Today, I found a tiny, featherless baby bird. I knew it was impossible, but I tried to keep it alive through the day. Before I could get it to the wildlife center, it died, and when I got all choked up over it, my mom started laughing at me and saying how "weak" I was. 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, I saved a baby bird from the site I work on. It was the runt and did not have any feathers and was neglected by the mother. I took care of it all day at work and planned on taking it to a wildlife reserve after work. Two minutes away from the reserve, we hit a pothole and I dropped it. It died. FML
Today, my brother and I found a little bird that couldn't fly. While trying to convince my mom that it couldn't fly so we could keep it, I lightly tossed it in the air and it landed a few feet in front of me. Then my cat grabbed it and ate it. FML
Today, I saved a bird from being run over as it lay in the middle of the road. Thinking it had a broken wing or something, I started carrying it home, intending to take it to the vet later. It crapped in my hand and flew away. FML
Today, I witnessed the beautiful sight of a tiny baby bird struggling to take flight from its nest. "You can do it," I muttered, which I guess my asswipe of a cat heard as "Quick, go kill that bird and scar me for life, please." FML
Today, I found out that my mother is extremely emotional when it comes to animal deaths when a bird flew into the window and died, and she insisted we have a funeral. FML
Today, I was caring for a bird that had flown into my window. I thought the poor thing wouldn't make it, when it shit in my hand, flew into my neck, then around my living room for ages before I could manage to get it out of the window. FML
Today, after months of trying to persuade her to give it to a wildlife rescue, I reported my stepmother to the authorities for illegally keeping an endangered bird in the kitchen. When they took it, she screamed that I had no right to do that, as she considered it hers since she found it. FML
Today, I found a bird that had fallen from its nest, so I made a new nest for it in a shoebox and put it as close to the old one as possible. When I checked back on it later, all I found was a chewed-up corpse. FML
Today, my mom was criticizing how I can't handle taking care of any living thing because I'm too irresponsible. We had a huge argument so I went back to my apartment, only to find that my fish had died. I forgot I had a fish. FML
Today, I watched a cat pounce on a small bird and rip it to shreds, feather by feather. It wouldn't have been any worse than mildly disturbing, had I not just spent the last 4 weeks nursing the bird back to health from a broken wing. FML
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Volcan_fml 22
Your mom sounds like a bitch.
Bekll 31
Your mother is heartless. I would have cried too.
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Comments (183)
dumborock77 1
Aww!! How sweet of u! Are u a Pisces? I know Pisces usually love to help and feel sensitive when someone or something is hurt. Well, ur mom's a jerk and ur not weak! Ur just nice!!
katie1989 9
Its not impossible, if you feed it. I have hand reared many baby birds, the youngest starting at 1-2 days old. They need to eat every 20 minutes, or they starve and die.
karishmo 2
You should have said "ok, then I won't cry at your funeral"
djgoreo 12
If you knew it was impossible you shouldn't have murdered the baby bird
frokeyman92 9
Nothing weak about being mindful and considerate about the lives of other living things. Very thoughtful of you!
j_cat187 20
Bahaha, building relationships and caring about others are for the weak!
martin_martian7 11
Your mom is a bitch.
hannnahmarie 14
That's horrible! Your mom sounds mean, I would've been crying my eyes out, too
senorpapis 4
If she ever has a baby again, kill it and call her weak when she starts crying.
pop7467 7
Weak and compassionate are entirely two different things!