Money: Today, my mum called and told me she had bought me a new, white...

By thanksalot - 11/07/2009 01:09 - United States

Today, my mum called and told me she had bought me a new, white dish washer for my apartment because it doesn't have one. I was SO excited and told her I'd pay her back as soon as I could. I only had to pay her $1.25. She bought me a sponge. FML

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By Anonymous - 17/08/2022 11:00 - United States - Amarillo

Today, I did the dishes to make my parents happy, even though it's my brother's chore. My mom's fancy new Yeti cup was among the dirty dishes, which also has a Bluetooth speaker on the bottom. I didn't know this, and now the Bluetooth speaker is now ruined, mom and dad are furious, and I apparently have to buy a new one. FML

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srscrs 0

Saturday 11 July 2009 9:51

What a bitch thing to do, but clever.

Samael_fml 0

Saturday 11 July 2009 10:23

Why is it that parents think it's so damn funny to trick their kids into thinking they bought them a large gift when they actually bought them something small? Doesn't sound like anything but a good way to get your kid to resent the hell out of you, if you ask me. And no, I'm not saying kids ought to expect any large gifts from their parents, but I still think it's entirely unnecessary to trick your child into thinking they're getting something they're not.

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srscrs 0

Saturday 11 July 2009 9:51

What a bitch thing to do, but clever.

_PR1NGL3S_ 0

Saturday 11 July 2009 10:58

haha fyl

bollywood_rocks 0

Saturday 11 July 2009 15:45

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lolzforfun228 3

Saturday 11 July 2009 19:00

It wastes more water and it requires physical work. Thats whats wrong with the manual way. Plus its not like he expected her to give him a dishwasher. She just said it to him it he thought it was awesome.

freelove_fml 2

Saturday 11 July 2009 19:14

YDI for not having a ******* sponge in your house. Apparently you're a pig that can't keep his place clean.

Tsukasa_fml 0

Saturday 11 July 2009 22:36

Or maybe he does, and this was just a lame joke.

LOLOLOLOLOLOL123 2

Monday 13 July 2009 6:41

AHAHAHAHHAH BEST MOM EVER!!! XD

manoverboard 0

Tuesday 14 July 2009 4:25

I love how no one noticed the OP was a girl...

dont_stop_believ 0

Tuesday 8 June 2010 7:15

she got excited and thught tht her mom still cared enuff to buy her a sweet gift tht she needed and appreciated but was disapointed. when she found out that she was wrong

swinglifeaway123 8

Thursday 29 September 2011 20:36

I doesn't have one??? Grammar fail..

GhostDuck 30

Wednesday 4 January 2012 6:54

*she. OP is a girl.

porkchop69 0

Saturday 11 July 2009 9:52

lmao aw

nate080 0

Saturday 11 July 2009 9:52

lmfao.

spongebodhi 0

Saturday 11 July 2009 9:53

dude your mom is mean haha. but that was smart too haha

theoceanscool 0

Saturday 11 July 2009 19:57

Haha I agree. But that kinda sucks. Getting your hopes up and all.

funsized4 0

Saturday 11 July 2009 9:56

hahahaha I like that

pingpongdj 0

Saturday 11 July 2009 9:59

LOL! nice one!

Geist_fml 0

Saturday 11 July 2009 10:10

hey atleast you save on the electricity. you do not want to face the electricty and heating a dishwasher requires.

markssh 0

Saturday 11 July 2009 14:01

A dishwasher saves a lot of water though, compared to washing dishes by hand in the sink. Think of an automatic car wash, where it reuses the water throughout the whole day, and you get the idea. That said, I would never move into a place without a dishwasher, unless I had no choice. I hate cleaning, and I hate washing dishes even more.

chimmy 0

Saturday 11 July 2009 16:55

I don't know about you, but I pay one set price for water here so it's not a huge issue... my dishwasher doesn't work though, my landlord tricked me by having a portable one so that I THOUGHT I'd have a dishwasher. Washing by hand isn't that bad, just time consuming. Anyways, it was unnecessarily mean of her mom to get the OP's hope up.

xxxsportygurlxxx 0

Saturday 11 July 2009 10:12

LMAO!!!!! :) next time, ask her wht it is first... then get all excited :)

offtherichter 0

Saturday 11 July 2009 10:14

Hey, better than not getting ANYTHING at all, right? She doesn't need to buy you anything so be grateful!

_Noon_ 0

Saturday 11 July 2009 10:21

She had to pay her back..

offtherichter 0

Saturday 11 July 2009 10:26

Yeah, but it's 1.25. Come on.

kenzierosaline 0

Saturday 11 July 2009 11:28

The whole point of this is that they were expecting an appliance and got a sponge. Did you not GET that? Who gives a shit whether or not she had to buy them anything. The point is he was excited and then got let down majorly. Duh.