Today, my dad refused to pick me up because he didn't want to get off the couch, so I had to walk for an hour and a half to get home. When I finally got home, my dad had gone out to pick my sister up from her friend's house. Her friend lives a 3-minute walk away. FML
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Today, instead of having my friends come pick me up, my dad drove me over to visit them. He insisted on walking me up to the door, hugging me goodbye, and making sure my friends were appropriate enough to hang out with. I'm in college. FML
Today, I had to pick up my dad because he was too drunk to drive home. Drive his wheelchair home, that is. FML
Today, I went to a concert with a friend of mine. When his dad came to pick him up, I walked towards the car, expecting a ride. His dad told me he didn't have time to drive me home. I'm his neighbour. FML
Today, I had to walk three miles home from work. Both my parents were at home. The reason they wouldn't collect me is apparently because I've "gotten so fat, your grandma cried after she saw you". FML
Today, I asked my dad to pick me up from school, he said he couldn't. Why? he was busy playing world of warcraft for the night. I got to walk the 3 hours home while my 49 year old dad played computer games. FML
Today, my dad came to pick me up. It would have been nicer if he'd had his clothes on. FML
Today, due to bad weather, my dad let me take his car to drive to my apartment 3 hours away. I only realized when I got there that my keys were still sitting on my parents' kitchen counter. 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 had an appointment. After 2 hours of waiting in the sun, my mom finally picked me up and lectured me on how irresponsible my dad was for not communicating with her. Not 5 minutes after I got home, my dad showed up and gave me the same exact lecture about my mom. FML
Today, my friend and I were getting picked up by his dad after a carnival. As I put my stuff in the back of the car and shut the door to walk around to get in the other side, his dad drove off, thinking I was in the car, leaving me to walk up their hill. It was midnight and I ended up lost. FML
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Screwie 25
Can you spell favouritism?
xxDeeStar 27
A 3 min walk would be a 1 min drive as opposed to 90 min walk. So maybe he was too lazy to drive that far? Regardless, that's really sad and frustrating.
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Comments (49)
Mrdusty87 11
what a douche bag. move for him
tido26 18
What are your ages? I'm not saying it's the case, but hypothetically if your sibling is 9 and you're 18, or they had band practice and were carrying a tuba, it's understandable
oxker 7
Why would that be understandable? The dad easily could have gotten OP with plenty of time to spare to get the daughter. He didn't have to choose between one or the other. So no that's not understandable
tido26 18
We have no idea how old they are. For all we know there is a bus that goes right from where they were to close to their home. Maybe (not saying it's necessarily the case) the dad thinks the poster should take more responsibility for themselves. The poster could be 25, not pay rent and still get an allowance for all we know. There are a lot of circumstances we have no idea of; just saying that there are other possibilities. Let's say they are both the same age and the dad was playing favorites, then yeah, that sucks. At the same time, while it sucks, it prepares them for the real world. I have an older brother who was always the favorite, it really sucked at times, but it also gave me advantages later in life too.
yellowpablo 21
Next time use Uber
mariri9206 32
Don't use Uber. Not all of their drivers are very trustworthy - some have raped or sexually assaulted (or just tried to do both of these) their customers. Not all of them have done this but you never know what driver you're going to get. Same goes for Lyft. Also, my first - and last - uber ride involved a driver who didn't pick me up at my exact location - I had to walk to the other end of the block because they called me and said "Okay, I'm at the stoplight." - then they were texting on their phone the whole time, and then they changed the base rate before charging me.
hunt3009 16
Don't listen to #41. I've used Uber 10-15 times and I've never had a single problem with them, ever. So stinks for you #41, but don't let #41's experience sour you on Uber.
MulticoloredSlug 18
It's a tough world out there for woman.
skinnybmx 6
punch your dad in the face
saffy66 34
So many parents lie and deny having a favourite child or liking one more than another - but they always show their true colours eventually. I remember one Christmas when I was a kid, that I got a t shirt and a book. My brother got a full model railroad set, including plaster, paint and model trees, buildings etc, to make a full scale model town, plus a ping pong sized table to put it on. His gift cost $200 which in the 1970s was a great deal of money. Mine cost less than $10; after all, "we couldn't afford to spend much on you." I too have a favourite child, but then he's my only child.
SomeRandomUser 19
Okay. You seriously deserve it for walking an hour and a half. I mean, come on! You just HAD to walk?
GhostFox 34
Considering that otherwise they wouldn't have gotten home, yes they did in fact HAVE to walk. And don't give the shitty "they should have used some app and gotten a random stranger to pick them up and drive them to their home" line. That is such a stupid idea that it's almost funny, except it's not because people use those apps to pick out victims.
hunt3009 16
I agree. Couldn't OP have taken a bus? Or a train? Don't know about you, but here in Denver it only costs ~$2 for a pass for the bus or light rail.
HorrorJr 26
No offense but your dad is a jerk :l
jvanevery 19
we might be overthinking this I'm thinking the game ended or some other activity finished
GhostFox 34
The problem with your logic: it still makes the dad a shitty human being, but especially a shitty father. Game or no, he made his child walk an HOUR AND A HALF in what is turning into Summer in New Zealand. Don't make excuses for someone that dedicated to their ****** up priorities as if it somehow makes it okay.
1stones 8
Well it depends on how old your sister is. She might be too young to get home on her own