Today, my dad was helping my fiancé and me move. On the way, someone sideswiped the trailer. When the police came, we found my dad had a suspended license, no insurance, and a broken tail light. No one else could drive a manual, so we were stuck in a parking lot for 3 hours. Thanks, dad. 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 was moving to the city with all my belongings when the trailer came unhitched, breaking the chains on my dad's homemade trailer. I then watched as the trailer narrowly missed a guardrail, went down a hill and into a river. My dad still won't admit he didn't latch the hitch. FML
Today, my fiancée wrecked my car so I had to use my other car to pick her up. Ten minutes after I did, my other car broke down in the middle of the road and I had to get it towed. My insurance covers none of these incidents. FML
Today, my dad moved my car onto the street so he wouldn't accidentally back into it while moving our boat. My neighbor backed into it instead. FML
Today, a drunk driver totalled my new Audi. Who was the drunk driver? My dad. FML
Today, I introduced my boyfriend to my dad. He met him after my boyfriend ran his truck into a tree, and my dad had to pick us up. FML
Today, I helped my dad push our broken-down truck from the driveway onto the tire ramp. Truck didn't make it; neither did my leg. FML
Today, my car broke down. I pulled to the side of the road to call a tow truck. After waiting what seemed like hours, the tow truck showed up, and then ran into the back of my car. FML
Today, I came home to find my dad had backed into my already crappy car. The reason they didn't buy me a nicer car in the first place was they were afraid I'd wreck it. FML
Today, my dad is too old to drive, period, and yet while I was at work my wife thought it was a good idea to let him try her new Mercedes, which by the way I bought and insured. He used the accelerator like he was driving a shitbox Nissan and destroyed our local kebab shop's big front window and door. FML
Today, I accidentally crashed my mom's car into my dad's car. FML
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swiftyfoul 5
YDI for not knowing how to drive a manual.
freshaf_fml 3
Daddy was just trying to help):
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Comments (141)
merrielp 13
Has it never occurred to you that being able to drive a standard is a good thing. Everybody should know how.
Migole 36
Over here, everyone gets a manual and automatics license because no one wants to be limited to just one type. What's so hard about that?
gavo 8
you cant drive a manual? you cant drive then!
dirty_ranga 1
What kinda douche can't drive a manual...
sniken 14
only in America.. What is your plan if you guys are travelling and end up with a stickshift? And fyi all Americans out there: manuals is not on it's way out in other countries. Automatics takes the fun out of driving...
krs7g4 8
Not all Americans are morons. I drive a five speed myself. Dad wouldn't let me touch an automatic until I could drive a manual, change oil, a tire. I recently helped some idiot European, (Hey, I can stereotype too!) that couldn't change his tire on his too-expensive, plastic car.
sniken 14
Some of the reason I wrote that post was because i get annoyed when ppl stereotype an entire country. But then you have all of those people that comment while in their own bubble and think everything is the same as in Usa. Good on you and your father, the things you were taught, really should've been requirements to obtain a license. In the end, there are VERY few ppl that is unable to learn a manual. However some picks it up faster then others.
pocketm0nster 1
Uh why is everyone so offended by people saying they should learn to drive a manual? It's kinda ******* sad that people honestly think its not important and that its hard to learn. It took me one time to learn how to do it. People are so lazy now a days :/
pocketm0nster 1
It's just that us Americans are useless and are to lazy to drive manuals.
PhishloverA 14
I wish I was there, I can drive a manual
PhishloverA 14
Also, if you're driving a manual it's good to have people with you that can drive a manual in case of an emergency. FYL OP. I'm just saying, if your dad was posting this it would be a YDI
tek9tim 3
YDI for you and your cull fiance not knowing how to drive a stick.