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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A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
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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EpicBoobs 0
Wow, that must suck. Did you ask her about it yet?
hopiee 0
THAT'S COLD :|
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loveyahun 0
PWND by your mother!!!! At least you know your real parents... I was put up for adoption as soon as I was a year...never met my real parents so I don't know whether or not a was a mistake. :/. But still PWND
mock09 0
Not stupid for not knowing German, but 20 years and you never thought to go look it up? 10 years ago you could have put it into babel fish on the internet and known. not YDI for not knowing the German language, but YDI for being so lazy you didn't try and find out out what it meant for 20 years. How exactly did you actually find out what it meant?
imanethesmart 0
no ones a mistake. they might have taken their parents by surprise, but God (if you belies in Him) knew you were coming and welcomed you with open arms. i'm.....78273798293737928467399273th
XtremeTimma 0
OMG... I have the FML widget on my laptop and i happened to glance it and saw the word fehler... I realized, OH, Thats the cute little name my mom calls me! so i begin to read and... ya, my mom is half German too. I just yelled at my mom across the room and told her what it meant and not to call me that anymore.
slayertack 19
Whatever, your old enough to live on your own so i wouldnt care
Redders123 1
Sad! Is it pronounced "feller" could be her version of "fellow"?? Trying to give her an out here.
xxCoraLeexx 0
my mom always called me her "little crack baby"
wriptidez 0
ur not a mistake
sum1two 0
Doesn't feller (or however you spell it) mean 'father' in german?
Deathhound 27
Nope, fehler is mistake for german. Father means Vater, Papa in german.
anjtrg_1112 23
Yep, it's Vater. I prefer Vati, though, because it sounds like fatty. Wow this was a stupid comment. Oh, well (:
karatekidcatblue 0
Think of it this way, if she called you "furher" it would have been the same name people use to describe hitler.