Today, I've now worked on Thanksgiving, Black Friday, the weekend after that, and two days this week. My husband and son have had all that time off, and yet I've still ended up having to clean the dishes and the house after them on all of these days. 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 work in healthcare, and I was told that since someone quit I have to work Thanksgiving weekend, Christmas day, and all of New Year's weekend. This is after I was told, "Our workplace is a family." FML
Today, I went to work during Black Friday, after not being invited to my family's Thanksgiving dinner. FML
Today, I worked a full day and then went to a three-hour class. I got home at 9 PM, and before the door closed I heard, "There's a sink full of dishes for you." There are three able-bodied men in the house, all of whom got here hours ago and created that sink full of dishes. FML
Today, I'm on my sixth straight day of double shifts, with four more to go. I make overtime so I'm not complaining, but today my wife texted me, "Going out of town tonight, I expect the house to be spotless when I return." Not sure how I'm going to swing this one. FML
Today, at home, I always do my share of the chores. I just got back from a business trip and it turns out that I actually do ALL the chores. My wife was alone for 9 days, the kitchen was a in state, dirty laundry everywhere, cat litter box overflowing onto the floor, and the bathroom was fucking disgusting. FML
Today, it was our first kid-free weekend in almost two months, and I was hoping for a nice date night. Instead, she picked up two shifts at work and then had a girls' night. Don't worry, she assigned me a massive deep clean that ate up almost my entire weekend. FML
Today, after a long talk with the kids, I finally got all the chores around the house done early so we could have a fun family weekend. My wife decided to be a wet blanket and insisted we needed to deep clean the already clean kitchen. Three arguments later, everyone is sulking, and I'm working in the kitchen alone. FML
Today, my toilet broke. Yesterday, the shower filled up with sludge. I have ten people coming over for Thanksgiving dinner tomorrow. FML
Today, it's my birthday, and like every other Sunday, my wife's been called into work, and I'm left with our three toddlers and yesterday's mess to clean up. It's raining. FML
Today, after working 12 shifts in the past 8 days at 2 jobs and thinking today was a day off, I got the call that I misread my schedule and I was in fact scheduled. Got off at 2:30 am, work again at 9 am with 9 shifts to go this week. FML
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calypso1212 14
Time for a mom strike.
BeccaHugs 17
Tell them to get off their lazy asses and give you a hand.
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Comments (149)
Kalipczo 21
How'd you work the weekend after black Friday if it hasn't even happened yet?
gracehi 33
I'm on the app and can't see your location. Please tell me you're not American. That's the only way I could forgive such a silly comment.
shellzy 20
Black Friday was five days ago, genius. Followed sequentially by a weekend and two weekdays.
Kalipczo 21
Oh oops
KiddNYC1O 22
Wtf? Let me see your calendar!!
emilyjgraham 34
I don't think she's from America. In the UK we call the last Friday before Christmas 'black Friday' and it falls on 21st this year. :)
shellzy 20
She wasn't referring to Black Friday, she was referring to the weekend after Black Friday, thus indicating that she knew Black Friday had happened but thinks the weekend didn't.
russellohh 2
Beat them! And apply for an office job, any office job. Not only do we have 5 days off around thanksgiving, we get two weeks off for Christmas too.
poindexter25 5
Just don't do the dishes and see how long it takes them to notice.
chosha_fml 27
If you put up with that shit, YDI.
charvisioku 22
Move all of their dirty dishes into your son's room and make your husband sleep in there too ;)
gracehi 33
Ha ha! Brilliant! My parents put all the dirty dishes on my sister's bed when she hadn't done her kitchen cleaning duty that day. She was pissed!
Chixken 6
Don't do it...stand up for yourself
YourLifeSucks132 3
Sounds like a case of penis envy!
DocBastard 40
Edit: The comment I originally commented on was appropriately deleted. Thanks for making me look stupid, mods. *shakes fist menacingly*
Enslaved 38
I feel your pain. I work crazy hours too and the persons I live with clean but not the way I do,(I'm a clean freak). I'm sure you know to talk to them and explain that you're exhausted and need their help pulling their household weight. But. . . Some just don't see or care about the messes surrounding them. FYL if your words are in vain.
FireFlie07 20
You need to train them to fear you more.
theandrewdays 2
Men work out in the yard not kitchens