Today, my dad took my son out of his will, so I confronted him. Turns out he has a new policy of “not rewarding dumb behaviour.” He’s willing to put him back in the will, if he ever scores over 120 on an IQ test. I love my son, but he’s a happy goldfish, 120 is just never happening. 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 son is smarter than average, almost genius level, and he has now reached an age where not only does he question me at every turn, he actually out-argues me 90% of the time and I can’t do anything about it because technically he’s right and I’m wrong. FML
Today, my 50-year-old dad was in a foul mood after taking an online test that put him in Slytherin house instead of Ravenclaw where he "belongs" because he's "so smart". FML
Today, my husband, who is proud of his 155 IQ, is depressed our son is becoming a typical football jock with an IQ only just into the triple digits. He even thinks I must have had an affair, because no way could someone as smart as him have produced such a blockhead with tattoos. FML
Today, my son has failed all his exams, no university will take him, he keeps getting fired from part time jobs for incompetence, and generally makes goldfish look smart in comparison. His mother refuses to admit she should have quit drinking while she was pregnant. FML
Today, my 11-year-old son and I took an IQ test for a laugh. To be honest, I've often suspected that I may have some form of mental retardation, but I didn't expect to get a score of 79, while he got one of 114. FML
Today, I found out what my son has been celebrating. Apparently, his boss caught him smoking weed and fired him, then had a massive stroke and now has the IQ of a potato, so my son just kept turning up to work since his boss hadn’t had the time to tell anyone he was fired, or to fill out any paperwork. My son is scum. FML
Today, my ex-husband has always been a snob about his high IQ and has always been open about his disappointment that our children are academically average, but now he tells me he won’t be helping pay for college because, as he puts it “What’s the point?” FML
Today, my dad and I got into an argument. When I was proven wrong, he said, "Good job, genius." I shot back the first thing that popped into my head, which was "I am NOT a genius!" He laughed and says that if I die before him, he's having that engraved on my tombstone. FML
Today, my son tried my great-grandad's 90 year-old whiskey, didn’t like it, and poured it all down the sink. When I confronted him, he confidently told me it was nasty and must have expired, so he did me a favour and poured it away and washed the bottle. I had to walk away and remind myself I love him. FML
Today, my punishment for my 14 year-old troublemaker son seems to have badly backfired. My husband and I sent him to live with my strict disciplinarian father for a while, and not only has he changed, but he loves it there and refuses to come home. My dad is on his side. I don't know what to do. FML
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Chazzster 32
Technically, It’s your Dad’s money/inheritance and not yours or his grandson’s. He can do as he chooses with what is his. … Never count on an inheritance. It may never come and there is a whole lot of time between now and then that you have to live through. … All that having been said, Dad was pretty harsh about the IQ thing - It is something that is very difficult to change. You can be educated or trained but that IQ won’t move much. … When you can talk calmly with Dad, I suggest you try to find out what is really at the bottom of this. Did your son do something stupid and careless or something that affected Dad? That’s not mostly IQ, that’s behavior and it can be improved.
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Chazzster 32
Technically, It’s your Dad’s money/inheritance and not yours or his grandson’s. He can do as he chooses with what is his. … Never count on an inheritance. It may never come and there is a whole lot of time between now and then that you have to live through. … All that having been said, Dad was pretty harsh about the IQ thing - It is something that is very difficult to change. You can be educated or trained but that IQ won’t move much. … When you can talk calmly with Dad, I suggest you try to find out what is really at the bottom of this. Did your son do something stupid and careless or something that affected Dad? That’s not mostly IQ, that’s behavior and it can be improved.