Love: Today, it was my girlfriend's birthday, so I decided to take...

By JJ_V3N0M - 03/01/2015 10:48 - United States - San Francisco

Today, it was my girlfriend's birthday, so I decided to take her to a fancy restaurant and give her an expensive $400 necklace that I had bought. Being traditional, I asked the waiter to arrange it nicely on the tray when he came with our dessert. Neither he nor the necklace ever showed up. FML

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By Nickolas Neffster - 05/10/2011 00:14 - United States

Today, I bought my girlfriend a very expensive necklace. I gave it to her thinking she'd be extremely happy. Instead she was mad at me because my gift for our anniversary was better than hers. FML

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Where d'you go?!

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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By Noname - 05/03/2009 02:18 - United States

Today, I took my girlfriend to a very nice restaurant. I thought it would be a good place to pop the question. I gave the ring to the waiter and asked him to put it on her dessert plate. When she saw it she picked it up, put it down and said "no". Then she started to eat the dessert. FML

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By phuckbukket7 - 27/04/2014 22:08 - United States

Today, I took my girlfriend out to a fancy restaurant for her birthday. I'd arranged beforehand for some of the staff to come out and sing happy birthday to her, but it all backfired when she started panicking and had a serious anxiety attack from all the attention. FML

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Scarpered

By James - 30/07/2019 18:00

Today, I asked the restaurant manager if he could arrange to deliver an engagement ring to me and my girlfriend with our desserts. Desserts came, no ring. That guy wasn’t the manager, just a guy in a suit who legged it with my ring. FML

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By Anonymous - 24/09/2010 04:53 - Canada

Today, I finally got everything in order to ask out the girl of my dreams. I bought her a gold necklace, engraved with our names, and with the date on the back. Everything was going great until she got sick and had to go home. Now I'm stuck with this necklace with the wrong date. FML

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By I_Lossed - 03/11/2009 11:02 - Australia

Today, I asked my girlfriend about a diamond necklace I bought her for her birthday, which she didn't seem to be wearing. She then told me she hocked it to pay for her inexpensive phone bill. I paid $1,500 for that necklace, she received $300 from the pawn shop. FML

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By Anonymous - 08/08/2012 17:15 - United States - Chagrin Falls

Today, it's my girlfriend's birthday. To celebrate, I spent the day with her and then took her out to a really nice dinner. She is currently giving me the silent treatment because I didn't write "Happy Birthday" on her Facebook wall. FML

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How can I make this about me?

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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Left behind

By Anonymous - 01/10/2020 17:02 - United States - Los Angeles

Today, it was my best friend's birthday party. Her boyfriend and I agreed to organize a dinner date to surprise her and celebrate. They celebrated, but forgot me until they arrived at the restaurant and saw the dinner reservation under my name. FML

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molly471 22

Saturday 3 January 2015 16:44

Damn, hopefully the restaurant had security cameras.

BI4ze 17

Saturday 3 January 2015 16:44

Some people are dicks. He was one of those people.

Comments

Dcm210 19

Saturday 3 January 2015 17:37

Talk to the manager and ask him to look at the cameras?

Clayton87 13

Saturday 3 January 2015 17:49

First, I'm sorry this happened to you OP. Second, I would have gone to the police right away and find the SOB that took the necklace.

chosha_fml 26

Saturday 3 January 2015 17:52

Traditionally, fancy birthday necklaces are presented in a box, wrapped, possibly with ribbon. Only engagement rings are served with dessert. Of course in this case, lucky you didn't give the waiter one of those.

SmittyJA24 26

Saturday 3 January 2015 18:12

Wait staff get paid $3 an hour (plus tips). And you trusted him with a $400 piece of jewelry? He was at the closest pawn shop before the salad plates were off the table.

orbit 22

Saturday 3 January 2015 18:22

Yeah that's something you should go to the manager to ask, he would most likely make sure it would get to the table.

bushwhacker274 9

Saturday 3 January 2015 18:27

File a police report.

lvg_fml 10

Saturday 3 January 2015 18:37

What's really stupid is for someone to lose a job that will pay them that 400 and continue paying them in order to steal from a hardworking person. Hopefully they will catch him quickly