Today, my son asked for my help with a personal matter. I was flattered that he trusted me, since he's a paranoid, untrusting psycho. Turned out he wanted to use my locksmith skills to break into his ex's house and "teach her a lesson" for breaking up with him after he cheated on her. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I found out just how bad my boyfriend's trust issues are, thanks to him being cheated on in the past. He actually had the nerve to ask his 6 year-old son if I had any other men come over while he was at work. FML
Today, I got a call from my ex asking if I could fix her computer. I brought my 7 year old son with me. On the way I told him, how I hated her, but I can't be rude. Once we get there, I say to her "it's nice to see you." My son says "but I thought you said you want her to fall off a bridge?" FML
Today, my nineteen-year-old son attempted to mug me. With a screwdriver. FML
Today, my son tried extort me into turning the WiFi back on by hiding my purse. He was mad because he'd lost access for being disrespectful. FML
Today, after much debate, my husband convinced me to let his scumbag brother babysit our seven-year-old son while we went out to a restaurant. When we got home, we found him teaching our son how to pick the lock to our liquor cabinet. My husband is unapologetic. FML
Today, my son told me he liked a girl, so I asked if they were friends. He said no, he's never spoken to her, but he watches her in class and follows her around. When I told him that was fucking creepy, my wife yelled at me. My kid is a stalker and my wife thinks it's cute. God help me. FML
Today, I came home early to find my (now ex) girlfriend having a screaming argument with my son, because he caught her trying to burn pictures of my late wife. I'm back to being single, but at least I can be proud of my son for standing up to her (he's usually very timid). Can't believe I was dating that psycho. FML
Today, my son got in an argument with my boyfriend, packed up his stuff, and moved in with his dad. Not five minutes later I saw my boyfriend doing his stupid happy dance. When angrily confronted, he admitted he orchestrated every argument for months until he got the result he wanted, my son gone. FML
Today, I was called by my 9 year old son's teacher. He had handcuffed himself to his desk with handcuffs he found in my room. I was told to please bring in the key and not to leave my kinky toys out where a child could get them. I'm a cop. FML
Today, my teenage son broke into my gun safe, took my gun, and dumped the magazine into the side of his ex-girlfriend's family home. He's completely stunned that he was arrested and charged with attempted murder. My wife blames me and wants a divorce. FML
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dancer824 18
Your son sounds great
may14th 26
counseling works wonders.
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Comments (144)
cakefete2 31
A bit ironic that he's untrusting, as it seems he is not trustworthy.
ThepurpleCow 19
Stupid he is. Don't let him make more stupid people.
grogers311 20
Commented, Yoda did?
Brandon1337 29
Might as well help your son now or one day he will become a criminal master mind who after years of watching you will use your own skills against others. Which will cause him to brutally harm all his ex's.
guinea_pigs 9
I hope you get him some help, OP! Or at least warn his girlfriend to change her locks!
Brandon1337 29
I don't think changing the locks will do anything I mean he's breaking in Ethier way. He could pick the new locks or break the window.
Brandi_Faith 34
He may be getting in anyway which is probably why Op should warn the girlfriend and more importantly get his son a psychiatrist and some help!
charissaoz 7
I wonder what he was planning to do though.
Dodge4x4Ram 46
step up on your parenting.
RedPillSucks 33
This is an adult child, I think
Brandi_Faith 34
Even if he is a an adult child, the op needs to try and get his son help. If the son won't see a psychiatrist willingly than op should explain to the doctor that he is a danger to others, and if that doesn't work than he should probably let the police know what the son was planning and warn the girlfriend and her parents if she still lives with them. If the op's son does end up harming her, beating her, or kills her, and op knew that this was a possibility than he could be an accessory, and even if he isn't I bet he would blame himself if he did nothing.
jackycat 17
#72, in most states if the son is over 18 there's absolutely nothing any agency or the parent can do to protect the ex or the parents from this guy until he actually harms her or repeatedly threatens her in some way. Mental health professionals legally can't treat him against his will without a court order, which you can't get until he harms himself or others. Threatening just gets you a restraining order, which most determined offenders ignore anyway. They won't consider the parents accessories
Wakachulak 22
This is actually from Canada.
lazyslumber 18
Well the good thing of this FML is you know your son well- he is a psycho!
XBurytheCastleX 25
He's going to be abusive! Fix it while you can.
alex_gen 39
To call your son a psycho, instead of straightening him out...
Ichiya 29
Is warranted in this case.
Arwen_Evenstar 37
If he is literally a psychopath, which sounds like something of a possibility, that isn't even curable. And people can't be locked up for it without doing anything as most aren't even dangerous. Assuming it's something else though, getting somebody who hasn't yet done anything wrong legally or hurt themself diagnosed and possibly treated is hard in most countries. And you can't just straighten out a mental illness or disorder.
fleur_de_fevrier_fml 23
Get your son some help before he ends up behind bars. It's your role as a parent and will be more productive than calling him a psycho.
jackycat 17
If he's over 18 there is nothing that OP can do until he commits a crime. Sad, but true. If he threatens her life or to harm her the best the police can do is hold him for a few hours. If he under 18 then he can try to force him to get professional help, but unless he actually threatened her, another person or himself you can't always force them into help. Also even if he does do those things, most states can only hold people against their will for 72 hours without committing a crime. They can only be committed involuntarily longer if the doctors agree. Even then there has to be room and age appropriate facilities to take them. Basically, until he harms a person there's not much OP can do.