Today, I called my daughter a wimp and insisted her pain can't be that bad. She left in tears. Later, I got a call from her doctor informing me that she has trigeminal neuralgia, one of the most painful diseases known to man. I'm an asshole. FML
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Today, I was diagnosed with a chronic pain condition. My parents seemed very sympathetic and my mother even cried. When we got home, though, they started laughing and asked if I really believed all the shit the doctor was talking about. FML
Today, my 21 year-old daughter called crying because she was in pain due to a wisdom tooth. She was angry because she thinks I should have called the dentist for her. She can't get an appointment immediately, so now refuses to celebrate her birthday four weeks away. I told her that she's an adult now. Still my fault. FML
Today, I had a massive, pounding headache. I asked my mom for some painkillers and she said, "No. You don’t deserve pain relief. Ever. For anything." What? FML
TToday, my daughter was hungover, so to teach her a lesson I started banging a pot next to her ear. An hour later, we’re in hospital. She wasn’t hungover; she hadn’t even been drinking. Her migraine was a huge aneurism one sneeze away from bursting and killing her instantly. I’m a terrible dad. FML
Today, I have an excruciatingly sore throat due to chronic canker sores around my uvula. Every bite of food I swallow brings tears to my eyes. I had enough of dad calling me a wimp at dinner over it and shoved my food onto his plate. He's now faking allergies to food we've had for years, just to take the piss out of me. FML
Today, I was teaching my two year-old daughter how to take a person's temperature. While I was sitting down, she came up behind me and shoved the thermometer in my ear hard. Now I can't hear out of my right ear, and I'm in excruciating pain. FML
Today, I was called a "wimp" and a "pussy" for crying and screaming after lightly bumping my hand on a wall. It’s been five hours and it still feels as though my skin is being ripped off the bones in my hand. FML
Today, I was sitting in the hospital waiting area. An old lady was crying, and my five year-old daughter asked her, "Are you okay?" The woman quietly nodded, prompting my daughter to scream at the top of her lungs, "Well shut up then!" FML
Today, I took my 12 year-old to the orthodontist. While I was talking to the dentist about what was needing to be done, my daughter listened. With a straight face, the dentist joked, "Yeah, we're going to need to rip off her entire jaw." My daughter won't leave her room anymore. FML
Today, a girl in my glass was complaining that her neck hurt. I thought if I forcibly turned her head side-to-side, it would instantly fix it like in the movies. It didn't. She was in so much pain, she couldn't even talk, and had to go to the hospital. FML
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JasonThorn 24
Time to apologize. Profusely, and at great length.
PhantomCrevan 8
Why do I get the feeling that the OP will spend a few weeks sucking up to his daughter, then slowly revert back to not believing her when she doesn't get better? Either way, OP is lucky that his daughter wasn't suicidal (or, I would hope not), otherwise he'd likely be short a daughter (which he hopefully isn't) because trigeminal neuralgia has a very high suicide rate, especially in locations with excessively strict regulations on pain medication. Scrape and bow, OP- or do something that says that you believe her, like getting her one of those ice/heat packs that you wear on your head.
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manb91uk 22
I hear that a pony can cure daddy issues
Singularity01 9
If your child is telling you they are in pain and your response is to tell them they're a wimp, you might be an asshole. But seriously, what is wrong with you that you blow off a child in tears? Did you have problems with your dad and you thought that was just how parenting works? Just because you haven't experienced pain the way she described it, doesn't mean it doesn't exist. Please take a moment and think about what this teaches you: listen to your kids, especially when they say something is wrong.
weeping_willow 25
Yeah, this does suck. Kids now and back then have always make ailments and wounds out to be worse than they are. As a parent, I know how this is.
PhantomCrevan 8
... wow, you obviously not only can't read very well, but suck as both a parent and a human. A MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL called it an extremely painful disorder. It's such a painful disorder that DOCTORS call it "the suicide disease." If you seriously think that people from any generation after yours just whine about pain and blow it out of proportion, you need to do humanity a favor and go live in a cave in the middle of nowhere. If you hate people that much, you might not make scientifically inaccurate statements about people once you are away from them.
stinkfire0971 20
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what a wretch if a human and an even worse parent. If I was able too I'd GIVE you this disease, just to tell you you're "blowing it out of proportion" go chug some bleach and tell me how you feel as I hit you with a baseball bat.
PennyLane27 32
I have an "invisible illness" (although thank God not Trigeminal Neuralgia). I can't tell you how many dozens of times I've been blown off by drs and family with "you're young, you look healthy, you're fine" only to finally have a Dr say "oh shit." So, excuse me for not having an ounce of sympathy for you, OP. I hope this will teach you to listen to your daughter and have some degree of empathy. Realize she is going through hell both physically and mentally. She's still her. She's going through hell constantly though. And while there isn't anything you can do to cure her, you can bend over backwards to gain her forgiveness, and be there as a support for her.
rekijan 6
Even if she was fine you are still in the wrong for how you treat your kids.
alien236 8
Not sure if your daughter is worse off for having this disease, or for having you as a parent.
Rachael Ferguson 10
Sounds like my mum. I called her at 4:00 in the morning, telling her to take me to hospital because of severe abdominal pain. Not only did it take her 3 hrs to get there (usually takes 20 mins), but when she did, she said it was probably just constipation that I could dismiss by walking around & cleaning my apt. It actually turned out to be a burst appendix. I feel really bad for your daughter.
anyoldnamewilldo 23
Yes. It would seem you are better at assessing yourself than your daughter. What kind of jerk dad calls his child a wimp anyway? I bet she feels very safe coming to you with any problems she may have. Way to go Dad of the Year.
stinkfire0971 20
Ah yes, l distinctly remember one night when I woke up with the most excruciating pain in my leg. Luckily my parents were upstairs taking care of my sister. I hobbled my way into her room, as I couldn't have bent my leg if I wanted to. I told them what was happening, and that it was hot to the touch. What did they say? "Oh, go back to bed honey, you just slept on it wrong." The next day I had a fever of 102.3. The doctor told us I had MRSA.
PhantomCrevan 8
Urgh. You have my empathy. I had MRSA (thanks to shitty hygiene and teaching standards at my middle school) and it was hell going through treatment even when my mom knew what it was right away. I wound up having it in ten locations by the time it was all said and done because the school kept forcing me to essentially reinfect myself. Worst part was probably the three ones that were so deep on my leg that my pediatrician, her nurse, and my mom had to hold me down while they manually cleaned it because I was at risk of it getting into my blood stream. I'm usually quiet during stuff like that, but that shit hurt enough I was howling in pain (which resulted in a lobby of hilariously terrified looks, especially from my brother when we got done.) I still have the scars. I hope your parents took you more seriously about stuff after that.
moonlight77 28
Well, you hit the nail right on the head when you called yourself an asshole. Good going OP! Next time, don’t be so quick to judge or ignore. Not everyone cries wolf. Lesson learned I do believe.