F My Life

Posted by Jon
A friend recently pointed me to a wonderful website called “F My Life”. Perfect for those of you who enjoy an occasional taste of schadenfreude, its numerous posts describe readers’ more surprisingly depressing moments

Some are a little risqué, but the site’s perfectly safe to read at work. Here are a couple of examples to give you a flavour:​

“Today, I texted my college boyfriend to tell him how terrible I felt about cheating. He replied saying he was so relieved because he had been cheating on me with a girl in his dorm. I was talking about my math exam. FML”

“Today, I brought my little sons into work with me. I introduced them to my boss. She said to my shy kids, “You boys don’t know me, do you? I’m Janice.” The older one lit up and said, “Oh, I know you, mommy complains about you all the time.” FML”

“Today, I realized how invisible/forgettable I am. At work, I went to ask my supervisor what I was working on today. My supervisor admitted that he forgot I was working today. My supervisor is my brother. We drove to work together this morning. FML”

“Today, there was a meeting at work. I had to give a presentation to my boss and the other attendants. My first subject was on how my 5 year old son got to my briefcase and replaced the contents of it with crayons and a stuffed teddy bear. FML”

​I wondered what the proposal equivalents might be. Here are a few ideas:

​“I had the team working all over the holiday period so we could get the document in by the January 2 deadline. I just noticed that the submission date’s actually January 22. FML.”

“Today, we did a final review of our 1000 page proposal. One of the reviewers noticed that the RFP required responses in Ukrainian. Our document’s in English. It’s due in tomorrow. FML.”

“Today, I bumped into one of our account managers in the staff restaurant and told them that we were making great progress on the proposal for their client that’s due next week. They looked surprised, and asked whether I’d had the email two weeks ago stating that the customer concerned has cancelled the project. FML.”