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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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
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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nikkipettyfer 24
Lots of love.
kezzamumma 3
Assuming it was your choice sorry
sports_chic 6
did you consider that maybe she meant "Lots Of Love"?
perdix 31
Was it her mother that died or her mother-in-law? Some MIL's are so horrible, their deaths are welcomed by many. If she's "estranged," it means that she hates the OP, and there's a pretty good chance that she also hated the deceased. Imagine how you'd feel telling Goering that Hitler died (p.s. mother-in-law is an anagram of "woman Hitler.")
stormchaser24 24
Did you at least confirm it with her. My mom thought it meant lots of love, until I explained it too her. But if you mom did know what it meant sorry op. sorry about your loss.
ObeyStudKing 4
OP I'm sorry for your loss.
devore504 7
One my mom in her 60s and my aunt in their 70s know what it means and if they didnt they would ask. Two even if she thought it was lots of love who sends something like that in a text? So she is still a bitch.
TColby 12
I see why she is estranged.
chasity_27 2
I can see why your mother is "estranged" smh. Sorry for your loss op...
spyydaboy 4
It's lots of love to the generation before ours. They don't know laugh out loud