Today, while talking to my sister, I explained to her that the reason I hope I end up having a girl is I want my daughter to love me the way I "used" to love my own mother. I didn't mean to say it in the past tense. My sister told my mom. She's planning my baby shower. 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, my sister teased me about being a mistake baby. When I told my mom what my sister said, her response was "I still love you anyway". FML
Today, I got out of the shower and my 3 year old sister comes into the bathroom and says "I want big boobies like yours when I grow up." And from the other room I hear my dad go "Sweetie, you've already got bigger boobs than your sister." FML
Today, my brother had his fiancée over to meet the whole family. We were having a great time with her, and my mother gushed to her that she was like the daughter she never had. I'm her daughter. FML
Today, I told my mom she made me feel unloved my whole life. She called my sister and apologized. FML
Today, I overheard my mother-in-law and sister-in-law over the baby monitor. They were talking about how much better off my daughter would be if I were to die. FML
Today, I told my daughter that she's going to be a big sister, because there is a baby growing in my tummy. She's been sobbing because I can't convince her that I didn't eat a baby. FML
Today, I explained to my 5 year old daughter that her older sister from my husband's first marriage lives with her mommy, and my daughter lives with us. She exclaimed, "It's not fair! I want two mommies like she has! Can we swap, I like her mommy better than you anyway!" FML
Today, I was on the phone with my little sister as she explained that all these guys like her now that she's so skinny and beautiful. My mom must have overheard me tell my sister that at least I was a cuter child, because my mom laughed and said, "Yeah right, we had to buy you fat kid diapers." FML
Today, I announced my first pregnancy to my family. Not to be outdone, my sister immediately announced that she "might" be getting pregnant soon. My family ended up congratulating her instead, and asked me if I would plan the baby shower. FML
Today, my mother went on a misogynistic tirade about how girls are backstabbing bitches, and nothing but trouble. She continued saying how she wishes my sister and I would make more guy friends, and stop being so damn girly all the time. Umm… has she forgotten who she gave birth to? FML
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ApollosMyth 22
Just explain what you meant to your mom. If she doesn't understand, than that's just sad.
scice03 8
Oh good grief, your sister is a tattle tail. It was an honest mistake, and I'm sure you meant "used to" as in "when you were a child". Just explain it to your mom, and tell your sister to cool it.
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Comments (50)
kc_bbg15 14
Snitches get stiches
Garrison21 11
If you tattle prepare for the paddle
darwinism 30
Tell her you will name your daughter after her. If that doesn't work, just say "I loved you more than I loved dad".
PhilSnake22 13
Both of those suggestions are quite terrible.
ImRJ 7
Too bad. Me? I would go all Dexter on you before you think of moving a step.
SystemofaBlink41 27
Um... What?
Mads_1234 28
Are you okay?
CommanderWoof 10
Her statement is perfectly grammatically and semantically correct, and does not imply *in any way* a cessation of love for her mother. Any rephrasing to avoid use the past tense would result and an unnecessarily awkward sentence. Even the younger sister would understand this; and was just being a rabblerouser. I cannot even think of a phrasing off of the top of my head that doesn't use the past tense at some point - it is impossible, because the OP is expressing feelings felt in the past, that have matured and thus changed today. The context of the phrase provides the unspoken clause: "used to love my mother (at that age)". This sentence shows continued admiration for her mother, as well as the presumed maturation and natural evolution of daughterly affection. Even if there were known animosity between mother and daughter today, the phrasing is still affectionate, and would show remorse for the current negative turn in the relationship. The phrasing was perfectly proper, and could not be phrased differently without considerable effort. There is no room for misinterpretation (except of course deliberate and irrational misinterpretation.)
SaturnV 25
Very well said. Even if the sister did genuinely misinterpret OP's statement, what positive outcome (pertaining to OP, anyway) could she possibly hope to achieve by relaying that conversation back to their mother? It seems to me that her intentions were almost certainly malicious.
nix1993 41
If she's anything like my sister, she's probably jealous of the attention OP is getting for being pregnant and providing a grandchild. It's amazing how even a mature adult can turn into a spiteful brat when faced with what they view as 'competition'.
feelingold 18
30 - sadly I suspect you are right.We get older but those petty sibling rivalries never quite go away!
shay_serendipity 29
17's comment was exceptionally written and well thought out. Using a wide vocabulary I see. You, my friend, deserve a medal for actually showing intellectual knowledge in a comment unlike some people commenting here. Kudos to you! :)
worldclassrager 41
Either she'll be really klingy or make your life hell for a bit...at least lets hope a bit
kendallfireHD 16
Why would your sister tell her that?
chrisdw93 4
If you really do love her as much as you meant to say, then I'm sure she will forgive your slip up.
darryaz 9
This makes total sense to me. You love your mother differently now as an adult than you did when you were a small child. Hopefully your Mom will get it too.
sorahearts_fml 10
Snitches get stitches and end up in ditches with other bitches.
Radayam 19
*eye twitches*
Dellipop 12
If this happened to me, my sister and I would laugh at my accidental miss use of words as she would know what I was meaning to say. And if she did repeat it to my mother she would laugh also knowing the truth making the slip in words amusing.