Today, my parents decided to finally kick me out of the house because they've gotten tired of seeing me "sleep around all day and being so lazy" whenever I'm home. I'm currently triple-shifting for 6 days a week. FML
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Today, I moved out of my parents' house and started living alone. All of a sudden, my parents started requiring me to text or call them every 5 minutes to tell them where I am and what I'm doing, from 6am to 12am every day. If I don't, they will go looking for me, and force me to move back in with them. FML
Today, I got fired from my job. I worked for my parents. FML
Today, my parents have separated. I stayed with them, living at home far too long for my own comfort, just to help them keep it together after they lost their remaining parents. Literally the month after I moved out, they decided it wasn't worth it. I now suspect they stayed together only because I still lived at home. FML
Today, I live in the basement and as far as I can tell, my parents spend every day rearranging the furniture upstairs and slamming every door in the house, all day long. If I complain or even mention the noise, they threaten to kick me out onto the streets. I’m not even old enough to move out. FML
Today, I finally got the nerve to tell my parents that I'm no longer going to pay them a flat percent of my salary, but only what they need to cover my expenses. Their response: "Better find a place of your own then, you freeloading bastard." FML
Today, I moved back in with my parents in order to help them with the mortgage, so they don't lose the house that has been in our family for three generations. I also found out that I now have a curfew, and so does my husband and our 3 year old son. FML
Today, as usual, my parents hate to see me relax. Every time I'm not working, doing a sport, or doing chores, I must be working on some form of education to keep them at bay. Today, I had the day off and caught up on schoolwork. My parents woke me up at 6 AM by running the vacuum outside my door. "Go mow the lawn, you slob." FML
Today, my mom got drunk and told me to leave the house because "I've been mooching off her for too long". I'm 14 and now am sleeping at my friends house. FML
Today, I visited my dad. He gave the, "You live under my roof, you follow my rules" lecture since I didn't do my "chores". I moved out 3 years ago. FML
Today, my parents threw a hissy fit calling me ungrateful and disrespectful for wanting to do laundry and clean at home, instead of going out to their friends' house for dinner. They also disconnected the Internet to punish me when they left. I'm 20 and visiting home on a college break. FML
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MentalMonkey333 7
Man, parents sure can be hard on their kids..
feven 32
How helpful they're being...now you're tired and homeless
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Comments (75)
Joshery 14
Ignore them and just keep going OP
Arcanel 18
I can relate OP. I guess that's just how some parents are. No matter how good you do some can only see the negatives. doesn't mean they don't love you any less though that im sure of. Just do what I do ignore them and prove them wrong. Hope you find a place to stay brother keep your head up.
willyjac 17
Some parents are just so ignorant, i wouldnt be surprised if they'd never worked that hard, obviously they dont understand and cant relate
danimal_crackerz 26
Maybe explain that? Hopefully you have a friend or two you can stay with, sorry op!
Brandi_Faith 33
Yes, hopefully if you explain your schedule and how many hours you are actually working then they will let you stay. Maybe they didn't realize you were doing shift work and thought you were at home sleeping at night or that you were with friends instead of working. Hope everything works out either way.
Boburk 6
If you are triple shifting, why aren't you out on your own already? If you are an adult, and making that much money, are you helping with the household bills (IE, paying the utility bill or something to help out)?
piedpiper303 29
Probably to support themselves in college. If not, maybe they were saving up to move out. Also "making that much money" maybe they aren't. There's this thing called minimum wage, and even three times that sometimes can't allow you to afford that added to the price of college.
greekk 21
a double shift Is 16 hours here. . A triple 6x a week would be 24 X 6 = 148 out of 172 hours a week? How is this possible lol
RBW_Slave 9
My guess is that OP is working 3 seasonal retail jobs. Shit work for shit pay.
Brandi_Faith 33
Op could also be working to pay off debts or student loans before moving out, so most of his money is going there.
marick73 4
How is it possible to work triple shifts for 6 days straight? Unless your shifts are less than 8 hours.
Bloodknight 22
Same thing I was wondering? Doesn't really make all that much sense...
vikky538 28
can't you see the real reason OP... they actually kicked you out because you are earning by doing triple shifts...
HawaiiThad 14
How can you triple-shift six days/week? A typical shift is 8 hours. A double-shift is 16. A triple-shift would be 24. Are you really working 24 hours/day six days/week? I don't think so.
ImTheAlpha 30
a "typical" shift. for all we know one of his shifts is say, 6 hours. which would add up to 18 hours. or maybe a single shift is 7 hours. or maybe he has different jobs with different shift lengths. we don't know.
HairIsEverything 15
I work 8 hours a day regularly, but when I want to work a double its 12 hours. Every workplace is different with extra hours
ricardof 19
maybe you didn't help at home, since they were only refering to the time you spend at home
PANDORUM89 21
I feel like this may be a case of something like the parents asking their child to do something like pick up after themselves or do a particular chore and them finding it not being done multiple times after being told multiple times. Just because you are working harder doesn't mean daily chores/life stop. So on the one hand I can understand the parents frustration if that is the case. However if you are working triple shifts then I also understand being exceptionally tired though I'm not quite sure how a triple shift works as the places I've worked only had 3 shifts so that would mean that you never leave. Which is illegal. Oh and you can also say no to working that much...
BeautifulChaos27 37
Probably working 3 different jobs, not just back to back shifts at one. And while yes they COULD say no to that much work, it sounds like they need the money, so why would they?
PANDORUM89 21
True I just assumed it was at the same job which I guess you can't do. I was speaking from experience as my brother and a few close cousins do this same thing. Where they work and then come home and expect to be catered to like a child
Garnetshaddow 30
I currently live at home for financial reasons. For the last month I've been mired in term papers, exams and my actual job. My parents said they would rather I succeed in life right now than deal with my laundry. They know I have to pick and choose, and they want me to make the right choice. I am exceptionally tired, and I am SO grateful for my parents help and love. They know I'll do what I can around the house after graduation.