Today, I discovered my husband and kids wait until I’m out of the house before doing fun activities like water fights, board games, Xbox sessions, football, and the like. Apparently I’m such a buzzkill and moody sore loser, they can only have fun without me around. 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, my husband and my kids seem to think that all of them sitting in the same room, engrossed in electronic devices, is a valid form of child/parent relationship. Whenever I try to interfere by, for example, suggesting a trip out or a game night, I get glared at like I suggested swimming with piranhas. FML
Today, I asked my wife why she’s been in such a sour mood lately. She released a barrage of complaints, but the biggest one being that she’s bored. In fact, she described me and our kids as the most excruciatingly boring people she’s ever met, all because we’re introverts. FML
Today, my wife is mad at me because she claims I don’t spend any time bonding with her son. It’s as though she refuses to understand that just because we are in different rooms, on separate PlayStations, doesn’t mean we’re not playing the same game, and talking through headphones for hours at a time. FML
Today, all three of my kids snuck out of a family reunion because they were bored. I was furious, until I found out my husband had also gone with them. After I was done yelling at all of them, I realised I was mostly jealous they didn’t take me with them. FML
Today, I can't sit down for a book or some TV without my wife coming up and moaning at me to "get a hobby, get out of the house once in a while, you never do anything anymore." I have a healthy, balanced social life, but maybe I want to relax in my own house for once. FML
Today, our kids left for the weekend so that my wife and I could have some much-needed alone time. We've been fighting a lot recently and really need some time to have fun together. Now it turns out that she doesn't want to be around me because of the fighting. FML
Today, my wife refuses to let me play my Xbox, except at the weekends, because it’s "a childish waste of time" and "we need to spend more time together", yet when we’re together she has no problem spending hours on games on her phone. No, she does not see the irony in this either. FML
Today, my wife screamed, cried, called me lazy and a bad parent, and threatened to leave and take our four kids. All I did was ask for an hour to myself every day for some private time. FML
Today, I'm solely responsible for my kids, entirely, while my husband goes to the gym, his office, goes running, and plays with his buddies. He wanted kids; I didn't. FML
Today, I found out that my kids hate and are actively ignoring me; my wife is bipolar and she swears she hates me too after over 20 years of marriage, and my job sucks the life out of me every single day. FML
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FluffythePink 24
Maybe you should go talk to someone about your issues and then become an actual part of your family?
Crowned Sataness 12
now that you know, you can find out what behaviors are the issues and work on them. no nagging and no pouting. just go with the moment and have fun
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FluffythePink 24
Maybe you should go talk to someone about your issues and then become an actual part of your family?
Brightside86 31
That sounds like a learned behavior, how would you react to them doing those things while you're present?
Crowned Sataness 12
now that you know, you can find out what behaviors are the issues and work on them. no nagging and no pouting. just go with the moment and have fun
Billsonhamsen 17
I am kinda the same way. I am overly worried about safety which to me sounds reasonable. It is a buzz kill for family though. I have tried to be less so and I think I am having success. One thing I try to do is tell them less. Just less overall. I try to be lighter and enjoy the moment more. I also make an effort to smile with them. And just say hi when I walk by. Not in a casual way (pretending I don't care when I really do) but I expect them to say hi back but nothing more than that so they know not every interaction will require something big from them. It seems to be working but my kids are still young. You probably have time to chill out too. One thing that is real hard for me is that safety is easy to justify. For example one day I decided to try to chill out a bit and my son fell in the fire. Nothing about my new relaxed attitude made my son fall in the fire. It was just an accident. We had the hose right there ready to go and he is fine now but at the time that "proved" to me that being a stickler for rules will keep people safe. Safe and boring. Life has risks and you need to balance risks with rewards to have a fulfilling life.