Today, I spent hours baking an apple pie to impress my future mother-in-law. I was especially proud of the fact I'd made the crust and filling myself. When I served it to her, she picked off the crust and, between mouthfuls, bitched that it was nothing like canned pie filling. 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.
Same thing different taste
Today, I bought my mother an apple pie. She made a face at it and said that she'd decided to go on a diet. After I'd left the house, she put it in the oven, forgot about it, and burnt it to a crisp. She then called me up to inform me that I'd wasted my money, and to get her "another damn pie." FML
Today, at a family party, my uncles were complimenting my mom on her pies. I cooked them. She took all the credit. FML
Slice of Freudian slip
Today, I was talking to my wife about the pie she'd made and she was really leaning on the need to be reassured, so I said, "It was real good Mom." FML
Today, my stepmom asked me to bake pies for a dinner party she was having. Since I love baking, I said yes. When I went to deliver the pies, I found out they were for a family dinner I wasn't invited to. FML
Oh no!
Today, I had gotten a Costco style pumpkin pie and whipped cream for Thanksgiving dinner. My mom and stepdad ended up so stuffed from the main course of the dinner that they didn't want the pie. I got that stuff for them specifically. I'll have to eat the pie myself so it doesn't go to waste. FML
Fake it til you bake it
Today, I surprised my boyfriend by baking him some cookies for the first time. He took a bite and said, "Wow, these taste exactly like the ones my mom used to make!" I couldn't bring myself to admit that I'd used a store-bought mix, because I can’t bake to save my life. FML
Today, I woke up early and spent hours baking and icing a three-tier cake for my friend's eighteenth birthday, which is this evening. I just found out my mother threw it in the compost bin because she's on a diet and it was "tempting" her. FML
Today, I baked a strawberry cake and I didn't have any fresh strawberries for garnish, so I used a can of strawberry pie filling. My neighbors said it looked like the cake was taken from the dumpster behind an abortion clinic. FML
Keep quiet
Today, trying to impress my in-laws, I put a lot of effort into selecting a nice bottle of wine for dinner at their house. When I got there, I gave the bottle to my wife's mother. Later, my father-in-law emerges from the kitchen to berate his wife over her poor choice of wine. It was mine. FML
Today, I baked a chicken pot pie in the oven. I pulled it out, and noticed a big piece of tasty-looking, flaky pastry had come loose. Without thinking I ripped it off and popped it into my mouth. I HEARD the skin on the inside of my cheeks burn. FML
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SkoomaKi 28
I think cyanide may be a good ingredient to add next time you make one for her... But jokes aside, don't bother making her anything, she'll never like anything you cook.
ClosetTroll 10
If she stuffed herself then you know she liked it. It might take her a while to admit the same.
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Comments (143)
monkeyhead641 6
Canned filling sucks. It was a compliment
Bquillero16 18
These are the kinds of people that really piss me off, next time just give the b**** canned peas
screwmewithafork 7
Meh. Mothers in law are NEVER satisfied with who their "little boy" is going to marry. Don't take it personally. Just be proud of all the effort you know you put into that pie :)
vabva 8
how can she not take it personally? even if she ignored it this time, eventually the MIL will "break" her. she shouldnt have to deal with that forever, and i hope her husband doesnt ignore it. if her MIL doesnt change, relationships will be strained. unless the girl is a total turd, and the MIL has a reason to be a beyotch, which i doubt.
br0ccoli 15
custmwoody9 4
Props to you for trying! Doesn't sound like she was worth the effort!
itsharkley 8
Y U use that creepy profile pic?! The moment i read your comment joking about penis getting cut off, i was disturbed.
itsharkley 8
Y U no use less disturbing profile picture?!
dansco 25
Hope she choked on it! Stupid cow, no thought about all the time you spent on it...
cocodecoeur 12
Yup, sounds like a bitch...
emmap_fml 0
haha. I hate picky eaters.