Miscellaneous: Today, I was over my grandparents' house for my grandfather's...

By mike - 10/07/2013 07:51 - United States

Today, I was over my grandparents' house for my grandfather's birthday. For years they would talk to each other in Italian and I could never understand them, so I started to take an online class to teach myself Italian. Now I know all they talk about is how much they hate everything about me. FML

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By jaci - 24/07/2016 15:27 - United States - Jacksonville

Today, I went downstairs to get a drink and overheard my grandparents talking about me. They spent a good 15 minutes double-team attacking me for my failings as a human being, mainly me not being married with children yet. I'm barely 20. FML

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By FlyingWhisps - 27/09/2011 23:33 - United States

Today, my grandparents came to visit. So far, they have called me fat, bragged about how my cousin is better than me, and told me how I'm not good enough for them. It's OK though, they gave me a pretzel from the airline and a textbook on physics. In another language. FML

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By Anonymous - 07/01/2020 14:00 - United States - San Diego

Today, I had to listen for over 10 minutes as my brother and grandmother discussed how much they hate me. They thought I was asleep. FML

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By familyfued - 17/02/2018 01:30

Today, I discovered the terrible things my parents say about my wife while visiting them. They speak in Arabic around us and I've never really been able to understand them. Guess who hasn't only brushed up on his Arabic, but spent the last 6 months teaching his wife… FML

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By IHaveThePower - 07/10/2021 23:00 - Canada - Ottawa

Today, I spent all day cleaning for my grandparents to come over, only for my grandfather and father to interrupt me, talk over me, and treat me like I'd done something wrong. I'm autistic and was infodumping. They know this. FML

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By Gloria Lovestar - 03/10/2019 20:00

Today, I visited my in-laws, whom I thought I was on great terms with. I soon learned that wasn't the case when my mother-in-law yelled at me about how I've been abusing her for years. Ten minutes later, she hugged me and asked me for grandkids. FML

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By Grandma has no filter - 08/12/2022 15:00 - United States

Today, I listened to my grandma monologue about how if my uncle was born first, my mother (and consequently, I) would not exist. I then got to listen to her rant about what a terror he was. Let's just say I learned and heard some things I'd rather have not known. FML

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By Anonymous - 15/03/2020 03:02

Today, I was sitting in class when I overheard a group talking about how much they don't like me. When they saw me there, they burst out laughing. FML

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By Anonymous - 27/06/2021 23:59 - Australia - Thornleigh

Today, I went to visit my grandparents, as my grandmother may not have long left. When my stepfather wasn't grilling my visibly uncomfortable grandad about Bible passages, my mother was trauma-dumping about how hard her life has been, and how awful her marriage to my father was. They're his parents. FML

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By Anonymous - 30/11/2011 02:09 - United States

Today, I'm spending time with my granny, with whom I'm supposed to live with for a few weeks. I've noticed that she repeats the last word of every sentence I say, and now I'm wondering how it's possible for me to now be so horrible that I want to punch a sweet 92-year-old lady in the head. FML

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Wednesday 10 July 2013 16:12

You should play along with it and then when the times right you should start talking in Italian. Embarrass them.

kittenmeownyan 18

Wednesday 10 July 2013 16:11

Sorry OP some families can be real assholes even to their one of their own.

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avapaige1234 19

Wednesday 10 July 2013 22:51

Truth hurts.

AgirlnamedQing 4

Wednesday 10 July 2013 22:56

Sometimes it's better when the truth is not known

BaraSkit07 12

Thursday 11 July 2013 1:54

I would probably just answer them like: "Yeah I know, right? I do suck balls!".

angelitared 27

Thursday 11 July 2013 4:35

Hope ur grandparents choke on their words!

catharsis5 9

Thursday 11 July 2013 4:57

lo siento, but maybe if they learned that you know how to speak Italian they would be proud of you? Maybe they just do that to all their grandchildren when they're around.

rebe1026 5

Thursday 11 July 2013 5:53

I feel like that's what the people at the nail salon do

aeonsoul 12

Thursday 11 July 2013 7:36

That's sad.. Respond in Italian all serious-like one day. They'll feel ashamed when they realize you can understand all their trash talking:/ hopefully you get an apology

kms494 4

Friday 12 July 2013 0:43

No one can screw you over quite as well as your own family can! Sorry to hear that OP!

BlissfulLiss 18

Friday 12 July 2013 0:54

This is why you never travel to foreign places whilst not knowing the basics of the language there. Especially, when it comes to derogatory words and insults.