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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Thanksgiving
Questions about your love life, a burnt turkey and the cousin who knows everything: Thanksgiving, a contact sport.
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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Ttessorc 0
"A few bucks is more important to her THAN you" Then vs Than... learn it.
nimaisha 0
Similar thing happened to me... I went on a trip around the country for over a month when I was a kid. I called my parents collect every few days. When I got home and they got the bill, they decided I needed to pay it because it was so expensive (over $250). I wouldn't have called to check in if I knew they were going to charge me! :(
nimaisha 0
Similar thing happened to me... I went on a trip around the country for over a month when I was a kid. I called my parents collect every few days. When I got home and they got the bill, they decided I needed to pay it because it was so expensive (over $250). I wouldn't have called to check in if I knew they were going to charge me! :(
pinkdumbledore 0
what a whiny last sentence. get over yourself...
Professor59 2
Next time, don't call collect. Than, you won't have to complain.
AnonEMous1125 0
awwww 4 get it m8 ur in OZ!! the best damn place on the earth!
kdodoubleg 0
My parents never called me while I was studying abroad in Spain and hung up on me more than once. I studied abroad in fall of 2001. My mother only talked to me for 2 minutes on 9/12/01 and I called her. Our parents are idiots. Don't expect them to understand that they're idiots either.
failboat1234 0
Um #23 how could a person "go use an internet cafe" if they were in a third world country? They wouldn't have internet and they for sure wouldn't have cafes if they were a third world country.
aussieoioioi 0
#91 did you just call australia a 3rd world country? If you did... It has one of the highest living standards in the world... :P And if you didnt, then just ignore that (: Australia ftw! Aussie aussie aussieee Oi oi oi :D Wooo Yeaaah just get a skype account... And if you dont have one then go into the local maccas (mcdonalds) and use their free wifi to download, and then use it.
andsoitends 21
I live in a third world country and we have internet cafe's. Get your facts straight.
Soniclover3 0
self absorbed btch. suck it up
waywick 0
most likely she was disgusted that her grown child doesn't know the difference between "then" and "than"