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)
ReannaRevolution 1
My grandmother use to call me something that translated into "promiscuous woman; prostitute" I was thirteen when I found out the definition.
pinklatina493 5
That happened to me too except it was in Spanish :/
demon_wolf 15
I guess she was right if it took you that long to figure it out.
slyde32 12
seeing as you're so clever, why don't you tell us what "little retard" is in chinese?
hillgerb 16
Don't worry, the name my Italian mom used to call me translates into "squid".
NeneWilliams 8
I found out the nickname my father has called me for 20 years means stranded. He just can't pronounce it correctly.
Arzenal 8
Could be worse
alishaz 7
小笨蛋
jsrpooh 10
sorry op , my family calls me a Pollack lol
GregoryStalver_fml 6
Took you a long time to figure it, no ?
elyx_fml 16
Mothers...have to love them.