Today, I took my mom out to a fancy restaurant, and spent close to $300 on her Mother's Day present. Later, my little brother drew her a card with crayons on pink construction paper. She cried. He's 20 years-old. 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 sisters and I pitched together nearly $500 to send my mom to the spa for Mother's Day. We put the printed sheet with her info into a little box with our card on top. When she opened it, she freaked out and started hugging my dad. Turns out he switched the cards and took all the credit. FML
Today, it's my mother's birthday. She received the ultimate gift from my brother, who told her he had just been accepted into medical school. I bought her scratch-offs. She won a dollar. FML
Today, my mother's blatant favouritism of my little brother hit an all time high when she got him his dream car for his 18th birthday, to the tune of £7000. Do you know what she got me for my 18th last year? £10 in a card and a bottle of cheap wine that she ended up drinking herself. FML
Today, I took my best friend out to dinner for my birthday. She gave me a gift after I paid the tab, saying, "My mom thought you would like this, it was expensive." It was a lovely set of origami paper, which was the exact set I brought her as a souvenir from Japan. She was right, it was expensive. FML
Today, I bought my mom a gift certificate for a spa treatment for two so we could spend some quality time together. She took my sister. FML
Today, for my mom's 50th birthday, all she wanted was a certain gold bracelet. It was too much money for me to buy, so I bought the same one in silver. Right before I gave it to her, my older sister gave her the gold bracelet, which made her cry. When I gave her my present, she just said, "Oh." FML
Today, after spending $120 to have a bouquet of flowers delivered to my mom, she called to complain that I had forgotten about her for Mother's day, but also praise my sister for apparently receiving my flowers I sent at the door and passing them off as hers. FML
Today, after I took my mom her favourite wine, a card, and an expensive orchid for her conservatory, and also spent all Saturday afternoon with her and took her out for lunch, what did she post on Facebook? Her disappointment that I didn’t spend Mother’s Day with her on Sunday because I was working. FML
Today, my mom told me I was a bad daughter because I didn't get anything for my parents' anniversary. I just sent my brother a check for $400 for my share of their gift. FML
Today, I walked into a restaurant with my parents to celebrate my Mom's birthday. They immediately got a kid's menu and crayons out for me. I'm 15. FML
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sexiled4life 0
just goes to show money doesn't buy happiness
Luckster 0
At least your Mom cares for the sentimental things. Mine bitched at me for not getting her anything. I'm 1,000 miles away and unemployeed. Called her several times throughout the day to at least wish her a Happy Mother's Day. She never picked up. She only called back to bitch at me.
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life_is_life 0
There's some things money can 't buy. For everything else, theres mastercard. Sorry... I just thought that sounded cool. FYL.
sodawater19 0
seriously, be thank your mom isnt a materialistic person. goes to show putting your heart into a gift doesnt come with a large price tag. Most mom's preferr a heartfelt gift over an expensive one anyday, unless of course you have one of those that just wants stuff no matter what it is. You can make the same comparison to getting her a gift card. Yeah its easy but it doesnt really take much effort, tells her she isnt important enough to find a real gift for. Next time dont worry about how much you spend, give her something that you actually put some effort into.
Arthas_fml 0
Trying to buy your mom's feelings. Very smooth.
sunshinedudette 0
Typical.
FailFox 0
It's not about money dude.
liquidpaper 0
#28: My brother is 21 and physically bigger than me, but I'll always think of him as my little brother because that's how we grew up. At least your mom isn't materialistic. I'm a cheap grad student, I try to do nice things as presents for my mom (making her dinner, fixing her computer, being home in the first place, etc.) instead of spending money on gifts. All she says is "why didn't you buy me anything?"
FMLfangirl89 0
LOL hi-larious. is your brother like special needs or something?
FMLfangirl89 0
today, everyone thought you were a dumbass and your brother was a retard. FYL
yer_maw 1
yeah it makes sense if he's mentally challenged... but otherwise, that sucks for you :/
helios_rex 0
What he did took more effort than just dishing out $300 bucks. YDI.