Today, I was again turned down by a potential host family on a student exchange site. Their reasoning was basically that since I'm American, I might do something to endanger my health, get hurt, and then sue them over my own stupidity. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I fell down a flight of stairs at college. I was taken to hospital with a fractured ankle and had to call my parents to drive me home. They constantly made passive-aggressive remarks on the way home, because I'd "totally ruined" their plans to eat out at a fancy restaurant tonight. FML
Today, I got a letter from a hostel I stayed at saying they were going to sue me for leaving them a negative Google review. I was the victim of a $7000 theft crime there. They refused to call the police and ambulance when it happened, and they didn’t even give me my money I paid to stay there back. FML
Today, I was awakened by knocking on my door, only to find my parents standing there. Turns out, they booked two one-way tickets to visit me from another country. Their plan? I should scrap my upcoming 2-week vacation to hang out because they invested in this trip. Oh, and they didn't book a hotel. I'm 31. FML
Today, my parents threatened to take away my college funds. Why? Because I complained about my 10 pm curfew during break as a freshman in college. FML
Today, I was supposed to start my vacation in Italy. I guess not everyone heard that I canceled it due to health problems, because this morning I caught two of my "friends" unplugging my TV after breaking into my house. FML
Today, I found out that my parents don't know the difference between a foreign person and a deaf person. They've been yelling at our exchange student for the past 2 days. FML
Today, I was uninvited to our usual family Thanksgiving, as well as the rest of the holidays with my extended family. Why? They found out who I voted for. I won't say who, but according to my aunt, I'm to blame for putting their son's healthcare at risk. WTF? FML
Today, I almost got kidnapped. Again. FML
Today, on my family vacation, I tried to put my foot down and declare that my daughter would absolutely not be babysitting anyone's kids. Everyone got mad and made us go home. FML
Today, my parents told me that they're suing my best friend's parents because I broke my leg at their house. I've been begging and pleading and fighting with them not to but they won't listen. They keep saying that it's not personal and it's just a legal thing. Happens all the time. FML
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VFaith14 1
You should sue them for discrimination!
tupelo 6
we Americans ain't that stoopid.
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Comments (99)
rg350dx 29
You shouldn't judge someone based upon their nationality.
limitedition 25
Sorry they were asshats but it would have been misery living with such ignorant people. Hopefully you will find a super nice host family soon.
msjmec 9
Sadly, that's what people think of Americans. We are a very litigious society!
M3DIC4T3 29
They will regret it when OP is a millionaire.... One of these days, right OP?
suprima 9
Well in my country people tend to make jokes about that when they do stupid things and hurt themself. It's not fair to Op but i can't really blame the host family...
lonelyman36 12
Report them to your exchange group, let them deal with it rather than the ACLU or a lawyer.
jagwes 3
Sue them for turning you down!
plagiarismo 16
To be fair, they're not too far off; coming from an American.
01Ben21 10
They have all the reason in the world with the way our society acts now a days.
blb449 0
I wonder if half the people siding with the host family have even been to America. I'm American, and I've never sued anyone. I don't know anyone who has.
meso222 8
I have been to the US many times. And i know about Mcdonalds being sueed because people ate 3 meals a day there and got fat. The coffee companies that had coffee that was too hot and someone chugged it. Warning labels on large machinery because someone climbed in and got killed. Part of this may have to do with a larger population goves higher chance of stupidity but there are enough lawsuits to justify skepticism.
limitedition 25
145 - I was at a museum in Ottawa & was looking at military aircraft. This 1950s plane had a warning label on it saying "DO NOT STAND IN FRONT OF GUNS". So.. People in Canada in the 50s were stupid too Bad decisions aren't solely a 1 country problem.