Money: Today, I text messaged my mom from Afghanistan to let her know...

By Anonymous - 14/11/2010 22:26

Today, I text messaged my mom from Afghanistan to let her know everything was okay. She responded, telling me not to message her so much because "the price of text messages really adds up." FML

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By Anonymous - 20/04/2009 08:52 - Australia

Today, I called my mom from Australia. I have been abroad for two months and hadn't talked to her in a long time. A few minutes into the conversation my moms stops me and says this call must cost a fortune and hangs up on me. A few bucks in more important to her then me. FML

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By montextes - 25/07/2011 16:12 - United States

Today, my mom finally learned how to text. Now it's her way of communicating, even when we're in the same room. FML

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By moweezy9 - 21/02/2011 21:07 - United States

Today, I finally taught my mom how to text message people. Now I get a message from her every 30 seconds saying "Hi". FML

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Nice view

By Sexting Parents - 16/11/2012 02:45 - United States - Short Hills

Today, my dad asked me to send my mom a text since he was driving and I was in the passenger seat. I pulled up my mom's contact on his phone, and I found that my mom had recently sent my dad a picture of her jugs, along with the message, "We miss you." FML

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By Anonymous - 02/11/2011 15:15 - United States

Today, my mom learned how to use the text messaging on her smartphone. I've received 37 already, and she calls after every single one to make sure I understood her. FML

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Sucks to suck

By youfuckingdumbassmum - 27/12/2012 23:20 - United Kingdom - Cambridge

Today, I was texting my mother after my boyfriend broke off our relationship. She offered incredibly supportive replies such as "No, really?" and "Aww, that sucks." before apparently getting bored and claiming she had to go because her "text reception" was breaking up. FML

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Smoke signals

By rejected - 06/10/2019 04:00 - United States

Today, I texted my boyfriend, who's on vacation halfway across the world, but he didn't respond. I mentioned it to my younger sister who said, "It probably just takes a while for the text to get all the way there." My mom piped up, "Don't be dumb sweetie, he's just ignoring her." FML

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By tommy - 06/06/2009 12:41 - United States

Today, I called my friend in Australia to have a nice long chat, what I did not know was that my dad had removed my international calling plan, I talked to my friend for 5 hours, and ran up a huge phone bill, which I have to take out of the money I saved up to go see her. FML

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By Anonymous - 22/04/2009 15:26 - Australia

Today, I got a text from my girlfriend saying she needed more phone credit, so I bought her more and got another message saying "Great, now I have enough credit for this..." as she spelled out a three page message breaking up with me. Yes, I paid for her to break up with me via text. FML

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By morgan_rumm - 11/07/2014 20:02

Today, I texted my mom asking how she was doing. Apparently she's great, and on her honeymoon. I didn't know she was getting married, or that my parents had just gotten divorced. FML

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CallMeHush 0

Monday 15 November 2010 1:07

Remember that when you pick out her nursing home.

HSOMGF 5

Monday 15 November 2010 1:04

That's just sad.

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kofinater 3

Monday 15 November 2010 1:02

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BREADEDELF 3

Monday 15 November 2010 1:07

That would probably cost more.

HSOMGF 5

Monday 15 November 2010 1:04

That's just sad.

yourmurderscenex 13

Monday 15 November 2010 1:06

wow, that is messed up. i'm sorry OP.

tessababy 0

Monday 15 November 2010 1:07

3- that's not the point, her moms being a bitch.

yourmurderscenex 13

Monday 15 November 2010 1:14

the OP is a man

CallMeHush 0

Monday 15 November 2010 1:07

Remember that when you pick out her nursing home.

iloveaero1987 0

Monday 15 November 2010 1:10

:( thats sad

RebelYell14 4

Monday 15 November 2010 1:16

well, we love you and appreciate what you're doing and your mom does, too. She just has an interesting way of showing it.

iwadasn 32

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Monday 15 November 2010 1:41

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cstevanus 4

Monday 15 November 2010 1:46

just because he is in afganistan doesnt mean he is military. even if he is that doesnt mean he is killing people.

melancholyangel 0

Monday 15 November 2010 1:17

Maybe she actually thought texting internationally would be similiar to calling and it would rack up the bill.

youngclench 0

Monday 15 November 2010 1:20

I don't see the FML

jezzibell 0

Monday 15 November 2010 1:31

uh... her mom would rather save money than talk to her daughter. I'd be hurt

madasmercury 0

Monday 15 November 2010 1:41

**son

allisonc 5

Monday 15 November 2010 1:21

That's really shitty coming from your mom, but it does add up, it costs me like 25 cents per message to receive from my husband. Although I really could care less about the costs, but if you are texting her a lot it may be raising her bill. You can write her letters for free (postage is free for you from Afghanistan)