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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Top comments
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)
Bush_Did_711 18
Hey, at least your mom dosen't call you by your dog's name like mine does.
Mpii 11
I used to have the same problem. Whever they would use a wrong name i'd simply not reply. I don't know if this is the best way to deal with this but it worked for me.
xn3x 10
F your mother's life, for having such mess in her head :)
TweetAnne 13
Better then calling you what's her face.
interesting33 37
Is it though? :P
rickytickytavi7 13
It's tough to think about but consistently calling someone the wrong name, especially a familiar but wrong name is an early sign of dementia. Maybe get her checked out?
Rababco 29
My parents mix up my brothers' names all the time. My mom has called me by her sister's name and they don't get along even though we get along fine.
gracehi 33
My husband is an only child. Growing up, his father would on occasion accidentally call him "Jock." Jock was their dog. And I thought it was bad when my parents accidentally called me by my brother's name.
tiger820 20
I'm 36 and my pops still calls me by my brothers name. he also calls my brother by my name, go figure.
LexiD19 26
It happens OP, I've been called the names of my two siblings, and even my dog's name before.
coolhandmartin 15
I'm 25 and my mom goes through the list of my dad, my cousins and sometimes even my sisters name before she gets mine...
17_love 10
ar least ur her favorite :)