Animals: Today, I woke up at 5:30 AM to my boyfriend flipping on the lights...

By Sara - 04/03/2009 22:42 - United States

Today, I woke up at 5:30 AM to my boyfriend flipping on the lights and shouting, "We have a problem!" Our chinchilla had gotten out of his maximum security cage, and half of our apartment is now underwater because he decided the water line that leads to the fridge would make a tasty midnight snack. FML

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You deserved it 9 075

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By gimmeasalad - 21/04/2012 06:01 - United States - Walnut Creek

Today, as I was washing my boyfriend's fishbowl, the fish did a Nemo and made an unholy leap down the drain. My immediate impulse was to flip the switch. Our kitchen now smells like mutilated fish and my boyfriend won't speak to me. FML

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By alltimelove - 18/11/2010 15:34

Today, I was at a pet store cuddling an apparently overaggressive chinchilla when it decided to bite me and run out of my hands. It is now nowhere to be found and I have to pay for it. FML

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By Devin - 21/06/2019 22:17

Today, my dog chewed through his leash, so I had to take him inside to prevent him from running off. I went to bed. I woke up to torn-up blinds, half-ate sandals, and a very, very anxious cat due to my dog running after her and trying to sniff her butt. FML

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Alas, poor Stuart

By ShouldIHelpIt - 18/05/2016 02:46 - United States - Northampton

Today, I woke up to hear dripping water in the kitchen. Thinking it was someone getting a glass of water or something, I came out to find that it was just a mouse drowning in my dog's water bowl. FML

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By Sarah1330 - 25/02/2015 04:33 - United States

Today, while trying to sleep, I heard what sounded like someone breaking into my house. I ran downstairs, only to find my cat had ripped down my blinds and was tangled up in them, thrashing around the floor like a fish. FML

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Goddamn cat!

By Anonymous - 22/08/2024 00:00 - United States - Monsey

Today, I woke up in the middle of the night to use the bathroom and I noticed the balcony door was open. As I went to go close it, I swear I saw my cat wondering outside and I panicked. Long story short, I locked myself out searching for the cat and the next thing I knew, he was meowing at me from the balcony a few feet above me. FML

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By hadtocleanthemess - 28/06/2011 12:35 - Canada

Today, my dog got his head stuck in a container, panicked, and shat himself all over the living room. FML

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You deserved it 4 202

By anonymous - 16/10/2014 20:53 - United States - Canton

Today, I walked into my house and saw it was flooded. I went upstairs to the bathroom to see the toilet overflowing and my boyfriend holding my dog over it so he could drink it. My boyfriend said he didn't know what else to do. FML

I agree, your life sucks 39 131

You deserved it 4 064

By avocadotoe - 14/11/2016 06:52 - United States - Big Bear Lake

Today, my boyfriend and I were house sitting. We were a little on edge because we'd heard noises. We were starting to get intimate, and suddenly the house alarm started going off. We locked ourselves in the room, called the police, and they told us that we were the ones who'd set it off. FML

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By Anonymous - 26/03/2023 06:00 - Canada - Montréal

Today, I woke up to a flooded apartment. Apparently, the upstairs neighbor's bathtub had overflowed and water was pouring through my ceiling. My landlord said he couldn't do anything until the water stopped, so I spent the morning frantically trying to mop up the water while feeling completely helpless. FML

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nipas13titans 0

Thursday 5 March 2009 0:27

That is ******* crazy! Best of luck on that one... those damn chinchillas are cute, but lurking deep beneath their masks of adorableness lies a malicious monster, waiting to escape...

spankyness 0

Thursday 5 March 2009 0:41

I hate those things... I stayed over at this girls dorm and she had one and of course it got out and every hour when I was about to fall asleep itd bite me and run away

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Amkii 0

Thursday 5 March 2009 6:06

lol! This sucks. I hope your chinchilla is OK, though. #20 - They don't look much like rats to me at all, but that's probably because I've owned pet rats. I think both are adorable, though! I love rodents!

wolfy_fml 5

Thursday 5 March 2009 6:33

@#39 It is probably a fridge with a built in ice-maker. I have rats. I am glad that none of them has shown a desire to escape. My hamster on the other had does nothing but attempt to escape.

imfrom503 0

Thursday 5 March 2009 6:49

you have a chinchilla!?!?!? and you havent skinned it and sold it yet!?!?!?

ciaobella_fml 0

Thursday 5 March 2009 7:59

That Cage sure worked lol. Sorry that sucks.

vanBC 0

Thursday 5 March 2009 8:02

getting that cage was probably a very good idea but there is only one flaw to it the cage must be locked for it to actually work. lol

Jimboom 11

Thursday 5 March 2009 10:09

Time for some chinchilla stew!!

waterkie 0

Thursday 5 March 2009 12:01

this is about the funniest thing i have VEVR read in my life i died

TJ_fml 0

Thursday 5 March 2009 13:29

beat that dumb mut!

solaris1302 0

Thursday 5 March 2009 13:45

Ha, that really really sucks. You'd think it'd stop chewing when it first gets through the pipe and a small amount of water is leaking, they hate water. My ex had one when we were dating and a drop of water fell on its head from its water container and it spazzed out for about 3 minutes trying to get the water off. A few months ago it started chewing through its cage bars and getting out... he new boyfriend, being the lazy bastard he is did not offer to fix said cage, and she of course had no idea what to do. She began placing the cage in the corner to cover the holes such that the wall stops the chinchilla from escaping. The chinchilla proceeded to chew on other areas of the cage. Eventually getting out. My ex has 2 cats; therefore, my ex does not have a chinchilla anymore. They didn't eat it, but one of them beat it up playing with it and it died two days later.