Today, I got back from a 3 and a half week trip to South Africa to do volunteer work with children in townships. My parents forgot to pick me up, and I had to sit there by myself and wait for them, while 80 people of the same organization got loving hugs from their proud parents. 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, after 6 months abroad, I finally got home to the airport at 5 a.m. where my parents were supposed to be picking me up. I called my mother to let her know I'd landed. She picked up with a sleepy voice and asked, "Who is this?" I'm an only child and we live 2 hours away from the airport. FML
Today, and after a lot of effort to reconnect with my family after a while of limited contact, I found out from the family group text that my mom, sister, and grandmother went on a vacation without me, and I didn’t even know about it until they posted some airport selfies. FML
Today, I returned home from a three-week vacation. None of my friends realized I'd been gone. FML
Today, I went to visit my parents after 4 years of not seeing them. They'd moved without telling me. FML
Today, I was awakened by knocking on my door, only to find my parents standing there. Turns out, they booked two one-way tickets to visit me from another country. Their plan? I should scrap my upcoming 2-week vacation to hang out because they invested in this trip. Oh, and they didn't book a hotel. I'm 31. FML
Today, my family was leaving for a weekend trip and was supposed to pick me up on the way down. About an hour before they are supposed to arrive, my mom calls to tell me that there's no room left in the car, so they won't be stopping to get me. FML
Today, my parents and I went to the movies for my mom's birthday. After the movie, my mom and dad got into a fight, and left me at the movies. My cell phone was dead, and my house was about 12 miles away. They finally came and picked me up, hours later. FML
Today, I bumped into my parents at the mall. They didn't tell me they were around. I live 5,000 miles away, in a different country from them. FML
Today, my parents started fighting at a restaurant. Embarrassed, I went to the restroom to get away and stayed in there for about 15 minutes, knowing how long their fights can last. When I came back, they were gone. They'd ditched me, and left me to walk several miles back home. FML
Today, I was left at home alone while my friends went on a trip to Paris I paid for. FML
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fadingaway 17
That sucks. Props for helping out the poor kids here. I think it's funny how some people assume that everyone from South Africa is poor and lives in a shack. Yes there are a lot ot people like that, but S.A is mainly cities. I'm white, born and raised and living in a city in S.A. Nothing third world African poverty about it. So everyone who says YDI for coming here can die in a hole. I admire you for coming this far to help out the less fortunate, and your parents will someday admire you too.
tigercoon 12
I'm sorry OP. I kinda know how that feels.
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Comments (171)
z3rk 0
Ik leef met je mee.
Crystal_Dreams 0
Sounds like the sort of thing that happens to me.
mrcs_bllr1 0
I love dik
UpYoursInAdvance 0
Good For You 187, Good For You!
TommySixx81 0
You can go to Africa on your own but can't make it home from the airport? Fail!
Fsvb 32
ahh well, you can just get a train home, can get anywhere from out of Schiphol :) but okay, it sucks donkeyballs ._.
missamay97 5
Wow I hate your life too...
DalekScythe 0
please someone give an in depth heart felt explanation why OP deserves this. PLEASE!!
portcaveman 5
lol your hated
newmandotcom 6
Boo hoo. I know people who came back from 7 month deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan and no one came to see them return. Last I checked, 7 months in a warzone is a hell of a lot longer than 3.5 weeks in Africa...
Laura3415 16
If you're the middle child then I feel your pain. Middle children are always the least cared for *sigh*