Today, I called my mom from Australia. I have been abroad for two months and hadn't talked to her in a long time. A few minutes into the conversation my moms stops me and says this call must cost a fortune and hangs up on me. A few bucks in more important to her then me. 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 called my friend in Australia to have a nice long chat, what I did not know was that my dad had removed my international calling plan, I talked to my friend for 5 hours, and ran up a huge phone bill, which I have to take out of the money I saved up to go see her. FML
Today, I called my mom for the first time in a few weeks, just to chat because I miss her. When she picked up, the first thing she said was, "Why are you calling? What's wrong? Do you have swine flu??" When I told her that I didn't, and I just wanted to chat, she hung up. FML
Today, I text messaged my mom from Afghanistan to let her know everything was okay. She responded, telling me not to message her so much because "the price of text messages really adds up." FML
Today, my mom was on the phone while we went grocery shopping. Apparently, her phone call was more important because she just left me stranded in the store. FML
Today, I called my mother to say hi. She spent a whole hour and a half complaining about how I never call her, bawling and calling me "a waste of human flesh." I call her at least once a week. FML
Today, my mom grabbed my phone, said she was taking it because I'd been disrespectful, and hung up my call. I'd been speaking with a work client. This is the gratitude I get for paying all her bills for the past 2 years, all because she's too lazy to get a job. FML
Today, for the first time in over a year, my mother actually called me. I excitedly picked up the phone. All I heard was rustling; her purse dialed me. FML
Today, while I was sitting in the living room with my mother, my phone rang. She immediately exclaimed, "I'm not calling you! Why is it going off?" She was serious. My own mother doesn't believe people talk to me. FML
Today, I called my mother to check up on her. Lately, she's been having some financial problems, so last week I sent her my last $100 to help her out until her next paycheck. She used the money to euthanize the family dog. FML
Today, I'm diagnosed with a terminal liver cancer. I live abroad, away from my family, so I called them and asked them to come visit me, possibly for the last time. I even offered to pay for the travel both ways. The mother, with a quite indifferent tone, declined my offer and hung up the fuckin' phone on me! FML
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Top comments
mobius8 0
Weren't you calling her? She was just probably wanting you to save your money for the trip.
Ohnoitslindsay 0
The last sentence just ruined this one for me. Quit crying. And it's "than" not "then".
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Comments (110)
Jemm_fml 29
It's called the Internet. Use it. Ydi~
Jemm_fml 29
It's called the Internet. Use it. Ydi~
your_face 15
Um, your mother isn't trying to save "a few bucks." Overseas calls are actually really expensive. When my brother went to London for a semester we couldn't call him at all - we emailed him a lot, though. Next time you want to talk to your mom try something that's free - if you absolutely have to hear her voice, get Skype. And if you're one of those people who can't get too far away from home for too long without getting really homesick, you shouldn't have gone to Australia.
xNephilim 19
We have an international flatrate for exactly that reason. My dad moved from the US to Germany a LONG time ago and that's when my grandma got that flatrate. I moved in with her from Germany a few years ago and now the flatrate comes in handy like you wouldn't believe.
Dalarsco 0
Um, weren't you the one who called her? She was trying to save YOU the money.
lnm701 0
Skype. Get on it.
thisisher 0
In one of the most retarded months of my life, I wasted $800 on overseas calls. Yes, over the course of ONE MONTH. It was 40 cents a minute. And it obviously wasn't worth it. Really, your mom does have your best interests in mind here. 40 cents doesn't seem like that much money. Then you see the phone bill and have a heart attack. Stop bitching that your mom is saving you money. Like other people have said, use the internet.
ZiggyMorrison 0
Australia costs 5 dollars a minute alot of times so suck it up go online and talk to her e-mail, aim,msn,whatever its the 21st century learn to adapt
yes_yes_yes 0
Skype. Skype Skype. try skype-ing her instead.
Theslacker88 0
Ur an idiot, from australia we're not talking a few buck were talking like 50 bucks for 10 minutes
zen86 0
No it dosent it's dirt cheap to call overseas from australia
GlumpyWonderCat 0
Use Skype. If you travel abroad you should know what it is.