Today, I drove across two states to see my brother, who's had a history of heart problems. My mother had sent me a long e-mail saying he was on his death bed and wanted to talk to me to "get his affairs in order." When I arrived worriedly, he was fine. My mother guilt-tripped me to come visit. 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, I went to my dad's workplace because my sister was there and I wanted to see my newborn niece. I was overjoyed until my dad came up to me. It had apparently been pretty hectic for the past week, because he was on the verge of another stress-induced heart attack. Yes, another. We had to help him outside. FML
Today, I saw an old friend while out and about. Since I don't leave the house very often, my friend was surprised to see me in person. He jokingly asked if someone was dying, and I cried in response. I was in fact going to the hospital to say goodbye to my grandma. FML
Today, I was driving home from swim practice with my mom. I glanced over and saw my brother's hot friend, who I've been secretly in love with forever. He waved to me, and excitedly I waved back. I then heard my mom say, "You're gonna die when you see how bad you look right now." FML
Today, at his request, I met up with my brother for lunch so we could catch up. Apparently, our mother put him up to it so he could tell me our parents are getting a divorce. They didn't want to tell me themselves because I'm "too emotional." FML
Today, my mum went and told everyone she only went to the doctor after being ill because my brother told her to. It was me who'd been telling her for weeks to go. FML
Today, my mom let my younger brother borrow my car. He managed to crash it through the garage door. While I was in another country. Somehow, I manage to get berated by my mom because I'm not doing enough to make my brother feel better about him having an accident involving my car and my house. FML
Today, I got offered a ride to go home for the weekend. I go to college six hours away from home and haven't seen my family for almost two months. When I called my mom with the good news, she told me not to come. FML
Today, I went to visit my grandparents, as my grandmother may not have long left. When my stepfather wasn't grilling my visibly uncomfortable grandad about Bible passages, my mother was trauma-dumping about how hard her life has been, and how awful her marriage to my father was. They're his parents. FML
Today, I heard that my mom is coming back from France, where my brother lives. I have lived in the same place, exactly 45 minutes from my mother, for 6 years. She hasn't visited me once, but has been out of state to see my sibling. FML
Today, I visited my Mum. She has invited me to visit her before, but kept cancelling whenever I tried to arrange an actual visit. I finally went over anyway, only to find her in a soiled nappy, room in ruins, with kidney failure-induced dementia. Sometimes they hide it well over the phone. FML
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kbecks87 16
Do you never visit your family?
whitnayfortooh 29
I assume not if her mother had to tell that big of a lie just to get her to visit...either that or she's just crazy:/ how sad.
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Comments (57)
MistyKittyx 25
Well, it's kinda YDI, but still your mom shouldn't lie about something like that.
bapbap_fml 15
How long has it been since your last visit? If it's been a couple years then I don't blame her.
SnowxSakura 17
It doesn't matter how many years it's been since she visited, what she said was incredibly cruel.
kmelad 15
I know what she did was wrong and she shouldn't lie... but hope you're not mad at her, she loves you... I know life can make you busy but never lose sight of your family because family sticks together.
beeferjay 34
that's ninja level guilt skill right there. don't ever piss your mother off
writerchic85 26
That's just awful. No wonder you don't visit.
Jryan952015 7
Shame on your mother. But at least you got to see your brother. And buy your mom the book the boy who cried wolf on the way home
alex_gen 39
This could go either way. It could be FML for you having to waste all that gas and time, especially if you've a busy schedule, to visit your 'terminal' brother, but it could also be YDI if you never visit your family, much less your brother. Given the lack of details, I'll go with FML. But at least you had some sibling bonding time!
gevestro 5
Honestly you should have just called your brother. Also, we have no knowledge of the relationship between these siblings. So saying "you'll miss them when they're gone" might not mean a whole lot.
worldclassrager 41
Next time it will be true and the cry wolf will keep you at bay...
amvoisard 7
Either your mom is crazy or just desperate...