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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Questions about your love life, a burnt turkey and the cousin who knows everything: Thanksgiving, a contact sport.
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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Top comments
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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inolongercare 19
Seriously? Your mother is rude and should be ashamed.
helsingmusique18 11
Did she know your daughter was in ear shot? Because if she did that was a serious bitch move, to say that in front of a child ugh. If she didn't seriously explain to your mother that your daughter heard and she is upset for obvious reasons, etc. Make sure your daughter knows that she is wanted and loved by you and your partner, kids can have many issues growing up and that shouldn't be one of them. Congrads on the pregnancy.
bapbap_fml 15
Poor girl. I can see my mother doing this. We recently told her we were considering adopting since my health problems make pregnancy risky. She did not approve and wants a real grand-baby so I already know I'm going to have to be on guard for stuff like this one day.
snazzymcwho 21
And now your poor child will forever be traumatized.
afrostybird 25
Yeowch that's pretty heartless
snowflake2410 3
Awww poor girl! Tell your mom to stop being a **** and to get over her feelings of partialism. She's part of the family and if she can't understand that, then she can no longer be part of yours.
MEGGANZZ 12
What in the actual **** you don't say those things to kids
lvg_fml 10
You need to have a serious talk with your mother and tell her that that kind of talk will not be tolerated and if she start showing favoritism to the new baby that she will not be allowed to have contact with either of them
TheLadyOpal 30
This made my blood boil. If your mom can't see your biological and adopted children as equals, she doesn't deserve to see them at all.
simsgirlgem 25
Make sure grandma can't see this kid and when she asks why tell her because you don't accept your granddaughter so you obviously won't like this one