Today, I discovered my new step-dad has a rule about the shower. After three minutes, he turns the water off at the source. I had to beg him to turn it back on whilst covered in shampoo suds, and the only way I could get him to give me another minute was to forfeit my phone for the week. FML
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Today, I was taking a shower, when my dad decided to turn off the water to the house, run upstairs, and throw a bucket of freezing cold sludge into the shower with me. He wouldn't turn the water back on for 2 hours. FML
Today, my mom revoked my shower privileges for a week, all because I'm “using too much water.” I'm the kind of person who will smell like garbage after one skipped shower. FML
Today, my mother told me to take a quick shower. When I got out, she told me I took too long, and now I have to pay the utilities bill. My shower was two minutes long. FML
Today, I discovered that I have to share a room with my new stepbrother. I also discovered that he takes the same number of showers over the course of two weeks as I do in a single day: one. FML
Today, I had to tell my 30 year-old boyfriend to take a shower, or else he won't for a week. FML
Today, my dad learned that I sometimes waffle stomp in the shower if I wake up late. He built a shower stall outside and has threatened to kick me out if he ever finds me showering inside again. I get that it's kinda gross but this is a massive overreaction. What will I do in winter? FML
Today, my boyfriend turned down a shower with me because he didn't want to get his hair wet. FML
Today, my dad borrowed my new iPad to amuse him while he was in the shower without my knowledge. The iPad is now completely ruined, and my dad is refusing to buy me a new one. He says, "How was I to know that it wasn't waterproof?" FML
Today, I desperately needed to pee, but my mom was in the bathroom taking a shower, so I waited patiently until she finished. Just as I was about to go in, my half-naked dad rushed ahead, said "Going somewhere, son?" and shut the door on me. FML
Today, I’m showering at a local firehouse. Why? Because our shower is broken and my dad refuses to fix it, or get someone to fix it for us. It’s been a year and a half since I've showered in my own home. FML
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JMichael 26
Your dad sounds like a dick
myoukei 31
You need to talk to your mom about this because he is a tyrant
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rockydify 22
Wow to all the people saying 3 minutes is not long enough! The only part of this that's bad is that she wasn't informed ahead of time that there was a 3 minute rule. Now she knows, it'll be easy to stick to. 3 minutes is plenty, and is a quite common time limit on showers, especially here in Australia.
Algorithm 24
Genuine question for Australians, then: how the **** do you shampoo thick waist-length hair, rinse, condition, and rinse again, in three minutes? Witchcraft? A pit crew for the bathroom?
leogachi 15
@163 How would it inconvenience everyone around me?
leogachi 15
@147 They can easily ask them when they get home. Or ask to use a friend's house phone to check in with their parents (assuming they're at the friend's house).
dangousity 21
Ship shower bitch
Frungy 9
Okay, first off people need a little context. Australia has had several severe droughts in a row. They think that California is water world. Second. It is possible to shower in 3 minutes with a little planning. Get a bucket, soap yourself up, wash your hair, shave, etc. using the bucket. Then just use the shower to rinse off. This is how people do it in Japan and it is possible for men and women. Third. Stop whining. The father isn't being abusive or abusive or anything else. He's trying to avoid a fine of $1,000 (for the FIRST offense - it goes up rapidly after that). I don't know what type of households you live in, but that's not exactly chickenfeed. I'm sorry for the OP. I've lived through droughts before so bad that we weren't allowed to flush the toilet more than 3 times a day (seriously - it was disgusting) and showers? Hahahahahahaha! It was a half bucket of water and a sponge bath. I know it sucks. It isn't her step-father's fault though, and she needs to face up to the fact that everyone in NSW is in the same state, and adjust her washing habits. As for all of you who were prepared to badmouth the dad without understanding the situation more fully - you should be ashamed of yourselves.
suosi 21
Kill thay bitch
DivaDiana1 1
My step-dad had the same rule when I was growing up. With practice and planning three minutes is plenty. I'm a grown woman with children of my own and I can still take a complete shower (shampoo, conditioner, body wash, face wash, and rinsing everything) in UNDER three minutes. It sucks until you get the hang of it, but once you do you'll wonder why everyone else takes so long. I mean, what are they doing in there?
FireHanyou14 7
Your step-dads a jackass, and most people get ideas in the shower (god knows I do) and some people just take forever.
Steve_Dudley_UK 10
Never mind FYL it's more your mom I'm thinking of as the guy probably has same stopwatch mentality when having sex.
oathkeeper99 31
My stepdad used to have a similar rule. He put in a shower timer and I was only allowed to shower for 4 minutes because he blamed me for the water bill being high, although conveniently enough his own daughter was still allowed to take half hour long showers without him batting an eyelash.