Today, my brother came out to our family as being gay. My mother starting crying because she "wanted grandchildren." I told her that I was planning on having children. She started crying harder. FML
Collection
Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, my brother came out to our parents. They weren't super happy with it, but they said that it was ok since they still had a straight son. I don't know how to tell them that I'm gay too. FML
Today, I came out to my mom. I had an epic speech planned, and when I tried to tell her, it all fell apart and I started crying and just said, "I'm gay." After a few seconds silence, my mom sighs and says, "Duh." FML
Today, at 18, I finally told my mom I was gay. She spent the rest of the day bringing up my "future wife" at every possible chance she had. FML
Today, after having a long talk with my mother about LGBT rights, she told me that she was totally open. I felt completely relieved, being gay myself. Seconds later, she said, "But not for you. I want you to find me a nice girl that can give me lots of grandkids." FML
Today, I went to family therapy because my mom wanted the family to be closer. When asked what her biggest disappointment was in life, she turned to me and said, "Having a gay son" then patted my hand, smiled, and said "No offense, honey." FML
Today, I introduced my girlfriend to my family for the first time. My mother's immediate reaction was, "We didn't know you were gay!" No mom, she really is a girl. FML
Today, my boyfriend told me that he was gay and that he is in love with my younger brother. FML
Today, I told my parents that I'm a smoker. My mother started crying, and said she worried I was gay, but this is almost as bad. That lead on to part two of my confession. FML
Today, my sister came out of the closet. By which I mean she came out as the pregnant mother of my boyfriend's child. FML
Today, my son decided to come out of the closet by wearing a shirt that said "Mom, I'm gay" to the family reunion. FML
Feel like sharing it with the other FML users?
Thanks, your FML was submitted, and will appear in the moderation queue soon!
Top comments
junjouromantica 0
What a bitch, for crying for both reasons.
BIGGYCLEEBS 0
classic
Add a comment · Reply to
You must be logged in to be able to post comments!
Comments (171)
kingez77 0
wait til your mom's dead, then have kids so she's not hurt and you have kids. everyone wins.
MistaXaEro_Chris 0
what if tha mom does die till op is 45 ???
csigabajnok 0
What a selfish bitch your mom is...
Ohnoitslindsay 0
I have gay relatives, and I don't thnk the mother crying initially is reason to judge her. It's a natural response. The life that you saw for your child no longer holds and you greive for it. Who's to say she didn't wholeheartedly accept and love her son once the initial shock passed? And OP, your part in this story is laughably insignificant. Instead of whining online about your clear misinterpretation, how about you go and be supportive of your family in this difficult time. And #10 it's totally presumptuous to assume the mother is ultra religious. It's simple shock.
redbluegreen 41
#10 - Exactly. Even if you ARE alright, she's not thinking about that. This doesn't really mean anything about you, and the fact that you DID say 'well there's always me' kinda says to me either A. you already knew, or B. you don't really care either way about your brother, because you turned the subject to you. You have to realize your mother isn't thinking about you right now in that way, because, as you see, your brother just announced it to the family. Also, your brother could always decide to adopt. There's nothing wrong with that.
MichelleSoFlyy 0
Oh damn.. well she still can have grandkids your brother can adopt. Your mom is heartless..
Arcterion 0
Tell your mom she will die without ever knowing her grandchildren for being a twat like that.
Indiana_fml 4
There is nothing better than a cup of good old homophobia, especially when paired with the strive for biological immortality. To say it straightforward: Your Mom doesn't love your brother as a person in the first instance, she rather loves his usefulness to her. And now he has confronted her with the fact that her investment in him over all the years will never be profitable on the genetic level. That's what upsets her. Imagine a businessman having built up his company, his wealth, his funds all his life. He looked forward to find pleasure in it in his old days. And then - WHAM! - he loses half of all his assets within a single second. He is too old to build it up again, so the work of two decades is lost forever, no hope of recovering is left. And you wonder why a "So what? You still got the other half!" won't cheer him up? That said, I would be angry like hell if I were your brother. She never had the right to even expect grandchildren, that's *his* decision, not *hers*. Such an intolerance reminds of the famous pissed Catholic Mother ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8Aq00yJSxo ). In his place, I'd have told her to quit whining and stop being so selfish, or she would lose her son, too. Because honestly, who needs parents who don't accept you as the person who you are?
xNephilim 19
Way to be overly dramatic. It's not a far-fetched assumption to make that your child will give you grandchildren - most do. One of my goals in live is to have a big family. With tons of grandchildren. Would I be upset if I found out it may not happen? Yes. Would I love my child any less for not wanting/being able to provide me with them? No.
kewl92 0
wow people are so selfish.. "I want grandchildren blablabla". too bad, you can't choose your family. She should try and support her son.
r8j20cm3lv 5
thats awful. just awful
junjouromantica 0
#10, your comment could have gone either way, so it was my bad to misinterpret what you meant. Totally agree with #17, though.