Today, I met my boyfriend's extended family. His grandpa was apparently senile, as he kept calling me "Tilly" and asking me to dance. His relatives thought this hilarious and busted out the video camera. Later, I learned his grandpa is not senile at all - the family was playing a joke on me. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, my boyfriend and his parents met my family. My grandpa thought it would be funny to walk around with a realistic gun and make references about being in the mafia. The rest of my family went along with it. FML
Today, I brought my boyfriend over to meet the family. After several long moments of silence, one of my sisters burst out laughing, and asked, "Okay, who is this guy really?" FML
Today, I met my boyfriend's sophisticated grandparents. I politely introduced myself. The first words to come out of his granny's mouth were, "If something happens to him, you won't get a f*cking cent of the insurance money, you hear?" FML
Today, I was taking my boyfriend to meet my grandparents. They live on the 27th floor. Alone in the elevator we started making out. Turns out that there's a camera in the elevator, connected to every apartment. My grandma asked me how it was. FML
Today, being the nice grandchild that I am, I went to visit my grandmother. She didn't recognise who I was. I thought she was joking. She later called the police as, "Some weirdo had walked into her house." I'm that weirdo; she wasn't joking. FML
Today, I met my boyfriend's family. He calls his parents things like “geriatric hag” and “old clown”. I was about to yell at him, but they started calling him “nancy boy” and “nerd”. Apparently they love each other, but only communicate through abuse. I can’t believe I may soon marry into this mess. FML
Today, my boyfriend introduced me to his family. They were drinking and having fun, so I joined in. I had one too many, got really goofy, and then suggested the farting game. "Sorry, I can't hold my liquor!" I quickly explained. My boyfriend's mom shot me a cold look and said, "It's non-alcoholic." FML
Today, no one warned me that my grandfather was slipping into dementia. I proudly brought my new baby to meet him, only for him to burst into hysterical tears that I was a teenage whore, who’s now brought shame to the family. I'm 30 and married, but he still tried to hit me with his cane. FML
Today, my 65-year-old grandmother called and asked me to tell my boyfriend that she was flattered, but she's happily married. I have no idea what she was talking about and my boyfriend refuses to talk to me. FML
Today, I took my girlfriend to a family dinner. Things went great, until my grandma arrived. She thought it would be okay to continue our friendly prank war by congratulating me on my "wife's" pregnancy. My girlfriend actually believed it, and now thinks she's the "other woman". FML
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sarahcheetah 0
oh come on. that's not so bad. it's only a joke.
FernandoTorres_fml 0
We were going to ignore it anyway ;)
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Comments (124)
asherdash141 0
so what? it's a joke Jesus Christ
saywaturcoco 0
were doing storytelling in my school nd there's a story named tilly!!!!! lmao!!! :-P
Drakanaa 0
If you thought like a MLIA reader, this would read: "Today I met my boyfriend's extended family. At first his grandpa seemed senile, insisted on calling me 'Tilly', and asking me to dance. They even pulled out the video camera. I then learned it was all a joke. I think I've met my future in-laws. MLIA"
endoLG42o 0
that'd be weird, but at least you don't have to feel uncomfortable around his family
xokaitlyn94x3 0
haha OP that's awesome, honestly. they obviously must really like you and be greatful for that... watch the video in a long time and your probably laugh, you'll never forget it
jc420 0
lol, that's a pretty funny joke actually. You should be happy they broke the ice for you.
Jesus_Owns 0
Isn't Tilly the killer whale that killed 3 of it's trainers? Hmmmmmm
yoogurtisgood 0
hahah at first I thought you we're gunna say he was calling you a whale... the one at sea world who drowned like 5 people or something... me and my mom were talking about that his name was tilly
startafire 0
That's really awkward. o.0 I don't think it's that funny, but I don't think they intended to be mean.
Stiffilz 0
again, old ppl are grrr!! but op it was just a joke, they were prob trying to make u feel welcome in a weirdo sort of way. at least he didn't grope ur ass or something.