Today, my estranged mother texted me saying, "Gran died, LOL." My grandmother and I were fairly close, so I was shocked and disgusted. I gave her the benefit of the doubt and asked if she knew what "LOL" meant. She did. 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, my phone made a random noise. I jokingly said, "Wow, I wonder who died now?" Turns out it was my son's grandmother. I had to explain it because I screamed. I also got to tell his dad that his mom just died. FML
Today, my mom came over to me and whispered something in my ear. I didn't hear it and assumed it was a joke, so I started laughing. Turns out my aunt died. FML
Today, my mom was talking about my grandma's approaching death. When she saw I was getting upset, she gave me a weird look and asked me if I was PMSing. FML
Today, my mother sent a letter to my best friend trying to comfort her over the death of her mother. She signed the letter "LOL, Jen" thinking LOL stood for "lots of love." FML
Today, my grandmother called. She greeted me by my mother's name. When I told her it wasn't my mother, she apologized and corrected herself, but this time she addressed me as my sister. When I told her it wasn't my sister either, she said, "Sorry, wrong number" and hung up. FML
Today, I called my mom to let her know that my father, her ex-husband, suffered a series of mini strokes. Her reply was essentially, "Oh that sucks. Are you still taking your grandmother to lunch sometime this week?" Dad lives halfway across the country. FML
Today, while at my aunt's funeral, my grandma who has terrible memory loss asked me whose funeral we were at. I had to explain to her that her daughter had died. FML
Today, I walked into my house to find everyone sitting around the table and looking sad. I thought it would be a good time to crack a joke and said, "What's wrong? Grandma finally die?" Turns out she had. FML
Today, I decided it would be pretty amusing to press the "Like" button on everyone's status on Facebook without reading them just to get on peoples' nerves. After re-reading them later, I found out one of them said "I MISS YOU SOO MUCH GRANDMOM. RIP". I liked that her grandmother died. FML
Today, after mourning and making my girlfriend cancel her big birthday party, I found out my grandma didn't actually die. FML
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DocBastard 40
It stands for Little Old Lady. Everyone knows that!
epikarugger05 1
That sucks, OP. I'm truly sorry for your loss. :(
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Comments (172)
doodlecloud 27
I'm assuming OP asked her mum 'do you know what that means?' and she replied with 'laugh out loud' not simply 'yes' otherwise OP wouldn't have made this an FML and bothered to clarify that she asked her. Plus it fits with the whole 'estranged' bit.
AJE98 5
My grandma refuses to think that it's laugh out loud but lots of love so you never know
kimg0885 23
Well now we know why you are estranged from your mother. What a Bitch! I am Truely sorry op.
killmoose 5
It stands for lots of love!
kenbarbz72 0
I think realistically speaking she meant 'Lots of Love'. Considering OP didn't specify what her mother thought it meant..
dominic1221 6
Realistically, if her mom had meant 'lots of love', the OP would never have posted the FML, also under the screen name 'burn in hell'.
kenbarbz72 0
But she didn't say whether or not she actually said that she knew what it meant. It could've worked both ways because she did not specify is what I'm saying.
pandalover69 26
If the mom is estranged then she probably mean "laugh out loud". there's probably a pretty good reason why they're estranged
martin_martian7 11
Im pretty sure she meant "Lots of Love" c'mon we are talking about her love passing away!
martin_martian7 11
F u everyone!
pandalover69 26
She probably asked her mom if she meant lots of love.
gracehi 33
I can see why she's your "estranged" mother. Perhaps it's best you keep it that way.
linkalipski_fml 6
use to mean Lots Of Love before the internet world changed it's meaning to Laugh Out Loud
davidn 0
Wow that sucks!!! Sorry your mom is such a cold hearted bitch!
Betterthink4 6
Sorry for your loss.