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By badgrandchild - 16/03/2009 21:01 - United States

Today, my phone rang while I was home alone. When I picked up, all I could hear was heavy breathing. Convinced it was one of my friends playing a joke, I said loudly, "Get off the phone, you fucker, and don't call back!" It turned out it was my grandma. She had been having a stroke. FML

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By Noname - 24/02/2009 05:05 - United States

Today, one of my closest friends and I got into a fight. She ended the conversation with, "My grandma just had a stroke. Bye." I didn't believe her so I replied "That's great. Bye." Turns out her Grandma is in the hospital in critical condition. FML

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By tazthespaz - 29/12/2016 03:18 - United States - Comstock Park

Today, a telemarketer called my house phone and asked for my grandpa. We were in the middle of having his wake. FML

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By Anonymous - 17/01/2022 17:02

Today, my phone made a random noise. I jokingly said, "Wow, I wonder who died now?" Turns out it was my son's grandmother. I had to explain it because I screamed. I also got to tell his dad that his mom just died. FML

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By What - 07/08/2024 09:00 - United States

Today, I received a random phone call from an unknown number. Three times. After the third time, the person started yelling at me viciously. Then I suddenly heard a different voice, saying, "Terribly sorry, sir. My poor sister has dementia and thinks you're her husband. Her dead husband, I might add." FML

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By Unemployed - 21/09/2009 17:08 - United States

Today, my grandma picked up the phone. It was a man asking to speak to me. Instead of giving me the phone she decides to hang up on him, thinking it was some guy trying to "get with me." It turned out to be the call I've been waiting all week for... a call from a huge company about a job offer. FML

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By Anonymous - 01/08/2015 03:39 - United States - Pasadena

Today, I was on the phone with my senile grandma, when I told her I had to go because I had an appointment at the clinic. For some reason, she assumed I was talking about an abortion clinic, and started raging at me and calling me a murderer. FML

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By lonely - 05/02/2009 15:14 - United States

Today, my phone rang for the first time in four days. It was my mom. She dialed the wrong number. FML

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By thanks, dad... - 30/08/2013 17:24 - Romania - Baia Mare

Today, I was playing with my phone after midnight, and I kept getting calls from a withheld number. The guy just breathed heavily and wouldn't speak. When the third call came, I asked "who the hell are you?" The call ended, and my dad yelled from outside my door: "ME! Now go to sleep!" FML

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Cutie

By Lauren - 05/01/2025 09:00 - United States

Today, I got a text from a number I didn’t recognize saying, "Hey, cutie." Thinking it was the guy I met in a bar during a NYE party, I flirted back. Turns out, it was my grandma learning how to use her new phone. FML

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Not now, Doris

By Anonymous - 02/04/2024 13:00 - United States

Today, my mom is in the hospital and I'm sitting by the phone in case anyone calls with news. Each time the phone rings, I bolt upright to answer it. So far I've been woken up by two telemarketers, three robo-calls, and some old lady asking for Doris, who doesn't live here. I can't turn my phone off. FML

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ummmyeahhh 0

Tuesday 17 March 2009 2:53

ok, bad move. but if all you heard was heavy breathing, you'd think it was some creeper or a prank. so, yeah, i understand. hope your grandma is okay.

arms_akimbo 0

Tuesday 17 March 2009 2:49

How could you know?

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NatsaPanda 0

Tuesday 17 March 2009 5:34

I don't have callery ID. Why bother? I'm going to find out who it is when I answer. Why pay more for it? Lamesauce McGyver. I hope Granny is okay.

girlieD86 0

Tuesday 17 March 2009 5:34

I hope your grandmother is doing ok. Please say 'Hello' the next time you answer the phone and get caller ID

dwights 0

Tuesday 17 March 2009 5:47

:O hopefully that wasnt the last thing she heard. D: is she alright?

xkaokaox 0

Tuesday 17 March 2009 5:51

ouch. hope your grandma is ok.

greatnt249 0

Tuesday 17 March 2009 5:56

"Maybe you should be such a dick to your friends" It depends on how he said it. I call my friends ******* all the time without any ill intent. At any rate, to go with what the others said, not everyone has caller ID; none of the phones in my house do, and we get by just fine. Seriously, how was the OP supposed to interpret heavy breathing on the other end of the line?

AeroBrat 0

Tuesday 17 March 2009 5:57

Wow, you're quite heartless. Did your grandma have a heart attack, too, after hearing words like that come out of her grandchild's mouth??? I hope she's ok.

yomamma 0

Tuesday 17 March 2009 6:21

fake.

Lou_Briccant 0

Tuesday 17 March 2009 6:25

Geez, people are so sensitive here. "you shouldnt say thigns like that to your friends". Has the phrase "ball-breaking" ever come to mind? Have you ever jokingly called your friend a name, or do you guys just sit around campfires all night long, hugging each other and expressing your platonic love?

DuchessAngel37 0

Tuesday 17 March 2009 6:40

Guys..... the majority of people don't die from a stroke. Not everyone has caller ID. ... or if they do, it's not on all phones. For instance, my kitchen phone is ancient and has no caller ID. Phone in my room, yes. Stop being dicks. If you answer the phone and only hear breathing on the other end and no one answering you, how many hellos do you give them? I usually only give one more after a couple seconds, then the cursing starts. I'm sure the OP said hello a few times first and THEN went to 'get off the phone ******'. So, that being said, this sucks, but you didn't deserve it. With any "luck" grandma was to busy dealing with the clot in her brain to notice what you said.

MonkeyFoo 0

Tuesday 17 March 2009 8:01

Why do so many people think heavy breathing means stalker? How can so many people on here be so narcissistic that their first thought is, "I'm so sexy I've got creeps after me!"?