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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 - 11/12/2009 16:52 - United States

Today, it's my birthday and my friends and I went to our favorite pub to celebrate. As I'm a little broke at the moment, they all offered to buy me birthday drinks. Which I later learned meant that they would order them for me and bring them to the table, but put everything on my tab. 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 howrude - 11/09/2009 11:57 - Canada

Today, my friends took me out to the most expensive restaurant in town to celebrate my promotion, we ordered everything with expensive drinks too. They 'took a smoke break' and left me with the bill. FML

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By ribbonsundone - 06/01/2010 10:07 - United States

Today, I treated my friends to lunch at a posh restaurant because it's my birthday. While we were walking leisurely around the mall afterwards, their boyfriends showed up. I spent the next few hours walking alone behind them while they were walking hand in hand with their boyfriends. 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 - 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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Premeditated

By IgiveUp - 28/05/2021 06:01

Today, I went out to eat with my friends. When the bill came, all three of them had "inconveniently" forgot their wallets at home. I ended up having to pay. It was a $178 check. FML

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By jet8725 - 23/02/2009 04:05 - United States

Today, I celebrated my birthday with my friend who has the same birthday by going out to dinner with a bunch of our friends. The waiter brought out a cake for my friend but not for me. No one noticed my exclusion. I sang happy birthday on my birthday. FML

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You forgetting something?

By Anonymous - 22/05/2022 20:00 - United States - North Miami Beach

Today, it was my birthday. My family usually gives me a financial gift, but didn't this time and said nothing about it. I cooked my own birthday dinner without help, then washed everyone's dishes. I got my own cake and ate it alone because they were too busy getting drunk. Nobody bothered to sing Happy Birthday either. FML

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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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Saturday 15 January 2011 19:35

I woulda got up and left them there with the check. That's so rude. Get some new friends and don't be such a pushover.

rockyraccoon28 8

Saturday 15 January 2011 19:35

should've said "frick no, I'm not paying."

Comments

Hidan_fml 0

Saturday 15 January 2011 21:12

Should have said "Waiter, these guys will be paying. Bye guys, I'm heading home!" and drove off.

FYLyo 0

Sunday 16 January 2011 0:26

Thanks for that nice dialogue there.

EvilDave 13

Saturday 15 January 2011 21:12

You should have paid for your own and left them sitting there.

PrincessNothing 0

Saturday 15 January 2011 21:24

Agreed.

missjessicaaaa 0

Saturday 15 January 2011 21:26

I agree with everyone else.. you should have just left..

Iwalynwfy 0

Saturday 15 January 2011 21:36

Sounds like you need some new friends; ones that atent so cheap and selfish.

detolicious 2

Saturday 15 January 2011 21:47

well, happy birthday!

dey97 0

Saturday 15 January 2011 21:50

They seemed like they were just using you!!

strawberrydreams 18

Saturday 15 January 2011 21:59

A little rule of thumb for the OP: ALWAYS know who's paying for what when you go out with your friends! I mean, yeah FYL but still I would've been like "What the hell are y'all looking at me for? I'm not going to pay for this especially not on my birthday!". I agree with everyone else on here though. Just pay your part and then disappear without a word.