Today, my mother-in-law called me every 2 hours, starting at 8pm and stopping at 10am the following morning. She says that since my wife and I are expecting our first child, I should "get used to waking up at all hours." She calls my work phone, which I'm not allowed to switch off. FML
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Hey, OP here. I would have mentioned in the FML that my work phone is one of those "dumb phones" and does not have any option to block numbers. After she did that for two nights in a row, I wound up setting one of the fax machine at my office to auto-dial her mobile and house phones every 15 minutes. Now, the only thing that wakes me up is the occasional user who forgot their login info, and my wife's odd food cravings.
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reneetlovesyou 30
She should be letting you enjoy your rest while you can instead..
ActionFearo 39
Block her. Problem solved
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Comments (115)
bobslawnservice 16
It is time you grew a set of cahones and told her to either grow up or f*#k off. That sort of childish behaviour needs to be stopped quickly.
last_patriot 10
Block her number bro.
commandercolbert 6
tell her to stop it
jkmartinjk 16
^ This here is probably the best plan I've seen. Thank you for spreading your genius to all.
TogeBara 12
If you can't be man enough to stand up to her, how were you man enough to create a child? Just kidding, but seriously man, you have another option if you don't want to block her number. You can always wake your wife and have her answer the phones. She'll shut your mother-in-law down right fast.
frizz101 22
Block her number
thisisg 9
I'd tell her to stop or you'll get a restraining order
orsombre_fml 11
Block her number!
Oppression_fml 19
Add the hag's number to the list of blocked contacts
dope_mcfly 24
Hey, OP here. I would have mentioned in the FML that my work phone is one of those "dumb phones" and does not have any option to block numbers. After she did that for two nights in a row, I wound up setting one of the fax machine at my office to auto-dial her mobile and house phones every 15 minutes. Now, the only thing that wakes me up is the occasional user who forgot their login info, and my wife's odd food cravings.
BoltTheSuperdog 22
Good for you for standing up for yourself! I hope your mother-in-law will let you sleep in peace from now on and not take advantage of your work phone again.
MegaError101 10
Good job!
Fuji76 15
Awesome! Serves her right for being a twat waffle.
annie_nk 22
Your revenge was awesome! I'm favoriting this FML just for your follow up.
how_to_implode 17
Haha, wonderful response. "You know, if you ever want to babysit you're going to have to get used to waking up at all hours too ...."
TheyCallMeDamien 17
genius
8313girl 28
Twat waffle!!! Yes that will be my new insult for the year.
blackonblight 32
You got some ice cream level revenge, sweet and cold, just perfect.
ligerzero459 24
That was some sweet revenge. Nice job
WD_Stevens 22
If you have a particularly wimpy friend, 169, I seem to have caught the nickname 'Wuss-fairy Twat-waffle' from some of mine
scubanick 10
That is GOLD. Great comeback!
fantasyworld 37
Glad you stood up for yourself.
yellowaholic 25
Can you change the number for your work phone and then just not tell her it?