Today, I met my biological parents for the first time, 29 years into my life. They turned out to be two of the most pathetic people I have ever met, and the meeting ended after they asked me to lend them money because I "literally owe them my life." 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 met my biological father for the first time. He seemed to be slightly intoxicated from the outset, and less than half an hour later, he had tried to intimidate me into "loaning" him several hundred euros for reasons he wouldn't tell me. So long, "dad". FML
Today, I met my biological parents for the first time. Their justification for giving me up for adoption was that I wasn't conceived at the ideal time for them. Apparently, the ideal time was six months after the adoption, when they conceived the first of my two brothers. FML
Today, I met my biological mother for the first time. She stole my wallet. FML
Today, I met my paternal grandparents for the first time, since my dad was never in my life and my mom wouldn’t talk about him. According to them, I have at least 28 other siblings from him, and who knows how many that haven’t come forward. No wonder my mom always hated him. FML
Today, I'm 36 years-old, living with my parents, in debt. My mom always wants to solve my problems by giving me money, which she later claims as "borrowed", so now I'm highly in debt with the bank… and her. FML
Today, I tried to confront my parents with the fact that they're almost certainly going to outlive me unless I radically change my lifestyle, and that I needed their assistance to help me stay on track. I only realized after my impassioned speech that they were ignoring me the whole time. FML
Today, my mom told me that she had great news: we were going to meet my biological parents. I didn't know I was adopted. FML
Today, I found out that my parents are 28,000 dollars in debt and that my bank account has $27.17 in it. They took my money to help pay their debt. FML
Today, both my mom and dad agreed I basically ruined their life by existing. They weren’t even trying to be mean, they just casually mentioned that their lives were brilliant before me, then after I was born everything turned to shit and they’ve been miserable ever since. FML
Today, after going to my friend's house for the first time and seeing how their parents treat them, I realized that I’ve never once experienced parental love in my entire life. FML
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MELKOZAR 27
They owe you 29 years.
Roythetickler 21
Forget them you have your adopted parents
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Comments (162)
joeblow6969 5
Cant imagine how devastating that must be, but youre much better off not having been raised by those people. They didnt deserve you.
RandomUsername88 24
Anyone can be a parent. It takes a lot more to be a mother or father.
ExorcistParrot 11
I know that some assholes are probably going to say the whole "Blood is thicker than water," quote, and that is actually a wrong quote. To them, I say the actual quote, "The blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb," meaning that the relationships you forge by choice are stronger than those by family. And OP, I'm sorry they were such jerks. The fact that it disappointed you that much is a good thing.
jthmtwin 16
My SO's parents gave him up when he was 7 weeks old because they were too addicted to partying, drugs, and alcohol. His paternal grandparents adopted him and he was much happier
flakesObran 10
OK, this is an actual FML. I'm sorry, OP.
ihatedouchbags 17
I'm sorry to hear that OP, you deserve better. I don't know how you feel but I do know that you will never be like him just because you look the same. I don't know what their reasons to give you up were, but they don't seem like good people and maybe you were lucky to be away from such idiots. I hope you feel better!
Stazza11 27
Mate, you now know that you were better off being given away. Your life obviously has been much better and you can go to your real parents give them a hug, thank them and forget about the people who you knew for no longer than a day and expected you to pay them off. You are a good person and that is clearly shown by the fact that you were fighting back tears. Chin up mate, remember everything happens for a reason and most of the time for the better ^__^
Bubblez2009 15
Very sad
Matt32179 8
They weren't there for you and they decided to put you up for adoption even if it was for the best at least they would've come to see you some time in your life but they didn't... You owe them nothing OP.
Villy23 12
You do realize there is such a thing as a closed adoption right?
caggybandicoot 34
I'm so sorry to hear that, OP. At least you know now, and hopefully knowing will let you move forward. All my very best wishes.