Today, I found out that the loving nickname my Chinese mother has been calling me my entire life essentially translates to "little retard". 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 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
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 discovered that my name literally means "burden". This wouldn't be so bad if both my mother and father knew this when they named me. 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 learned that the cute pet name my boyfriend has been calling me for the past month is actually an acronym for "pain in the a**". FML
Today, I finally found out that the tattoo on my lower back means "slut" in Chinese, instead of "good fortune" as I always thought it did. 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 mother who learned English as an adult sent an email to my boss, thanking them for hiring me even though I'm "retarded." I’m a law school graduate who was diagnosed with a minor learning disability in kindergarten, but she still calls me "retarded" when speaking English. FML
Today, my dad opened a Chinese fortune cookie that read, "Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes." Now he won't stop calling me Experience. FML
Today, I discovered that my cool, unique first name translates to "unwanted" in Hindi. Both my parents studied abroad in India for five years. FML
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thomcmoore 23
Mother knows best?
DocBastard 40
Better than "Big Retard", I suppose.
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Comments (124)
Ihavegas 22
was it dum gai ?
keirookami 11
yew rai sis?
mistertbawk420 10
Yu ar sofa king we Todd did
PresidentNorth 16
Go home Rooster you are drunk
katieemerr 15
Every name has a different meaning! Some worse than others.. Could be worse though OP! It could have meant 'boy with little penis'
mistertbawk420 10
Still failing to see the bright side here
isuckwithnames 22
His mom isn't calling him a little prick?
Sierra7211 17
I thought this was going to end in something more racist
stiffster 5
now that's just racist
MrSassypants 34
Something similar happened to me, except I still don't know what it means. I'm not sure how it is spelled but people have been calling me it since I was born. I think it is spelled "Phuckin Idy Ot".
LamboNewPort 2
Lol 18 made my day
XxMacxX 4
No different than myself. my family is german and the always called me "little fehler" translated that means little mistake in german.
LunaaBluee 27
Yes I know what you mean. My family is Mexican and they call me babas which means drool but they don't say it to offend me or anything just an odd loving nickname I suppose.
mete_orito 34
To #21 : maybe they called you like that because the condom teared at some point....
thomcmoore 23
#38, when a condom gets teared, does that mean it's crying?
amDes 11
Well my mother called me "poo head" and "pootikins" until I was ten and realized she was calling me ********.... but to her it was a cute nickname.
lengi123 18
My mom still calls me shit head sometimes...
pixiebubz 26
#21 sounds suspiciously like an old FML...
WantdDOA 15
xD 41 that just made my day
jennlody 28
I thought I've seen an FML about a German mom that called her child a mistake in German and they didn't know for a long time either..
FlyingMonkey228 5
Nicknames my relatives have...."see go" - dead dog, "see-yow wah"- soya sauce wah (cos they were cheap and gave him sauce rather than food) and "dai doc see"- large pile of.... Bat-chi-jai is probably pretty affectionate in terms of Chinese.
ChocoKuma 3
i dont think bak-chi-jai can be affectionate... but saw-jai would be ;)
Tawnkat 13
That's awesome! Can you tell us what it is? I think I just found a nickname for my other half ;-)
AustinDenton 22
That's alright. My great aunt calls me little shit in French all the time.
0h_Boy 26
Be thankful. My Grandmother called my sister "Little Shit"