Today, at breakfast, my sister labelled me a "feminist." My whole family now refuses to talk to me for more than 30 seconds, and acts as though I have an incurable, highly contagious disease. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, my sister outed me to my very conservative parents as retaliation for not taking her to get McDonald’s at 2 a.m. last night. My mom gave me an ultimatum, either "stop the lesbian shit" or get the fuck out of her house. My sister smirked through the whole thing. FML
Today, after years of miscarriages and desperately wanting a child, I lost my temper and screamed at my sister after she announced she'd had an abortion last month. Now no one in the family will speak to me, since I referred to her adopted kids as, "Not really her children." FML
Today, my sister is a murderer but my family admitted they prefer her over me. I had to move to a new city to get away from the media and drama, I have no friends, and the only family who calls me is my sister. FML
Today, my sister is furious with me and said i will never see my nieces again. Last weekend, while I babysat for her, I taught them the meaning of veganism and animal rights, even showing them a few videos about the meat and dairy industry, and how the animals are kept and treated. Now she won’t speak to me. FML
Today, my entire family is giving me the cold shoulder, including my parents, for not going to my sister's wedding. No one seems to care her new husband bullied me so badly in high school that I still need medication for my anxiety 15 years after graduating. FML
Today, my wife, who recently had cancer, made an offhand comment that my 30-year-old sister took offense to. Instead of saying something, she went and called our parents. My dad then called and yelled at me for 5 minutes about it. FML
Today, I was uninvited from every family event henceforth, because I finally had it and told my sister that I can’t stand to be around her horribly misbehaved kids. They have screaming meltdown tantrums, throw and break things, start fights and steal. How am I the bad guy? FML
Today, my eldest daughter has 'officially' removed herself from our family and will no longer communicate with any of us. Apparently it's my fault that her younger sister is having a baby before her, and she can't be part of a family that 'treats her so unfairly'. FML
Today, my sister-in-law is refusing to let me or my children be a part of her kids' lives. She’s even going as far as trying to make my brother stop speaking to us as well. Why? Simply because I'm an atheist. FML
Today, I told my sister I felt like her friends didn't like me, since they were ignoring my questions, opinions, etc., in the bridesmaids' chat, but were all over each other's messages. She kicked me from her bridal party, saying her friends wouldn't want me at the bridal shower and bachelorette party. FML
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Awahso 25
What prompted her to call you that?
BntyHntrSeattle 30
You should frame a giant copy of the 19th amendment, just to freak them out.
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TheDemotivator 1
Although I support equal rights for all, I despise feminism. It's a misnomer. Feminism claims that they want gender equality, only focuses on women's issues. Men have issues too. We have to face discrimination in the law (e.g. child custody laws, child support laws and the fact women serve less jail time than men for the same crime) in the media (i.e. women hitting men is condonable, while men hitting women "promotes" violence against women). I am not saying that women don't have issues, but what I am trying to say is that men have issues, and they are usually overlooked. I can see why the OP's parent's might have done what they did.
SayPeanuts 29
You obviously don't know what feminism is.
Tinuviel97005 0
I see no problem here. If your family has a problem with equal rights for both genders (trust me, as a soldier in the military I _know_ gender equality is still the source of a serious struggle on all fronts, from female equality in the workplace to accepted notions of what females can't do and what males can't do, to males who have to struggle to convince anyone that they're victims of domestic abuse), then why would you even want to talk to them? I would avoid them, myself.
meghaninblack 4
If that's their reaction, doesn't seem like much of a lose.
thecrazymancan 17
I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is: I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a door mat or a prostitute. ~Rebecca West, "Mr Chesterton in Hysterics: A Study in Prejudice," The Clarion, 14 Nov 1913, reprinted in The Young Rebecca, 1982 Feminism is the radical notion that women are people. ~Cheris Kramarae and Paula Treichler
shadwolf99 2
But are you? Because if you are, YDI.
skittyskatbrat 19
So, the rest of your family DOESN'T think men and women are equal? Return the favor. Call them Misogynists...because that's what they are.
ThunderTheRad 14
Being a feminist isn't bad though...
deeayyaree 6
Diseases aren't contagious ;)
fantasyworld 39
Tell them, "So you don't think men and women should be equal"?
00whyalwaysme00 4
Oh yeah, standing up for equality is such a crime..how could you?