Family, Relatable and Awkward: Blabbermouth

Blabbermouth

By betray the betrayer - 10/10/2020 17:02 - United States

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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By shut mouth - 11/10/2021 02:01 - United States

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

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Famous for something

By leaflady03 - 27/04/2021 00:30

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

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Don't mention it

By Anonymous - 28/03/2022 06:00 - United States - Verona

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

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By Anonymous - 04/12/2009 02:17 - United States

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

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Drama Llama

By Anonymous - 16/01/2022 18:01 - Australia - Sydney

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

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By indian:( - 18/01/2009 21:57 - United States

Today, I realized that I hate lying to my mom about having a boyfriend. FML

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Keeping up

By Anonymous - 09/05/2019 22:00

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

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Deranged

By Anonymous - 21/07/2022 04:00

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

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Ignorance is bliss

By JasonThorn - 12/08/2024 11:00 - United States - Phoenix

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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Truth bomb

By Anonymous - 15/12/2022 00:00

Today, 98 year-old mom with dementia thought she was talking to one of my dead sisters and not my wife, telling her she'd better never tell me who my real father really, that I ruined her marriage. She won't have me ruining her reputation, so her getting pregnant with me from an affair was my fault apparently. None of my siblings ever told me. FML

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MandazInTC 33

Sunday 11 October 2020 2:04

There's nothing to feel guilty about. People need boundaries and your mom has none.

RichardPencil 30

Sunday 11 October 2020 3:25

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.

Comments

MandazInTC 33

Sunday 11 October 2020 2:04

There's nothing to feel guilty about. People need boundaries and your mom has none.

RichardPencil 30

Sunday 11 October 2020 3:25

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 34

Sunday 11 October 2020 7:12

Or the really TMI stuff, like quality of bowel movements.

Jaymail 18

Sunday 11 October 2020 8:23

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

Sunday 11 October 2020 16:18

**** 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.