Today, I’m beyond pissed off and downright repulsed that my daughter is still in her stupid rebellious phase. it's bad enough that she does shit herself but now she’s involving our grandchildren. She showed up to our annual gathering and my 10 year-old granddaughter had bright purple dyed hair. FML
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Packed lecture halls, a sketchy roommate and frat parties: welcome to college, the real thing.
Today, I got a call from my 14-year-old step-daughter while I was out. She'd left nail polish in her pocket when she'd tried to wash the clothes. I now have hot pink streaks on most of my work clothes. FML
Today, my daughter is almost never included in activities my family has for their daughters. I’ve been told mine is “too wild” and “unladylike” because she likes being barefoot, climbing trees, and playing with animals. Meanwhile, they have their 10-12 year-olds in weaves, acrylics, makeup, and heels. FML
Today, I let my daughter dye her hair pink. I got an email from her school stating that the hair color violated the school dress code as it's “distracting,” and she will not be allowed to attend classes until she changes it. We do school over Zoom. Not sure how her hair distracts on a screen. FML
Today, I feel like I’ve failed as a parent. My brilliant college-bound daughter is throwing her life and future away to play “step-mama” with her scummy dropout boyfriend. The loser is 17 with three kids but my daughter is absolutely smitten. Neither my husband nor I can make her change her mind. FML
Today, my daughter turned Emo. FML
Today, at my gender reveal party, my daughter threw a huge temper tantrum and knocked over tables and chairs screaming, “Fuck this shit!” when the reveal came out pink. She’s five. FML
Today, I got home and found my babysitter furious and my 5 year-old exhausted from crying. Normally he chooses to wear Disney princess dresses but today his grandma came for a visit, saw what he was wearing, told him he was bad, and forced him to wear trousers. I’m ready to kill the bitch. FML
Today, I informed my daughter-in-law that I’m a granny, not an unpaid, on-call 24/7 babysitter, and no, I will not be babysitting her kids all day so she can go to an all-day brunch with her similarly selfish girlfriends. She threw an actual tantrum and threatened to put me in a home. FML
Today, despite my protests and warnings, my mother-in-law decided to chemically straighten my bi-racial daughter’s very curly hair. Hours later, not only is her scalp is raw and red, her hair is stringy completely fried and coming out in huge noticeable clumps. Fml
Today, my daughter continues to have acne breakouts. She’s no longer a teenager, which means she isn’t washing her face. I can’t believe I raised someone who ignores her hygiene to this point. FML
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angus 17
Your granddaughter probably has an awesome mother and daft grandparents. Don’t criticise what you don’t understand, your old road is rapidly fading… please get off the new one if you can’t lend your hand for the times they are a changing!
jlc82 14
oh no! not dyed hair! oh the horror! you sound like one of those hard noses helicopter parents that never let their kid/kids do anything...kudos to your daughter for not following in your footsteps and allowing her child to be a child and have fun.
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angus 17
Your granddaughter probably has an awesome mother and daft grandparents. Don’t criticise what you don’t understand, your old road is rapidly fading… please get off the new one if you can’t lend your hand for the times they are a changing!
easybree 10
no way this is an actual fml. your daughter seems awesome and you seem like a Karen.
DLBL 23
Don't tell me she was showing her ankles! Was her corset not tight enough? OMG!
jlc82 14
oh no! not dyed hair! oh the horror! you sound like one of those hard noses helicopter parents that never let their kid/kids do anything...kudos to your daughter for not following in your footsteps and allowing her child to be a child and have fun.
Chazzster 32
Learn to pick the battles that count. Hair color and appearance don’t count. Learn to respect others choices instead of thinking you are rule maker.
sirrubberduckie 37
As a parent, I worry about a lot of things. My daughter's hair color isn't even on the list. If I become a grandparent, I can't even imagine thinking my granddaughter's hair color had anything to do with me at all.