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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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)
RIKANA 0
OUCH! THat sucks, also my friend picked that up and is now laughfing...sorry RI
24788 7
That's just cold.
Ilovelife07 0
bwahaha, owned. seriously tho, that's rough
ArtsySwag 0
It's okay, 99.42043284384832408% of us are mistakes, too :). I think it's still a cute nickname lol.
VacuumNinja 0
Speak for yourself, I'm not a bastard child.
justlikeme79 9
Because clearly all unplanned children are bastard children.
CodeMonkey123 0
Well that sucks but seriously lots of children are mistakes like me i was screamed at by my mother and father saying so.
megs8907 0
lol, i think it's cute. Don't worry about it.
ForestFire0 1
I love that she called you that for twenty years before you found out.
donteverworry 0
Actually, I'm from a little place in Canada and a lot of people here say "feller" for "fellow", and it is quite common for a person to call a boy or a man a fellow, or here, a "feller"... Maybe it isn't a mistake after all.
___juuules 0
i think OP means the German word "fehler" as his mother is from Germany. this word actually does mean mistake ;D
doll_face 0
i kinda know where ur coming from -- i used to be depressed for about 5 years before going on medication. that's when i learned what "stoic" meant because apparently it was the best word to describe my on going facial expression. then my dad started calling me "the qualude kid"
_soe_ 0
yeah fehler does mean mistake in german.. but still, i dont think that means she doesnt love you :)