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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EpicBoobs 0
Wow, that must suck. Did you ask her about it yet?
hopiee 0
THAT'S COLD :|
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Comments (181)
anonymous825 0
Give your mom a slap from me please (:
Akalia_fml 7
If you say “little fehler” outloud, it even sounds like you’re saying “little failure”.
3peeps 5
wow that's why they invented Rosetta Stone
anjtrg_1112 23
Twenty years and you never found out what it meant? Anyway, you should start calling her Kapitän Diktator. Never mind, that's lame, haha, but you get the idea.
RedCrow 0
Then start calling her your big Baka, means idiot in Japanese.
J_min36 0
My mother still calls me and my twin brother sponge babies - as in "sponge" the birth control she was on when she got pregnant with us - but it is quite endearing and potentially veiled advice to use multiple methods of birth control
makenzie1322 0
That's awful! I'm sorry that would make me sad too! :(
missnovocaine 14
Wow your mom is a bitch.
Rhondaplp 11
Could be worse, she could of mistreated you, abused you or aborted you.. I don't think either me or my brothers were planned
rosesdarkblue 0
That's a really bitchy thing. Fyl op