Today, my parents and I attended the funeral of my husband's mother. It was open-casket, and my parents went to take a look. My mum muttered, "With a dress that tacky, no wonder she died", and my dad chuckled. A fight quickly erupted, and the police were called. FML
Collection
Autumn: Leaves and Laughter
When the leaves fall, the laughter rises. Discover autumn stories as crisp as dried leaves!
Same thing different taste
Are you kidding me?
Today, my mom talked me into going to a funeral since my dad wouldn't go. It was for one of her classmates. When it was our time to view the casket, we paused in front of it for a second before my mom leans over to me and says, "What if I told you that was really your dad?" FML
Come on, dude…
Today, I was at my mom's funeral. My sisters and I were sitting in the front row. The funeral director, whom we had met with twice before, was going around greeting everyone. When she got to us, she asked where our mom was. Seriously? FML
What's on your mind?
Today, at my mother's open-casket funeral, my sister-in-law went to pay her respects. As she stood in front of the body, she coughed, muttering "Bitch" in the process. Either nobody else noticed or nobody cared, and she went on her way, noticeably not choked up at all. FML
Today, we buried my mom. I walked past my sister's husband just in time to hear him mutter: "Hope the fire's nice and hot down there, you old hag." I told my sister. She wouldn't believe me and accused me of trying to start drama. FML
Intentional?
Today, I intentionally caused my parents to have an intensely heated argument when I asked them how and where they first met. Dad said it was at a funeral, and mom said it was at a burial. FML
Arseholes
Today, it was dad’s funeral and I intended to speak but I was crying so much I couldn’t finish and mom had to help me back to my seat. Unfortunately, most of our family are arseholes and I could hear someone saying, “Disgraceful, shaming his dad like that.” It was the worst day of my entire life. FML
Today, I had to call the cops to break up a fistfight at my mother's funeral. It turns out my two brothers care more about having a pissing match over their favorite football teams than they do honoring our mother's memory. FML
I'm an Empath
Today, I’m stuck in a situation. It’s my mom's wedding, but her fiancé had a heart attack and died this morning. Now I’m surrounded by crying people, having to pretend to be upset so no one gets mad at me. I couldn’t care less to be honest, the man was an arsehole who treated mom and me like shit in private. FML
Today, my family attended the funeral of an old family friend's baby, who died in childbirth. Afterwards, my husband went around snickering and quietly telling dead baby jokes to the other attendees. FML
Today, during my father's funeral, I heard my mother-in-law mutter, "No loss there. Lazy cunt." FML
Top comments
iShanny 13
That'll make for some awkward family get togethers...
xxtgzxx 7
Feel sorry for you OP.
Add a comment · Reply to
You must be logged in to be able to post comments!
Comments (109)
xxtgzxx 7
Feel sorry for you OP.
PIGaming 21
Her parents seem like absolute assholes
silvercamaro 22
Ahhh, in-laws. Don't they just say the darnedest things about each other?
patrickalamo 47
Wedding and funerals
lexi365 20
The next family reunion or get-together is going to be so awkward.
StiffPvtParts 43
Putting the FUN back in funerals :D
iShanny 13
That'll make for some awkward family get togethers...
littlem91 29
I'm not sure anyone would want to get together again with people that callous, even their own daughter!
babygurll19 10
Maybe these people weren't "mourning" people and it was too much in the "wake" of it all.
PresidentNorth 16
Well #20 you tried... FML is a very hard community to please.
BeastOfJupiter 7
Sometimes you fail simply because you try too hard. This applies here.
lexiieeex3 32
I'm still trying to wrap my head around this. Who in their right mind would say that aloud at a funeral... I'm sorry OP. I hope your in-laws are forgiving and don't hold this against you.
nchic01 17
Comment moderated for rule-breaking.
awk
laden_swallow09 34
Mmmmm, chicken…
nchic01 17
so confused...
illegalbeagle69 23
..ward.. awkward.. there you go a gold star for you.
PresidentNorth 16
Honesty is sometimes not the best policy. but I didn't see how having a tacky dress contributed to her death. Sound like quality folks you got there.
ChristianH39 30
That's not even honesty, it's just callous and mean. If I was OP I wouldn't be talking to my parents for a while
PresidentNorth 16
Well what if her dress was tacky..? Some people are just brutally honest. Its not like we have control of how people will act. We can only shun them or blast them out. OPs parents were very wrong for saying it, she let her thoughts become a reality. Tell me you haven't said something without thinking it came off as rude/mean/callous.
IconicFML 9
The problem wasn't the fact that OP's mother thought it was tacky, it was that she stated that was the reason that OP's mother-in-law died.
PresidentNorth 16
Well obviously. But everyone has their own opinion. Sometimes shit just gets blurted out. I understand it wasn't nice in anyway but its just a way of life. To me it seems that the parents were either super judgemental or they could have had some type of conflicts going on between in-laws. It happens. Think of it as karma. What goes around comes back around. So they made that joke, their punishment was to be kicked out after starting a fight. In the end they still lost. And will forever be remembered as those assholes from OPs husbands moms funeral. And the entire FML community.
Bigfabthetruth52 22
all you have to have is a simple comprehension of respect to understand that that statement as honest as it may have seemed in their head shouldnt have been uttered.especially in that setting
ThomasBombadil 31
Sounds like something from a sitcom. So sorry OP.
dachayke 16
Maybe, they are in a sitcom! Dun dun dunnnnnn
Bentonic 11
What if life is just one big episode of Seinfeld?
illegalbeagle69 23
Then where the hell is Seinfeld?
JMichael 25
That was quite rude of your mom, even if your mother-in-law may have been a complete bitch. They could of been more respectful for you husband's sake.
NicoleSpazz 8
well atleast you're not disrespectful like your parents. That's just sad.
1uw 9
Well at least they're honest!
NicoleSpazz 8
So if it was you in this situation it would be alright? I highly doubt it. tacky or not, it's called respect.
laden_swallow09 34
9- You use the word "honest" as if it's some sort of excuse for a shortcoming or offensive behavior.
zandalee 19
I ******* hate when people think that saying, "at least I'm being honest", is okay. It's a weak attempt at at insult. I actually just want to bitch slap them!!!
junkman6 22
Well if you're going to be that "honest" you better be expecting the ass whippings that come your way. This may sound bad but I hope ops mom got her nose broken for being a bitch.
Axel5238 29
Lots people can't differentiate the difference between telling the truth and being a dick/also when and where it isn't appropriate. The 2 often go hand in hand. Sorry for what happened OP hopefully they learned something from it, but this far along in their lives I doubt it.
ariiewilliams 17
Well that funeral took a turn for the way worse
TheHolyJuiceBox 5
because there are good funerals?
ariiewilliams 17
That is why i said "way worse". Funerals are bad in general
junkman6 22
Actually yes there are good funerals. When someone's lived a full and happy life you celebrate it. We're all gonna end up dead, I've always been taught to celebrate someone's life if they die. Sure young people dying is different and harder to cope with. But like when my grandpa died he said to make sure his funeral was a party. "After you drop me 6 ft under get drunk and remember the good times." Maybe a bit of a soap box rant. TL;DR funerals can be fun it's all about how you look at it.
PotatoesAndCake 26
Thanks captain obvious
shjtty 8
How ignorant of them to start a fight at a funeral!
laden_swallow09 34
Ignorant?
juturnaamo 29
#45, in the south, people will say a person is being ignorant when they mean that that person is being an asshole.