Today, my family got very upset with me when I advised my brother’s girlfriend to take the kids and leave. They’re more upset with me telling her that, than the fact that my brother is an abusive serial cheater and a raging alcoholic, who hits her and the kids. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I realized how absolutely shitty my family is when my brother brought home his third girlfriend this week. They all smiled in her face, knowing full well my brother is a cheating asshole. Not to mention, she’s pregnant with his kid. I wasn’t allowed to date til I moved out. FML
Today, I introduced my girlfriend to my family. My brother insulted her weight so many times she left in tears. Not only does he not understand why what he did was wrong, he’s genuinely livid with me for being upset with him, to the point that he damn near slugged me when I confronted him. FML
Today, what should have been a nice family dinner ended with my wife standing over me, staring me dead in the eyes, while endlessly repeating, “Get him out of my house, get him out of my house…” until I agreed to take my drunk brother to a hotel to sleep it off. FML
Today, my mom called, crying that my sister had dropped her kids off on my mom’s doorstep with no intention of coming back for them. I called and screamed at my sister, who then called my brother, who screamed at me for making my sister cry. All of this because her new boyfriend doesn’t like her kids. FML
Today, my brother-in-law brought his new girlfriend over to meet the family. Things went south real quick after she went on a tirade about what terrible parents my wife and I are for letting our kids keep all their Harry Potter memorabilia. Now he’s mad I threw her out. FML
Today, my former sister-in-law, who I was once so close to, said that we can't be friends or anything like that anymore because now that she's divorced from my cheating asshole brother, it's too painful for her to be around our family, even for the sake of my kids. I hate him so much. FML
Today, my brother-in-law's wife sent me a text venting about her argument with our mother-in-law. She also said said some nasty things about her and I mistakenly shared this info with my “trusted” husband, who immediately told his hot-tempered-momma's girl-IDGAF attitude older sister, who now plans on beating her ass. This is bad. FML
Today, my sister is upset that I won’t upturn my entire life by letting her kids stay at my house 4-5 days a week. She decided to move in with her boyfriend after one month, before even introducing him to her kids. Now he’s decided he doesn’t like the kids, so she wants me to keep them. FML
Today, I visited my family. Over the course of 2 hours, my brother punched me, and my mom slapped me across the face after drinking way too much wine. When I started gathering my things to leave, my mom started crying about how I don't visit enough. FML
Today, despite the fact that I own my home, car and have a career, I was once again told that I’ve shamed my family by being a single mom. Meanwhile, my brother has four kids with three different women and constantly hits up every family member for money. He gets nothing but just support. FML
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Top comments
ojosRojos 28
You did the right thing! Your family is just blinded by their love for him. Thank goodness you’re not! I sincerely hope his wife listens to your advice
stickyface 17
Good for you, OP. Your family are enablers. Make sure she and the kids are safe first, then address the dysfunction with your family.
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ojosRojos 28
You did the right thing! Your family is just blinded by their love for him. Thank goodness you’re not! I sincerely hope his wife listens to your advice
stickyface 17
Good for you, OP. Your family are enablers. Make sure she and the kids are safe first, then address the dysfunction with your family.
demix_fml 32
You did the right thing op, I did the same thing to my dads new wife. That didn’t go down well either 🤷♀️ keep your head up, you are a good person.
RichardPencil 32
Sounds like you're the black sheep of your ******-up family. You'd be a white sheep if your family were functional.
Sinshine 28
You did the right thing. Make sure she documents anything that happens and don't be shy on calling authorities.
Sam Siggers 8
OP, this isn't a FML. you have done a good thing or are trying to do a good thing for her. which speaks so many volumes, dont ever feel bad for doing the right thing and dont consider doing the right thing to be a **** my life. its a fml that your family even had that reaction to begin with
LostSoul 20
I would suggest you run from your family also.
slym12312425 9
would that more people the world were like OP. you gave solid advice to a woman in an abusive relationship, advice meant to save her and her children from being used as punching bags by an asshole. your family's reaction to you doing this says more about them then you.