Today, I bumped into my parents at the mall. They didn't tell me they were around. I live 5,000 miles away, in a different country from them. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I went to visit my parents after 4 years of not seeing them. They'd moved without telling me. FML
Today, marks the third time this month my parents came to visit. I moved 5 hours away to get away from them. FML
Today, my mother knocked on the door of my room at 7am. I am currently over 300 miles from home, on a vacation to get away from my overbearing family. I told none of them where I was going. FML
Today, my family and I drove to a mall an hour away. We split up, and I went into a store by myself. A little later, I get a call from my brother asking me where I am. They had already left to go home and didn't notice me missing from the car. They were already halfway home. FML
Today, I found out about my parent's divorce over Facebook from my sister who lives 8 hours away in another province. They made the decision 3 weeks ago. I live with my parents. FML
Today, I found out that my over-controlling parents would be moving in next door. I'm almost 23, and moved 5,365 km away to get away from them. FML
Today, my parents started fighting at a restaurant. Embarrassed, I went to the restroom to get away and stayed in there for about 15 minutes, knowing how long their fights can last. When I came back, they were gone. They'd ditched me, and left me to walk several miles back home. FML
Today, I was awakened by knocking on my door, only to find my parents standing there. Turns out, they booked two one-way tickets to visit me from another country. Their plan? I should scrap my upcoming 2-week vacation to hang out because they invested in this trip. Oh, and they didn't book a hotel. I'm 31. FML
Today, after 6 months abroad, I finally got home to the airport at 5 a.m. where my parents were supposed to be picking me up. I called my mother to let her know I'd landed. She picked up with a sleepy voice and asked, "Who is this?" I'm an only child and we live 2 hours away from the airport. FML
Today, I received numerous text messages from my parents asking where I was and how worried they are. I was in my room, they didn't even notice me walk in. FML
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Top comments
NavalAvaiations1 5
perhaps they were buying you a gift and then driving to surprise you. or, you just suck.
BntyHntrSeattle 30
You just got "It's A Small World" stuck in my head.
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Comments (89)
olpally 33
What asshole parents ya got there. Jesus. Love ya too mom and dad, ya bastards.
lexi365 20
They could just be planning on surprising OP...
olpally 33
If they were surprising or planning on surprising op, why is this on FML??? Think about that, obviously it's not a good thing.
underthesea12 24
I bet they "were going to call later" lol
perdix 31
Stalkers, much? YOLO!
CVTTRVN 19
Can you not?
perdix 31
#20, I figured with the idiotic "much" construct, I might as well complement that with the equally idiotic YOLO. As to your philosophical question, I'd say that with modern medical technology, you might live more than once, so YOLO just establishes a minimum. Do you care to refute that?
cereal_girl 9
You havent been on FML long enough to understand perdix's humour. Haha d:
Ilmoran 20
23: the "only" implies no more than once. To establish a minimum, you would want "at least". Therefore, you probably wanted the lesser used YLALO.
Kallian_fml 21
YLALO? Where have I heard that before? Oh yeah, when my class of 2 year olds try to say 'yellow'.
thatgirlkat 9
Surprise!
MissWhitneyB 17
Maybe a surprise visit and even if it wasnt... SURPRISE !
cereal_girl 9
They were probably going to surprise you, OP. Ive done that before to cousins and such d: its enjoyable to see their reactions.
graceinsheepwear 34
Enjoyable for whom? Personally I hate surprise visits and people dropping in uninvited. It is selfish of the visitor to assume that I can and will drop everything to accommodate their whim.
cottoncandymango 17
I'm sure they were going to end up surprising you anyways!
reillynoble14 4
This almost seems like it couldn't happen... What a small world!!!
JessicaZado 11
And the parents of the year award goes to...
Axipiter 24
I'd say them, if it was their intention to drive or fly 5,000 mi to visit their child on a whim for a surprise visit. That'd be pretty cool of them. If that wasn't their intention, then yup. They might be assholes.
LissaMccracken 23
Molly and Arthur Weasley! Wait... That's what you meant right? You didn't finish so I guessed
noldier 5
maybe you left an impression of the country on them and they went on vacation. I don't expect my parents to tell me where they go.
neverready 25
I don't expect my parents to tell me where they go either, but I would expect them to at least give me a call or something, when they come to my town, assuming my town is not their town. And given the 5000 miles I think it's either quite rude not to say anything or, as often suspected, surprise visit gone wrong. But wouldn't they tell you that, once you bumped into them?
Axipiter 24
33, that's a fair enough closing statement, one I hadn't considered. If it was a surprise visit gone wrong, chances are they would've mentioned it before this FML was ever written.