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Sociopath time
Today, my son’s mother is dying. He told me he feels “nothing at all” because of it. The reason? “Sometimes she punished me.” FML
Collection
Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Same thing different taste
Anonymous
Have kid they said, it'll be great they said
Today, my son is a real ass. My mother died and he literally only booked off half a day to attend his own grandmother's funeral, doesn’t plan to spend time with me after the burial, and since he booked it, all he has done is complain about the three meetings he’s going to miss that morning. FML
Anonymous
Thanks for reminding me
Today, my son's school called and made a comment about only calling me because my wife didn’t answer her phone. My wife is dead. It’s in his record that his mom is dead, and yet they still tried to call her before me, because I suppose dads aren’t real parents like moms are. FML
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Priorities
Today, I was feeling depressed. I overheard my mom crying on the phone. She said, “If my daughter kills herself, who’s going to do the dishes?” FML
Anonymous
Grand Rapids, United States
Today, I took my 6-year-old son to visit his grandmother, as the doctors say she only has days left to live. Minutes after we arrived, he leaned in close and told her that she's going to hell. FML
Denali
Denver, United States
Get out of there
Today, I overheard my mother saying that it is “physically painful” for her not to be mean to me. FML
Anonymous
Love is…
Today, I overheard my son tell his dad that he’s in love. Without pause, my husband told him it’s temporary, it won’t last, relationships are pointless, women only cause grief, and money in the bank keeps a man warm at night better than any woman with cold feet. I’m trying not to feel insulted. FML
Anonymous
Carrollton, United States
Bad seed
Today, everyone says I'm being too hard on my son, who I disowned and went no contact with after he cleaned out all of my late wife's belongings without asking. I have nothing, literally nothing left of her now. FML
Anonymous
Not for everyone
Today, and ever since I gave birth to my son, I’ve hated being a mom. I held him, waiting for the rush of love my mom told me I’d feel and… nothing, I was completely emotionless about holding my newborn son and it’s gotten worse. I really hate being a mom, and my husband just does not understand. FML
Anonymous
Bell, United States
Today, my son was crying because he wanted his daddy, and he asked when he can see him. I had no idea what to say, given his dad left us in the middle of the night last year, now lives in another country, and told me he never wants to see us again. FML
Anonymous
The truth will out
Today, despite all my begging for him to at least be civil, my son started his eulogy at his dad's funeral with the words, “Let me tell you a few things about the bastard in the coffin over there.” It only got worse. FML
Top comments
Michael Sawyer 11
you can't force someone to be sad. it will just push them away. He obviously has his own coping mechanisms. It might take months or years but it will eventually become a reality for him. it took me years to feel anything for my grandfather when he passed 15 years ago.
cuz803 46
His reasons are his reasons. If he's gonna take a numb approach to this, then so be it 🤷🏻♂️
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cuz803 46
His reasons are his reasons. If he's gonna take a numb approach to this, then so be it 🤷🏻♂️
Michael Sawyer 11
you can't force someone to be sad. it will just push them away. He obviously has his own coping mechanisms. It might take months or years but it will eventually become a reality for him. it took me years to feel anything for my grandfather when he passed 15 years ago.
RichardPencil 32
How old is he? If he's 5, this is unfortunate but understandable. If he's 23, it's horrible. Maybe you ought to start looking around on Tinder. Just see what's out there.
poopface82 25
Even if they’re not together, telling someone to go date when a person as important as their child’s mother is DYING is even more sociopathic than the lack of response from a child.
RichardPencil 32
I'm not suggesting he date just yet. I'm just telling him to look around for the future. I'm sorry you can't recognize a joke, but even sorrier that you misinterpreted it.
poopface82 25
A joke’s all well and good, but if it’s in bad taste, it better be funny as hell to overcome the bad taste. This wasn’t that funny, even if it was funny at all.
SirEnigM0nk 22
Everyone grieves in their own way. You can't pigeonhole someone into feeling a particular emotion.
D J's MOM 17
hopefully you don't have a little sociopath on your hands