Today, I got mad at my parents and threatened to run away. Things got so bad that I packed a bag and left, planning to hide in my front yard to teach them a lesson. It's been two hours, and I'm still standing behind a bush in front of my house while they make no effort to look for 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.
Today, my parents started fighting at a restaurant. Embarrassed, I went to the restroom to get away and stayed in there for about 15 minutes, knowing how long their fights can last. When I came back, they were gone. They'd ditched me, and left me to walk several miles back home. FML
Today, I got into a fight with my mom, and stormed out of the house. I walked two blocks before realizing that I have no place to go, and no friends to vent to. FML
Today, I overheard my parents planning on how to get me to move out of the house. It's my house. They only came to visit and forgot to leave. FML
Today, my parents were out and about, leaving me alone in the house. They said they would leave some lunch for me. I couldn't find it. After telling them when they got home, my mom got huffy and showed me that it was in a place I would have never thought to look. She then got even more mad when I was annoyed by this. FML
Today, I slipped out my bedroom window at night in an attempt to rebel against my parents. Then I realized that I have no friends and nowhere to go, so I tried to climb back in. I fell, broke my ankle, and laid in the dirt until my parents found me in the morning. FML
Today, my parents and I went to the movies for my mom's birthday. After the movie, my mom and dad got into a fight, and left me at the movies. My cell phone was dead, and my house was about 12 miles away. They finally came and picked me up, hours later. FML
Today, I tried to surprise my parents by coming home from college for Spring Break. I arrived to find a dark house, with all the doors bolted shut. After calling them, I found out that they have gone on a vacation to Hawaii for a week. I am now locked out of my own house, with no where to stay. FML
Today, my dad is threatening to have my mom arrested for reckless endangerment because she and my stepdad left me alone for a month while they went on vacation. I'm 24 years-old. FML
Today, I finally decided to stand up for myself and quit my crappy job working for my abusive father. I gave him a few insults too, to which he reacted by calling the police and claiming I'd threatened to murder him. I spent three hours in jail before they finally let me go. FML
Today, I moved out of my parents' house and started living alone. All of a sudden, my parents started requiring me to text or call them every 5 minutes to tell them where I am and what I'm doing, from 6am to 12am every day. If I don't, they will go looking for me, and force me to move back in with them. FML
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akou616 3
It's okay, I'll look for you
Dblocker 18
They're not going after to you because they know you'll be back when it's dinner time.
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SeeNote 1
YDI. Parents aren't always easy to deal with but the way to handle it is not by spazing out and threatening them with stupidity. Why dont you sit with them, talk to them and handle the situation like a mature human being
boycrazy30007 12
Are you ljke 6 or Are you ******* stupid!
Leslier_fml 4
Lol they know you'll be back by dinner time. Obviously you got nowhere to go.
hellya14 0
Sounds like they know you better than you know yourself. Now get out of the bush and on your way! Time to fend for yourself and learn some real life lessons.
Eiregal2 10
So how bad was this fight? Bet it can't top the reason I ran from my home. Was 16, I love horror movies, before good old DVD we had video and my friend got me the exorcist, catholic mother not happy! She comes home Christmas eve with holy water and starts throwing it in my face screaming " Satan is in this house now!" then takes the video out back and burns it! Ya, that's a reason to run away!
klovely22 13
140- No, I don't think that's a reason to run away. Yeah, that's a little crazy, but there are worse things to leave home for.
jsolis1982 6
You ran away over your mom's reaction to a movie. You're just as dumb as the OP
Eiregal2 10
Eh no, because a manic woman with holy water and fire thought I was Satan.
caitiebug1119 15
That's not a reason to run away. That's a reason to remember to hide your horror movie DVDs and anything else considered Satanic until you have your own apartment.
BritLass 15
Well that's slightly childish... I kinda hoped it rained!
dvlmayc 1
Your an idiot, your parents deserve a fml for having such a pathetic excuse of a child!
Shadow_Phantom 26
"Your an idiot" The irony here is delicious.
kingbling11 12
You deserve to be removed from the gene pool...
Sharkitaxrscary 12
Sounds like something I'd do when I was 5... now my mum offers her keys.
nikkinurse 10
How old are u??? 10???
Shadow_Phantom 26
Probably not. Are you, though? You certainly type like one.
Shadow_Phantom 26
I know that feeling... ran away because my stepfather was being an abusive jerkass, wandered around barefoot in the 100'F heat... nobody came looking for me. 3 hours later, my ex comes by and picks me up, takes me back to his house for a week to recover. Anyway, I'm rambling here... FYL, honestly. I'd get out of there if I were you.
IntoTheClouds 42
Are you honestly suggesting the OP run away from home after an argument with their parents? In all likelihood, the OP got into an argument with their parents because of something THEY did, not abuse. Don't encourage people to run away from their homes, especially if you have no proof that the OP is being abused.
Shadow_Phantom 26
No? I was giving advice in case of a worst-case scenario; not "my parents won't buy me an iPhone and I hate them for it." Don't assume, please. You don't know that the situation either... it could be bad, it could be an overreaction. Either way, it's not really something to take lightly.
IntoTheClouds 42
I'm not assuming anything. I'm reading exactly what you wrote in your post; by stating you'd get out of there if you were the OP, you are suggesting that the OP should get out of the situation, based on an assumption - sans proof or reasoning, and with a note to advise me not to assume - that it's worse than it actually is. That aside, though, I doubt this is serious. If it was as serious as you believe it to be, the OP wouldn't have just hidden in the front yard to teach his parents "a lesson." By stating that he did it to teach his parents "a lesson", it sounds petty - I'm right, you're wrong. Not anything serious.
klovely22 13
148- Why are you giving OP bad advice? He wouldn't be hiding in the bushes of his front yard if it were that serious.
Valiumknights44 12
#148 for you running away may have turned out ok, but I am somehow doubtful of the idiot hiding in a bush trying to "teach his parents a lesson." That language alone tells us that the situation is not serious. Please refrain from drawling parallels to two completely different situations.