Today, I was eating dinner with my family. My parents didn't want me to hear what they were talking about so they decided they would spell out the words so I wouldn't understand. I didn't. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, while riding on the car with my family, I put on my headphones and pretended to be listening to music and when my parents talked to me, I pretended I couldn't hear them. They took this opportunity to discuss how fat I was and how I can't hold down a boyfriend. They were laughing as well. FML
Today, I actually had to spell out to my parents that if you don't want someone to repeat the same thing several times, you have to acknowledge that you're listening to them. I've had several occasions where I said something to them 3-5 times, thinking they weren't listening, but then they snapped, "WE HEARD YOU!" FML
Today, my dad and mom and I were going out to eat dinner. My dad wanted a romantic dinner just with my mom so he told me to make an excuse not to go. I did, which ended up as a huge fight, grounded and phone taken away. My dad just stood there in the background putting thumbs up. FML
Today, my parents heard me leaving my room at 2 am, and freaked out because they thought I was sneaking out. I was too embarrassed to tell them that I was getting food instead of having a social life. FML
Today, I accidentally belched at the dinner table. At age 22, I got sent to my room with no dessert by my parents. FML
Today, I went to a fancy restaurant and couldn't pronounce any of the menu items. FML
Today, as I woke up early to do my physics homework, I heard my parents talk about how big a disappointment I am for them. They discussed how stupid, immature and how big a burden I was. They knew I was listening. FML
Today, I found out that my parents forgot to invite me out to eat with them. I found this out when my mom invited my sister right in front of me. FML
Today, my roommate shouted his entire part of the conversation at the dinner table. He refuses to get his hearing checked, nor lower his voice, so now my ears hurt for the rest of the evening. FML
Today, I said a few words to my mom that happened to be similar to something offensive, and she misheard. I tried to tell her, but she was so angry that she assumed I was saying more offensive things. Now she is punishing everybody in the house, and I’m not allowed to speak to her. FML
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kyle_kbo20 0
w-o-w. y-o-u m-u-s-t b-e s-l-o-w get it?
deaditegirl 0
YDI for not knowing how to spell.
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Comments (152)
medical 0
Just because you didn't understand doesn't mean you're dumb. I sometimes don't either when people do that to me. I'm just a very visual person. So unless you're not a visual person, this is no FML.
pleasetryagain 0
What really sucks here is that your parents treat you like you're not a person. They're hiding things from you? RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU? That's total bullshit.
Nvsmith 6
Unless they're talking about doing the nasty later
irockmyworld 0
i pity your parents.
Marisyn 0
I don't. Yeah it's kinda sad their kid can't spell but the OP deserved it. But just think, all the parents have to do is spell for the OP to not understand... I bet they'll do the same thing when the OP is 30 and visiting them haha.
koifish43332 0
I pity the fool
buffblondie 14
I pity the fool
CL41RE 0
YDI for probably being a stupid popular kid in elementary school that didn't care about education and only cared about being cool and for some reason people think it's cool to be stupid. Well in the long run you will regret it because your short-lived pride wasn't worth your life of not knowing how to spell or read.
Mikey_Mayhem 0
yupp, thats probably exactly what happened, amazing how you psychoanalyzed the OP only by reading a small sentence
CL41RE 0
If you are being sarcastic, I see it in my school all the time. Girls play dumb to be cute and boys don't give a damn even trying in class. If you aren't, well I'm good at psychoanalysing(sp?). I think,...
sublime93 0
Lmfao #23 you have some deeply rooted issues huh
CL41RE 0
No, 46. I'm not the one with issues.
wobble 0
Alas, you are. He's 'probably' the stupid popular kid? What else shall we overanalyse here? Maybe we could say the OP is 'probably' a homicidal, paedophilic homophobe from Mars because he/she eats dinner with his/her family? Ever considered that he/she may be dyslexic? No? Be quiet then :).
CL41RE 0
Today, I chose to be an idiot and comment on people's comments. FML
CL41RE 0
Nitpicker
wobble 0
No, if I was nitpicking I'd be saying how '...boys don't give a damn even trying in class' doesn't make perfect sense. What I'm actually doing is saying your original comment is bunk. Just don't go into psychology if you think a few text sentences are enough to second guess the personality writing them.
CL41RE 0
Well it's true with what I've seen. So why don't you nitpick the comment that said america is a bunch of fat retards?
SadinSherman 16
You aren't good at psychoanalysis but stereotyping.
sadistmonkey 19
And we're taking Bart to be C-I-R-C-U-M-C-I-S-E-D. Huh? I'll tell you what it means when it's over.
lxclark 17
Haha this comment made me laugh.
hannahbanana11 0
t h i s i s s o f a k e o r e l s e y o u m u s t b e a d u m b a s s. go back to elementary school. for the sake of america. first the bad economy now this? holy shit, what are we coming to?
White667 0
God, you make me want to cry. I don't think I even fell for the spelling thing when I was younger, I just don't understand how someone can't spell when their older!
Lexia_fml 0
How about basic grammar?
lwdjaymac 1
#35 - Agreed. #29 - Don't mock people if you don't know the difference between "there," "their" and "they're."
porp1 4
ok, so you are stupid, how is this an flm? or maybe you are just really young and cant spell the words out
ghadir 2
says the person who got the abbreviation wrong: flm it's fml!
BulletStreet 0
Or maybe you're young because you can't even spell FML.
honeyishrnkdakid 2
hilarious!
loltreated 0
You guys are overreacting way too ******* much. The OP is not stupid. The OP probably didn't--what did that one poster say?--choose popularity over education in school. Obviously, a lot of YOU guys didn't pay attention in school when they went over the different styles of learning. #18 has it right. Some people function best when presented with visual information, while others are better with verbal, auditory, or hands-on information. So the rest of you can **** off.