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By unappreciated - 25/06/2009 02:38 - United States

Today, I took my best friend out to dinner for my birthday. She gave me a gift after I paid the tab saying, "my mom thought you would like this - it was expensive." It was a lovely set of origami paper, which was the exact set I brought her as a souvenir from Japan. She was right, it was expensive. FML

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By abc - 27/05/2009 10:15 - Pakistan

Today, I took my friends out to an expensive restaurant for my birthday treat. They had arranged for a surprise birthday cake for me which I cut, very happily, while they chanted birthday wishes. When the bill came, I discovered I was supposed to pay for my great 'surprise' cake. FML

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By Anonymous - 04/02/2022 18:01

Today, it's my birthday. My wife took me to my favorite restaurant for dinner. She made me pay for my birthday dinner, along with hers. She also got me a gift card to HER favorite store. FML

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By Anonymous - 15/01/2011 15:33 - United States

Today, I went to dinner with friends for my birthday. During the whole thing they insisted that we get whatever we wanted and celebrate, but when the check came, they all looked at me expectantly. I just bought my friends $150 of food for my birthday present. FML

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By Anonymous - 27/09/2009 05:16 - United States

Today, I thought it would be nice to take my girlfriend out to a nice restaurant for my birthday. She got a little headache after we ordered, so she went outside to get some air. I ate a $100 meal and had Happy Birthday sang to me by the restaurant staff. Alone. FML

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By Jess-zee - 10/05/2009 20:42 - Canada

Today, I took my mom out to a fancy restaurant, and spent close to $300 on her Mother's Day present. Later, my little brother drew her a card with crayons on pink construction paper. She cried. He's 20 years-old. FML

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By Rockyio - 30/09/2009 17:45 - Canada

Today, it's my birthday. My best friend called me at work and offered to take me out to lunch. When he went to pay for the meal, his card was declined so I told him not to worry and that I would pay for the birthday meal. He looked at me and said, "It's your birthday?" He was serious. FML

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By Noname - 16/02/2009 06:41 - United States

Today, I took a friend out for what I thought was date. After dinner was over and I paid, she pulled the bill out and wrote her name phone number on it for the waiter. FML

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By JJ_V3N0M - 03/01/2015 10:48 - United States - San Francisco

Today, it was my girlfriend's birthday, so I decided to take her to a fancy restaurant and give her an expensive $400 necklace that I had bought. Being traditional, I asked the waiter to arrange it nicely on the tray when he came with our dessert. Neither he nor the necklace ever showed up. FML

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By Vic - 11/07/2011 09:00 - Denmark

Today, it's my birthday. The present I received from my best friend was the exact same necklace which I gave to her for her birthday two months ago. It had been unwrapped and re-wrapped in the same paper. FML

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By Mazzam - 19/11/2008 11:33 - France

Today, it's my birthday. My girlfriend gave me the present she'd bought for me. I said, joking, "I hope it's not a tie!" It was a tie. FML

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Crunchy_fml 0

Thursday 25 June 2009 9:50

you should've been like, "this is so cool! I gave you this EXACT set before! ha ha ha what a coincidence!"

Gabe411036 0

Thursday 25 June 2009 9:46

Wow get her a broom for her birthday.

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TheCookieCrumb 0

Thursday 25 June 2009 16:28

what a bitch!

xNatsuki 0

Thursday 25 June 2009 16:38

Regifting sucks.

Clauds09 6

Thursday 25 June 2009 16:42

Wow, not only did you pay the tab for your own birthday dinner, but you were given back a souvenire you bought your friend. Kind of low on the friend's part, in my opinion.

exp15 0

Thursday 25 June 2009 17:41

Omg! What a bitch! She's not your best friend!

Soitgoes74 0

Thursday 25 June 2009 17:48

First of all, why the hell would you take someone else out for YOUR birthday- they should be paying for you. Second of all, call her out on the re-gifting; that's a really bitchy thing to do.

joemxrida 0

Thursday 25 June 2009 23:27

Ooooooooo dats cold.

trevy121 0

Thursday 25 June 2009 23:46

awwww sad....

Qup 0

Thursday 25 June 2009 23:54

#15. lol! is origami paper something she really would gave wanted? that's sucky though. my worst was receiving a yogurt maker that had been used - as a wedding gift it apparently had been gifted to them because some wrapping had gotten stuck to some tape then they wrapped it up again for us. it had old yogurt on it.

lowcapacityx 0

Friday 26 June 2009 0:51

I don't know why people do that. . . . That cheap to go out and buy or card or make something-- that they would actually take something out of their room and give it to someone else. We're not in elementary school. Regifters=lose.

Samael_fml 0

Friday 26 June 2009 1:39

She re-gifted something back to the person she got it from... AND she wasn't even the one paying for dinner on your birthday?? She sounds like a pretty crappy friend.