Miscellaneous: Today, my friend's dad had a heart attack. Without realizing...

By Anonymous - 05/08/2011 04:18 - United States

Today, my friend's dad had a heart attack. Without realizing what I was saying, I texted her, "If you need anything, you know I'll be there in a heartbeat." FML

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By blind - 24/06/2009 12:11 - South Africa

Today, I was texting a friend of mine. She mentioned it was her dad's birthday. I typed, "Tell him 'Happy Birthday' from me!" and as I pressed send, I remembered her dad was dead. FML

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You deserved it 46 722

By cmolloy - 21/12/2011 14:40 - Ireland

Today, I texted a friend offering my condolences over the death of his grandfather. He hadn't been told his grandfather had died yet. FML

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You deserved it 4 477

By Anonymous - 26/06/2011 20:25 - United States

Today, a friend posted the Facebook status "Ahhh... relief." Trying to be funny, I replied "Why? Did you just poop?" A few hours later, I read her previous posts and found out her dad's in the hospital having heart surgery. Now everyone thinks I'm a heartless dick. FML

I agree, your life sucks 16 567

You deserved it 51 873

By hellbound - 12/07/2013 16:35 - United States - San Antonio

Today, I received a text from my dad, which was borderline-incomprehensible due to an insane amount of text language. I replied, jokingly asked if he had a stroke while writing it. A few seconds after hitting send, I remembered the stroke he suffered last month. FML

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You deserved it 54 888

By sober - 12/02/2009 02:09 - United States

Today, I got a text message. It said, "I'm so drunk. What you up to, girl?" It was my dad. FML

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You deserved it 4 328

I hate the be the bearer of bad news…

By Anonymous - 05/02/2021 23:01

Today, I texted my sister to ask her if she was OK after finding out that one of her oldest friends had died. She didn’t know. FML

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You deserved it 96

Worried

By Anonymous - 16/09/2023 08:00

Today, I texted a friend saying I urgently needed his help. He gushed back along the lines of, "Glad you reached out, everyone has noticed your terrible frame of mind, you’re a suicide risk." I meant help with a tricky Excel spreadsheet, but thanks for the support I guess. FML

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You deserved it 124

Nice view

By Sexting Parents - 16/11/2012 02:45 - United States - Short Hills

Today, my dad asked me to send my mom a text since he was driving and I was in the passenger seat. I pulled up my mom's contact on his phone, and I found that my mom had recently sent my dad a picture of her jugs, along with the message, "We miss you." FML

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You deserved it 2 751

Brain freeze

By Anonymous - 13/06/2024 07:00 - United States

Today, I work at a hospice center. At 3AM, a call just went out to a man's family to come because he was dying. I didn't realize that this man was my old friend's grandpa. When I saw her, I smiled really big and said, "Hey! Great to see you!" Her grandpa was ACTIVELY DYING. Stupid stupid stupid. FML

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You deserved it 175

Don't know, don't care

By Anonymous - 30/06/2022 00:00

Today, I called my mom to let her know that my father, her ex-husband, suffered a series of mini strokes. Her reply was essentially, "Oh that sucks. Are you still taking your grandmother to lunch sometime this week?" Dad lives halfway across the country. FML

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You deserved it 171

gusgus36 5

Friday 5 August 2011 11:57

they know you mean well.. they might not have even noticed that you said heartbeat. don't beat yourself up over it

perdix 29

Friday 5 August 2011 12:39

Well, if her dad is the official timekeeper, you might never show up.

Comments

Captain0bv10us 0

Friday 5 August 2011 12:15

Don't worry! You weren't making fun of them or anything. Just an unlucky choice of words :)

aliadnan708 6

Friday 5 August 2011 12:21

I'm sure she knows wat u meant n she won't be mad

perdix 29

Friday 5 August 2011 12:39

Well, if her dad is the official timekeeper, you might never show up.

tdrtnlz 7

Friday 5 August 2011 13:13

That's a pretty heartless thing to say.

seeunexttuesdays 6

Friday 5 August 2011 17:17

And stupid

SoccerRebel594 0

Friday 5 August 2011 19:34

It clearly was not stupid, fore he got many numerous thumbs ups :)

kialuvsyoo 3

Saturday 6 August 2011 0:31

Wow, why did this get voted up? Apparently this guy isn't alone in being a jerk.

perdix 29

Saturday 6 August 2011 1:19

Because it's funny. I'm not sure whether tdrtnlz was berating me or riffing off the theme of the original post.

geeksaresexy 18

Friday 5 August 2011 12:45

It's just an unfortunate choice of words.. If she even noticed I bet she knows what you meant and won't be upset or mad at you. I once asked a guy with no hands if he'd like a hand with something, he didn't even notice what I'd said.. And no, I don't know why he had no hands...

teh_uber_muffin 3

Friday 5 August 2011 13:03

Your fault for choosing those words? Hell yeah, it is.

BOOSCAREDU 0

Friday 5 August 2011 14:43

Not really. It was just a slip of the mind.

MaskedAspen 6

Friday 5 August 2011 13:13

it's the thought that counts !

qtip14 0

Friday 5 August 2011 13:18

U obviously made this one up because nobody says that. But its still good

ShyAnn29 14

Friday 5 August 2011 13:37

It was just saying the wrong thing at the wrong time, I'm sure she won't be mad about that

Deathhound 27

Friday 5 August 2011 14:09

I think your friend will know, that you didn't to this on purpose.

hanj0b 0

Friday 5 August 2011 14:16

I don't think this is very messed up; that comment is used in a lot of situations and your friend should know you intended it to be a serious/kind gesture. I wouldn't worry about it, but if it really freaked you out that much, think before you speak next time. ;)