Today, my parents lectured me about how my girlfriend will ruin my life, because she's a single mom, a recovering alcoholic, and has chronic health issues. Apparently, I should be with their friend's rude, trashy daughter, who can't keep a job, and goes on a drunken, drug-fueled bender every other week. I'm 31. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, my parents lectured me on whether it was a good idea to let my girlfriend stay at the home of her ex boyfriend… and his husband. I’m 44 and trust her. My parents didn’t trust this logic and doubled down. FML
Today, I met my girlfriend's mom. She went on about how my girlfriend's dad is a no good drunk, following this statement with spilling her fifth glass of wine. FML
Today, my father lectured me for dating a man with "no future", even though he's entering a PhD program next year at a top university. Meanwhile, my dad's last relationship was with a 20-year-old hooker who ended up stealing his credit cards. FML
Today, I introduced my girlfriend to my parents. After she left, they told me they disapprove of her because of her supposedly lower social class. Now I have to either dump her or lose the money they set aside to pay for my university tuition. FML
Today, I went with my girlfriend to her parents' house. They told me I smelled of cheap vodka. When I told them I worked in a bio lab and used ethanol a lot, they said I was too stupid to do anything like that. My girlfriend broke up with me because her parents think I'm a drunk. FML
Today, my "future" wife got drunk in front of my parents, who she was meeting for the first time. She called my dad a piece of shit and told my mom she wants to tear her own eyes out. FML
Today, my boyfriend said angrily that he should never have gotten together with me, that he should have known a woman with divorced parents would have daddy issues, and never be quite right in the head. His own parents are divorced by the way, and his mom is extremely overbearing. FML
Today, I found out that in the past, my mother has paid or outright threatened my girlfriends into breaking up with me, because they were, "unsuitable trash not fit to be the mothers of my future grand babies." This explains why I’m 47 and have never married or had children. FML
Today, my mom called me and asked me to fix her computer, three days after saying she never wanted to see me again for dating a boy. I got lectured to on how I'm ruining my life the whole time. FML
Today, my mother started arguing with me once again about how my life revolves around my girlfriend and how it's unhealthy to spend so much time with her. We live together and are engaged to be married. FML
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Top comments
Chazzster 32
Especially when we are young “love is blind” meaning we are responding to feelings. Age and experience usually teaches or convinces us to consider other things before diving into a serious relationship. Realistically, the way you describe it, current girlfriend is certainly a step up from some emotional child who hasn’t addressed her problems. On the other hand kids can either be a blessing or a problem - It depends on the situation. And it’s great that girlfriend is recovering from alcoholism, which is much better than being an active alcoholic. But sometimes people slip back into alcoholism… I advise you to be with, and love who you want, who wants to reciprocate that love to you. But I do not advise getting married or having a child until you really know that she and you are stable and the two of you and your family can make it.
Sonotsuave 37
Neither are good options tbh, unless you have really low self esteem.
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Comments (4)
Lolamae 9
Six of one, half a dozen of the other
anon9878 7
Actually no not really one has got their shit together while one does not.
Sonotsuave 37
Neither are good options tbh, unless you have really low self esteem.
RichardPencil 32
You definitely have a type.
Chazzster 32
Especially when we are young “love is blind” meaning we are responding to feelings. Age and experience usually teaches or convinces us to consider other things before diving into a serious relationship. Realistically, the way you describe it, current girlfriend is certainly a step up from some emotional child who hasn’t addressed her problems. On the other hand kids can either be a blessing or a problem - It depends on the situation. And it’s great that girlfriend is recovering from alcoholism, which is much better than being an active alcoholic. But sometimes people slip back into alcoholism… I advise you to be with, and love who you want, who wants to reciprocate that love to you. But I do not advise getting married or having a child until you really know that she and you are stable and the two of you and your family can make it.