Today, I went to visit my father. His new wife has hoarded out our childhood home nearly to the point of it being unliveable. That’s pretty funny, considering my dad used to literally beat us if our rooms weren’t clean or we left dishes in the sink. 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 visited my dad. He gave the, "You live under my roof, you follow my rules" lecture since I didn't do my "chores". I moved out 3 years ago. FML
Today, I went over to confront my parents about how my siblings always get to visit and all I do when I’m over is work on their house or take care of grandma. My mom was very upset. Then she snuck out with my sister, leaving me to take care of grandma until she got back. FML
Today, like every time I visit the in-laws, my father-in-law is driving me crazy. He gets all holier than thou sometimes, and even my mother-in-law agrees he just talks to hear himself speak. It gets so bad that I resort to cleaning their house to ignore him. At least then he leaves me alone. Starting their dishes in 5. FML
Today, I got to wash my ex-wife's dishes at her apartment while her new boyfriend played with my daughter in the living room. FML
Today, I went over to my mom’s place to attempt to help her clean up, as she’s a hoarder. I was devastated to see that in order to make room for all the unnecessary new crap she buys, she stored all of our childhood toys, photos and the like outside in uncovered bins. It’s all completely ruined. FML
Today, my parents dropped by my new house, and my mother offered to tidy up for me while I was out. After they left, I noticed that her "tidying up" included throwing out all the pictures of my girlfriend and replacing them with pictures of herself. FML
Today, my dad had a day off and was 'bored' so he decided to move our entire kitchen into our living room. We now have no running water, no oven that works and the entire house is a bombsite. He has an entire week off. FML
Today, I was cleaning, anticipating my hypercritical in-laws coming to see our new house. Literally 10 minutes before they arrived, sewage backed up the basement drain. My father-in-law spent the entire visit commenting on the smell, and how he couldn’t use the washroom. FML
Today, my dad's new wife, who is two years younger than me (I'm 24) and hates that I'm a lesbian, threw a fit when I told her that I would never call her Mom. My dad took her side. I don't live with them but still… FML
Today, we wanted to buy a bigger house just up the street from our current house so all three of our kids could have their own rooms, but we were outbid… by my mother in law, so now we’re stuck in our too small house even longer, and the evil old bitch is now close enough to visit us every day. FML
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thefmlman2011 37
Talk about double standards
mandy_anne34 3
People change, they let go of their hang ups. My dad redid every house chore my mom or us kids ever did because it wasn’t up to his standards. When my mom got a divorce from him he became a completely different person, didn’t care about all the little things he once did. Sucks to suddenly have him not care about that kind of stuff when it was such a big deal for you as a kid...but hey, not your problem now. He’s either changed for the better or just given up. Don’t let it get to you, what’s done is done. People change, it’s not on you to understand or take it personally. If it really bugs you, have a chat with him? Maybe he can shed some light on the situation. You never know what goes on in someone’s head.
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thefmlman2011 37
Talk about double standards
RichardPencil 32
My guess is that sex is involved. When you're getting your knob polished to a spit-shine, you don't care how clean anything else is.
Marcella1016 32
Except maybe your knob.
RichardPencil 32
Yeah! I'll bet the OPs mom wasn't very good for the dad's knob causing him to be very uptight about cleanliness of the house.
mandy_anne34 3
People change, they let go of their hang ups. My dad redid every house chore my mom or us kids ever did because it wasn’t up to his standards. When my mom got a divorce from him he became a completely different person, didn’t care about all the little things he once did. Sucks to suddenly have him not care about that kind of stuff when it was such a big deal for you as a kid...but hey, not your problem now. He’s either changed for the better or just given up. Don’t let it get to you, what’s done is done. People change, it’s not on you to understand or take it personally. If it really bugs you, have a chat with him? Maybe he can shed some light on the situation. You never know what goes on in someone’s head.
Brightside86 31
If that's the worst thing about her than maybe he's decided to compromise.