Today, I came home to visit my family after a year at college. Expecting to impress them, I proudly informed them that I now speak fluent Swedish. Imagine my surprise when my mother said, "That's a useless language" and everyone agreed. FML
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Wild Nights Out
Last call, bad decisions and 3 a.m. texts you'll regret until noon. Cheers.
Today, I found out that I was moving to Germany. I'm going to be put back a year in school because of the system change. I also don't speak a word of German. Why? Because my mother wants to brag about this experience to her friends. FML
Today, my family and I were at a restaurant. We're Swedish and love talking about people in our language because no one ever understands here. I decided to comment about how ugly the girl at the next table was. She turned around and goes "Dra åt helvete." That's Swedish for "Go to hell." FML
Today, my mom booked a family trip to Sweden. This would be great, if she hadn't asked me to tell our former German exchange student that we were coming to visit her in Germany. She was thrilled. Now I have to be the one to let her down. FML
Today, my mom scolded me for ruining my sister's "vacation" here. She just got deported from abroad, and was only gone for 2 months after falling for a marriage scam. Now she deludes to herself that she was born and raised there, and claims not to understand our mother tongue, calling it third world primate language. FML
Today, I showed up at my boyfriend's work to surprise him by speaking in Spanish, his first language. I've been taking classes secretly. He smiled, kissed me, and then finished telling his friend, in Spanish, that I'm boring and ugly but he's got nothing better going on. FML
Today, I discovered the terrible things my parents say about my wife while visiting them. They speak in Arabic around us and I've never really been able to understand them. Guess who hasn't only brushed up on his Arabic, but spent the last 6 months teaching his wife… FML
Today, I introduced my mother to my new girlfriend. My mom made a very nasty comment about her in Spanish, not realizing that my girlfriend teaches Spanish at the local school. FML
Today, I met my girlfriend's parents for the first time. Within minutes, they said I needed to leave. Their reason? Apparently, I was mocking her dad's speech impediment. I also have one but they wouldn't believe me. FML
Today, my crush walked me home. As my mom opens the door, she tells me in Russian how ugly he is, and that I have extremely bad taste. Out of all the languages in the world, he happens to be fluent in Russian. FML
Today, I paid a surprise visit to my parents, after having moved out for university last year. My room had been stripped bare and all the family photos featuring me were missing from the wall. When I asked why, my mom asked me in return why I was asking stupid questions. FML
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azcardinals1307 2
well, it does depend on the location, but that's pretty harsh of them.
StoryOfTheYear 15
Anything to do with Scandanavia is awesome.
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Comments (223)
RedMiniStapler 1
Now you can learn danish and norwegian next year and perfect scandie languages!
sara_saturday 5
now, when watching the muppets, you'll be the only one who knows what the chef is saying! useless? ha!
R3gX 6
Du kan alltid prata svenska med mig :) And for all of you who don't get that, it's swedish and it's awesome! So... to bad for you!
rakusu_klein 24
My home language is Dutch, and even I can translate that WITHOUT being able to speak Swedish :) I would love to learn the language though :)
kareltje 17
That's because Dutch and Swedish are very liknande. You can't compare a native English speaker with a native Dutch speaker when it comes to learning Swedish. The grammar may be similar and the alphabet, but that's it.
KnucklesDeep 5
You should have just told here that she's a useless mother.
Wynthos 2
What the hell could you possibly need Swedish for? Spanish is the way to go.
MacUser1986 5
Your parents are idiots.
denieru 0
Mycket bra jobbat av dig, svenska är ett väldigt svårt språk även om du kanske inte har mycket användning av det :)
Otium_fml 3
Om dom någonsin irriterar dig så kan du alltid säga något på svenska~
AllmightyJezz 4
Svenska kan vara bra att kunna. Dont mind them, they are just ignorant
robc32ca 4
Go to Ikea, and talk only in Swedish. Try to apply for a job while there. Then post how it helps you in life.