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By Anonymous - 24/10/2010 13:06 - United Kingdom

Today, I was selling personalised stockings at work. When handing a customer's order over to her, which had no name on, I joked, "Oooh this is a bit mysterious". She replied, "Actually, it's in memory of the baby I miscarried earlier this year." FML

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By derbyboy - 19/10/2011 05:38 - United Kingdom

Today, at work, I misheard a customer telling me a story. To be polite, I did a slight laugh and nodded my head. She actually told me her mum had died. FML

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By jjjjjjmmmmm92 - 20/07/2010 23:08 - United States

Today, I was at work, when a co-worker began to shake a near empty box. Without thinking, I shouted "What if there was a baby in there? You just killed it!" I then remembered she recently suffered a miscarriage. FML

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By Anonymous - 06/07/2011 23:38 - United States

Today, my family attended the funeral of an old family friend's baby, who died in childbirth. Afterwards, my husband went around snickering and quietly telling dead baby jokes to the other attendees. FML

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By Anonymous - 17/06/2009 12:27 - France

Today, I gave a beautiful book of baby names to a friend of mine who's been trying to get pregnant for a while. She just burst into tears when she saw it. Just before meeting me, she'd found out she was sterile. FML

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By Anonymous - 09/07/2015 14:38 - United Kingdom - Birmingham

Today, a week after my miscarriage, my little sister thought it appropriate to wrap her belt around her neck and scream, "Hey look, it's your baby!" FML

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By fistpumpin4life - 10/10/2010 00:51 - France

Today, at work, I asked a lady how she was doing. When she replied, I didn't understand her, and instead of asking her what she'd said, I just replied with, "Oh, that's good." What she'd said that I didn't understand was that her husband had just died. FML

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By Anonymous - 19/05/2022 02:00

Today, on the first occasion I've seen my boss since her brief leave, I brought up how I got to hear all our customers' heartwarming plans for their moms on Mother's Day. Her mother just died. That's why she was on leave. FML

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By Anoymous - 09/06/2013 06:02 - United States - Burlingame

Today, after telling my mother-in-law about my recent miscarriage, she cheerfully made a cake to celebrate. FML

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By Anonymous - 05/04/2011 00:17 - Ireland

Today, I heard that one of our customers had passed away. Saddened, I told everyone who came into our shop about his death. Understandably, some customers got very upset and one even fainted. Suddenly, the "dead" man walked into the shop. Turns out I got the name wrong. FML

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By Demotivation - 23/08/2013 14:12 - Germany

Today, I learned that when a heavily-pregnant friend asks about my progress with the baby socks I promised to knit, it's rather unwise to tell her, "Not to worry, we're set even if it comes out with a few feet too many." She's still crying. FML

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Sunday 24 October 2010 19:13

You didn't know. Although that would've hurt to talk about a lost baby.

DocBastard 38

Sunday 24 October 2010 19:19

That's a bit bizarre for a parent to do. Why leave the kid's name off if it's supposed to be in memory? What am I missing here?

Comments

TheB0a 5

Monday 25 October 2010 0:39

Still mysterious because you didn't know that she had a miscarriage, also you were just tryin to joke around. Don't take it to hard.

xMexicanXJesusx 0

Monday 25 October 2010 0:49

Was this edited or something?? 'Cause I read this one earlier today and it was different.

lola1313 9

Monday 25 October 2010 0:55

you ppl are dumb. a Christmas stocking. it's the sock you hang over the fireplace that's filled with stuff on Christmas morning. you can go have one personalized with family members names cause everyone gets a stocking to hang up.

spatz447 3

Monday 25 October 2010 2:46

Ugh I was first comment, this one is confusing!

kaity111 0

Monday 25 October 2010 3:49

doc, i think the cute pic of your daughter (that is your daughter, right?) was the giveaway :P if that is your daughter, shes lovely! congrats on you having another!

FMLinNMI 0

Monday 25 October 2010 4:19

The post said miscarried.

poppyseed420 9

Monday 25 October 2010 6:16

don't worry about it, you didn't know and I doubt she blames you at all, it's just really hard to have a miscarriage and it's something you never really let go, speaking from personal experience here