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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Priorities

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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Poor old Truffles

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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Tactful

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 :/

Comments

JessBassett 24

Monday 10 June 2013 17:16

What else would they have expected? That's horrible for you OP, I'm sorry for your loss.

MEM0817 18

Monday 10 June 2013 17:17

It's Wal-Mart. You crying probably made you fit in with the normal, regular people there. You know, compared to everyone else...

msbeans07 2

Monday 10 June 2013 17:31

They seriously need to grow up. Crying in public is not wrong unless its because you weren't allowed to have a chocolate bar.

Omniprism 14

Monday 10 June 2013 18:06

I would have walked away from them and gone outside or something so that I could cry in public alone. My dogs are my babies, I would be devastated.

Catkam623 27

Monday 10 June 2013 18:57

Walmart *shudders*

MakinMills 12

Monday 10 June 2013 18:59

if you were close to your dog, of course you would cry. I know I would.

kallima_fml 3

Monday 10 June 2013 19:20

Fur babies can become more like family than actual family members! Sounds like this may be true for you! Sorry for the loss. :-(

XxxPineapplexxX 1

Monday 10 June 2013 19:29

It was 16

KatjaM 15

Monday 10 June 2013 19:35

I'm sorry you lost your dog, OP. I recently lost my pit bull too and losing a pet you love never gets easy. They're heartless for giving you attitude about what you're feeling. Think of all the good times you shared and that your dog was very loved by you.