Today, I told my son and daughter that their father and I were getting a divorce. They each responded with something like, "Yay! I want to live with Daddy! He buys better presents!" Their father has literally never bought anything for them, one of the many reasons I'm divorcing him. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, my five year old daughter asked me what a divorce was. When I asked why she wanted to know, she replied with "Daddy wants one. He says you can have me." FML
Today, for my birthday, the only "gift" my parents gave me was the gift of choice: I got to choose which one of them I'll be living with after their upcoming divorce. This was the first time I'd heard anything about a divorce. FML
Today, my daughter told me she wanted to divorce me. FML
Today, while driving my kids to school, my son said, "Why don't you find another place to live, so we can just live with daddy?" Then my daughter added, "Yeah, 'cause we LOVE Daddy." FML
Today, as I was finalizing my divorce with my soon to be ex-wife, she thought it would be a good idea to bring our two children to the divorce court. Before custody was put in place my ex-wife gave them both a piece of candy and promised them a trip to Disneyland they chose her. FML
Today, my eldest daughter announced she was getting divorced. She never even told me she was married. FML
Today, I told my mother that, after years of cheating and abuse, I'm finally getting a divorce. Her reaction was deep concern that my husband might not want to "be friends" with the rest of the family any more. FML
Today, my parents told me they're getting a divorce. However, they asked me not to tell any of the family so that the news doesn't spoil Christmas. Thanks, Mom and Dad. FML
Today, I was out and was having a wonderful time. At exactly midnight, I get a call from my father. He's divorcing my mother. He's also going to Florida with his mistress for the weekend. If that wasn't the best news ever, he'd love if I found an apartment to live in ASAP. FML
Today, I happily announced that I'm getting married. My dad immediately shot back, "And I'm getting E.D., who gives a damn?" Just when I thought he was joking, he muttered that "the bitch" will take everything in our divorce. Moment ruined. FML
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allmidnighteyes 11
Daddy doesn't buy anything for them? That's what you think. What about the countless hookers? The cocaine? The Everclear? All that meant NOTHING to you?! Well, it meant THE WORLD to them.
paulymath 0
Maybe "literally never bought anything for them" includes food, shelter, clothing and so forth. You know, literally never bought anything for them. The words the OP used? Sound familiar? Not supporting the children / family at all is a far more valid reason for divorce than just never buying them presents.
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Comments (131)
sutherlandrb32 0
Maybe if people weren't so ******* stupid these days and learned either to pick the right person or to just put up with their spouse's shit then we wouldn't have ******* depressing FML's like this one.
Fett 0
dumbest reason for a divorce ever
wrestling49 0
you are the worst mom ever!!! i hope your kids go and live with their dad , U SUCK!!!
bluetopaz73 0
i call fake. no one divorces their husband because he doesn't buy the kids gifts. and besides, the fact that the fake kids think he buys better gifts proves that the fake husband did in fact buy them presents, so the OP therefore contradicted herself. way to try and be ironic.
skyeyez9 25
You guys are retarded to think the gift issue is the only reason for the divorce! it's the tip of the iceberg, and you can only put a limited amount of info on an FML.
sutherlandrb32 0
Your parents obviously didn't go through a divorce you shit ****
Emrysa 1
That's a really asinine thing to cite as the "exact" reason for getting divorce, even in a limited amount of space.
Kuato 0
YDI for marrying someone you didn't love and having kids with them. Dumb ******* American.
epicFAIL_Sometim 0
Wow what a great reason! You're so smart, such a role model to all couples!
KRUSH_fml 0
yeah because not buying gifts means he shouldnt be loved this kids are right if you are divoricing him for that
Emrysa 1
Wow, the "exact" reason you're leaving him is because he never gave your children gifts? So you're essentially blaming your divorce on his behavior toward your children, and not just his behavior over all, but the exact behavior that's prompted your children to show favoritism toward him? You need to accept personal responsibility, come up with a real reason to leave your husband, not one that allows you to conveniently place the blame on your children, now that you're angry at them. They're caught in the middle of this, and you're taking your anger out on them. You sound like a winner. Enjoy your divorce. YDI. I feel sorry for the children.
linguine88 0
That's why you're leaving him? Not because he beats you or anything? Seriously...?