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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he's an insensitive asshole, dump the loser

He's a douche, but thats some funny shit hahahahaha .

Ardn 0

Was this in San Diego? I read about it happening down town when a taxi driver drove into a crowd, pinning a girl against a wall. she had her leg amputated... that's why I'm wondering.

That is a fake. That's a joke that "Jake" made on the sitcom Two and a Half Men. Jake asks, "where do women with one leg work? IHOP!"

I hate to say this but what he said was very funny but extremely insensitive because of the timing factor..

jlaw0729 0

Please say that you dumped him right after that jackass comment came out of his mouth

Err, maybe cracking jokes is your boyfriend's way of coping with unfortunate news, but that was disastrous timing on his part.

Argueta 0

WATT A BITCH!!!! GET RID OF HIM