Animals: Today, my mother and grandmother informed me that my sixteen-year-old...

By Anonymous - 10/06/2013 05:26 - United States - Saint Maries

Today, my mother and grandmother informed me that my sixteen-year-old dog died. I was standing in Wal-Mart at the time. They then yelled at me because crying in public is "inappropriate." FML

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By Anonymous - 10/05/2021 17:01 - Australia

Today, I found out my boss wrote me up because he heard me crying on the phone, and that it was unprofessional. I was talking to my sister, who was telling that me my father had died. Three weeks ago, he was crying about his dog breaking his leg. FML

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By Natasha9 - 22/05/2021 20:01

Today, my mom walked in on me crying in my room and yelled at me for being a "weak little crybaby." I’d just found out my best friend died in a car accident. When I told my mom that, she said, "Does it look like I fucking care?" FML

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By Anonymous - 04/01/2011 14:49 - United States

Today, my girlfriend whom I'm crazy about broke up with me out of the blue. After pleading with her unsuccessfully, I called my mom for comfort and advice. She informed me that my dog had died. FML

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By CoolStoryBro - 29/03/2013 08:23

Today, while I was at work, I was on the verge of tears. My coworker asked what was wrong and I explained that I recently had to put my dog down. He then replied, "Cool story, bro. Tell it again." FML

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By natashamilan - 26/02/2015 01:43 - United States - Grand Rapids

Today, I was at a friend's birthday party when I got a call from my mom telling me to come home because my dog died. When I told my friend that I had to leave because of the loss, she replied with, "Okay, but you brought my gift inside, right?" FML

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By Anonymous - 14/09/2012 16:51 - United States

Today, my 12 year-old dog died. My boyfriend's attempts to comfort me involved him muttering, "At least she knows how to play dead now." FML

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By Anonymous - 15/04/2021 00:30

Today, my mom grabbed my iPhone and threw it from the balcony, because I didn’t cry on the fifth anniversary of our family dog’s death. FML

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By tay - 10/04/2012 11:13 - Australia

Today, I found out that my mother is extremely emotional when it comes to animal deaths when a bird flew into the window and died, and she insisted we have a funeral. FML

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By petlover - 23/11/2009 04:30 - United States

Today, I had to put my 17 year-old cat down. I cried the whole way up to the vet's office and back. After finally coming to terms with the situation, and trying to forget, my dad's friend walks up to me and says, "So, I heard you killed your cat?" FML

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By marymark - 13/04/2012 01:02 - United States - West Long Branch

Today, I woke up to a note from my parents saying we needed to talk. Assuming it was about the weed I'd left on my dresser, I quickly confessed. Turns out my dog died. FML

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cgguardian 17

Monday 10 June 2013 16:20

I'm sorry about your dog...crying in public is perfectly alright; there are people who do it on a regular basis, for goodness sake. You just lost one of your best friends, I mean, c'mon. :( That's some insensitive family you have...sorry, OP. Perhaps you could get a puppy to fill the void a bit, after a little while? :D

starflyer59 17

Monday 10 June 2013 16:18

sounds like my family.. I'm sorry OP. I know it sucks :/

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Monday 10 June 2013 16:25

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Ameel_fml 19

Monday 10 June 2013 18:48

Everybody knows they're (most likely) going to outlive most pets, but that doesn't make a pet's death hurt any less.

SiegeOfTheSiren 9

Monday 10 June 2013 16:26

They both need to pick their battles... It's a natural reaction to cry when finding out an older pet died. I'm very sorry about the loss of your canine-comrade. :/

perdix 29

Monday 10 June 2013 16:26

Crying in public is inappropriate, but crying in Wal*Mart is OK, because anything goes there. In a normal place, it would be disgraceful to pretend you are handicapped to get benefits that are reserved for the truly disabled. In Wal*Mart, able-bodied people are whipping around the store in electric carts like it's a demolition derby. Why? Because it's Wal*Mart -- you don't see a PeopleOfTarget.com, do ya? PS: Sorry about your dog. Take comfort that you gave him or her a good long life.

Maureenek23 10

Monday 10 June 2013 16:28

I'm so sorry to hear about that. Stay strong and just know that they are in a better place. Read the poem the rainbow bridge, it helped when my dog passed.

awaywiththefairi_fml_fml 8

Monday 10 June 2013 16:42

Welcome to the People of Wal-mart.

simoncat 11

Monday 10 June 2013 16:46

Hmm...weird. Because, crying whilst inside Walmart is completely appropriate.

MissWhitneyB 17

Monday 10 June 2013 16:55

How can they tell you news like that and expect you NOT to cry smh

doglover100 28

Monday 10 June 2013 16:57

I'm sorry. Losing a pet isn't easy. It's ok to cry. That was an inappropriate time to tell you anyways.

n4ture 20

Monday 10 June 2013 17:05

sorry for your loss :(

SMHsohard 22

Monday 10 June 2013 17:12

And yelling at someone in public is so much more appropriate. Sorry for your loss, OP. That dog must have been a part of your family for most of your life. I swear, some people just don't deserve to be parents.