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 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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EpicBoobs 0

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 :|

Comments

sondramcfail 0

Monday 11 May 2009 18:12

LOL. My relatives call me weird German/Italian names, now I wonder what they mean... ;)

RIKANA 0

Monday 11 May 2009 18:25

All in all your mother still loves you:) RI

showwstopper 0

Monday 11 May 2009 18:34

maybe its like a joke in her langue .. liek maybe it means liek your unmistakeable for yourself

BoboMatrix 0

Monday 11 May 2009 18:38

The fact that you made it to 20 with a decent life from what you though so far seems its just an affectionate name...Little Mistake doesn't exactly mean its a bad thing.

shazzababes 0

Monday 11 May 2009 18:39

well at least she didnt put you up for adoption or have you aborted, shows she obviously does love you haha.

Oddball89 6

Monday 11 May 2009 18:45

#7 Fehler is correct, though it has a capital F, since it is a noun cute nickname btw, your mother has humor;)

Dutchie2010 0

Monday 11 May 2009 18:50

#7 is right..i speak German, the word fehler is pronounced "faihl-er" I'm not even kidding.

toolman 0

Monday 11 May 2009 18:50

fehler is pronounced FAILer. u must be really dumb if u didn't notice the analogy. [yes im german too]

confusedheart 0

Monday 11 May 2009 18:52

it took you 20 years to find out what it means? you never thought to ask anyone before about what it means?

xxmollyxx 25

Monday 11 May 2009 18:52

http://dict.leo.org/ende?lp=ende&lang=de&searchLoc=0&cmpType=relaxed&sectHdr=on&spellToler=on&chinese=both&pinyin=diacritic&search=fehler&relink=on there is a little loudspeaker symbol at the right hand side, click that to hear how it's pronounced...