Today, my father is incapable of doing anything without cursing and swearing so loudly that the neighbours hear him. If I ask him what’s wrong or to stop swearing at inanimate objects, he starts yelling at me for "jumping all over him." I can’t win. FML
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A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, my dad is infuriating by increasingly asking me to do things around the house, but because he doesn’t like how I do them he yells at me and then does it himself. It’s almost like he cares more about inventing excuses to yell at me than he does to actually get things done. FML
Today, my father is living with me because he's broke, but sometimes he has temper tantrums and calls me a son of a bitch. I can't stand to be name-called when I support him 1000%, and then we got into a violent physical fight. We both end up hurt, so I want to kick him out of my house, but I can't because he won't leave. FML
Today, and every time I want to try something new, my dad starts pointing out why it’s a stupid idea, or how it will obviously go wrong, and gets himself so worked up that in the end he’s just shouting at me while I cower, yet it also makes him mad when I just sit in my room with no hobbies. FML
Today, my father was cussing loudly because he lost at a Clash Royale game. He then blamed it on me for not sending him cards, and threatened to delete me from all his social media accounts. Dad, I love you, but you're downright insane. FML
Today, I had a really shitty fight with my dad. We were standing in front of each other, screaming and yelling. Everything gets so complicated and annoying when it comes to him, and I vividly have some deep daddy issues which affect my everyday life. FML
Today, I asked my son to repeat something he had said. He got right up in my face and screamed that it was time I got a "fucking hearing aid." His siblings agreed with him. My husband agreed so much, he won’t even punish him for yelling and swearing, because, “Honestly, we all wanted to scream it.” FML
Today, like every time I visit the in-laws, my father-in-law is driving me crazy. He gets all holier than thou sometimes, and even my mother-in-law agrees he just talks to hear himself speak. It gets so bad that I resort to cleaning their house to ignore him. At least then he leaves me alone. Starting their dishes in 5. FML
Today, my dad has been hitting the bottle, and will only respond to anything I say in a slurred rap. FML
Today, I grounded my son after finding out that he's been bullying other kids at school. He got mad and screamed at me, calling me a "bastard". Instead of defending me, my wife got pissed and accused me of having taught our son to swear like that. I can never win. FML
Today, my father got drunk and became crazy. He just kept talking nonsense and swaying while walking. It seemed like he was going to vomit. I hate him being like this. FML
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core01 30
Next time he swears at inanimate objects, join him! You'll either bond over shared expletives, or he'll think you went nuts and tip toe around you
wmayrhofer 18
He is not swearing at the neighbors yet so that's good but early dementia does come to mind. Get friendly with them in case you need their support.
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Chazzster 32
Everyone has a bad day occasionally. Assuming this is not the norm for Dad, just stay out of his way until it’s over. Update: Based on the wording I assumed this was not Dad’s current “normal” behavior. Assuming this is not normal behavior for Dad - I stand by my original suggestion. If this behavior is or has become Dad’s usual behavior there are three possible explanations: (1) Depression - I had a psychologist once tell me that in many men the symptoms are irritability. (2) Dementia - It can result in an inability to deal with normal events and irritations resulting in this kind of behavior. (3) Trauma of some kind - A major life event (unexpected loss of job, foreclosure or eviction, serious romantic betrayal, or anything else that causes something like PTSD) could be the reason and Dad might not be be sharing what that event was.
core01 30
Next time he swears at inanimate objects, join him! You'll either bond over shared expletives, or he'll think you went nuts and tip toe around you
bleachedraven 14
for the win
mccuish 25
Why is there an fml about me?
wmayrhofer 18
He is not swearing at the neighbors yet so that's good but early dementia does come to mind. Get friendly with them in case you need their support.
xxlk4xx 6
my dad was like this the whole time I was growing up, until he went on antidepressants and now he's a completely different person! I remember him telling me he went to the Dr about it finally and when asked if he has anger issues he said "I'm not an angry person but stuff just passes me off" the dr was like "yeah thats depression" they've really helped him and now he isn't as bothered by small things. also my father inlaw apparently used to get pissed off super easily until he had his blood pressure checked and went on medication for that, now he's pretty chill!