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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sondramcfail 0
LOL. My relatives call me weird German/Italian names, now I wonder what they mean... ;)
RIKANA 0
All in all your mother still loves you:) RI
showwstopper 0
maybe its like a joke in her langue .. liek maybe it means liek your unmistakeable for yourself
BoboMatrix 0
The fact that you made it to 20 with a decent life from what you though so far seems its just an affectionate name...Little Mistake doesn't exactly mean its a bad thing.
shazzababes 0
well at least she didnt put you up for adoption or have you aborted, shows she obviously does love you haha.
Oddball89 6
#7 Fehler is correct, though it has a capital F, since it is a noun cute nickname btw, your mother has humor;)
Dutchie2010 0
#7 is right..i speak German, the word fehler is pronounced "faihl-er" I'm not even kidding.
toolman 0
fehler is pronounced FAILer. u must be really dumb if u didn't notice the analogy. [yes im german too]
confusedheart 0
it took you 20 years to find out what it means? you never thought to ask anyone before about what it means?
xxmollyxx 25
http://dict.leo.org/ende?lp=ende&lang=de&searchLoc=0&cmpType=relaxed§Hdr=on&spellToler=on&chinese=both&pinyin=diacritic&search=fehler&relink=on there is a little loudspeaker symbol at the right hand side, click that to hear how it's pronounced...