Today, after spending over $1000 on plane tickets, I'm visiting my family for the first time in five years. Two hours after I arrived, everyone is screaming at each other and taking their rage out on me. They still ask why I never visit. 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, I visited my family. Over the course of 2 hours, my brother punched me, and my mom slapped me across the face after drinking way too much wine. When I started gathering my things to leave, my mom started crying about how I don't visit enough. FML
Today, I visited my in-laws, whom I thought I was on great terms with. I soon learned that wasn't the case when my mother-in-law yelled at me about how I've been abusing her for years. Ten minutes later, she hugged me and asked me for grandkids. FML
Today, I went to visit my parents after 4 years of not seeing them. They'd moved without telling me. FML
Today, while at a family reunion, my parents kept bringing up horrible things I did when I was about 4-6 years-old that I've been trying to forget for decades. After a while, I just stormed out. When I came back in the room, my dad had the nerve to ask me why I left and why I wasn't talking to him. FML
Today, I've been on vacation with my friend and his family for a week. Apparently, his idea of a vacation includes constant screaming arguments with his wife, while their kids sob in the living room. I tried to take the kids out once and got a lecture on boundaries, which started another huge fight. FML
Today, my boyfriend's family offered me the trip of a lifetime visiting their families overseas. My mother threw a tantrum, telling me that it was my fault that she was never able to travel, it was my fault that she got pregnant with me and had to marry my abusive father. FML
Today, it's been almost two weeks since any of my relatives have talked to me. They are still mad because I didn't go on a Labor Day trip with them and I've found out why. Apparently, they had plans for me to babysit my younger cousins any time they wanted to do something fun. FML
Today, I had dinner with my family for the first time in a couple of days. My mum and dad spent the majority of the time arguing whether salt or pepper weighed more. This is why I'm not home often. FML
Today, I flew my wife, myself and three kids to pay a surprise visit to my parents who were going to be alone for Christmas. When we arrived, we found out they decided to go on vacation. We have nowhere to go. FML
Today, I decided to pay a surprise visit to my family after I got some work leave. I drove over and knocked on the door, and a young couple answered. Apparently, my entire family decided to move to Texas, and didn't bother to tell me. FML
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Top comments
TheRealBruce 12
oh noo
Chinnithy 0
Tell them that's why you never visited. Because you just love all the screaming and rage.
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Comments (110)
whybother8 0
wow that reallyyyy sucks!
DropDead77 11
You probably belong OP, if your complaining over $1000 to visit your family after 5 years... smh
Clozzie 0
Why visit them? You should be glad they live so far away!
lovexbox 8
16, I could not agree more.
whybother8 0
i feel bad for OP. thats alot of money to go and argue the whole time
brbgirl 0
agreed.
pink_raindrops 26
That's what alot of families do though. If you have a family that fights over the holidays every year when you're growing up, you should know before you get there that it's going to happen. My family is one that would do the same thing. Maybe you had the right idea moving far away lol.
pertained 12
a never ending loop..
Xx_Dakota_xX 1
what does ydi mean?
MizzErikaHart 8
you dumb idiot
StudMuffinette 17
57- "you deserved it"
MizzErikaHart 8
no fun^ ain't like he couldn't have googled ydi
dolphincheddar 10
57 iz a noob. today, I went on a public site and asked a question in the comments I could have easily figured out myself but I like attention, FML ydi
zkcupcake 4
57, i once had the same question but instead of asking it in the comments I used the magical thing called the Internet. Next time try that first ok? Bye
goaliemkl123 8
73- he is doing that too. this is on the Internet............ SPECIFY
proxxX069069 7
sounds like my fam. my older brother only comes to visit every like 6 years. :/
MadeToCommentOnT 0
Lovely family you have o.o
MissFukMyLuck 0
mine is quiet dysfunctional as well... i love em just the same tho, just from 3 states away
MizzErikaHart 8
I wish my family that could put the "fun" in dysfunctional...they couldn't b anymore ordinary...
22cute 17
Thank You! My family does the SAME thing! And still wonder why I live hundreds of miles away and only visit rarely. I love them, but how do they stand it? I don't allow any friends that disfunctional in my environment anymore. Ah, family....
TheRealBruce 12
oh noo
MaskingTape 2
I know!
bidsababe 1
ahhahaa I read that in his voice ! ahha
bidsababe 1
ahhahaa I read that in his voice ! ahha
dolphincheddar 10
oh haaay brucey Bruce! peters got a moustache! I knooow!
goaliemkl123 8
59- there's no other way to read it!! haha
TattedUP89 0
ha
Blackhandles 0
My mom's spending $4,000 on a trip and she found out only 1 of her 3 kids can go. Life can suck hard.
Chinnithy 0
Tell them that's why you never visited. Because you just love all the screaming and rage.
macdaddymady 8
well as bad as that sounds I underhand where they're coming from no family is perfect, live yours they're all you got and one day they'll be gone.
marinus_fml 20
yeah good point.
anothersuicide 0
I pray for that day-_-
hatesfate 6
sounds like you knew this could and likely would have happened already... ydi
_Sophia_ 14
Maybe you just have to be straight with them that you don't like being treated that way?
TroyDropShotz 0
tht sucks op just tell them 2 stop fighting or you'll go in s hotel
kidcanada 4
ydi for putting 1000$ instead of $1000