Today, my dad came out of jail. He showed me his tattoo of a Bible on his chest with all his 13 kids' names on it. I'm the only one whose name is spelled wrong. 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 dad found out I got a tattoo behind his back and is really really upset. When I got home from work my car wasn't in the driveway. When I asked my dad where it was, he replied "you'll get it back when your tattoo comes off." FML
Today, my 18-year-old son got his first tattoo. I would have loved it, if it wasn't a text on his hand with a glaring spelling mistake in it. FML
Today, I heard from my dad for the first time in over six months. It was through Facebook, in a message blaming my brothers and me for his horrible life, and in which he spelled my name wrong. FML
Today, my dad has dementia and has been getting my name wrong with increasing frequency. During one of his lucid moments, he ended up admitting those wrong names are actually of his other 7 kids, my half siblings to various women, 5 in this country and 2 in Europe, but I’m not to tell my mother. FML
Today, it's my birthday. My dad was supposed to take me to get a tattoo, but instead he went to the bar, got drunk, and told me how I was the biggest mistake he and my mom have ever made. FML
Today, my tattoo artist boyfriend of five months gave me my first tattoo in celebration of my 18th birthday. It was supposed to be a heart with my name in script. He spelled my name wrong. FML
Today, I found a necklace that my parents had made for me. While looking at it, I realized my parents had spelled my name wrong. FML
Today, I found out that the phrase I got tattooed on my lower back is misspelled. FML
Today, I came to terms with the fact that my dad will die without knowing I have tattoos on my body. I'm afraid my dad will suffer a deadly heart attack due to the revelation, as he had two heart failures in the past. My dad is still the sort of person who thinks that people with tattoos are criminals. FML
Today, I got piss drunk. Being a tattoo artist, I came to the intoxicated conclusion that I could save much more money doing my own tattoos on myself. I now have my ex-boyfriend's name permanently on my thigh. It's not even spelled right. FML
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GirlYouNasty 11
In jail AND can't even spell his kid's name right... Your dad sounds like quite the fella!
perdix 31
Is your name Vasectomy, because your dad evidently cannot spell that either?
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sugarshane007 20
Oh come on, you act like he was involved in the naming process!
awaydoggy 8
blame his inmate who did the tattoo ，your father's intention was good though
Kaizoku_fml 6
Because having your name spelled correctly on the skin of a bible-thumping ex-con is clearly important.
accioshannon 17
Hey, that bible-thumping ex-con is her father!
taranpreet 7
Judgy mcjudgington
ManInTheMachine 20
I'm sorry, how did you get that the dad is a bible-thumper out of this? Did you read an FML that the rest of us didn't?
Cupcake040 17
It says "his tattoo of a bible" so that's where I'd assume they are reading it from... Or am I just as confused reading the wrong fml too??
ManInTheMachine 20
I understand that they got it from there, but saying that the dad is a bible-thumper is a big jump to make from that. It's like saying because you have a tattoo of your mom you have an Oedipus complex, or if you have a tattoo of a child you're a pedophile. It's a huge assumption, and you know what they say about assumptions...
SirCharles83 13
65- is this news to you, that people get tattoos in prison? Also, it could have said "my dad is in jail and has 13 kids. FML" the rest is just adding insult to injury.
Cupcake040 17
I think there's a difference between having a tattoo of a child cause you're a pedophile and a bible cause your a bible thumper, it's the social mentality of it My goal isn't just to sound like a bitch here but I do agree that there are some assumptions taking place but people typically will get tattoos of things they strongly believe, are passionate about, care about etc. (so its probably a safe assumption that the dad both believes in the bible and cares about his kids).
ManInTheMachine 20
69-I agree what you say, but there's a difference between reading the bible (or being religious) and being a bible-thumper, which implies that you're bigoted and a zealot. That's all I'm saying.
gracehi 33
72, I'm guessing he found Christianity in prison. There's a lot of religious outreach in prisons. The people who run prisons often let pastors, priests, rabbis, etc... visit and talk with prisoners because it usually has a positive effect on the prisoners' behavior if they convert. It seems to me that OP's dad had found faith and in doing so had realized how important his children are to him... If this is true then personally, I'm happy for OP and good father, but it's just a shame that one of their names is spelled wrong on his tattoo. But people make mistakes, even when it comes to tattoos, and if he got that tattoo in prison, whether it was he or the tattooist who screwed up, it clearly wasn't the first mistake that person made.
gracehi 33
*his
gracehi 33
107, I agree that a tattoo doesn't make up for the things he did wrong, but perhaps it is a manifestation of a change in him as a man. Hopefully that can lead to healing and forgiveness in his relationship with his children and a better and happier future for everyone involved... But still, that's a pretty embarrassing mistake that's inked into his skin, and hopefully he can get it fixed soon.
buddy51 23
Well, OP, at least your dad recognizes you're different than the other dozen! It's like the DaVinci code- you stand out because he spelled your name wrong!!!
Nydeira 11
At least he loves his children so much to tattoo their name on his chest.
sugarshane007 20
Yes, because this is a great substitute than actualy showing love.
chaindog89 7
Well said
challan 19
Right on 23... Or staying out of jail to support them.
Feverrotes 15
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rhysfucker 24
Is it just me that thinks "dad in jail" and "13 chil'ren" trumps "spelled my name wrong"?
notjanedoe 27
It's not just you.
iwadasn 33
Between jail and a Bible tattoo, you think the tattoo is worse? Are you really that hostile towards religion?
nidie 7
He is a Chinese,like me.
chaindog89 7
13 kids , a dumb tattoo and can't even spell his child's name right? Yea sounds like a real winner. My tax dollars are probably taking of him now....
suckmyclock 11
at least he didn't forget you
420Zombie 17
maybe he did forget and just got massively lucky on his guess lol. "what was that last one's name again....? **** it just write Dave "