Today, my dad got a warning from our ISP for going well over their fair usage limit. I barely use our wifi, and I keep telling him he should password-protect our router to stop people leeching our Internet. He's blaming me anyway, and says I'm grounded until January. 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, I found out that my best friend's dad used my internet connection to make threats online. I'm going to have to go to court for it. FML
Today, my dad grounded me. Again. First it was my phone, now my watch. How the hell am I supposed to communicate now? FML
Today, my dad grounded me for not having any friends. FML
Today, my dad grounded me for two weeks for profusely swearing at my misbehaving laptop. After some arguing, he actually accepted my half-joking offer to play a game of CoD over it. His condition was that if I lost, my grounding period would double. We played. He kicked my ass. FML
Today, my dad tried to blame me for ringing an out of network number for two hours, which charged his bill by the minute. I rang the number, which turned out to belong to one of his business pals who lives abroad. He punished me anyway for having an attitude when I proved the call was his fault. FML
Today, I threatened my kids I’d turn off their WiFi unless they did their chores, so my eldest chimed in, "Please, we changed the WiFi password months ago in case you tried to threaten us like this," then turned off my WiFi, which I need to work from home. I had to beg a 12-year-old to let me work. FML
Today, I tried to blackmail my dad by threatening to tell mom about the bong and weed he keeps hidden in the garage. Turns out she already knew about it and neither of them give a shit. Now I'm grounded until the new year. FML
Today, my son tried extort me into turning the WiFi back on by hiding my purse. He was mad because he'd lost access for being disrespectful. FML
Today, my Dad thought "Joseph" and "Francis" were two people hacking our internet. They are actually the names of my laptop and iPod, which have now been blocked from using our modem. He can't figure out how to unblock them. FML
Today, my dad forgot it's my birthday. When I told him about it, he accused me of lying and threatened to ground me for a week. FML
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Top comments
BulldogHoops 14
People are always the most stubborn when they're wrong.
WestSoy 9
God damn jerks stealing your wifi
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Comments (96)
astralvagan 20
You can install a packet sniffer that will show whoever uses that program what other people are downloading, including their IP address
seanc722 2
Really shouldn't work on a home router a they are switched... Unless you are redirecting all traffic to yourself.
florido_fml 10
Or you could password protect your router?
unknown_user5566 27
Does anyone actually read the story before posting a comment anymore?
winkydog4056 16
#16_No, kyleekay, I would say not. They're too busy trying to come up with quality comments to earn their badges of honor. Or, perhaps they DO read the entire post and are just a bunch of stupid morons. I vote for the latter.
Schizomaniac 24
I think the only people who lack reading comprehension are those thumbing down and attempting to make 14 look stupid. He's saying maybe OP should password protect the wifi herself as opposed to just telling her father to do it. Maybe try paying the **** attention to what you're criticizing before you call someone out. People trying to make other people look dumb on this site is irritating.
BlueFlatts 20
I'm with 14 on this one, sometimes you just gotta do things yourself in order to prevent a similar problem from happening again.
Dcm210 19
Parents:being stupid since ????
Geometric 18
I'd say more technologically illiterate
ideasrule 13
Instead of telling him to password-protect the router, why don't you do it yourself? Force the router to reset to factory default (to get rid of the admin password), log in, and set an encryption key. When your dad complains that his Internet isn't working, "fix" it by entering the key on his computer.
winkydog4056 16
#29_Instead of trying to show off your big words, can you kindy speak English!? Thank you.
jangalianxi 6
36- I know, right? How DARE someone use basic computer terms on a relevant FML! They's betta start speakin in real murican anglish 'round hurr.
wubbazugg 5
Lmfao is anyone else bowled over after reading OPs name?? I love it!
Shadow_Phantom 26
...or change the wi-fi name to "FBI Surveillance Van." All good choices.
SoylentCandycorn 10
Your dad sounds like an idiot.
winkydog4056 16
Perhaps OP might want to convince dad to increase the usage amount AND pass protect said router.
BlueFlatts 20
Clearly your not reading the FML either like you stated other people weren't doing in comment 23 (under 14 for ref.). She has already tried convincing her father to password protect the router and why would her father increase the usage limit if, as we are all assuming, someone else is stealing their wifi. You'd be paying for wifi usage that your not even using.
myFMLname 8
I have had it with these mothafuckin theives stealing my mothafuckin wifi
FlyingPie 17
How about he let you configure the router? :P