Today, my bedridden mother called me selfish. After an operation two weeks ago, all I've done is feed her, clean her and the house every day. She called me selfish because I couldn't lift a TV into her room. FML
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Today, I'm on bed rest after a major surgery. I can walk to the bathroom but can barely raise my hands. At the hospital, my mom gave this dramatic speech of being there whenever I needed her. When I asked her to come make me breakfast, she didn’t show up til noon then complained I was in a bad mood. FML
Today, my mom slept all day. But when she got out of bed for five minutes, she told me I was a worthless piece of shit. Then she went back to bed. FML
Today, my mother-in-law called me selfish, lazy and a bad mother for giving my kids chores, like picking up toys and shoes. When we got married, my husband didn’t even know how to load a dishwasher or run a load of laundry. According to her, a "real mother" waits on her family hand and foot. Yeah, OK. FML
Today, I'm self isolating with a mother who hogs the remote but doesn't know how to use it, and is so short-sighted she can barely see the TV. Every five minutes, I hear, "What have I done now?", "How have I got onto this then?" and she won't let me help her. FML
Today, I bought my mother an expensive TV she had been looking at. After I bought it, she continued browsing for more stuff. I told her I couldn't afford the extra items. She got mad and called me "selfish". FML
Today, our dog became ill. My mom wasted no time attending her every needs and became very distressed. When I had appendicitis a few months ago, my mom told me to “sleep it off” and a friend had to take me to the hospital. She only called once to bitch at me for “doing this on purpose to make her feel bad.” FML
Today, after almost a week of being bed-ridden with a bad flu, my mom told me it was my job to clean the house. When I told her I still had a fever and didn't feel well, she looked at me and said in an understanding voice "It's okay honey, you can do it slowly." FML
Today, I had my first day off in six months. My mother immediately came down to my room and demanded that I clean the entire house. As I was cleaning, she said, "You don’t get to relax. Ever. Lazy ass." FML
Today, I called my mom into my room to ask her to bring me something. She referred to me as a "lazy fat slug." I'm 38 weeks pregnant and was put on emergency bedrest by my doctor. FML
Today, my already disabled mother is on the brink of becoming bedridden due to her weight. I flat out refused to buy fast food or unhealthy food to keep in the fridge. She started screaming through the wall that I was beating her, until the neighbors called the cops. Sadly, this isn’t the first time. FML
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Livinia 11
Start doing nothing for her until she can appreciate your hard work.
bigmanj28 0
incapable and selfish are 2 different things
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dreamering 16
Get a plasma TV. They are easy to carry.
pan1cked 0
she is milking her "anguish." if she says you're selfish now, just ignore her completely for a few hours. she'll realize she ****** up.
fk123 0
what a bitch q
oliviap97 3
demanding
thewife5 19
not being able to do things for yourself is very frustrating.. I'm sorry she isn't more thankful.. but she will be when she can do more on her own.
Lawbynature 0
here's what you do...... don't go by for about two weeks. then go and see her ask her if she still feels like you was selfish for being incapable of doing something. if she still can't appreciate you then leave her be and she can die knowing she left the world being a bitch to you.
theonlysweetpea 10
#48 She might not be My mother was bedridden for 2 months
catatonicsleep 17
maybe take her a laptop and some dvds, or she could watch tv online, iplayer 4od etc...
solarrunner 16
Tell your mother that from now on, she can do all that stuff you did, since you are selfish!
JEHughes 13
give her a book and tell her to shut up and quit being such a ungrateful bitch. I hate parents that never do anything for their kids and then think that since they conceived you that you owe them something.
bankrupt 15
You are so right No. 61. So often we hear about ungrateful children but NEVER ungrateful parents since society does not believe they exist. This is exactly what my mother would do. If I do 50 things for her, I'm a worthless, lazy piece of shit for not doing the 51st thing she wanted. She says that not giving a hoot that I have a family, home and career, none of which she approves of because those are things that take my time away from doing what she wants me to do. I am supposed to be grateful for growing up as the primary target for two physically and verbally abusive, sadistic parents who tortured me and did everything they could to trip me up and hold me back so I could spend my life cooking and cleaning and caring for them, but they don't have to be grateful for anything I do for them and can demand more with impunity because they're my parents. Got it.
skyeyez9 25
Sounds to me that you need to cut them out of your life altogether. You would be better off and your kids too. Their grandkids do not need to be around people who belittle their parents. And you dont know if they will try to undermine your parenting, could begin abusing them or heaven forbid: call cps and lie about abuse so they can get custody of your children!
bankrupt 15
Thank you No 70, you are a kind and caring person. My parents would not want custody of my daughter. She is a girl and they are girl-haters. She is wheelchair-bound and developmentally delayed so she is 1. not able to work for them and 2. way too much work FOR them. They would have wanted my son but he died at age 1 week, which they blame me for of course.