Today, my mom called me by her favorite TV show character's name. Again. This is the eighth time this week. I'm an only child, and I'm 15. I thought she had my name down pat by now. FML
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Today, my mom called me by the wrong name. This isn't the first time. It wouldn't be so bad, except I'm her only kid. FML
Today, my four-year-old daughter called me by her mom's new boyfriend's name. Three different times. FML
Today, I heard someone calling my name. It was my neighbor. Turns out they named their dogs after my mother, my sister, and me. FML
Today, my mom struggled tried to say my name. She said my brother's name, my sister's, my dad's, my uncle's, and finally my cat's (who doesn't even have a human name) before she gave up and said, "You!" and pointed at me. FML
Today, my phone rang for the first time in four days. It was my mom. She dialed the wrong number. FML
Today, my boyfriend called me by his mother's name for the 100th time. I'm a guy. FML
Today, I had another phone call with my mother; she has rapid onset dementia, and never gets my name right anymore. Already terrible, but she consistently calls me by my abusive ex-partner’s name instead of my own, so I get double trauma. Obviously F her life, but also FML
Today, an old friend of my mom's yelled at me for "ignoring" her. I wasn't responding because she was getting my name wrong, so I assumed she was referring to someone else. FML
Today, my dad called my by the family dog's name, and stared at me blankly as if struggling to remember my name when I was annoyed. FML
Today, I called my mother to say hi. She spent a whole hour and a half complaining about how I never call her, bawling and calling me "a waste of human flesh." I call her at least once a week. FML
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Miss_Chevious 37
Am I the only one wondering who's her favorite character?
jacobmc123 18
Start doing it back to her!
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Comments (55)
Miss_Chevious 37
Am I the only one wondering who's her favorite character?
pjsr 33
Sheldon is a nice name - just roll with if!
hoosiergirl94 31
My brothers AND my dad AND my grandma often call me by my sister's name
LPac5295 27
Sometimes parents confuse names. My mom has called me by all of my siblings names, then my step father's name before she finally called me by my own name. Don't take it to heart and just laugh it off OP.
Fixme 5
All brains have unique strengths and weaknesses. Some mix up names easily. It doesn't have to be significant. That said, it might be that your mom could benefit from getting out more from in front of the TV.
sousaphonist 14
Eh, I'm 26 years old and my parents've been married for 30, my father still occasionally calls both me AND my mother by his brother's name
mads_fml 7
I'm an only child and my mother is the type to confuse names. Sometimes she runs through a list of her sisters or the pets before she gets to me. Just laugh it off! :)
DevD9284 1
Aaaawwwww ? damn
interesting33 37
Which name is it?
FranzFerdinand 18
Welp, at least she's not calling you by her least favorite character's name!