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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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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were_giraffe 2
Get a skype account
dingleberrybop 0
your mom made a total bitch move there
xThatRandomGirlx 0
My mom would do the exact same thing :-/ She's a cheap-ass!
Charlesdenfreude 0
Can I just say that a lot of FMLs are kinda biased, so the truth probably runs more along the lines of: The OP was blabbing for about ten minutes about their time in Australia and what they had been doing, and it WAS costing a fortune and honestly there are better ways of having prolonged conversations with parents/friends abroad, so the mother was honest and hung up. Still feel bad for you because you feel bad, but hey.
Puolukka 4
#29 Yea so what? A mother should still never just hang up the phone on their child without saying "Love you" or "bye", "talk to you soon" o.O I bet she'd be pissed if the OP did it to her...IMO it's never acceptable to just hang up the phone without saying goodbye.
KyleCaster 0
Agreed. You make it sound like the end of the world that she doesn't want to talk to you on the phone, in the most expensive way possible. There's a difference between "You", and talking to you on the phone.
CowGoesMoo 0
Yeah, its not a few bucks, it could be upwards of 20 dollars. Just get skype! Its 2.4 cents a minute (more or less, depending on where you are calling). But its cheap! And the software is free.
xNephilim 19
Last I checked, Skype is completely free...
pgray18 0
go cry about it..
npk1112 0
hahahahaha #5 me too! I hate to be grammar police but that whole "then" instead of "than" thing really bothered me. And the fact that this person is obviously not wise enough to realize that her mom was COMPLETELY right and calling overseas is very expensive. Try AIM, Skype, MSN, facebook....there are plenty of FREE ways to stay in contact with your family if studying abroad. Oh, and make sure you take an English class over there and learn some better grammar!
Victoria2103 0
Ummm. I agree with your mom. Try Skype. Or email. It's kind of a waste of money to make transcontinental calls over the phone.