Haunted by you

By Anonymous - 19/12/2025 22:00

Today, I asked my daughter if we could have a memorial table at her wedding for her baby brother who died 21 years ago. To my horror, she lost her shit at me and screamed she wants “one fucking night” to be about her and “not about him.” FML

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By Anonymous - 24/09/2021 02:00

Today, my son is a real ass. My mother died and he literally only booked off half a day to attend his own grandmother's funeral, doesn’t plan to spend time with me after the burial, and since he booked it, all he has done is complain about the three meetings he’s going to miss that morning. FML

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Hangryko 31

Friday 19 December 2025 22:59

I'm truly sorry for your loss, but you need to get therapy if you're constantly putting your daughter second to him. You have to focus on your living child.

stickyface 16

Friday 19 December 2025 23:05

She's 100% right. It's her very important life event, not an occasion for yet another acknowledgement of old pain. How selfish are you, Mom or Dad, to put your hurt above your surviving child, again?

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Hangryko 31

Friday 19 December 2025 22:59

I'm truly sorry for your loss, but you need to get therapy if you're constantly putting your daughter second to him. You have to focus on your living child.

stickyface 16

Friday 19 December 2025 23:05

She's 100% right. It's her very important life event, not an occasion for yet another acknowledgement of old pain. How selfish are you, Mom or Dad, to put your hurt above your surviving child, again?

mike3775 36

Friday 19 December 2025 23:48

How selfish can one be? Your child is having a big life milestone and you want to have a table dedicated to a deceased child at HER wedding.

DLBL 20

Saturday 20 December 2025 15:30

Right. That's some sick ship to make a whole TABLE about someone who passed 20 YEARS AGO!

Vesi 29

Saturday 20 December 2025 1:09

21 Years? Seek grief counselling, PLEASE. If that poor kid has lived her entire life in the shadow of her deceased sibling, then GODS do I feel sorry for her. Her reaction is entirely on you and how you've treated her entire life.