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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yottskry 0
You deserve it for not once, in 20 years, being curious or bright enough to look up what fehler means!
Suhir12 0
thats gay. AWh. maybe she ddiidnt know.?
MmmHotWaffles 0
..atleast she didn't call you the "missed pill"...
DangerousBabee 0
I would have called her a der scheisskerl! >:[
jessxoxo28 5
LOL!!!! sorry, but that was kinda funny mabe its a culture thing
shay_wat 0
lol im srry but thats kinda funny haha ^^
mcsnelly 5
I agree with some of the commenters that being a mistake, as in unplanned, isn't necessarily a bad thing (My brother and sister-in-law are having a baby that was a complete surprise but are they happy about it? Absolutely. And my grandma had 13 kids-all but 1 were unplanned). And your mom does probably mean it as a cute little nickname but I know I still wouldn't want to be called a "little mistake" all my life. It may not be saying anything about how she feels about you but it's still a kind of mean.
jixan 0
maybe she was actually saying fuehrer? (leader)
Light_Ty 0
Maybe you should talk to her about it? She probably didn't mean to call you something bad... but if she did... that would be cold :(
tibbydibby 0
COLD. ON SO MANY LEVELS. SORRY FOR CAPS LOCK, BUT THIS IS JUST SERIOUSLY WRONG. JUST STAY STRONG, AND LOOK TO THE FUTURE. FIND THE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL. Best of luck! :)