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By annoyed - 20/02/2013 20:33 - United States - Paradise Valley

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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By BoomHeadshot - 02/05/2012 02:27 - Australia

Today, I was trying to sneak home from a party. Instead, I head-butted a glass door and woke my mother up. FML

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By RIP - 08/11/2019 08:00 - United States - Lambertville

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

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By Anonymous - 31/12/2015 18:15 - United States - Hyde Park

Today, I woke up to the sound of my psycho ex trying to break down my apartment door. FML

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By Anonymous - 30/05/2013 12:40 - Australia - Mooroolbark

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

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Lesson learned

By katharine - 15/03/2010 20:12 - United States

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

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WORRIED

By Katy Avada_80203913 - 20/11/2021 11:00

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

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By Sarah - 26/01/2013 05:14 - United States

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

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Back to square one

By Anonymous - 05/05/2009 03:39 - United States

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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Occam's razor

By anonymous - 12/02/2011 05:48 - Canada

Today, I woke up in the middle of the night to get a glass of water. Groggy and disoriented, I bumped into several pieces of furniture and made a lot of noise. My dad woke up, mistook me for a burglar, and knocked me out with his fist. FML

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Panic in the streets of London

By iiiiiiii - 22/06/2022 14:00

Today, like every day, everyone blew up my phone at once and I began having a panic attack. Because I didn’t respond immediately, I was called rude and a bad person. Turning off my phone isn’t an option either, because my mom will come in my room and cuss me out for not responding to her texts. FML

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drewflav 17

Thursday 21 February 2013 0:09

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

Thursday 21 February 2013 0:09

The good news is your mom really cares about you. The bad news, you're right, she's pyscho.

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Isa_fml 20

Thursday 21 February 2013 0:52

Move to a different city. It worked for me.

jelly713 19

Thursday 21 February 2013 1:02

OP, try to set boundaries, if she's entirely nuts just move somewhere else.

EvilUndead 9

Thursday 21 February 2013 1:40

Reinforced doors + reinforced windows + soundproofing.

curlstar 6

Thursday 21 February 2013 2:36

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

Thursday 21 February 2013 4:43

you're on your own now. she needs to get over it.

kamikrazy 6

Thursday 21 February 2013 5:28

Never! Some mothers can't let go, or have difficulty doing so. At least you know she cares.

curlstar 6

Thursday 21 February 2013 8:45

it used to bother me, but now that I'm a mom I totally understand.

spliit_fml 8

Thursday 21 February 2013 3:20

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

Thursday 21 February 2013 4:24

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

Thursday 21 February 2013 5:59

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 26

Thursday 21 February 2013 3:23

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

Thursday 21 February 2013 4:34

Psycho mom, much?

SirWTF 10

Thursday 21 February 2013 4:39

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.