Today, it's my 21st birthday and my dad has decided to take away my ID in fear that if I have even one drink to celebrate I'll become a raging alcoholic. 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, it's my 21st birthday. My parents' gift was a case of non-alcoholic beer, to "prepare" me for when I "turn 21." My parents can't even remember how old I am. FML
Today, it's my birthday. My dad was supposed to take me to get a tattoo, but instead he went to the bar, got drunk, and told me how I was the biggest mistake he and my mom have ever made. FML
Today, it's my 21st birthday. All my friends showed up at my house already drunk, so I had to be the designated driver. FML
Today, my parents took me to a bar to celebrate my 21st birthday. They brought my little brother, but when the bouncer wouldn't allow him in, they made me wait outside with him while they went in for drinks. FML
Today, it's my 21st birthday. I got a call from my deadbeat dad, who I thought had finally mellowed and had something nice to say. Nope; he just told me I'm 21 years a disappointment, then hung up. FML
Today, it was my birthday, and even the person who seemed excited about me finally turning 21 and can legally drink forgot. Guess who got drunk alone tonight? This guy. FML
Today, is my 21st birthday. My friends took me to a bar to celebrate, knowing I don't drink. I'm now in charge of driving my friends home after they've had an awesome night. FML
Today, my dad had his 45th birthday and got so drunk he couldn't walk. He crawled along, crying, saying that his whole life was a failure because he had "a shitty job, a fat girlfriend, and a dipshit son who's never going to move out." I haven't moved out because I'm 18 and still at high school. FML
Today, I turned 18. My parents gave me a card that read "now that you're 18, it's time for some boozy fun... you can do all the things you did before but legally!" Taped to the inside was my fake id that I "lost" three months ago. FML
Today, my estranged father, who is a cop, decided to show up to my 17th birthday party. He immediately began arresting people for underage drinking. Way to mend fences, dad. FML
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zingline89 18
That's exactly why I'm a virgin to this day. I'm afraid of becoming addicted to sex. Yeah. That's it.
poetrywriter12 6
Surely it's your choice if you did drink? Take it back and tell him to get out of your business.
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Comments (132)
Spazz420 7
Hey your 21 why don't u move out if the house??
nnnope 26
*you're *you *of
jmacfan1 16
I'm 21 too and I still live with my parents. I'm guessing op is like me with no job and can't afford to move out yet. Also probably can't find a job because no one is hiring.
daminantion 14
73, stop sitting on the computer or cellphone paid by your parents and go hand out resumes, online applications, make an impression. You don't need skills to work a fast food joint, you just need to get your name heard.
simonetaylor94 6
umm wtf? ur 21 take tht shit baq
Vidrill 22
I hate it so much when parents think that this is the way to teach their kids something. If you never let someone learn to handle something on their own, they will never learn. Take your ID back and teach your father a lesson by showing him he should have trusted you with this decision...
thatonename 7
I'm pretty stealing your I.d. Back would be proof that you're not responsible enough. Yeah it sucks, but if you're just going to go around your dads back and do whatever you want, how does that prove you're responsible?
SHAMUS_the_WITTY 18
59- It's really "going behind his dad's back" and "doing what he wants." You know, since OP is a legal adult now. He doesn't have to a damned thing his dad tells him to, or prove that he's responsible to him. It's not like a 16 year old trying to prove he can take the car out on his own. He's 21, which is the age of being a full-blooded adult in this country. Daddy can get into legal trouble for stealing another man's ID.
thatonename 7
1) 18 is the legal age of adulthood in this country. 2) you're right, op doesn't have to do a damn thing their dad says. They also don't need to live at home. If you do one, you kinda have to do the other.
SHAMUS_the_WITTY 18
85, it varies state to state. In my home state, Alabama, you're not an adult until you're 19. What I meant was that at the age of 21 you get COMPLETE say-so over what you do. Alchohol isn't the only thing you have to be 21 for.
Anonymousx3x 4
That fact that this is an "FML moment" for you scares me. You have the rest of your life to drink.
kittenzZz 4
He should mind his business. You have the right to get trashed on your 21st birthday!
TweetAnne 13
He had no right to take your ID. You shouldn't of let him take it. I recommend you drink at home with your family, and prove to him that you can handle yourself. Please be responsible, don't get wasted and much less drink and drive. Know your limit and stick to it.
nnnope 26
*shouldn't have
squishycat 6
My dad was the same as VedaLynn's, and let me tel ya, that was a freakin' nightmare. My grandmother died of alcoholism, and my dad's got an addictive personality, so he figured it was genetic that i would end up an alcoholic if liquor ever passed my lips. So my mom bought my alcohol for me behind his back! And i didn't become an alcoholic.
september1395 7
You know you could always just get another ID...just don't tell anyone....
soulstrike23 6
Take back and tell him to get bent
Covy 3
Then move out...