Miscellaneous: Today, my mother insisted I thoroughly water all the plants in...

By omfgfmlife - 05/07/2011 14:32 - United States

Today, my mother insisted I thoroughly water all the plants in and around my house before some people turned up. This would be fine except 90% of them are fake. She is convinced it will make them look "realer." FML

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By thanksmom - 22/12/2014 23:15 - United States - Watertown

Today, my mother brought over some early Christmas presents for me and the kids. The kid's presents were fine, mine however consisted of many yard accessories, including solar lights. I live in an apartment building with no yard. Her response? "Buy a potted plant and shove them in there." FML

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By IlikeGreenPlants - 26/11/2009 02:41 - United States

Today, I found out that the plant in my kitchen that I have been watering for almost 2 years is fake. FML

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By Emyka - 21/09/2016 10:51 - Austria

Today, at my job of 2 months, I'd taken it upon myself to water the plants around the office every day since they all looked a little sad. My boss then asked why so many of the fake plants were getting mouldy. My co-workers had watched me water plastic plants for 2 months and nobody bothered to tell me. FML

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Thanks, mom

By Anonymous - 24/10/2020 11:03 - United States - Kenton

Today, my mom saw me holding a plant and told me to walk around with it, to replace all of the oxygen I waste. FML

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Green fingers

By Claire - 11/02/2024 15:00 - United Kingdom - Edinburgh

Today, it's been a few weeks since I took up gardening to relax, caring for my plants, and they finally started blooming. Excitedly, I posted a picture online, only to have a friend tell me that my "beautiful flowers" are actually weeds. Apparently, I have a talent for cultivating the unwanted. FML

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By gazza - 26/05/2012 20:41 - United Kingdom - Guildford

Today, in the middle of a localised drought, and an accompanying hosepipe ban, my mother has decided that she still needs to water her lawn. To balance out the water usage, she's placed a complete ban on the use of our shower until the weather lets up. FML

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Green fingers

By Anonymous - 30/01/2023 07:30

Today, my friends and family staged an intervention for me. Of course, I assumed it was a result of my raging alcoholism. Nope. It was due to my obsession with buying plants. They were deadly serious. FML

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Pica?

By Anonymous - 21/06/2021 17:59

Today, my mom ate some flowers without knowing if they were safe. Turns out they are slightly poisonous and she had an upset stomach, but she will be fine. Her excuse? "I didn't know it had poison." I had to explain that's exactly why you don't eat plants you don't know are poisonous or not. FML

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By Ouchhh - 25/05/2010 06:54 - United States

Today, I leaned back and bumped into one of my mom's plants in the window. The good thing was that I caught it before it fell and shattered. The bad thing was that my mom likes to keep cactii in the window. I can still feel thorns I haven't managed to pluck out yet. FML

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Thanks, I hate this

By creepingjennie - 05/01/2022 14:01

Today, I discovered that I'm allergic to the flowering plant my passive-aggressive mother gave me for Christmas. I take two different antihistamines daily for my numerous allergies all year round, and my mother knows this is why I don't have house plants. She said, "You better not get rid of it!" I think she hates me. FML

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Tuesday 5 July 2011 19:03

Always listen to your mother ! :)

FUGYU 2

Tuesday 5 July 2011 19:04

Just be lucky you didn't pick up her genetics, hopefully.

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Creamysweeps 5

Tuesday 5 July 2011 19:44

just say you watered them and when she says "oh you did? they still don't look very real to me" be like well guess it didn't work!!! that'll get her convinced for sure

Forrest_Lump 0

Tuesday 5 July 2011 19:44

FYL for having a mom who doesn't have a grasp on the English language.

Jjustin 0

Tuesday 5 July 2011 19:45

does she also give her wigs haircuts so they don't grow too long?

krysxkatastrophe 14

Tuesday 5 July 2011 19:45

Plant her brain in some Miracle Grow.

HahaYDI 0

Tuesday 5 July 2011 19:46

Take some hallucinogens, that'd make them seem "realer" too.

iSurf_fml 8

Tuesday 5 July 2011 19:46

Yeah, and tell her if they mildew, it will smell like organic tea. That's good if you're going for that natural feel.

642_fml 0

Tuesday 5 July 2011 19:47

Shut your ass up retard if she said"realer then its a word stupid

iAmScrubs 19

Tuesday 5 July 2011 19:52

642 - That was a pretty stupidididdadioddildo comment you made. Hey, I just said stupidididdadioddildo. Does that make it a word?

jewfro311 0

Tuesday 5 July 2011 19:54

Piss on the plants and say they're watered..

BaconDave 12

Tuesday 5 July 2011 19:54

Moms don't like to be proven wrong. She probably thought that they were real, but you proved her wrong. Also, because you were having company, she was probably stressed, like my mom does.