Today, I was so exhausted that I slept through my phone ringing, and later my doorbell ringing. My psycho mom freaked out, and thinking I was in trouble, broke a window to get inside. This all happened before 7 a.m. 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 trying to sneak home from a party. Instead, I head-butted a glass door and woke my mother up. FML
Today at 10:00 pm, someone rang my doorbell 4 times, while I was sleeping. I thought it was an emergency and I opened the door to my neighbor who just want to ask if I had a blackout at noon. FML
Today, I woke up to the sound of my psycho ex trying to break down my apartment door. FML
Today, someone knocked at my door. I saw it was my Mom, so I flattened myself against the door and tried to be as quiet as possible. I pulled my phone out and almost had silenced it before she called and heard the ringtone through the door. I had to invite her in and hear the usual "get married and have kids." FML
Today, the doorbell rang. I saw my incredibly overbearing mum's car outside, so I stayed quiet and tried to sneak upstairs. As I crawled through the hallway, commando style, I realised the door blinds were still out for cleaning. If scowls could kill, I'd be roasting in Hell right now. FML
Today, I was daydreaming in bed when my phone rang from across the room. I scrambled out of my covers, tripped over a pair of boots I had by the bed, and slipped on some jeans laying on the floor. Luckily, I answered my phone in time, but only to have my mom tell me to clean my room before she got home. FML
Today, I was running late and tried to sneak out of the house without waking anyone up. My phone alarm, which I forgot was set on max volume, blasted a loud “WAKE UP!” at 7 AM right as I opened the front door. Everyone in the house was wide awake instantly. FML
Today, I was woken up at 11:30 am by my mother standing over my bed, screaming at me. I'm 30 years-old, married, and do not live with her. She broke into my house because I didn't answer my phone, because I'm sick and on prescription sleep meds. WTF? FML
Today, my mom barged into my room at three in the morning, demanding to know where I'd been. I'd been in my room sleeping since ten o'clock. In that time she had called the police, all of my friends, and my ex-boyfriend, asking if I was with them. FML
Today, I was babysitting for my neighbors. Their 5 year-old had finally fallen asleep at 11 after two hours of stories and songs. No sooner had I tiptoed out of the room did I realize that my phone had dropped out of my pocket onto the bed. It was ringing. It was their mother checking in. FML
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Top comments
drewflav 17
Who the hell does these sorts of things? That's one crazy mother you've got OP! Make sure you give her the bill for replacing the window while you're at it.
SirCharles83 13
The good news is your mom really cares about you. The bad news, you're right, she's pyscho.
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Comments (83)
Isa_fml 20
Move to a different city. It worked for me.
jelly713 19
OP, try to set boundaries, if she's entirely nuts just move somewhere else.
EvilUndead 9
Reinforced doors + reinforced windows + soundproofing.
curlstar 6
My mom is very similar. She would call at 7:30 and ask if I was sleeping. OF COURSE! So then she'd ask me to call her when I'm "up and about." 30 minutes later she'd call again... We had a little talk, and she texts now. She knows not to even bother before 9 or 10am. She's mentioned being close to sending an officer by to check on things before, so I try to keep in touch best I can for her peace of mind. Talk to your mom!
_krystallynn_ 11
you're on your own now. she needs to get over it.
kamikrazy 6
Never! Some mothers can't let go, or have difficulty doing so. At least you know she cares.
curlstar 6
it used to bother me, but now that I'm a mom I totally understand.
spliit_fml 8
She was just worried after all you are her child . Mothers will do anything to protect their kids. Be thankful that she cares about you.
BigSexy123 11
NO. You do not reinforce behaviours like that by virtue of her being related to you. Would you say that if it was OP's dad? Or drunken Uncle Larry? No. This is a problem sort of behaviour, most likely resulting from an undiagnosed neuroses, and it needs addressing.
boots73 2
No that's going a little over the line! There's a difference between protecting your children, being over protective, and just being psycho about it. If OP's mom was expecting a call or had plans that early with OP and couldn't get ahold of them I could understand the concern, not smashing a window though, but otherwise mom needs to knock the psycho off!
outoftown 27
Unless you have a very serious medical problem, or you mom has a real emergency, this is nuts. Set some boundaries with her, with the bill for the window as incentive.
SammiixSue 13
Psycho mom, much?
SirWTF 10
I understand that your mom is worried about you as mothers should be, but there's a limit to how paranoid she should get. Hopefully, this was a once in a lifetime occurrence, otherwise you really need to tell your mom to relax.
TheyCallMeDamien 18
Well at least you know she loves you.
Jaszzie 6
Atleast she cares, right?