Today, it's Christmas Day. Normally, my family would be opening gifts right now. Instead, my mom is holding our gifts hostage until we clean the house. Apparently, "The presents aren't going anywhere." FML
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Today, I thought my mom and I could put aside our differences and open our Christmas presents. When she opened mine, she turned to my dad and said she didn't want the present, so I could give it to someone else. 'Tis the season. FML
Today, my mom got drunk and decided to unwrap all my Christmas gifts and throw them at the wall. Ho, ho, ho. FML
Today, my mother has stooped to a new level of "hiding" Christmas gifts. She now just dumps them in the middle of the floor and says, "Don't look at them." If she even thinks I'm glancing in the direction of the pile, she will burst into a manic rage, and yell at me for "ruining the surprise." FML
Today, my mother has issued a 'Christmas Ultimatum'. The rest of us have exactly 2 days to "get some Christmas around here" or we will feel her wrath. FML
Today, I waited anxiously until midnight to open my Christmas presents. As the clock struck midnight, I ran out into the living room, super-excited to open them, only to discover that everyone in our house had already opened theirs, and had all gone to bed. FML
Today, my family decided to break tradition and wake up at midnight to open presents. I didn't find out until I went downstairs to get a glass of water in the middle of the night, and found wrapping paper and empty boxes everywhere. FML
Today, I've had my tenth "Christmas" dinner since Christmas last took place. My mum has gone nuts and keeps playing Christmas music, making these dinners, and refusing to let me take down the Christmas decorations. My dad is too whipped to save us from this hell. FML
Today, on the third of February, my mom finally relented and let us take the Christmas decorations down. FML
Today, my parents refused to give my daughter her Christmas presents as an act of revenge against her father. FML
Today, my mom is coming to pick up the Christmas presents we got for her and her husband. She won’t come inside or come within 6 feet, so she can be healthy when she goes down to the ex-wife’s parents house to hang out. The ex in-laws that hate me. Glad my mom chose them over me. FML
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Saturn_fml 23
Unless you have a 5 story mansion with tons of rooms and she wants you to clean all windows, floors, ceiling etc then it's not really that bad.
DontClickOnMe 28
Haha, sounds like something my mom would do. She's such a perfectionist. But hey, at least you're still getting the presents! Merry Christmas!
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Comments (82)
meemslin 4
First world problems!
sickenedwinter86 0
Then clean the house? Don't be so ungrateful. I showed up at my parents in time to help do the dishes and the only gift bought and given this year was to my parents dog, formerly mine. The whole family bought a dog bed... Damn good Christmas, too.
KDT7688 3
Go mom!
jonnyroscoe 3
So help out for a moment. Clean up the place so everyone can enjoy! Sheesh.
mutinykitty 18
Then why are you on the internet whining? YDI
angrynegro7 16
Quit bitching and moaning and start cleaning...punk-ass.
icanhazblivions 1
if your mom is always the one to clean the house, and if you are still living with your mom and you don't have a job and HAVE TIME to clean the house, the YDI bigtime.
JimDaBoss 0
Connecticut, huh? So ur a rich ass snob who thinks that cleaning is the worst thing in the world and ur getting upset because there's 5 minutes if hard work between you and you're new ******* iPad. Tough life.
twilightluvr101 4
Um sry but that was a lil uncalled for jus cause someones from conneticut dosnt mean there rich ass snobes quit bein so jugemental
insanelyXnikki 18
It takes more than five minutes to clean a whole house...
hanaahvictoria 0
Genius....
gumzy 6
Christmas is not about gifts OP. It's about the birth of Jesus Christ. Go to church. Donate. Give. If there were no gift giving than I'm sure 99% of people won't care about Christmas... Seriously...
cherrysizzle1 0
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