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By Anonymous - 19/08/2015 15:00 - South Africa

Today, my husband and I told my parents that I finally managed to conceive. My mom burst into tears of joy and said how great it was that she's finally going to be a "real" grandma, all within earshot of our adopted and now-devastated daughter. FML

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By Anonymous - 01/03/2021 05:01

Today, I overheard my mother-in-law say to her daughter "I can't wait for you to make me a real grandma." I'm pregnant with their first grandchild. FML

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By Anonymous - 03/08/2009 04:11 - United States

Today, I finally decided to tell my mother, a former Miss North Carolina winner, that I was several weeks pregnant. She immediately burst into tears and hugged me. She kept saying, "Thank god, thank god." At first I was relieved. Then she said, "I thought you were just getting fat." FML

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By Anonymous - 13/07/2011 13:31 - United States

Today, at a family reunion, my dad announced to everyone that I'd finally started my menstrual cycle. My grandmother started sobbing hysterically. FML

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By Meghan - 05/09/2020 08:01 - United States - New York

Today, my mom told me that she had great news: we were going to meet my biological parents. I didn't know I was adopted. FML

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By GMD - 18/09/2012 20:20 - United Kingdom - Belfast

Today, my daughter and her boyfriend excitedly told me that after months of trying they are finally pregnant and that I'm going to be a grandmother. This would be great news if they weren't 15. FML

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By Crash44 - 08/07/2019 02:03

Today, my girlfriend and I broke the news to my parents that we're having a baby. The first words out of my dad's mouth were, "It's probably not yours." FML

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By Xandar - 09/11/2018 17:30

Today, I was told by my wife that we were going to be parents. We are both females. FML

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By Anonymous - 15/05/2023 10:00

Today, my son had a child to spite his ex and ex-stepson. He was holding his daughter in his arms in the delivery room when he told me that now I can stop visiting his ex-stepson and pretending he’s my real grandchild, because now I have a real granddaughter. I’m speechless. FML

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By not the mama - 24/10/2020 02:01 - United States - Hesperia

Today, after years of trying, I got the wonderful news that my husband is going to be a father. Too bad I’m not the mother. FML

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By Uh-oh - 10/11/2009 12:33 - Australia

Today, I decided to come clean with my daughter about her adoptive status within my family. Just after I told her she was adopted, I realized that I have been telling her stories about me giving birth to her. FML

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ZelmaSlayer 30

Thursday 20 August 2015 6:53

Your daughter should cheer up! You can't choose your mother but she was chosen by you :)

isabelf 17

Thursday 20 August 2015 6:51

Some people can't keep their mouths shut.

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sammiking 13

Thursday 20 August 2015 7:00

That's really ****** up.

lexiieeex3 32

Thursday 20 August 2015 7:06

That's the most terrible thing someone can say about an adopted child. What a monster.

Ahaddad123 27

Thursday 20 August 2015 7:06

This sounds like an FML for your daughter. Tell her she was chosen though, you chose her, your other child is stuck with you.

ZelmaSlayer 30

Sunday 23 August 2015 17:03

OP's unborn daughter isn't going to be "stuck" with OP because OP isn't the bitch here...

moldypickles 29

Thursday 20 August 2015 7:07

Having been sort of "adopted" and having a niece who is adopted - an open line of communication prevents a lot of confusion, heartache. Assure your daughter that genetics does not make anyone a "real" daughter/son. That you had the privilege to chose her and love isn't contingent upon heredity. As for your mom, she sounds ignorant and like someone to keep tabs on. Congrats on the baby!

ArtemisRwill 22

Thursday 20 August 2015 7:07

I'm so sorry OP, for you and your daughter. I have a brother who was adopted, he's just as much a part of the family as me. Your mother is a bitch and needs to learn to keep things like that to her self. Hopefully your daughter is doing better now.

Szaszaspasz 26

Thursday 20 August 2015 21:38

I agree. Three of my siblings are adopted. The only difference between them and the biological kids is that Mom was able to skip pregnancy, delivery and all of the accompanying discomforts.

tehdarkness 21

Thursday 20 August 2015 7:07

Aww, give her a hug and do something special for her. She will know that you love her because she IS your daughter.

swanheart 35

Thursday 20 August 2015 14:12

That would be a nice thing to however I think the fml part is that the ops daughter knows her granny doesn't think she's part of the family and will always regard her as second best to the biological child. :( I'm sure the ops daughter knows her mum loves her.