Today, my parents threw a hissy fit calling me ungrateful and disrespectful for wanting to do laundry and clean at home, instead of going out to their friends' house for dinner. They also disconnected the Internet to punish me when they left. I'm 20 and visiting home on a college break. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
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, my whole family called me ungrateful and my parents are threatening to ground me because I turned down an invitation to go with my extended family to Hawaii for spring break. I literally just started a new part-time job, but they won't listen. FML
Today, my parents came home after being out of town for the weekend. I stayed home, did homework and completely cleaned the house, thinking I could earn some brownie points with them. They saw how clean the house was and accused me of covering up a party. FML
Today, my parents yelled at me for coming home at 1am this morning from a friend's birthday party. I'm 30 years old. FML
Today, despite the fact that I'm 20 years-old, my parents never allow me to go out and have fun with my friends, under the pretext that I'm a girl. I'm stuck at house all year long, I only go out to the college they forced me to study at, and they decide everything about me. I’m tired. FML
Today, my parents yelled at me for 10 minutes without letting me get a word in edgeways for getting a 48 on my test. They took my phone, unplugged my internet, and took my car keys. They wouldn't listen no matter how many times I told them, "It was out of 50". It actually was. FML
Today, I went over to confront my parents about how my siblings always get to visit and all I do when I’m over is work on their house or take care of grandma. My mom was very upset. Then she snuck out with my sister, leaving me to take care of grandma until she got back. FML
Today, while my parents were grocery shopping, I cleaned the kitchen, swept floors, did laundry, and cleaned bathrooms, only to finish right before they got home. After dinner, my dad bitched and complained that I didn't take out the trash and he had no room to throw away his paper plate. FML
Today, my dad yelled at me for being irresponsible while he watched me fold his laundry. FML
Today, my mom scolded me and threatened to ground me for coming home past midnight. Normally, it wouldn't be unreasonable, except for the fact that I'm 24 years-old, and that my parents live with me, in my own house. FML
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pratikp03 22
Welcome home!
Dreamsorrow93 24
Could be worse. I'm 21 live at home still but work 50 hours a week while going to school full time. Both my parents are unemployed and sit on their asses playing their laptops while screaming at me to clean when I need sleep.
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Dreamsorrow93 24
Could be worse. I'm 21 live at home still but work 50 hours a week while going to school full time. Both my parents are unemployed and sit on their asses playing their laptops while screaming at me to clean when I need sleep.
rossea 21
Damn that's awful. Hops one day you get a high paying job so you can get a decent place to live in.
raufintoff 15
I'm a full time student so I stay at/around school so that I can actually hang out with people and do stuff
Dreamsorrow93 24
Then 41 you are living the dream. It's a waste of money to live in the dorms at my college when commuting works just as well.
Clawsified 6
Just so we're clear: you're a 20 year old college student who cannot figure out how to plug in a modem? Or is it that you're offended that they thought that would stop you?
B1ackthesun 31
Did you ever stop and consider password protection?? Just a thought.
GummiieBear 12
Or consider that disconnecting the Internet could easily mean they cancelled service completely.
brand125 17
or the fact that its their ****** internet so the op has no right to turn it back on, which they didnt and actually respected?
Clawsified 6
@18: The OP said "disconnected" not "restricted"
alexish128 13
You do realize they could have taken the cord right? I would know, my mom does it to me all the time.
B1ackthesun 31
Simple word play #53. If op could not get on the net because their parents restricted it with a password they where disconnected. As others pointed out there are also other possibilities. You jumped to conclusions simple as that.
iwanttogotoparis 26
You'll probably have a better future than them...they have no respect...
thejonac 21
their comment is really ironic
Jasim 17
How exactly did they cut the Internet?
Mf2307 15
what a nice way to welcome you home
selinvyvr 10
Parents, can't live with them, can't live without them.
victrin 12
I'm assuming these people are paying for your college and providing the home you are currently visiting. Try spending time with them, instead of avoiding them (even if for productive reasons). Yeah their response is childish, but you clearly hurt them. You come off as ungrateful here, OP.
helloimclaudia 30
But OP is 20, so they could have sat down with him for a minute and try to have an adult conversation with him. To tell him that they would like it if he comes to their friends house to spend some time with them.
xleanne_aLly 23
Exactly the parents are either huge jerks. Or when they asked OP to dinner. OP got annoyed and snapped a rude reply at them. Then things escalated. I'm sure any parent knows their child in college, has assignments to do. They could be punishing OP for their lack of respect.
mete_orito 34
You should have gone to the dinner. I don't think that arguing with your parents over something irrelevant, such a dinner with their friends is wise; especially if you are just visiting them; unless that you have personal issues with your parents' friends.
kpohil 13
really a hissy fit?