Kids, Parenting, Family and Relatable: Consequences

Consequences

By you’re one to talk! - 26/06/2022 17:00 - United States

Today, I reluctantly went to a family get together. My nosy aunt decided to try to lecture me on why I should spank my kids. That’s great coming from a woman who was a teen mom, had kids with 3 different guys, and now has grown kids that hate her guts. Yeah I truly need lessons on how to be a mom. FML

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By Gloria Lovestar - 03/10/2019 20:00

Today, I visited my in-laws, whom I thought I was on great terms with. I soon learned that wasn't the case when my mother-in-law yelled at me about how I've been abusing her for years. Ten minutes later, she hugged me and asked me for grandkids. FML

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The Breeders

By no spank - 11/08/2020 20:01

Today, my family once again mocked and insulted me for being the only one to not spank my kids. Apparently, they’ll grow up entitled and in prison if I don’t. Odd, seeing as my kids are 10 times better behaved than their kids, who get spanked on a regular. Ah well, here’s to hitting kids I guess. FML

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Describes most people, really

By Anonymous - 04/08/2022 13:00 - United Kingdom

Today, my mom called me an auntie, as in a "fun aunt that nieces and nephews love to spend time with, but would be a complete disaster as a real mom, in no way, shape or form fit to actually raise a child responsibly." Dad agreed. So did my boyfriend. FML

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Family values

By family sucks! - 06/10/2021 23:00 - United States - Hesperia

Today, I ran into my aunt I hadn’t seen since I was a child. My mom told me she took off and stopped speaking to everyone. After lunch, I asked her why she left. She said our whole family ostracized her for aborting her abusive husband’s baby and divorcing him instead of "making it work." FML

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By loser - 17/02/2009 23:33 - United States

Today, in front of the entire family, I yelled at my mom and told her she wasn't a good parent. She responded with "Well, at least I had friends when I was your age." FML

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No kidding

By Anonymous - 23/02/2024 14:00 - United Kingdom

Today, I told my mom that having watched my sister ruin her life having kids who grew into brats with criminal records before their teens, I refused to ruin my life the same way and will be childless. I then turned to leave and they were in the doorway, my sister and her two brats. I got slapped. FML

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Lame

By gloria77 - 23/01/2012 23:26 - United States

Today, I took my kids to visit their grandma. At one point while playing, my youngest said "Shit!", so I admonished her. My mom snorted and told me to "stop being such a little bitch", because it will make my kids into "lame prisses like their mother." FML

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But now…

By Anonymous - 05/09/2018 08:30 - United States - Sewell

Today, my mother-in-law insisted we go to a baby clothing store. When I reminded her that I don’t want children, she sat on the floor, crying, kicking and screaming. She then said I was denying her grandchildren because I hate her. Well, I didn’t… FML

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Get out of my house

By EstefanP - 13/05/2022 14:00

Today, I walked in on my mother-in-law teaching my 11 year-old daughter how to purge herself using a toothbrush. Her logic is that, “If she gets fat, she’ll never get a boyfriend.” She sees nothing wrong, and bitched at me for messing with her future. FML

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By ihatebadkids - 24/06/2019 07:07 - United States - Hesperia

Today, I was uninvited from every family event henceforth, because I finally had it and told my sister that I can’t stand to be around her horribly misbehaved kids. They have screaming meltdown tantrums, throw and break things, start fights and steal. How am I the bad guy? FML

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Hangryko 29

Monday 27 June 2022 3:55

You're under no obligation to attend famiky events, no mater what they say. Go no contact with that toxic aunt.

RichardPencil 30

Monday 27 June 2022 3:29

You can learn more from a bad mom than a good one.

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RichardPencil 30

Monday 27 June 2022 3:29

You can learn more from a bad mom than a good one.

Hangryko 29

Monday 27 June 2022 3:55

You're under no obligation to attend famiky events, no mater what they say. Go no contact with that toxic aunt.

RichardPencil 30

Monday 27 June 2022 15:07

You are obligated to go to family events. If you skip them, there will be consequences. You may decide to accept those, but you are expected to go.

Rake 13

Monday 27 June 2022 7:15

This post makes me really uncomfortable. It's ok to not agree with your aunt about physical violence as a way of education. But what does she being a teen mom, or choosing different partners to bring kids with got to do with it? The days when a good women need to chose one partner for life are long gone. She can be a great mom even if she changed partners and even if she got into motherhood during her teen years. Also, I don't know how old those kids are, but a teen kid "hating" their parents is not uncommon even in a good amazing family. So advice for the future of being a parent. Grow up! stop being so judgmental to others and move to the 21th century where women has the same right and freedoms as men.

phile 15

Monday 27 June 2022 18:24

Please just, just... why the mothers of mothers did you say this. Both of us don't know the full situation, but given the information, that aunt most likely abandoned not one but THREE families. (as in not fully gone but can never give full commitment to all of them) There's a reason why people say all children deserve loving parents but not all parents deserve children and this is EXACT reason why. Those kids have every right to hate a mom thats a mom to 2 other families, and not even a good one. And if you have this same mentality growing up, please never have a child for the sake of everyone. Thank you 🙃

IHaveThePower 16

Tuesday 28 June 2022 1:51

Ah, spanking...the term for when 'parents' are so lazy they decide hitting replaces doing any actual parenting work.

Taurus_ChicKa 36

Monday 4 July 2022 3:55

There's nothing wrong with a little swat on the butt when the kids deserves it. Too many kids these days don't get proper discipline, so they get away with everything with no repercussions. Kids need discipline, so while your aunt isn't the best example of an ideal mother, she does have a point about discipline - if it's executed properly.