Kids, Parents and Mistakes: Thanks mom

Thanks mom

By mistake - 11/05/2009 09:09 - United States

Today, I realized what my mom has been calling me for 20 years. She always calls me her "little fehler." With her being from Germany, I always thought it was a cute little nickname. Apparently, she's been calling me her "little mistake." FML

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Today, I found out that the nickname my friend has been calling me in Japanese for the past year is the word for "Idiot". FML

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By melissa - 10/02/2009 23:41 - United States

Today, my sister teased me about being a mistake baby. When I told my mom what my sister said, her response was "I still love you anyway". FML

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Today, I realized that since I was in elementary school, my friends, my workmates, and even my family, all call me accidentally by someone else's name instead of my actual name. I'm 30 years-old. FML

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By figures - 29/11/2009 01:53 - United States

Today, I found out I've been misspelling my middle name for 25 years. FML

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By somefamily - This FML is from back in 2012 but it's good stuff - United States - Wayne

Today, I found out that I've been calling my boyfriend's dad by the wrong name for the past two years. No one had told me sooner because they liked laughing at me for it when I wasn't around. FML

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Monday 11 May 2009 16:01

Wow, that must suck. Did you ask her about it yet?

hopiee 0

Monday 11 May 2009 16:01

THAT'S COLD :|

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loveyahun 0

Tuesday 24 November 2009 6:20

PWND by your mother!!!! At least you know your real parents... I was put up for adoption as soon as I was a year...never met my real parents so I don't know whether or not a was a mistake. :/. But still PWND

mock09 0

Friday 4 December 2009 22:28

Not stupid for not knowing German, but 20 years and you never thought to go look it up? 10 years ago you could have put it into babel fish on the internet and known. not YDI for not knowing the German language, but YDI for being so lazy you didn't try and find out out what it meant for 20 years. How exactly did you actually find out what it meant?

imanethesmart 0

Thursday 7 January 2010 12:50

no ones a mistake. they might have taken their parents by surprise, but God (if you belies in Him) knew you were coming and welcomed you with open arms. i'm.....78273798293737928467399273th

XtremeTimma 0

Friday 12 February 2010 15:50

OMG... I have the FML widget on my laptop and i happened to glance it and saw the word fehler... I realized, OH, Thats the cute little name my mom calls me! so i begin to read and... ya, my mom is half German too. I just yelled at my mom across the room and told her what it meant and not to call me that anymore.