Miscellaneous: Today, the whole family came over to celebrate my 18th birthday....

By Anonymous - 18/08/2012 04:51 - Australia - Forestville

Today, the whole family came over to celebrate my 18th birthday. My grandfather bought me a giant mathematics book. Apparently, he didn't want my 16 year old sister to be "jealous", so he got her the new iPad. FML

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Today, we got my dad an iPad for his birthday. I had to repeatedly reassure him that he could in fact touch the screen without being shocked. FML

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By AH. - 07/09/2009 18:16 - United States

Today, I told my parents that all I wanted for my 18th birthday was to go to a restaurant in NYC for a nice dinner. My parents said no, because it would cost too much money. I came home to see my parents had bought a huge TV for $800. We already have 3 televisions. FML

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leogirl95 12

Saturday 18 August 2012 12:07

That is just all kinds of unfair right there.

DocBastard 38

Saturday 18 August 2012 12:23

Psh, an iPad? What can you really do with that? But a giant math pad? Why, you can make paper airplanes, play tic-tac-toe, doodle, origami...oh, and learn math! You DEFINITELY got the better end of that deal.

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hermy77 5

Saturday 18 August 2012 16:18

Ouch FYL that's so unfair but this sounds fake

Calingaladha 21

Saturday 18 August 2012 16:19

Grandpa was actually giving you two gifts in one: quality mathematical education, and a book large enough to give your sister a concussion so you can steal your ipad back and teach her a lesson about jealousy on someone else's birthday. Everybody wins!

Austyn57 1

Saturday 18 August 2012 16:19

dats f***ed up

AClassActx3 7

Saturday 18 August 2012 16:44

That sounds like favoritism ..

worldclassrager 39

Saturday 18 August 2012 16:58

a swap would be the best...tell her to get the app to weigh yourself then her ipad would be broken...

neoinlove 5

Saturday 18 August 2012 17:12

Thats low but may b u sud wait for ur sis Bday......

tylman 1

Saturday 18 August 2012 17:16

First world problems exhibit A

loser_lover95 9

Saturday 18 August 2012 17:41

DUDE WTF?

isaiaah 6

Saturday 18 August 2012 17:53

I'm the youngest, I don't have to worry about that!

Cpeddlar 0

Saturday 18 August 2012 17:57

Well (btw no offense to anybody's grandparents) old people and newer modern technologies don't really mix well and you can't really blame them, he probably mistook ot for an overpriced mp3 player that's as huge as a book and thought that the math book would be more useful to you and which in some cases it could be but still fyl and f your grandfathers life for being put in that situation