Today, my uncle gave me a lecture on how I eat too much "unhealthy" junk food, and that it can be very harmful for me. All the while smoking a cigarette. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, my older brother offered me a cigarette. I took it and barely took a drag before he socked me in the arm and lectured me for taking the offer. He's an alcoholic, and smokes daily. FML
Today, my uncle visited for the first time in three years. It would have been very wholesome, if not for the fact that I got to see for myself just how badly his health has deteriorated. He's morbidly obese, a heavy smoker, and his voice is terrifying. I almost thought he was a pedophile when I first saw him. FML
Today, once again I tried to convince my dad to stop smoking. And once again, while I was speaking, he lit up a cigarette and smoked until my asthma flared up and I was wheezing so hard that I had to leave the room. FML
Today, my dad hit his mid-life crisis. When I came home and said hi, he told me to shut up, then went to the living room. He then lit up a cigarette and started muttering about having to put up with me, then went into a coughing fit, because he's never smoked before in his life. FML
Today, my brother's home for his annual visit, lectures my parents once about their eating habits. They promptly throw away all of their junk food. I'm there every Sunday, and have been telling them to eat healthier for medical reasons. They never listen. He's in sales, and I'm in med school. FML
Today, my mother tried to tell me that nicotine is the only substance that ensures weight loss, and that nicotine has been passed down in our family for over 5 generations of heavy smoking relatives. Then she encouraged me to start smoking. FML
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
Today, I reprimanded my daughter for eating too many chips, since it's not good for you. She responded with, "Know what else isn't good for you? Two cigarettes a day." I couldn't even come up with a retort. I can't believe I just got burned by a ten-year-old. FML
Today, I scolded my son at a buffet after he pointed at an obese woman in a motorized wheelchair and asked how anyone could let themselves get so unhealthy. As I lectured him on genetics and thyroid problems, she rolled past with a plate stacked with an obscene amount of fried food. FML
Today, my parents have smoked for most of their lives and are both healthy as horses. Meanwhile, I smoked for two years, then went through hell quitting, and just had my first asthma attack and was lectured about "long term effects of tobacco, even after cessation." THIS IS BULLSHIT! FML
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Top comments
Angitia 8
Not surprising. Hypocrisy is 'in'.
WCARlover 35
Do as I say, not as I do
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Comments (146)
Carrikins 8
Is there any other kind of junk food?
sonnyrosa 32
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hiandrews69 29
I know you won't want to hear this op, but your uncle is right. Look at it as him saying "you want to end up looking like me? Then continue eating the way you do." Your uncle is probably speaking from experience and wants you to be healthy. Watch what you eat, exercise, and encourage your uncle to join in. You can be healthy together.
Czech_Zidane 14
Something like parents babbling about "smoking is harmful for your health" with a cig in their mouth or hand...
ChrisMora 16
That's pretty hypocritical, but he's already accepted his fate, and is concerned for yours. That's REALLY hypocritical though.
colourfulsilence 11
Hmmm, this was on an episode of 30 Rock.
CeejV 15
More people die from diseases related to a bad diet, than people dying from smoking related illness. Make no mistake, smoking is bad, but an unhealthy diet is just as bad. Do however ask him if he wants to be the pot or the kettle....