By mariet - 11/02/2011 06:13 - United States

Today, my sister lost a leg. Immediately after hearing the news, my boyfriend started cracking jokes about getting her a job at IHOP. FML
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mariet_fml 23

Holy hell, I forgot that this made it to the site. To answer some questions: This happened several years ago. My sister is a soldier, was deployed, bomb went off, lost her leg. I'm not going into details because it's still difficult to discuss. She has a desk job now and gets around fine on a prosthetic. We did not break up directly because of this. We had a huge row and I threw him out of my apartment. I didn't speak to him for a week. He apologized, said he just felt awkward and didn't know what to say, and I forgave him. We broke up later for different reasons. Mostly he is a nice guy, he had never shown any kind of insensitivity before this (he even came with me to my grandmother's funeral) but this was a bonehead moment. Some people suggested that I "know it's funny." In a hypothetical situation, it is funny. After she went through physical and emotional therapy, it is funny. I was reminded of this event because we went to IHOP and she jokingly asked for an application, saying she is automatically qualified. But at that moment, when I was in shock and could barely breathe? Nothing was funny. When you hear this kind of news and you are not even sure if your sister is going to live, she is the only one that can cheer you up. So **** you guys.

Top comments

I'd say dump him but that is too damn funny

yeah he's a bastard, get rid of him. he could try and back out of what he said but he doesn't have a leg to stand on

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Mikekenny 0

maybe he was trying to move away from a awkward subject with a joke

if you're still with this guy, you deserve to be made fun of too >.<

mouras 5

first, **** her life not yours. second, I don't pity you because clearly you picked a horrible boyfriend. suck it.

All right, three problems with OPˈs boyfriend if OP is to be believed: 1) Cracked cruel joke more than once. 2) Erroneously believed it was an original joke, which is universally agreed to be the only exception to the ʺToo Soonʺ rule. 3) Is the boyfriend of someone.

hahahaha that's awesome, I'm sure she doesn't like pity so that's a pretty good joke I hope he means well and not to be hurtful by it

Sorry, I know this shouldn't be funny, but apparently your boyfriend has the same sick sense of humor I do. Lmao