Today, my dad spent 30 minutes incorrectly correcting me about our legal system. He thinks he knows more than me because he's been divorced twice. I'm a lawyer. 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, yet again, I got into an argument with my dad. I have a PhD in the subject. But he's "entitled to his opinion", for, as he said, he's read a summary of the history of the country in a tourist guidebook, and the general view doesn't have to be based on more detailed information. He also corrects me when I speak the language, which he doesn't know. FML
Today, my parents want me to become a lawyer, all because our family members keep getting into feuds and court cases. I'm a successful developer, and run my own company. FML
Today, my dad got angry with me for not watching "Better Call Saul" with him, because he thinks it will help me with law school. He did this while I was actually reading for a class taught by the top health law professor in the country. FML
Today, my dad got mad at me for not believing him when he kept repeating that our dear leader was appointing Judge Judy to the government. I then found out he wasn't far off, so I don't know which is worse, that he was technically correct about some TV judge, or that the actual "judge" is even worse. FML
Today, my 61 year-old father snatched a letter from my hands and threw four different fits because he misread it four different times, then yelled at me for "not reading it properly." I had to explain it to him. FML
Today, after getting into an argument with my dad, he told me that I would make a great ex wife one day. FML
Today, despite having the same parents, I'm a lawyer and my brother is a redneck. He called wanting my advice, because he tried to book a prostitute online but when she turned up, she was a Latvian mail-order bride, and he wants me to fix it with my "big city law degree." FML
Today, it became apparent that my father knows more about my boyfriend than I do because he spends so much time interrogating him. FML
Today, an internet repair tech thought my dad was my husband, and seemed skeptical when I corrected him. People usually think I'm way younger than my actual age. FML
Today, I tried fixing my dad's lawnmower after he said, "Girls can't change a lightbulb right, let alone fix a machine." An hour later, when I had the lawnmower running again, he bitched me out for trying to make him "look stupid." He's been sulking and acting pissy ever since. FML
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Top comments
Steffi3 40
Sounds like he's divorced for a reason
whycantisignup 24
Wow, he must be AWFUL at courting. Huehuehue
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Comments (62)
dawood_k 27
Your dad does have a point... Practice makes perfect
Luis_Gonzo_13 11
was your dad drunk when he was correcting you??
SchlomoTheGrinch 18
Yay! I've been sick several times in my life! I should become a doctor!
pubeboy 16
YDI for being a *gasp* lawyer!
zykrithium 22
Just sit back and listen and when he's done, calmly explain to him why he's wrong in every way possible.
False_Stupidity 42
And make sure to use lots of legal jargon.
IWishIWasObama 12
In that case he probably does know more than you.
ElyseMoon420 9
Sounds like my wonderful parents, I could be smarter then Einstein and they would still think they were correct, because they are 'older and wiser' ????
clickme 17
In your dads defense, lawyers can be the DUMBEST people in the world. It's incredible how out of touch with reality they can be.
gintwinsmoore 20
Doesn't sound like your father knows much about marriage or keeping a relationship together either...wow.
fader48080 10
my brother in law does that. I have a formal education in culinary arts and 15 ish years plying the trade. he was a catering waiter off and on though collage and tries to correct me all the time.