Today, I realized what my mom has been calling me for 20 years. She always calls me her "little fehler." With her being from Germany, I always thought it was a cute little nickname. Apparently, she's been calling me her "little mistake." FML
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Today, I found out that the loving nickname my Chinese mother has been calling me my entire life essentially translates to "little retard". FML
Today, my mom called me by the wrong name. This isn't the first time. It wouldn't be so bad, except I'm her only kid. FML
Today, my mom started referring to me as "The Bitch". When I asked her why, she said that I have always been a bitch, but I was never old enough for her to actually call me a bitch. FML
Today, I found out that the nickname my friend has been calling me in Japanese for the past year is the word for "Idiot". FML
Today, I accidentally called my boss "Mom." Now she is jokingly telling everyone that I'm the long-lost daughter she gave up for adoption, because she knew I'd be a failure. FML
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 figured out my girlfriend's mother has various nicknames for me. My girlfriend and her family are from Poland and speak on the phone in their native tongue, but they don’t know I’ve been learning the language either. I heard her call me “idiot”, “loser”, “moron” and various other “nicknames” multiple times. FML
Today, I realized that since I was in elementary school, my friends, my workmates, and even my family, all call me accidentally by someone else's name instead of my actual name. I'm 30 years-old. FML
Today, I found out I've been misspelling my middle name for 25 years. FML
Today, I found out that I've been calling my boyfriend's dad by the wrong name for the past two years. No one had told me sooner because they liked laughing at me for it when I wasn't around. FML
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Top comments
EpicBoobs 0
Wow, that must suck. Did you ask her about it yet?
hopiee 0
THAT'S COLD :|
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Comments (181)
EpicBoobs 0
Wow, that must suck. Did you ask her about it yet?
Darraghscoot 0
well look on the bright side at least she wasnt calling you little fuhrer haha
reyemrein 0
And you bothered to figure out what it meant before now because........?
toaster468 0
well maybe she was saying feller because you could have Spelt it wrong.
aekkoukla 0
lmfao. my mom calls me skatoula. it means little piece of shit:) she says it lovingly though. ask your mom about it.
hopiee 0
THAT'S COLD :|
Smashhoof 15
The word sounds kind of like "failure" when I say it.
rachel13_fml 0
Oooh sucks for you. then what happened?
ammali 0
LOL, awesome.
Pointless 0
I love your mother. If she said it affectionately, it doesn't really matter what she said. I have some crazy nicknames for friends I love, that would sound horrible if they didn't know. You were a mistake kid. She didn't abort you or put you up for adoption though, did she? Nope. Be happy, she loves you. It IS a cute nickname.
Crisler121413 13
Accident and mistake are two different things. Calling someone a mistake just makes it sound like they shouldn't have existed, not that they weren't planned.
padlarf 14
Correct me if i'm wrong, but isn't fehler pronounced like failer?
theskyisfallin 0
I was about to say the same thing
afallingstar 22
failure perhaps?
___juuules 0
no, "fehler" is right - it's German. But the meaning of failure is actually very similar to this word ;D
littlehowl 0
damn... but still if she raised you and everything she still loves you
sdixon 0
Well, at least she said it in a cute way. Some moms would have have just said it straight out, "You are a mistake." I know it sucks either way, but the way she did it was nicER.
fretforyerlatte 0
i'm with 6. apparently she loves you anyway. seems like the majority of kids these days aren't planned. most of them, their parents adore them anyway. i don't think it's anything to get upset over.
asttro_boy 0
At liste you were a LITTLE mistake...