Health: Today, my mum read a forwarded email, and is now convinced that...

By sohungry - 02/01/2012 12:18 - India

Today, my mum read a forwarded email, and is now convinced that eating processed food will make my ovaries shrink and disappear. Now she goes batshit crazy if she sees me eating potato chips. FML

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Same thing different taste

By preggo - 04/12/2009 00:02 - United States

Today, I asked my mom if she could include mashed potatoes and gravy with dinner. She then went on to yell at me about my "unhealthy eating habits" and how I've "gained a lot of weight in the past few months". I'm pregnant. FML

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Fear of mash

By nekos - 02/06/2021 00:01

Today, my mother insists that because I won’t eat my dad’s mashed potatoes, it means I must think he is a bad cook and that I'm a disrespectful little prick. I wouldn’t touch mashed potatoes even if Gordon Ramsay made them, and I was on the brink of starvation. FML

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By tardspawn - 05/04/2015 15:38 - United Kingdom - Horsham

Today, my morbidly obese mother gave me an angry lecture at dinner, saying without any trace of irony that my vegetarian diet is "unhealthy and utterly unacceptable". FML

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By mynameislor - 09/02/2010 14:26 - Canada

Today, my mum was saying she needs to gain weight because she was underweight according to her doctor. She then said she's going to eat like me in order to gain more weight. FML

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By Anonymous - 03/11/2013 18:56 - United States - Roanoke

Today, my mom found a new fad, and now styles herself as some kind of modern druid. Normally I'd just roll my eyes and deal with it, except she's forced the entire family to go vegetarian, threatening harsh punishments if we refuse to stop "poisoning" our bodies. FML

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By Rainbow92 - 19/08/2009 23:43 - Bulgaria

Today, I decided I need help, so I confessed to my mother that I'm bulimic. After she looked it up online she started screaming at me for "Wasting food that I'm not paying for." FML

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By fatteningmeup - 26/05/2011 14:24 - United States

Today, I found out my mom intentionally puts extra butter and oil in the food she cooks for me because she wants me to be fatter than her. FML

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By argh - 13/07/2011 23:49 - United States

Today, I'm staying with my mother for a week. Every time I eat something, she tells me that it's "swimsuit season" and that I need to eat less. Every time I say I'm not hungry, she panics and insists I have an eating disorder. I can't win. FML

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By hungry - 12/02/2009 00:06 - United States

Today, my mom asked me if I had an eating problem because I've been eating less. I only started eating less because she told me I ate too much. FML

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Don't dead open inside

By that’s not how this works! - 09/08/2021 23:01 - United States - Hesperia

Today, my mom went on a rant about how insulin and other diabetic medications are evil western poisons, and that she can control her condition naturally on her own. That would be great, if she actually ate right and exercised instead of just using meditation to “think” herself healthy. FML

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SilverInGray 25

Monday 2 January 2012 18:57

Emailed information is always correct though.

cradle6 13

Monday 2 January 2012 18:57

Oh Jesus, your mom wants you to eat healthier. How horrible. I'm sorry OP.

Comments

asherm 15

Tuesday 3 January 2012 9:34

Nope, they still work even eating chips, but glad I didn't try that for birth control method

rockvixen 0

Tuesday 3 January 2012 9:59

my mom is confident that whenever I drink cold water it will get me sick and cause cancer. I totally understand how you feel.

taazer 12

Tuesday 3 January 2012 13:31

That's how you live healthy!

sat123 12

Tuesday 3 January 2012 16:13

My mother used to forward me those types of emails. If you reply-all with the link to the Snopes article, quoting the most condescendingly disproving paragraph from the article, people get the point and stop forwarding crap to you.

nanner6206 24

Sunday 19 June 2016 0:19

I always do that. You're right, I rarely get the ridiculous emails now.

E_Hellknight 3

Wednesday 4 January 2012 5:01

People like OP's mom should not be on the internet. I don't care how old she is, how new to the web she is, or if she needs the internet for her job or something. No excuses. These types of gullible peoples should not be on the web. They just fuel the chain email starters, the scammers, and the "YOU ARE THE 1,000,000 VISITOR" advertisers. Disconnect her modem. If she believes these types of chain emails, there is a 99.9% chance that she won't be able to fix it. (Until she calls tech support.)