Today, my mom saw a picture of the moon and asked me what "those big spots" were. She actually thought the craters were continents and tried correcting me when I told her what they were. Then I almost got into trouble for being disrespectful. FML
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Today, while teaching my high school class about astronomy, I showed them a picture of earth from space. One girl raised her hand, and asked me what the "white things" were. In other words, clouds. FML
Today, my mother told me the sun was the largest planet in the solar system. When I told her it was a star, she accused me of lying. We had to bring Google into this. FML
Today, I confidently corrected someone in a group conversation. I was wrong. Very wrong. Everyone stared while Google proved me incorrect in seconds. I nodded and pretended I meant something else. FML
Today, my mom put me in an anger management class because I said "crap." FML
Today, I had to listen to my mother painstakingly spell out to me why broken glass is extremely dangerous. Feeling insulted, I jokingly asked her if she thought I was "retarded". I then got yelled at for "swearing." I'm a fucking adult, but my overprotective and condescending mother seems to think otherwise. 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, I was told I was disrespectful for letting a parent know that her son was disrespecting adults. FML
Today, I showed my mom a picture of a baby sloth. She then said, "Wait, sloths are real?" She thought Ice Age made them up. FML
Today, my 5-year-old told me that she'd learnt about gravity, then asked, “So when you fall down, is it because the Earth punched you?” I said yes, along with a giggle. Later at the supermarket, she tripped and screamed, “THE EARTH HIT ME AGAIN!” I was then reminded of high school when it felt like everyone was staring at me. FML
Today, I confidently corrected someone’s pronunciation of a word during a conversation. They pulled out their phone, looked it up, and turned the screen towards me. I was wrong. They said, “No worries!” while absolutely worrying me forever. FML
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jlang917 14
Hopefully you are not home-schooled OP!
NicoleP1993 29
Alrighty, time to anonymously spam her e-mail with zoomed in pictures of the moon accompanied by scientific explanations... and pray you got your wit from your dad's side..
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Comments (39)
Cringey 18
Sometimes, parents will punish you for being right. The other day, my mom said Obama was born in kenya, and after I showed her the picture of his birth certificate, she grounded me from all electronics. I'm typing this from a public library.
_imacooldude_ 10
That's some crazy stupid people out there.
WolfyGrace 24
If she so strongly believed they were continents, why bother asking you what they are when she was just going to say you were wrong? It looks like she was trying to answer her own question.
CaptainSmith28 19
She asked you and then corrected you?
the_sickness 7
pointing out your ignored is not disrespect it's doing her a favor
ohSNAPyall 27
Your username suggests that you may have been disrespectful about it. You don't have to humiliate someone to teach them.
booterus 20
A prime example of America's education system
TheNewGuy03 29
I think you have one of those mothers who *must* be right about *everything*, simply because she's your mother. I have seen it numerous times... She can insist the sky is orange, and if you physically show her that the sky is blue, she will *still* insist it isn't. Sorry!
worldclassrager 41
Please tell us that she doesn't know much about astronomy
worldclassrager 41
Please tell us that she doesn't know much about astronomy...