Miscellaneous: Today, it's my birthday. The present I received from my best...

By Vic - 11/07/2011 09:00 - Denmark

Today, it's my birthday. The present I received from my best friend was the exact same necklace which I gave to her for her birthday two months ago. It had been unwrapped and re-wrapped in the same paper. FML

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By thrifty gone wrong - 28/01/2013 17:24 - United States - El Cajon

Today, I received a birthday present from a friend. It was the very same gift I gave to her for Christmas. FML

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By Anonymous - 25/07/2024 00:00 - United States - Bakersfield

Today, for my mom's birthday, I couldn't figure out what to get her, so I just took some of her jewelry, wrapped it up, and re-gifted it. She recognized it instantly. FML

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By sadSarah - 01/05/2014 09:59 - United States - New York

Today, as I was waiting in line to give my mom her birthday present, my dad gave her the exact same gift I'd also bought for her. FML

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By Mazzam - 19/11/2008 11:33 - France

Today, it's my birthday. My girlfriend gave me the present she'd bought for me. I said, joking, "I hope it's not a tie!" It was a tie. FML

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By Chrissy - 08/02/2010 20:24 - United States

Today, I found out that the necklace my boyfriend gave me for my birthday was actually a gift he'd given to his ex-girlfriend. 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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Unforgettable

By Anonymous - 21/08/2020 11:05 - Australia

Today, it's my birthday, I once again had to remind my best friend of this fact, like I have every year for the past 20 years. FML

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Pass the parcel

By Anonymous - 30/06/2021 10:59

Today, I went to my son's friend's birthday party and felt really proud of giving a great gift. It just so happened that I regifted the same gift that his friend's mother gave to my son the month before, because I forgot to check the name on the bag. It looked like she was about to faint. FML

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Who? Where?

By happybirthday - 06/03/2010 19:42 - United States

Today, my husband bought me a beautiful pair of earrings for my birthday, to match the necklace he'd spent months searching for online the previous year. What necklace? He gave me a watch he found at Walmart last year. I wonder who the lucky girl with the necklace is. FML

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Clout chasing

By Samantha - 31/05/2009 12:44 - Singapore

Today, I turned 22. Instead of cutting my own cake, I stood by and smiled at a friend's belated birthday party. Her birthday was actually two months ago, but she decided to have her party on my birthday. No one remembered mine but everyone got her beautiful gifts. FML

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Carebear423 0

Monday 11 July 2011 16:14

it's the gift that just keeps giving!

bribearr 6

Monday 11 July 2011 16:20

give it back next year...in the same paper.

Comments

Hollywoodgirl79 18

Monday 11 July 2011 16:26

give it to her for Christmas. Unfortunately, if you do that, then she will probably re re give it to you during your birthday.

Iwashere12345 0

Monday 11 July 2011 16:52

it'll become a cycle: a cycle of friendship!! haha lol

Blueglasscup 18

Monday 11 July 2011 16:26

Lol maybe you guys could keep giving the gift back and forth! On her next celebration you could give it back to her. You'll both save loads in present money! :D

iChel413 6

Tuesday 12 July 2011 1:20

great idea :)

da_cookie_monsta 1

Tuesday 12 July 2011 8:34

My friend and I do that with a plastic peach. It's actually quite hilarious.

pink_raindrops 26

Sunday 17 July 2011 0:49

My friends and I used to put a freaky looking toy in random spots to startle eachother, it was quite funny because one of them was a bit terrified of it lol.

Jordano4444 7

Monday 11 July 2011 16:27

Just give it back to her for her next birthday! Then she will give it back to you! it's the never ending gift!

Blueglasscup 18

Monday 11 July 2011 16:30

Wow. All three (15, 16 and 17) of us have the same ideas.

Jordano4444 7

Wednesday 13 July 2011 15:04

Ohh yeah....sorry

seeunexttuesdays 6

Monday 11 July 2011 16:27

choke her with the necklace. that'll teach her to re-gift!

Xathanos 16

Monday 11 July 2011 16:31

I'm hoping that's srcastic, if not you might have some serious issues.

rattusrattus 18

Monday 11 July 2011 17:04

I suspect that most of the violent responses on FML are jokes. Otherwise, many people on this site are schadenfreude-addicted psychopaths. OP: at least she re-wrapped it.