Today, after a lifetime of my mom being a huge gossip, even about her own kids, and lying about being the one spreading it around, my siblings and I have decided to stop telling my mom things. Now she lays these huge guilt trips on us, just because we don’t want the world to know our business. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, my mother is upset that I won’t share things with her anymore. This is the woman who spent my entire childhood gossiping about every teeny tiny detail of my life, and used my suicide attempt as a way to garner pity for herself. Yeah, no thanks. FML
Today, my mom won’t stop calling up all her friends and family and even telling complete strangers about my "bowel problems." Even at parties, she talks about my pooping habits every chance she gets. This isn’t what I want to be known for. FML
Today, my mother went on another long rant, detailing 20 years of bad things that we all already knew about a relative. The slightest recollection in a conversation never fails to turn into unending monologues. I can't change the past, nor the subject of conversation apparently. FML
Today, my mom admitted that her story about my dad leaving us for his current wife was a lie. He left when he caught her with a coworker. She blocked his number and got a restraining order to keep him from telling his side of the story. I haven't talked to my dad for six years because of this. FML
Today, I discovered that my supposed 'friend' was spreading rumours about me and my other friends. We confronted her, but then she started crying and playing the victim so everyone would feel sorry for her, then spread more rumours. My friends and I have done nothing to her. FML
Today, I found out that my daughter has been making up horrible lies about her home life to impress some new friends. Since when is having two highly involved, loving parents with good careers and a nice home an embarrassment? FML
Today, I realized that I hate lying to my mom about having a boyfriend. FML
Today, I found out that my mother has been telling everybody that I’m a lesbian, because both of her best friends have at least one gay child each, and she was feeling left out. This explains why people have been treating me differently the last few weeks. FML
Today, my half-sister lied and told my mom I got a girl at school pregnant. My mom is unreasonable at the best of times, but after a full hour trying to get me to name this nonexistent girl, she's calling every parent from school to check if their daughters are hiding a secret pregnancy. FML
Today, I can't share most of the great things going on in my life with my family, because they will respond with lectures about indulging, or doubt about what is going on, and will refuse to continue talking, or say I am wrong when I speak the verifiable truth. I hate putting my family on information diets. FML
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Top comments
MandazInTC 33
There's nothing to feel guilty about. People need boundaries and your mom has none.
RichardPencil 32
That's a dumb move. When a gossip has no information, they'll just make up their own. You should just flood your mom with tons of boring, mundane things so she won't be starved of data.
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MandazInTC 33
There's nothing to feel guilty about. People need boundaries and your mom has none.
RichardPencil 32
That's a dumb move. When a gossip has no information, they'll just make up their own. You should just flood your mom with tons of boring, mundane things so she won't be starved of data.
raven_of_azarath 35
Or the really TMI stuff, like quality of bowel movements.
Jaymail 19
Your Mother caused that to happen herself. Can’t feel to sorry for her. Later on you can see if she learned any lessons by trusting her with things you wouldn’t be to terribly upset if that news got around. See if she can keep the LITTLE secrets first. In the end you may find you can’t trust her with ANY news anymore. Shame.
Iamthebanzai22 21
**** her. A gossip once ruined my reputation in my own BDSM community, making up wild stories about me. It took me years to rebuild that rep and sometimes it still bites me in the ass. Learn to recognize her guilt trips so they don't get to you. Trust me, a gossip can really do a lot of damage. Maybe make up fictional friends and tell her stories about them. That way when she spreads stories they can come back to her for a change. See how she likes it when people stop believing what she tells.
tounces7 28
So who cares? Just ignore her dumb ass, or maybe cut her off entirely.
JasonThorn 23
"Sorry, Mom, you're just going to have to come up with your own material, or PAY US for using ours for your benefit."