Today, my dad came over and ordered me, a 43 year-old woman, to purchase a kitchen table. He and my sisters are embarassed that we are still using a plastic folding table. It doesn't matter to them that we have just spent over $30,000 on renovations. His cousins are coming from Italy. FML
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Questions about your love life, a burnt turkey and the cousin who knows everything: Thanksgiving, a contact sport.
Today, I bought lunch for my grandparents, aunts, and uncles. My uncle apparently felt uncomfortable at the restaurant, because he got up and flipped the table over before leaving. The bill tripled because of the broken glass, and my uncle called me up later for a ride. FML
Today, I told my parents that all I wanted for my 18th birthday was to go to a restaurant in NYC for a nice dinner. My parents said no, because it would cost too much money. I came home to see my parents had bought a huge TV for $800. We already have 3 televisions. FML
Today, at a cheap restaurant, my dad asked me if I wanted a straw. I declined, saying I wanted to do my bit for the environment and not waste plastic when I'm fine without. He grabbed three and dropped them on the sticky table, "just in case." FML
Today, when I finally got delivered the new kitchen table that I ordered online a week ago, I found out that it was actually a kitchen table for a dollhouse, as I forgot to check the size. FML
Today, my elderly dad once again asked me to make a reservation at a restaurant for him and a younger woman he's been seeing. Meanwhile, I haven't had anything even approaching a real date in over a decade. FML
Today, I went to visit my father. His new wife has hoarded out our childhood home nearly to the point of it being unliveable. That’s pretty funny, considering my dad used to literally beat us if our rooms weren’t clean or we left dishes in the sink. FML
Today, my dad had a day off and was 'bored' so he decided to move our entire kitchen into our living room. We now have no running water, no oven that works and the entire house is a bombsite. He has an entire week off. FML
Today, my dad decided to get his friend to help move our old sofa to save money. Its leg got stuck in the doorway, scratched the entire hallway wall, punched a big hole in it, and the other leg made a big dent in our front door. We live in an apartment complex and now have to to pay for everything to be fixed. FML
Today, after I bought my house, my dad forced me to do all the DIY with him because I needed to know how to do it myself, but my sister just bought her house and not only did dad hire tradesmen to do a lot of the work, he forced me to do a lot of it as well. Never before have I wished I was a girl too. FML
Today, we finished redecorating my kitchen. My dad has been his usual OCD self about getting it perfect, so when he noticed a shelf was just barely not level, he decided to adjust the screws. It fell off and damaged my floor, so he threw the screwdriver and cracked a wall tile. Thanks dad. FML
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FloorX 14
there are so many things going on here
i_wuz_nver_here 31
If you're gonna spend/care that much about your house, why would you still have a plastic table?
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Comments (105)
mm12344 8
At first I thought meant your dad ordered you a 43 year old women 0.0
wow2mylife 25
it's all about culture and dinner manners
thenewgirl29 20
I think that he should purchase one for you if he really is so concerned. However, it makes no sense to spend that much money on Renos and still have a plastic table.
InfiniteSunshine 32
This was confusing in the beginning, sentence structure just made it difficult to understand. At first I thought the "ordered" meant that he like purchased the kitchen table himself for the OP online. Then I realized it meant "ordered" as in demanded or commanded. In any case, you're an adult and it's your house, he can't demand you spend your own money like that, it's your budget not his. If your father is so worried about something as simple as a table, that's pretty materialistic. And he can either satisfy his superficial standards, by buying one himself with his own money, or have the cousins at his home.
Jailermom 8
If he's really that concerned then let him host visiting family at his house. Really, are they there to visit you or your kitchen table?
Chazzster 32
It's hard to know who is the most foolish: The daughter who spends $30,000 on home renovations but eats off a plastic card table? Or the father who "orders" his adult daughter not living with him to get a new table?
TheMathMajor 26
The way I'm reading it is the renovations aren't finished yet. Or they are, but now she is saving up to furnish it. Renovating can take a long time especially if you are doing it yourself. It took my parents close to a year to renovate their kitchen themselves, and more than that when they did the master bathroom. It might also be that she's not planning to furnish it because she's planning to sell the house once the renovations are done.
yenze 18
This fml was hard to read and fallow
ConfusedCat 11
Check your spelling mate.
yenze 18
I didn't catch that thanks
more4me 27
Frankly , I'm surprised it passed moderation.
purple_duck88 6
#51 Check your grammar, mate
coltmerriman 15
Why would you spend 30k if you didn't even buy a table?
BrotherPhil 35
See #31
mnshdw818 3
Why would you spend $30k to renovate your house, but not budget enough money to furnish it with at least basics? Not that your dad is rightly any means, but maybe you should've allocated that money a bit better. I mean, it's great to have a beautifully renovated house. But not if it's empty.
Brightbulb 40
its quite possible that they want to finish their house before upgrading their furnishings. they have a table, it doesn't matter it's a card table. A table is a table, end of story.
AyeJay101 25
A simple wooden table for 6 is probably $500... I'm sure you could fit that into the $30,000... But not sure what's the FML... So both FYL and YDI
Dynosaur_dollie 38
clearly you have not had to go out and purchase a table... or any furnishings. Unless you're buying off kijiji or some other online classified ads and really looking through them for awhile you're not finding a sturdy wooden table for 6 people at $500. Hell most decent chairs ate around $80-$100 each unless you're really hunting for deals
AyeJay101 25
I did say table, I did not say set. Cheapest sturdy chairs I've seen are for 20. Try looking for wholesalers next time you shop, they're better priced than a store a named brand store.