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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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
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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Comments (263)
getindoe69 17
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try taking shorter showers
CorieLynn_ 9
3 minutes in the shower?!?!? Oh my lady gaga. Asshole.
zarrganaut 17
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Now THATS strict. Better get used to five minute showers! Sorry, op. I used to think I had it bad...
Rkikkas9713 25
I feel like I should point out that it is three minutes and not five.
ArcheryArtist 20
Wow what an ass. He can't just come into your home and start making orders. I hate step parents who think that the second they move in they can turn it into their house and their rules
I_Bite 22
If they move in and are married/in a serious relationship it is their house aswell and adjustments need to be made on both ends. I agree this is too far but if he is serious about this (as an environmental thing or money saver) they can come to an agreement :) What I want to know is how they didn't know this about him before OPs mum/dad married them. He probably lived with them (whether permanently or in and out) for a while before they married
gallifreyanqueen 10
Nobody said he moved into OP'S house. OP and their mom could very well have moved into his house. That being said, 3 mins is unreasonable for a shower.
RedPillSucks 33
your step dad sounds like a controller and abuser. try to get help from your mom
I_Bite 22
I understand the control part but I not the abuse part. Unless he is about to flip out and beat them physically or mentally, I don't think you can call him an abuser...
Jowisee 29
I'd call not allowing proper hygiene abuse. And it sounds as if his behaviour is bullying. I would seek help.
PoliceExplorer87 13
Oh I feel your pain. My dad will only let us shower at certain times and for a certain amount of minutes. I love when he goes on business travel and we can take showers as long as we want!!!
GhostFox 34
If he's impairing your access to proper hygiene, that is abuse.
melanielovejeff 15
Is he trying to show who's boss now that he married your mom?
DomiLove 26
Give him 1 minute to shower, turn off the source of the water and power, maybe even lock him in the bathroom??
liv1222 29
Wow no reason for the step-dad to be like that totally ridiculas you need to talk to your mom. That's unfair for op.
sstahpp 33
Ridiculas!!! Do you go to Hogwarts?? :D
itsme82 18
Well op they say, what's good for the goose is good for the gander. Do the same thing to him only give him two minutes instead of three. I'm sorry honey. This guy sounds like a real jerk. Hopefully you're old enough that you can move out soon