Holidays: Today, I was going to surprise my boyfriend at his family birthday...

By Anonymous - 22/07/2009 08:11 - United States

Today, I was going to surprise my boyfriend at his family birthday celebration with a $2,000 trip he's always wanted, Ireland. Right before my gift, he had opened his mother's gift, an envelope containing a plane ticket. Guess where it was going? FML

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By Muscle - 06/03/2009 21:07 - Canada

Today, I flew home early from a two-month trip to Europe to surprise my boyfriend on his birthday. When I got to his house with a home baked cake from scratch and a quilt with silk-screened pictures from my trip, his roommate answered the door and said, "Oh sorry, he's out with his girlfriend." FML

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By shouldveknown - 27/01/2011 20:15 - Canada

Today, I found out that the money my boyfriend has "secretly" been putting away for the last two months is not for an engagement ring like I'd thought, but for a trip to Vegas I'm not invited to. FML

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By gordy1220 - 13/02/2010 18:39 - United Kingdom

Today, I got back from my daughter's flat in Scotland. I got a flight there yesterday morning to surprise her on her 21st birthday. Nobody told her I was coming. When I got there, it turned out she decided to get a plane to London to surprise me. £200 on flights, and I didn't even get to see her. FML

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By Jex - 06/10/2012 10:04 - United Kingdom - London

Today, I wanted to surprise my long distance girlfriend by flying to her unannounced. When I arrived at her house, her family tells me that she herself boarded an unannounced flight to where I lived hours ago. Surprise. FML

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By uthinkucandraw - 27/02/2009 21:19 - United States

Today, I flew into New Zealand to surprise my girlfriend on her trip. In the New Zealand Airport I received a text message saying she wanted to break up with me. I live in Michigan and just spent $1,500 for this romantic surprise. FML

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Treat yourself

By Anonymous - 10/10/2018 15:30

Today, my fiancée bought me a luxury getaway to the Maldives, complete with a five-star hotel and first-class plane tickets. Too bad she used my credit card, with all the money I was saving for our wedding. FML

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Cheap-ass lying bro-bro!

By Anonymous - 10/03/2020 04:07 - Netherlands - Bergeyk

Today, I found out my boyfriend is booking my dream vacation to Bali with his brothers, 6 months after he told me we couldn't go on vacation this year because he doesn’t have the money. They planned this within a week. I had been planning it with him for months. FML

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By Sucker - 12/10/2009 19:31 - Canada

Today, after working another double shift because I want to buy my boyfriend a really expensive anniversary present, I get to his apartment to find him calculating in how many paychecks he'll be able to afford a Caribbean getaway. For himself. FML

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You ******* idiot

By Anonymous - 28/04/2018 01:30

Today, I spent 900 dollars on a ticket for my boyfriend to visit me and he missed the flight. FML

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The cat's out of the bag

By Anonymous - 02/04/2023 12:00 - Australia - Taren Point

Today, my partner's mother and I had been planning a little surprise get-together for his birthday. A surprise weeks in the making was ruined by my dad asking, "Aren't you supposed to be going to (his parent's town name) this afternoon?" in front of him. Thanks dad. FML

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pommeblossom 0

Wednesday 22 July 2009 18:11

Now you can go together!

steffikah 0

Wednesday 22 July 2009 18:10

wow that sucks!! you should have talked to his folks about what they planned on gettin though. ive had this happen many times, it just wasnt as expensive.

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dezzr 0

Wednesday 22 July 2009 20:09

up4thebadguys............shut up. your giving irish a bad rep by being a dick to EVERYONE. and when i was their and was talking about brogues everyone seem to know what i was talking about

englandrulz 0

Wednesday 22 July 2009 20:14

now you can go with him....

electroboy_fml 0

Wednesday 22 July 2009 20:17

Wow two people want to come here! Nah, I kid, I kid. We have a giant pointy stick of metal coming out of the centre of the capital. It's great!

abcdefghiloveyou 0

Wednesday 22 July 2009 21:25

Wow.. I just imagined an Irish guy saying that, in an Irish accent, and it was kinda cute. LOL

crazyjack 0

Wednesday 22 July 2009 20:32

uuuh just go with him???

bob1124 0

Wednesday 22 July 2009 20:42

Just go with him ya nitwit.

shakethatass 0

Wednesday 22 July 2009 21:12

well now u can go with him!!

MrIrish20 1

Wednesday 22 July 2009 21:27

You are some loaded people if everyone is just buying $2,000 plane tickets to go to Ireland, are you adopting?

sportsnut 0

Wednesday 22 July 2009 21:34

you completely deserved this one...why would you ever NOT tell the family what you were doing?

skullbuster 0

Wednesday 22 July 2009 22:02

I'll tell you why - for exactly this reason. In some families, people steal gift ideas. I find it hard to believe that one of these vacation packages isn't refundable or transferrable - this isn't the end of the free world. He can use the credit or refund on one of them to pay for an extended stay, or a trip elsewhere, hookers while he is Ireland...sky's the limit!