By mortenp - 22/09/2011 04:44 - United States

Today, the shy girl in my class decided to bring a cake to share with everyone, since it was her birthday. Excited about the cake, I got everybody to sing "happy birthday" for her, only to realize too late that nobody in the class know her name, myself included. FML
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Aw i could imagine how awkward that would be for her:(

"Happy birthday dear... "cake girl", happy birthday to you!"

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Awe.... I feel bad for the birthday girl. I bet she wished she had her name written on the cake instead of looking like she didn't have any friends.

WTF? It there something I'm missing here? Where does it say that OP tried to get cake by singing? It says she brought in cake to share with everyone, not she brought in cake for herself and OP wanted some. It sounds to me like they just wanted to sing for her because they were thankful for the cake, so they wanted to be nice and sing. So many people are going as far as calling OP a whiny self-centered bitch, saying she's got a lot to make up for. It's ridiculous. You realize that the alternative was to just eat the cake without doing anything, right?

What? You retard. Someone ELSE brought cake. OP wanted it, and sang because she was "excited" for it.

ieat_humans 3

no, it clearly says the girl brought cake to share. dumbass.

Sounds like you come from the same breed of self-centered morons. Shy usually means "anxiety disorder." If nobody knows her name, it suggests strongly that she avoids most social situations--in other words, has it pretty bad. For a shy person to put themselves forwards enough to do something as extroverted as bringing in a cake is an ENORMOUS step for these people. What most shy/socially anxious people fear most is being put on the spot in awkward situations--it's that fear that keeps these people from otherwise interacting normally with their peers. And this chicken-****** OP did the worst possible thing: shined the spotlight right in her poor face, and then basically confirmed the poor girl's worst fears: 1) she doesn't matter 2) she will be made a fool of if she steps forward 3) interacting with peers will end badly. Do you have even the slightest idea of how badly this kind of bulshit can set back a GAD/SAD patient? In short, go **** yourself, AND the OP.

fallingstarsxox 8

Are you retarded or somthing? He said he was excited for the cake so he was basically so happy he sang for her but ended up emmbaresing her I bet that's something you would do you moron

It's not like I don't see how badly this could have hurt the shy girl, and I really feel sorry for her, as a former quiet kid myself. If I was in that class, I would take this opportunity to reach out to her, and get to know her better. All I'm saying is that it doesn't look to me like OP had any ill intentions. The way I took this is that OP got excited about the cake (like everyone probably did; it's cake, in the middle of an otherwise cakeless school day; nothing evil or gluttonous about that), and wanted to be nice and sing. It's pretty common to sing on someone's birthday; can't you think of a time in your life when someone revealed it was their birthday, and somehow everyone just started singing? It usually happens. It was only after the singing started that OP realized they didn't know her name, which sucks, hence putting it on FML. So no, OP is not a selfish douchebag, they just unfortunately created an awkward situation that could've happened to anyone. Someone could have just went to thank her and accidentally realized they didn't know her name, like "Thanks for the cake... umm...". It's not OP's fault; it was unfortunate, but that's life. And if the class isn't full of assholes, proving everyone right about everything, they'll talk to this girl more, and well it was awkward in the beginning, could be the start of some new friendships.

"Happy Birthday to (mumble), Happry Birthday to (mumble)..." Way to crush this poor girls feelings and sense of self worth. She finally starts to come out of her shell to try and make a relationship with her co-workers, only to find out that no one there really gives a shit about her. Tomorrow when she doesn't show up for work, I'd check the obits first.....

lulzmylife 4

Wow, way to make the poor girl no doubt feel awesome about herself. I know it's hard to believe, but introverts and shy people are no less human than everybody else. Really.

Self centered cake grubbin asshat. Ydi. You don't understand how it is to be shy ( I am to, only to people I don't know), make amends to her fuckface.

What kind of a soul less creature are you? Is everyone in your class a Ginger?

That was really sweet of her. You should try to get to know her. I was the shy girl in high school and once people started talking to me I came out of my shell and made some great friends. If you're a guy you should totally think about asking her out.

bigbisawesome 0

That was so sweet of her :) but shame in you guys for not knowing her name jk. But seriously you guys should at least know her name

I did a foreign exchange program and I know how it feels to be the shy and left out person. It would suck if no one knew my name. Shame on you!