Today, I was on the phone with my mother. She asked me if I was going to make it to Christmas at home. I told her that I would try and make it home since it would be my grandma's last Christmas alive. To my luck, grandma was sitting in the car with my mother, and speaker phone was in use. 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.
Today, I finally had a phone call after a week of nothing. It was my mother. It was by accident. FML
Today, I went over to my mother-in-law's house to have dinner. I was excited she invited me, since I thought she didn't like me. I ended up hanging her Christmas lights in a snowstorm while they had s'mores by the fire. FML
Today, my phone rang while I was home alone. When I picked up, all I could hear was heavy breathing. Convinced it was one of my friends playing a joke, I said loudly, "Get off the phone, you fucker, and don't call back!" It turned out it was my grandma. She had been having a stroke. FML
Today, my grandma is refusing to talk to me because I didn't answer her phone calls while we were at a parade. I was in it. FML
Today, I listened to a voicemail from my mom about how she misses me and can't wait to see me when I get back from vacation. Thinking she hung up, my mother then had a conversation with my aunt about how quiet the house is without me and how she'd be blessed if I didn't come home. FML
Today, my grandpa died. I called my grandma to make sure she was going to be fine. After talking over the phone for 30 minutes or so, I told her goodbye and said, out of habit, "Say hi to grandpa for me". FML
Today, my mom told me she wouldn't be able to leave my middle-aged brother at home for Christmas in order to meet her first grandchild. FML
Today, my mother was talking about a holiday she went on this time last year. She turned to me to say, "You would've loved it, it's a shame you couldn't come". I was there. It was just the two of us on holiday together. FML
Today, I talked to my mom about hanging out with her. She got out her phone to schedule an appointment. FML
Today, I showed up at my mom’s with homemade soup, since she said she wasn’t hosting Christmas Eve because she had the flu. My entire family was there without me. FML
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Top comments
Lounia_fml 8
YDI. There's some things you should keep to yourself. I doubt your mom appreciated it any more than your grandma did.
DocBastard 40
I guess you can kiss that inheritance goodbye, sucker.
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Comments (73)
allmidnighteyes 11
Today, I told my Grandma she's old. FML. Ummmm, okay.
TaylorTotsYumm 10
Uhhh, yeah? I think you missed the point.
TheMortician 0
you're such a douche bag!
FarSide 23
Better to be a douche bag than an enema bag you asshole.
buddha313 0
Nothing shows Christmas spirit and true family love like giving good ol' grandma's life an expiration date!
catatonicsleep 17
If they know it is her last year maybe she has a terminal illness and already knows it will be her last... OP wasn't very tactful but I don't think it was her intention to upset her Grandma.
stro88 6
what a jack Daniels.
odexy 12
Idk why people are saying she deserves it for saying something so "rude" to her mother. My mother is well aware that her parents lifetime is weaning thin and she says stuff like that herself, so who knows? Maybe the OP is in a similar situation.
nidawi 0
She didn't know her grandma was in the car, did you honestly miss that?
mobetta126 0
Exactly. Her mom should not have had her on speaker without warning her.
aback 5
Whoops! Way to spoil the surprise!
doctorpantalones 0
*Facepalm*
RunFromIt123 0
LOLOWNT
Icyyy 0
^ WIN
persimmon 0
omg fyl. but it's not your fault, your mom shouldn't have put you on speakerphone w/o telling you