Today, I was struggling to move a large bookshelf downstairs. Mid-way down, the weight became too much for me and I desperately yelled to my dad for help. He stood at the top of the stairs and said, "Cash or broken bones. How much's it worth, son?" I'm now £50 poorer. FML
Collection
Autumn: Leaves and Laughter
When the leaves fall, the laughter rises. Discover autumn stories as crisp as dried leaves!
Today, I helped my parents move out of their old house. While I was guiding my dad down the stairs with the couch, my mom asked me to pick up the tape on the step below me. I bent over and grunted. My dad thought I said "Go" and kept moving. He knocked me down two flights of steps. FML
Today, while moving a couch and repeatedly asking my dad what he was trying to do and him ignoring me, I got my hand slammed between the corner of the couch and a doorway, because my dad shoved the couch without saying anything. I was holding the corner to stop it from falling on me. FML
Today, my dad and I had an argument. Then we went outside to shovel the snow out of the driveway. I heard him yelling and figured he was just yelling at me some more, so I turned my iPod up so I couldn't hear him anymore. Turns out he had fallen, cracked a rib, and needed help up. FML
Today, my dad decided to get his friend to help move our old sofa to save money. Its leg got stuck in the doorway, scratched the entire hallway wall, punched a big hole in it, and the other leg made a big dent in our front door. We live in an apartment complex and now have to to pay for everything to be fixed. FML
Today, I tripped over a ice block frozen to the ground and hit my knee hard on another. I had trouble getting up, so I asked my dad if he could give me a hand. He started clapping and walked away. FML
Today, after going to the bathroom I went to bed. I have a very sturdy bookshelf that sticks halfway to the right of the door as I enter my bedroom. I had dumbly turned off the lights as I didn't want to bother with them before bed. I ended up kneeing the bookshelf, hard, now I'm wide awake and in pain. FML
Today, I finally told my dad that he owes me over 400 dollars, and that I need it or else I'd get kicked out of my apartment. He only gave me 70 and said to get a better job. FML
Today, I seized at the bottom of the stairs and broke a rib. I don't have enough money to pay the bill. I don't know what to do. FML
Today, at my job as a librarian at an old library, I was shelving books. Things were great until one entire bookshelf fell over. The damage wasn't too bad. Then the rest fell down. FML
Today, I caught my dad stealing my money again, after I'd warned him he was on his last chance. I threw him out, since he’s been sleeping rough on my sofa. He reported me to the authorities for "elder abuse" and showed them fresh bruises I know the conniving old bastard gave himself. I was handcuffed. FML
Feel like sharing it with the other FML users?
Thank you, your FML was submitted, and will appear the moderation soon!
Top comments
broderickc 13
Dick move dad, dick move
emirie 21
Father of the year award.
Add a comment · Reply to
You must be logged in to be able to post comments!
Comments (51)
Not_Impressed13 9
How much was the bookshelf worth? You could have just let it go.
hashshim 23
Yes, let go and be crushed by the bookshelf...
Grayness_ 26
Comment moderated for rule-breaking.
I'm pretty sure his dad was teaching him a life lesson of what really is important. Something material or your body.
Snazzy_Snaz 17
that's a dangerous way of teaching a life lesson
Not_Impressed13 9
*sigh* There ARE ways to let a bookcase go on a set of stairs without getting crushed...
doodlecloud 26
If there was, don't you think he would've done that rather than pay £50? He must've been standing further down the stairs with the bookcase leaving no room for him to simply stand to the side and let it fall past.
quincy2112 9
22, teaching his son a lesson by stealing from him
TheKidOnFire 10
Sadly, the true story of my love life.
broderickc 13
Dick move dad, dick move
Anyb0dyTh 8
Ok. This just proves the world really is starting to suck. A dad forcing his son to pay 50 pounds to simply move a piece of furniture?! +1 for hoping the world ends sooner rather than later.
Ki11erC 18
Doesn't take the world ending to leave ;)
micha090 21
Your dad has priorities and helping you is clearly not one of them OP.
SlapAndTickle 20
He might have been teaching him to ask for help before getting stuck in dangerous situations? That or he's a total dick. I'm going to go with the first option because I don't want to feel pity for OP this earily in the morning.
9echo 17
For all we know, son could have owed his dad some money and pops saw it as an opportunity to get it back easily. My dad would do something like this, he's insane.
BadApple88 29
Shouldve just let it go. It's not worth broken bones
DontClickOnMe 28
But what if he was like under it? If he let go, it would've crushed him and I'm sure he wouldn't want that.
doodlecloud 26
Yeah, I thought that was the hole point of the FML? Cash or broken bones = cash for me to help or broken bones as you get crushed. I'm sure if letting it go without crushing yourself was an option then OP wouldn't have been desperate enough to lose £50.
juststephhere 23
You should've stolen it back!
Ian7890 23
I would have responded to him by saying," medical bills or help me out, you decide."
mimiminx 23
You may have done #38 but seeing as OP is in the UK, we don't pay for medical treatment!
SlapAndTickle 20
That's it, I'm moving to the UK.
emirie 21
Father of the year award.
AnOriginalName 19
But really, that's a good lesson to learn and a good way to teach it. Not only do broken bones cost a lot to fix (it was $4000 last spring for them to give me a sling for a broken clavicle and clean up some road rash), but there's a big loss of productivity at work after the hospital releases you.
CharresBarkrey 15
Because no insurance covers broken bones...
HistoryHasEyes 19
This is set in the United Kingdom where you don't pay any money for healthcare.
cina5 19
At least your unhurt
Andyournameis 16
Thats not good
ghil15 8
i think broken bone cost more!...
3yellowzebras 19
The OP is in England, doesn't cost anything to visit Drs or hospital here
soccerpowell 5
Do you even lift
1PersonIsMyWorld 22
Bro...really?
Jellybean22 14
Hahah, my mom would do this. But sorry about that op, maybe next time realize how much weight you can actually move