Today, my divorced parents have started sending each other photos of both of my bedrooms, to, “compare the shambles and see who wins.“ FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, my parents dropped by my new house, and my mother offered to tidy up for me while I was out. After they left, I noticed that her "tidying up" included throwing out all the pictures of my girlfriend and replacing them with pictures of herself. FML
Today, after my parents treating love like a war, always trying to score some sort of victory over each other, while me and my wife never argued a day in our lives, I’m the one staring down the barrel of divorce, while my parents have been happily married for over 50 years. I just don’t understand. FML
Today, I’m getting a divorce because apparently, when you send your now soon-to-be ex wife a live photo and she presses on it, you can hear your mistress speaking in the background. 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 parents had a loud argument over who is worse in bed. FML
Today, my mom asked me to take my dad's mail to him. The "mail" was divorce papers. FML
Today, I realized what terrible people my parents are. They divorced because they were having knockdown, dragged out fights over constantly cheating on each other. Now they’re cheating on their current spouses… with each other. My stepparents deserve so much better. FML
Today, I checked my mom's email to track a package I'm waiting to receive. Instead, I found out my mom canceled the order, and that my parents are getting a divorce and have been fighting via email for weeks. FML
Today, I went to my parents' place to visit. My ex-boyfriend's photo is on the fridge, but there aren't any photos of my husband or any of our wedding photos. FML
Today, my parents announced they're getting a divorce. Now I don't know who's going to do my laundry. FML
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brenton490 19
Just because their marriage is in shambles doesn't mean their maturity does too.
SquilliamFancy 15
I didn't end up on the cover of House Fancy by letting my parents get the better of me. Let them know that you don't appreciate the competition, and that it's causing you stress. What difference does it make what your room looks like? I hate to say this, but I feel like this is a topical issue that's either a gateway or a cover up to much deeper, unresolved issues that will probably stay unresolved... And I have to say, I'm really sorry you have to deal with that.
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flammaefata 20
Turn their game against them. Ask both (separately) what they'll give you to let them win. Winning is relative though - one might prefer to win by having your room be the dirtiest (winning the bet), and the other win by actually getting you to clean up your room. If that's the case it could be win all around: dad wants pigsty to win the bet, mom wants you to clean your room so it's clean, you get both of them to pay you $50 to let them win in that manner and you come out on top with $100 in your pocket!
sillysadness 13
I'm so sorry, I know the struggle. Parents sometimes forget you have a life outside of them when they have to share time. It's way too hard to keep two clean bedrooms when you're going back and forth all the time. Hang in there, OP!
mneill 6
Your life sucks. Your parents' lives are awesome.
spinningrecords 14
You might want to tidy up a bit, or better yet, clean one perfectly and double up the mess in the other.
BloodyGlass 10
Do the same with their bedrooms, see how they like it.
AJSAngel 5
Easy way to stop the competition, clean your room!
Ging3rSnap 9
I did this with my step-daughter's mom. We both decided to empty and clean the rooms at our houses because both rooms got infested with ants and were filthy. Her mom and I would text and send pictures of what we were finding under the beds or behind the dressers. It was actually a weird way for us to bond.
Lynne_xD 2
Try to get profit of it. If they want to win it, ask the one who thinks is losing, for something you want in your room, like a tv. If that person says no, say that your other parent would probably give it to you
wrenavery90 12
I think that's funny.