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By Anonymous - 21/10/2011 18:58 - United States

Today, it took me and my husband three hours to put our new book shelves together. It took our cat all of three seconds to knock it all down. FML

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By Anonymous - 12/12/2024 09:00 - Poland - Warsaw

Today, I proudly showed off my new DIY bookshelf to my family. Everyone seemed impressed until my cat jumped on it, the whole thing collapsed, and it narrowly missed my grandmother. Now my family thinks I need to hire professionals for every project. FML

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By danny - 03/10/2024 20:00 - United Kingdom

Today, I spent two hours building an IKEA bookshelf. When I was finished, I realized it was inside-out. There was no way to fix it without completely taking it apart again. FML

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By xXrememberthisXx - 16/10/2023 06:30

Today, I attempted to assemble a piece of furniture that claimed to be "easy to build in minutes." Four hours and multiple arguments later, I realized I had misread the instructions, and half the parts were upside down. I'm pretty sure the furniture won this round. FML

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By Anonymous - 18/12/2024 16:00 - Romania - Bucharest

Today, my wife texted me, saying an expensive piece of furniture had been delivered. I specifically said, "Wait until I get home and we'll put it together." An hour later, she opened it and broke it beyond repair while trying to assemble it herself. FML

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By nicki - 14/11/2010 17:18 - United States

Today, it took me a full ten minutes to finish on the toilet. I was babysitting at the time, and it took the kids those ten minutes to destroy the kitchen and shave the cat. FML

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A cat called Bruce

By Dave - 24/12/2024 12:00 - United States - Birmingham

Today, we spent hours decorating the Christmas tree, perfectly balancing the lights, ornaments, and tinsel. Ten minutes later, the cat thought it was a right time to reenact Die Hard and climbed up the tree, knocking it over. Now my ornaments are shattered, and my cat is smugly sitting in the wreckage. FML

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Step by step

By IKEA SUCKS - 22/11/2023 16:00

Today, I attempted to assemble a piece of furniture that boasted "easy, step-by-step instructions." Three hours later, surrounded by mismatched screws and a confusing diagram, I realized the only thing "easy" about it was my decision to ask my dad to come round and assemble it for me. FML

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By FallCameEarly - 27/02/2014 06:21 - United States - Alhambra

Today, at my job as a librarian at an old library, I was shelving books. Things were great until one entire bookshelf fell over. The damage wasn't too bad. Then the rest fell down. FML

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Anger management

By truecountrybitch - 09/05/2020 23:00

Today, my boyfriend got frustrated trying to take my entertainment center into the basement, for the kids' game room. It didn't fit, thanks to the horrible design of the house, so he Spartan-kicked it down, breaking it into 15 pieces. FML

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By Anonymous - 18/04/2012 07:18 - United States - Salinas

Today, I tried to put together some flat-pack furniture. I wound up in my underpants, screaming stuff like, "Fuck you, fucking Ikea bastard" at pieces of confusing plywood. FML

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YaboyVinnie 21

Saturday 22 October 2011 1:10

That's Ninja Kitteh for you.

saIty 17

Saturday 22 October 2011 1:17

Are you one of those couples who're like, **** the instructions!

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leadman1989 15

Saturday 22 October 2011 4:38

That's because you forgot all the DAMN cat books!! >:(

iam_yummylicious 12

Saturday 22 October 2011 4:40

Well it sounds like its RTA furniture, so its probably so-so quality. Probably should have secured it to the wall. I know with IKEA you can buy wall fasteners? Maybe what she meant by reenforcing it. But IDK. Never owned any RTA furniture.

mahomie97 7

Saturday 22 October 2011 5:14

Awee!! Baad Kitty!(:

nysouby 6

Saturday 22 October 2011 5:20

I am sure your cat is illiterate...

haw008 14

Saturday 22 October 2011 5:21

It was probably $9.99 at Walmart. Don't blame the cat. Plus imagine what would of happened if you put books on it, it probably would of collapsed on its own anyway.

killswitchfan2 0

Saturday 22 October 2011 5:24

sounds like you two are the perfect retard couple

BAMiTsSummer 1

Saturday 22 October 2011 5:26

FML teeam i request a WTF button

RDylan87 2

Saturday 22 October 2011 5:57

I would own cats if they would enjoy bitch slapping their owners LESS!!

RaquelW 7

Saturday 22 October 2011 6:11

kitty ******* HATES twilight.

firebirdtransam 3

Saturday 22 October 2011 6:12

terribly built bookshelves. that's what i say!

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