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.
Same thing different taste
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
Lost
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
Drama Llama
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
Nice
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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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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peatymasta 0
Man that sucks. I lived in Australia all last year and ended up giving my girlfriend a $500 phone bill. she told me it was worth it
KeithHarris 0
Hold on. I'm stringing up my mini violin :-/
LostAndNotFound 0
Learn to use skype.
horyo 0
Your correlation is flawed: your mom probably needed the money for something else at the moment. Care a little and call back when it's more convenient. I think you deserved it.
king_dro 0
yup, two months really isn't a big deal; you called her, she knows your safe. Plus we're in a recession, that call probably was costing her a fortune.
0 3
Yeah, international calling is really expensive. Don't you have the Internet down there?
Livi1 0
damn that sucks and you spelled 'is' wrong :/
blal 0
no really, its not just "a couple of bucks", international calls can run you a huge amount of money. go online, or just stop being so stupid
KEVINPASH 0
I bet your mom is paying for you to studying abroad too. Abroad fees + international calls fees = spoiled brat
dizzzane 0
shes right, its not just a few bucks. send an email you boner