Miscellaneous: Today, I tried to put together some flat-pack furniture. I wound...

By Anonymous - 18/04/2012 07:18 - United States - Salinas

Today, I tried to put together some flat-pack furniture. I wound up in my underpants, screaming stuff like, "Fuck you, fucking Ikea bastard" at pieces of confusing plywood. FML

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Damn you, Ikea!

By xXrememberthisXx - 16/10/2023 06:30

Today, I attempted to assemble a piece of furniture that claimed to be "easy to build in minutes." Four hours and multiple arguments later, I realized I had misread the instructions, and half the parts were upside down. I'm pretty sure the furniture won this round. FML

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FINNBY boss

By danny - 03/10/2024 20:00 - United Kingdom

Today, I spent two hours building an IKEA bookshelf. When I was finished, I realized it was inside-out. There was no way to fix it without completely taking it apart again. FML

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Step by step

By IKEA SUCKS - 22/11/2023 16:00

Today, I attempted to assemble a piece of furniture that boasted "easy, step-by-step instructions." Three hours later, surrounded by mismatched screws and a confusing diagram, I realized the only thing "easy" about it was my decision to ask my dad to come round and assemble it for me. FML

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How to dismantle flat pack furniture

By Anonymous - 08/01/2025 12:00 - United States

Today, I spent hours assembling a bookshelf I'd bought online. Once it was finally done, I realized I’d put the back panel on backwards, so now there’s a "Made in China" label facing the room. FML

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DIY FML

By Anonymous - 29/06/2012 22:46 - New Zealand - Christchurch

Today, I was trying to put some new curtains up. I couldn't make sense of the instructions, so I decided to wing it. I spent a frustrating half hour fighting with it, and just seconds after I succeeded, the curtain rod gave way and slammed straight onto my head. FML

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Easy

By Aleena Rashid - 20/06/2019 06:19

Today, I bought a flatpack, easy to assemble cot-bed for my baby. I spent 5 hours building it, but when it was done, I realised I couldn't reach into it because I'm 5ft and my arms can't reach and lift the baby. I'd have to throw him in. I'm suffering from back spasms as a result, and I now need to disassemble and return it. FML

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Patience

By Anonymous - 18/12/2024 16:00 - Romania - Bucharest

Today, my wife texted me, saying an expensive piece of furniture had been delivered. I specifically said, "Wait until I get home and we'll put it together." An hour later, she opened it and broke it beyond repair while trying to assemble it herself. FML

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By TukTuk - 27/10/2014 21:18 - Germany - Weinböhla

Today, I spent an hour painstakingly disassembling my antique mirror after discovering a stack of papers behind the back board. I finally got hold of one corner, and pulled out - a newspaper from 2007 and instructions for an IKEA bed. FML

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Anger management

By truecountrybitch - 09/05/2020 23:00

Today, my boyfriend got frustrated trying to take my entertainment center into the basement, for the kids' game room. It didn't fit, thanks to the horrible design of the house, so he Spartan-kicked it down, breaking it into 15 pieces. FML

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Bob the Builder

By brunnells22 - 23/06/2020 23:00

Today, I was feeling pretty proud of myself for building an Ikea shelf/dresser combo completely by myself. When going to put the last drawer together, I dropped one of the boards. The corner landed perfectly in the middle of my phone screen, shattering it. It's going to cost $230 to fix it. FML

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Wednesday 18 April 2012 11:54

So....y did u end up in your underpants?

bingababe 16

Wednesday 18 April 2012 12:40

I get the feeling this happens to you a lot.

Comments

KiddNYC1O 20

Wednesday 18 April 2012 22:31

I yell at objects as well.

wishfulloser 1

Wednesday 18 April 2012 22:54

I think out of all of the fml's that I've read that is the best one by far lmao

FalconWhitaker 20

Thursday 19 April 2012 0:41

Ah, the pain of flat-pack furnishing... Hopefully nobody called the cops on you like they did on the poor bloke yelling at his video games.

crazy4uboi 6

Thursday 19 April 2012 1:14

So... How did you end up in your underpants....?

foreverDark 1

Thursday 19 April 2012 1:50

That's happened to me so many times....

DYL1001 3

Thursday 19 April 2012 1:51

TELL ME ABOUT IT !

ohSNAPyall 26

Thursday 19 April 2012 1:51

**** you, Allen wreeeeeench!

iCagetheElephant 6

Thursday 19 April 2012 3:30

Maybe your daughter will help you if you apologize for picking her up from school without any clothes on.

sparklingwho 0

Thursday 19 April 2012 3:50

My boyfriend is Swedish, he says it's their way of being freaking evil.

Nursewilly 0

Thursday 19 April 2012 3:56

"Plug: Sir, why dont I just buy you a new desk, maybe a nice antique one, hmmm? L.L: Why dont I just throw my money down the toilet, hmm? I think I'll stick with Ikea. The blork. Bleached oak, $79." Followed up with: "Leonardo: What do you think of my desk? I made it myself. And I have all these pieces left. Dante: It uh…looks great. Randal: It's a piece of crap. It looks like it was built by a Re-Re. Dante: What are you doing?! Leonardo: Ah hah! It does, doesn't it!" -Clerks, The Animated Series