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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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
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
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
Today, at a family reunion, my dad announced to everyone that I'd finally started my menstrual cycle. My grandmother started sobbing hysterically. FML
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
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
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
Today, I was told by my wife that we were going to be parents. We are both females. FML
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
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
Today, my daughter announced that she's pregnant. I'm going to be a 37 year-old grandmother. FML
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ZelmaSlayer 30
Your daughter should cheer up! You can't choose your mother but she was chosen by you :)
isabelf 17
Some people can't keep their mouths shut.
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teechur 15
As someone who was adopted by my stepfather and always referred to as "One of Pat's kids" by my grandma, I feel her pain. It's so hurtful to not understand why someone you love wholeheartedly does not love you back in the same way. Later on I realized that I didn't need her approval. I kept the lines open and always wrote her when I wrote my 'real' grandma (though I never thought of her like that). It never mattered. What matters most is that you love her and cherish her and if she is treated differently, you be ready to remove that pain from her life. I wish my parents had.
junpeiIori 17
I feel your pain too. I was adopted myself. Talk to her about it. Even though she knows you're not her parents, you watched her grow up and raised her as if she was your daughter
mintae 10
Oh no. It sucks that she had to find out that way, OP.
brezzyanna 17
The FML isn't that that's how her daughter found out she's adopted, it's that the grandmother said the child isn't really her grandchild since she's adopted.
serslybro 20
Your story sound exactly like mine! We found out on Mother's Day that after trying for 9 years we are pregnant. We told our parents and my father in law said he couldn't wait to have a true grandchild! Thank god our daughter who is adopted wasn't in the room! I know he didn't mean anything by it really. He has 3 granddaughters 2 from my sister in law who is his stepdaughter and out daughter who was adopted when she was 1. I think sometimes parents just don't think I honestly don't think she meant it to be hurtful. Even though it came out that way and your daughter happened to hear it :/ Good luck in your pregnancy! And remember to keep your daughter as involved as possible so she doesn't feel like she's being replaced. ;)
LeavenSilva 27
To all the people saying that her daughter shouldn't be upset and should just be 'proud to have been picked', her daughter might be too young to really get that (Of course we don't know that for sure, but it's a distinct possibility)
brezzyanna 17
My half brothers bio mom recently reconnected with him. He has a daughter, and she's met his bio mom a few times. My bros sister is pregnant, and their mom keeps saying how glad she is to finally have a grand kid. Point is, at least your daughter has a mom that wants her and chose her, some people just have moms that don't want them around. She's lucky to have you, make sure she knows that you're lucky too.
saraaa2552 15
Wow you're mom is extremely rude
pantsman66 20
That's such a despicable thing to say to an adopted child... Some people better keep their mouths shut
gadgetdwf 10
Oh my goodness that is horrific your Mum deserves a slap in the face. Your poor daughter :(
Yastafari 16
Sorry OP! Your mother should really ADOPT tact next time. Whaaaa? Too soon?
leogachi 15
@49 That was just dumb.
ariasmake1 9
OP, your mother is a bad person. I'm glad the apple fell far from the tree.