Today, I was over my grandparents' house for my grandfather's birthday. For years they would talk to each other in Italian and I could never understand them, so I started to take an online class to teach myself Italian. Now I know all they talk about is how much they hate everything about me. 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 went downstairs to get a drink and overheard my grandparents talking about me. They spent a good 15 minutes double-team attacking me for my failings as a human being, mainly me not being married with children yet. I'm barely 20. FML
Today, my grandparents came to visit. So far, they have called me fat, bragged about how my cousin is better than me, and told me how I'm not good enough for them. It's OK though, they gave me a pretzel from the airline and a textbook on physics. In another language. FML
Today, I had to listen for over 10 minutes as my brother and grandmother discussed how much they hate me. They thought I was asleep. FML
Today, I discovered the terrible things my parents say about my wife while visiting them. They speak in Arabic around us and I've never really been able to understand them. Guess who hasn't only brushed up on his Arabic, but spent the last 6 months teaching his wife… FML
Today, I spent all day cleaning for my grandparents to come over, only for my grandfather and father to interrupt me, talk over me, and treat me like I'd done something wrong. I'm autistic and was infodumping. They know this. FML
Today, I visited my in-laws, whom I thought I was on great terms with. I soon learned that wasn't the case when my mother-in-law yelled at me about how I've been abusing her for years. Ten minutes later, she hugged me and asked me for grandkids. FML
Today, I listened to my grandma monologue about how if my uncle was born first, my mother (and consequently, I) would not exist. I then got to listen to her rant about what a terror he was. Let's just say I learned and heard some things I'd rather have not known. FML
Today, I was sitting in class when I overheard a group talking about how much they don't like me. When they saw me there, they burst out laughing. FML
Today, I went to visit my grandparents, as my grandmother may not have long left. When my stepfather wasn't grilling my visibly uncomfortable grandad about Bible passages, my mother was trauma-dumping about how hard her life has been, and how awful her marriage to my father was. They're his parents. FML
Today, I'm spending time with my granny, with whom I'm supposed to live with for a few weeks. I've noticed that she repeats the last word of every sentence I say, and now I'm wondering how it's possible for me to now be so horrible that I want to punch a sweet 92-year-old lady in the head. FML
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OhDearBetrayal 25
You should play along with it and then when the times right you should start talking in Italian. Embarrass them.
kittenmeownyan 18
Sorry OP some families can be real assholes even to their one of their own.
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kittenmeownyan 18
Sorry OP some families can be real assholes even to their one of their own.
Enslaved 38
Hey, I thought grandparents normally love their grandchildren more than their own kids. (That's what my Papi told me) So I gotta ask, Why do they hate the OP so much?
soccerstar1996 18
Idk why. But I can see OP talking like Brad Pitt from Inglorious basterds. Nothing against his Italian though
xx000o 27
Learn Japanese, then give them a piece of your mind next year.
fareith 15
Maybe you're just not too good at understanding Italian? Maybe? Gotta have hope...
Capriccio22 13
That's what I thought too (that the grandparents were giant assholes) but the I read it again and, maybe, it could be a joke. My grandparents have a sense of humour a bit like that and this sounds like a practical joke they might play. I suppose op will soon find out, if he hasn't already, because they would tell him (and watch for that priceless expression). I don't know, it's just a thought. But if it isn't a prank, and even if it is, the grandparents are really cruel
OhDearBetrayal 25
You should play along with it and then when the times right you should start talking in Italian. Embarrass them.
rg350dx 29
Or just keep listening and write it all down. Hopefully, OP can get some opinions of other family members and use that as blackmail.
Futacy 30
Lol, then watch as the grandparents try to submit their own FML about this occasion.
Damian95 16
Or just go with #2's plan because its the best idea. No offense.
bluehero 17
I say offense to the other plans because they ******* suck.
fareith 15
Time to start learning some Italian swears...
Donat96 20
Like Dany on Game of Thrones. "Valyrian is my mother tongue."
patrickalamo 48
Remember vendetta is an Italian word... Tell them in Italian you will be the one who picks out their nursing home.
buckerado 19
OP should just start nodding along, then say "Ya I hate that about myself too. Oh, and by the way happy birthday." in Italian. Then OP should just get up, walk over to the presents, and hand over the present. Then walk out like a badass, completely straight faced. Boom, a bomb goes off as he walks away and he puts glasses on. *Becomes family badass*
lonewolf621 17
You know what your not doing next year.
emeraldisle 30
*you're
Sarah__917 14
people don't know the difference between your and you're its so sad
Koppol 15
And that's why ignorance is bliss...ouch, sorry OP.
ellenjasmin 18
At least now you can defend yourself :)
CreepInTheCorner 11
Start talking back in Italian and they'll be caught completely off guard and hopefully apologize
Ms_ValS 27
The shock and embarrassment might cause one of them to feign a heart attack, I think.
TheDrifter 24
Ignorance is bliss, until you become aware of it.
chosenblades 8
Thanks captain obvious. I really needed help understanding that phrase.
MidnaLink 35
You should say "Voi due siete ridicoli vecchie scoregge che, evidentemente, non hanno amore per i vostri parenti". "You two are ridiculous old farts who obviously have no love for your relatives".
Wowxoxo 17
Keep it short and sweet, a simple "vaffanculo!" will do the trick :)
MidnaLink 35
55 Don't ruin this for me. I had already gone through the trouble of thinking what to say and running it through a translator.
fleur_de_fevrier_fml 23
At least you learned a foreign language. And yes you should embarrass them next time they do that.
Enslaved 38
Are you "Ugly Kid Joe"?