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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mercedesm 28
He sounds like an extreme cheapskate..
maggiefox 25
If talking it out doesn't help, then shower when he's asleep.
GhostFox 34
You need to discuss this with your mother ASAP. This behavior is both physically and emotionally. It is a physically abusive be suit because the time limit he is giving you is not enough to properly was your hair -which can cause it to become matted with dead skin and bodily oils- nor to properly wash your body thoroughly, particularly in your genital region or other places where skin overlaps. The second one will make you highly prone to severe yeast infections in any location that is warm and even slightly moist, including places like your toes, and other such joints. Having soap dry to your skin would be just as bad as it would cause rashes, and severe drying out of your skin. She needs to set limits on him, or if she won't you need to tell a teacher or other official who has the ability to report to whatever the equivalent of child protective services is. You need to be ready to do the latter if your mother won't limit him or can't control his behavior towards you. If the person you tell after her won't report it, tell someone else, and keep doing it until someone listens, because if your mother refuses to step in his behavior will only escalate and become more abusive over time. If your mother fails to control him, it also makes her accessory to his behavior. I hope your mother listens, and actually does something. If she doesn't, report, report, report!
cyna_g 18
I would have gotten out and let water and soap drip all over the house.
ChristinePi 36
That's so stupid. If you or any of your siblings have long hair like myself it takes at least three minutes alone to wash and condition it.
PANDORUM89 21
how exactly is a female supposed to shower in less than 3 minutes? even if I get in and immediately soap up my entire body and hair then barely condition my hair wash my face I'm still sitting at 7 minutes. longer if I shave. he is ridiculous and I'd tell him to go F himself.
corynxo 8
Dang thats messed up
cjbetz 10
tell your mom to get a divorce I went through the same thing my dad remarried an she took over everything .....telling him about it made it worse then three long agonizing years later he divorced her due to him catching her punishing me in very unpractical manner
zeffra13 31
Did you find out by him turning the water off? If he didn't tell you beforehand, he has no right to punish you. A decent father would at least give you warning before he turns it off, and an extra minute to rinse if you're still all soapy. You can't control how long it takes to rinse soap out, especially if your area is prone to hard water. I also agree with everyone else here: I can only "shower" in 3 minutes if all I'm doing is washing myself, no shampoo no shave. It takes 5 minutes just to wash my hair since it's down to my belt and I use separate shampoo/conditioner since the combined ones never rinse out well and then I have to wash it more frequently. That's not something I can do in the sink either. Maybe get your mom to help you explain that girls simply have more they have to do in the shower?
smbridges 15
That's when you raid their room when they are gone and steal all the important stuff