. I thought it was because she liked it, until she asked if she really looks that ugly and disproportionate in real life. FML

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By Laserbeaver - 29/09/2013 13:00 - United States - Milton

Today, I finally handed my girlfriend a portrait of her. I'm not the best drawer, but I spent weeks on it and I thought it turned out pretty good. When she looked at it, she asked what kind of dog was it. FML

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By picasso - 05/02/2013 13:09 - United States

Today, I was partnered up with a girl in my art class, since the teacher had asked us to take turns drawing portraits of each other. I went first and felt pretty proud of how the drawing turned out. I showed it to her and she said "That's OK. I'm not good at drawing either." FML

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By Anonymous - 01/06/2013 11:43 - United States - Quakertown

Today, I finished a big art project. It was a self-portrait done in acrylics. Proud of my piece, I showed my mom. After some thought her first comment was, "well, I'm either going to insult your art or your face." FML

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By offended - 07/04/2009 06:15 - United States

Today, I was putting the finishing touches on my portrait of a young boy in art class. I asked my teacher if she could help correct the bad parts of my portrait. She said, "Well that would take all day and I just don't have the time." She was serious. I thought this was my best work yet. FML

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By Anonymous - 04/09/2014 04:46 - United States - Diana

Today, my roommate asked for my opinion of her new painting. The same painting I hand-painted for over ten hours. She apparently thought it was a gift. She won't give it back. FML

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She goes to another school

By Wow. - 18/12/2013 18:23 - United States

Today, my girlfriend refused to take a picture with me to prove to my friends that I do indeed have a girlfriend. I got so desperate that I photoshopped myself into one of her Facebook photos instead. FML

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By Anonymous - 02/10/2009 08:37 - Australia

Today, I sent my long-distance girlfriend the first photo of me I'd sent her in a while. It was a photo of me with some of my friends. She didn't know which one I was. FML

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By Bwberry - 29/11/2017 19:00

Today, I spent hours hand-painting an awesome design on a gift for a friend. My husband was supposed to assemble it when I finished, but when I stepped back to admire my work, he informed me that the whole thing was sideways. He watched me paint it. FML

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By Anon - 21/04/2009 18:21 - United States

Today, I finally exchanged pictures with the woman I've been seeing online for some time now. She replied, saying "Thats not funny. Some people actually look like that." I sent my real picture, and thought I actually looked pretty good in it. FML

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Pleonasm 35

Friday 29 March 2013 19:03

"It's what you'd look like if you weren't so damned beautiful." Instant pickup-line.

ogatasan 5

Friday 29 March 2013 19:05

I spent two hours shading your upper lip

Comments

russfml 31

Friday 29 March 2013 19:46

Arts not for everyone lol

FaygoAndMiracles 18

Saturday 30 March 2013 2:21

Art is for people who enjoy art. Maybe the OP is really good at art, and the girlfriend just doesn't know art enough to tell. Maybe she's really inexperienced with art, but enjoys doing it anyways. One thing we do know though, is that she enjoys art enough to put two days worth of effort into a single painting. No one starts out as an experienced artist, you have to keep working at your skill, so you shouldn't quit it just because you are "bad".

perdix 29

Friday 29 March 2013 20:25

Pride comes before the fall. Even talented artists starve, so you may want to see what opportunities there are in telemarketing.

noelasis94 18

Friday 29 March 2013 21:01

Tell her you and Picasso share the same bloodline that might cream her under garments.

HarroIAmBob 21

Friday 29 March 2013 21:17

anyone notice that OP is a girl?

jem970 19

Friday 29 March 2013 21:35

Does it matter? "A same sex couple?! What is this world coming to?!" Please dont try and start a same sex couple hate chain. Not everyone shares that backwards opinion.

Obey_StudBoii 23

Friday 29 March 2013 23:35

There's an issue with this because??

FaygoAndMiracles 18

Saturday 30 March 2013 2:14

Maybe we should try and give #30 the benefit of the doubt and assume that they were just trying to stop people from saying "he/him" when OP is a girl instead of assuming they were saying that because they are anti-gay?

FightMyLiger 19

Friday 29 March 2013 21:29

Maybe you should follow up by building her a cake.

jem970 19

Friday 29 March 2013 21:37

From someone who has difficulty drawing stick figures I congratulate you Ma'am! I am sure it was lovely.

serisu 16

Friday 29 March 2013 21:40

Perhaps it's not the fact that it was bad, but she was planning on breaking up with you and felt bad.

katejones 8

Friday 29 March 2013 21:44

Next time try painting her more how she wants to be vs what she looks like? if you know what she likes about her face emphasize that if you know what she hates downplay that feature . Be very subtle though with changing proportions or you will loose likeness. Also most paintings take 50+ hours. Maybe you rushed it a little. ( depends on medium and style though ). If it didn't really look like her: more practice! And ask her what painting style she likes before you go through all the effort again, it might never be right.... Good luck.