Health: Today, my mother told my little sister and me that she has breast...

By anonymous - 21/06/2011 23:51 - Canada

Today, my mother told my little sister and me that she has breast cancer to make us feel sorry so that we would clean our rooms. She is perfectly fine. My little sister still thinks that "mommy is going to die". FML

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Today, my mother told me I'm going to get lung cancer. Because she smokes. FML

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By Anonymous - 26/05/2021 06:01

Today, I told my mom she made me feel unloved my whole life. She called my sister and apologized. FML

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Today, I called my mother to tell her about my terminal cancer diagnosis. She responded with, "What makes you think I care at all?" before hanging up. FML

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By AbsentMindedBoy - 03/03/2009 04:09 - Canada

Today, I visited my ex-girlfriend's house. I saw her mother and asked, "Hi! Have you recovered from that nasty cold that you had for so long?" She said, "I don't have a cold," to which I smiled and said, "That's great to hear!" Turns out she has lung cancer instead. FML

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By CancerFreeLoader - 02/10/2021 14:00

Today, I found out that the giant tumour on my leg isn’t cancerous or dangerous. My mom cried, and I was super relieved. Later on, I heard her on the phone in tears because now she won’t be able to get a free vacation or home renovations from the Make A Wish foundation. FML

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By Anonymous - 20/07/2023 06:00

Today, I told my mother I was doing fine with my classes when I actually wasn't because her mother is dying, and I didn't want her to have more things to stress about. She found out and she's very hurt. I feel awful about it and I know lying wasn't the right thing to do, but in the moment I didn't want to cause her any more pain. FML

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By DaoOfPow - 23/05/2015 07:51 - United States - Danbury

Today, my mom told me I'm the reason she's going to kill herself one day. FML

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Livinia 11

Wednesday 22 June 2011 8:50

That's just plain terrible. What about all the suffering people who actually have breast cancer? It's disgusting she would say that.

mirrrbissonnette 0

Wednesday 22 June 2011 8:44

what a bitch. haha.

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Warcraft_looser 7

Wednesday 22 June 2011 9:58

thats horrible... :( i kno some people with breast cancer it may have gotten them to clean their room but its not the least bit funny

HugoBosss_fml 0

Wednesday 22 June 2011 10:09

What a big foig!

catkat1988 17

Wednesday 22 June 2011 10:28

Causing children that kind of psychological pain just to get them to clean their rooms is, well, child abuse, in my opinion. And yes, I do realise that's a very serious thing to say, but if a kid is going through the agony of thinking her mommy is dying, and the mother deliberately put the idea there just to get her way, then yeah - that is serious. And to the people saying that OP and the sister should've cleaned their rooms without their mother having to resort to that kind of measures: Children don't always do exactly what their parents tell them, that's not news. And if their mother has an extra hard time getting them to do reasonable things like cleaning their rooms, then maybe she should do a careful evaluation of her own parenting style. Just saying.