Today, I casually mentioned to my dad that it was the Chinese New Year yesterday. He accused me of insulting his intelligence by "making stupid shit up." I explained that it's real, and that we just use the Gregorian calendar, hence the different dates. He responded by grounding me. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, my dad asked me when I was going to start looking for a job. Jokingly, I told him next year. He got pissed, started to yell, then realized Tuesday is New Year's Day and grounded me for "being a dumbass." FML
Today, my dad forgot it's my birthday. When I told him about it, he accused me of lying and threatened to ground me for a week. FML
Today, my dad rejected my birthday present to him because it was "Made in China." FML
Today, a kid from school came to my house. He asked my dad if I was at home, because we were "planning a bit of the old, you know…" and made an obscene gesture. Now I'm grounded for a month, and no matter what I say, my dad won't believe that I've never even spoken to the kid before. FML
Today, my dad made a big show of sending me to my room and grounding me for a week. Not because he heard me cursing at my video game, but because I "swear like a little girl" and it embarrassed him in front of his friends. FML
Today, I told my mom I was going on a date tonight. She laughed and didn't believe me. When I tried to convince her it was real, she got mad and grounded me for lying. I had to cancel the date. FML
Today, my dad came home drunk off his ass. So drunk that he couldn't manage to open the refrigerator, and ended up punching it in a fit of rage. When I tried to calm him down and get him to bed, he told me to fuck off, and grounded me. FML
Today, I got into an argument with my mother, when she snapped and called me a son of a bitch. I said that made no sense, because I'm a girl, and it'd only really confirm that she's a bitch. She then grounded me for insulting her. FML
Today, my dad and mom and I were going out to eat dinner. My dad wanted a romantic dinner just with my mom so he told me to make an excuse not to go. I did, which ended up as a huge fight, grounded and phone taken away. My dad just stood there in the background putting thumbs up. FML
Today, my normally very modest and prissy mom came home, pissed off about something. I asked her what was wrong, but she wouldn't say, and snapped at me to "fuck off." She then grounded me for "making" her use that kind of "vile language." FML
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Top comments
littlemonster94 15
Ohhhh the ignorance of people sometimes
DocBastard 40
Seems your father was born during the year of the ass.
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Comments (107)
doritowhore 9
I've learned to just laugh and walk away. You really don't win with them, no matter what age. However tempting it is to see how stupid they are, they'll just take it to the next level.
wolfyclub 9
The username makes sense.
RedPillSucks 33
I sincerely hope you're not Chinese.
OneNightStander 6
The ignorance of some people...
bfsd42 20
I really don't know what to think of nearly every comment so far calling the father dumb and ignorant. He is from Texas and probably doesn't care about the Chinese calender. Not caring doesn't mean ignorance.
buckdharma 38
#47- But everyday there's a new thing comin' The ways of an oriental view And though op's dads in the lone star state people don't seem to care, were talkin' bout China Grove?
DocBastard 40
ignorance, noun: Lack of knowledge or information. I think "ignorant" is the perfect word to use here.
istishia 12
Wouldn't not caring be intentionally remaining ignorant.
israelnotjacob 20
Yeah ignorant actually is the right word in this context, but I think a lot of the people here using the term ignorant do mean it to be the same as stupid, but it actually isn't. Like you said it just means not having knowledge about something. You could however fully comprehend it if you were made aware of that knowledge. Being stupid just means you actually have low intelligence. Having said that I think the dad here is both ignorant AND stupid. Yes he just might not care much about every other nation on earth. That alone isn't a big deal. There are far too many things out there for any of us to know a lot about all of them. What makes him dumb though is the fact that he seriously thinks his kid is lying when he mentions it, and goes so far as to even punish the child instead of checking for himself. I didn't realize it was the Chinese New Year either until my fiancee mentioned it to me earlier, but when she did I didn't for one second think she was "making stupid shit up." Just because I didn't know what day it was myself doesn't mean she was wrong or lying.
xRezSynn 15
Technically, it still means ignorant.
mavman79 5
You are ignorant to the meaning of ignorant.
RedPillSucks 33
except he accused OP of making stuff up
HeartOfLead 24
These specific FMLs are way to common...
itsallbullshit 4
So you're under 18, right? Then it's your fault. It's always the kid's fault. Even when a 9 year old child with a very bad anxiety disorder is assaulted by a stranger for screaming to get out of a store because she's going to have a panic attack, she deserved it. She needed discipline. They'll take your kids away for anything now.
Thatguy334 7
Your dad sounds like a real winner OP, hopefully you aren't stuck with that lack of intelligence much longer
wvcheesehead1 9
If you are familiar with eastern culture you should follow the rule of helping those who "outrank" you from being or feeling uncomfortable.. Helping them save face... He may not be versed in such matters, but he does something to put food on the table and clothes on your back. Never forget that.
outoftown 27
58 - Good point. To put it another way, OP could save his dad's face and his own ass by learning when to back off. Ignorance plus stubbornness should be handled with care, or it blows up.
Shadow_Phantom 26
Raking in money from a job doesn't really have any correlation here. Stupidity and ignorance are inexcusable, regardless of income.
wvcheesehead1 9
Well I am quite certain there is an area of expertise, where ops father would exceed others... this knowledge has little practical value.
RedPillSucks 33
@Shadow_Phantom one does have to tread carefully when the ignorant/stupid have authority over you