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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Curtieeeez 0
FÜR DIE FUHRER!
xxmollyxx 25
#7 - no it's pronounced more like feeh-ler. Pity really cos that would've been funny :P
zulucharlie_fml 0
I'm sorry, #31, but I DON'T agree with #6 and anyone else who says this is a cute nickname. Yea, Crash is cute. So she ran into a few things. Big deal. Something like that deserves a nickname. However, I know I was an accident baby but I'd certainly wouldn't want to be reminded of it every time she mentioned me. "Mistake" means it shouldn't have happened, so to me, she would basically be saying "You shouldn't be alive." Now don't get me wrong, I still believe this mother loves her child, but you need to know the line to draw for nicknames. Or maybe we're wrong and she did mean "little fellah", who knows?
Dutchie2010 0
for 20 years you never bothered to look up the meaning? anyways definitely FYL but it's really not the bad.
stop_whining 0
Better than "grosser Fehler."
Curtieeeez 0
FUR DIE FUHRER!
Fadakar 0
Make up a nasty word in your made up language, then she'll never find out even if she wanted too.
herb517 0
practice safe sex... always lock the car door XD congrats on ruining your moms life. more like FHL LAWLZZZ
Amkii 0
#7 - Yes, that's correct. #34 clearly has no idea what (s)he's talking about. It would be pronounced 'feeh-ler' if it were spelled 'fieler.' #34, when you say 'gehen,' do you say 'gee-in'? I bet you would. Anyway, OP, this is sad! I'm sorry she's been calling you that. But are you positive that IS what she's saying? Ask her about it sometime. I'm curious. Hope you misheard!
damster 0
A fehler could also be someone who didn't succeed (failed) at something. I don't know if being a failure is less worse than being a misstake.. that's up to you. You better ask your mom what she meant by it, and why she says it.