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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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)
Notsobadboy 0
lmaooo.. are you lynne kurelek... please say yes lol...
BeautyAndBrains 0
OMG, you guys are HORRIBLE! I talk to my parents every day. I'm away at school, but I still like to check in with them. So she missed her mother, what's wrong with that? I would NEVER go abroad for two months and not once call my parents. OP, your mother is a bitch.
rc15 0
you're totally getting the wrong idea here. a call from australia really DOES cost a fortune, and maybe she just doesnt have that much money to spend on a single call. At least she spoke to you for a few minutes, and now you can tell the rest through an e-mail. Stop trying to create problems where there arent any.
rc15 0
and # 47's right. she was probably worried about what it would cost YOU
bass_2 0
maybe she didn't want to talk to you?
scottie06 0
Your mother is cheap, but so is everyone else in this world. Use one of the tons of ways to talk to her free. Plus, I'm sure it wasn't just 'a few bucks.' Give us some rates if you want my sympathy.
oloochi 0
learn how to write
mr_h_shaikh 0
well there is a recession through the world, right?
cafevista 0
that happened to me all the time. don't feel bad about it. i called my mom every few days and she'd always bring up the phone bill, and she was right it was over 500$
rakhil11 7
that sucks...but yeah, i'd recommend skype, i'm swy but times really r tough