Today, my dad spent 30 minutes incorrectly correcting me about our legal system. He thinks he knows more than me because he's been divorced twice. I'm a lawyer. 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, yet again, I got into an argument with my dad. I have a PhD in the subject. But he's "entitled to his opinion", for, as he said, he's read a summary of the history of the country in a tourist guidebook, and the general view doesn't have to be based on more detailed information. He also corrects me when I speak the language, which he doesn't know. FML
Today, my parents want me to become a lawyer, all because our family members keep getting into feuds and court cases. I'm a successful developer, and run my own company. FML
Today, my dad got angry with me for not watching "Better Call Saul" with him, because he thinks it will help me with law school. He did this while I was actually reading for a class taught by the top health law professor in the country. FML
Today, my dad got mad at me for not believing him when he kept repeating that our dear leader was appointing Judge Judy to the government. I then found out he wasn't far off, so I don't know which is worse, that he was technically correct about some TV judge, or that the actual "judge" is even worse. FML
Today, my 61 year-old father snatched a letter from my hands and threw four different fits because he misread it four different times, then yelled at me for "not reading it properly." I had to explain it to him. FML
Today, after getting into an argument with my dad, he told me that I would make a great ex wife one day. FML
Today, despite having the same parents, I'm a lawyer and my brother is a redneck. He called wanting my advice, because he tried to book a prostitute online but when she turned up, she was a Latvian mail-order bride, and he wants me to fix it with my "big city law degree." FML
Today, it became apparent that my father knows more about my boyfriend than I do because he spends so much time interrogating him. FML
Today, an internet repair tech thought my dad was my husband, and seemed skeptical when I corrected him. People usually think I'm way younger than my actual age. FML
Today, I tried fixing my dad's lawnmower after he said, "Girls can't change a lightbulb right, let alone fix a machine." An hour later, when I had the lawnmower running again, he bitched me out for trying to make him "look stupid." He's been sulking and acting pissy ever since. FML
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Steffi3 40
Sounds like he's divorced for a reason
whycantisignup 24
Wow, he must be AWFUL at courting. Huehuehue
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Comments (62)
snowflaky 22
There's different types of lawyers. Civil, criminal, etc. OP might not work specifically with divorce cases, thus his dad might think he's smarter in that area so he continues to argue. Even though he never went to law school and is probably ignorant to the entire system in general. Sorry OP, especially if you DO work with those types of cases.
barfcannon 24
Even when you're involved with a lawyer you still don't pick up what 4 years of education will teach you. I'm a landlord and would never dream that I know more about landlord-tenant laws than an actual lawyer. Though I do know more than the average layperson.
pandalover69 26
Being divorced twice doesn't make you smarter then actual lawyers. Yes, she might not be a divorce attorney but there is no way in hell her dad, who has never attended law school, knows more then his daughter who went to law school for 3 years and then passed the bar.
elusiveshame 22
Why are you assuming OP is female?
smokecloud_ 37
See thread under the first comment.
SyLord 13
Grin and take it like the good son you are, and know inside you are right.
150493x 29
He'll give Ross Gellar a run for his money
Tarlachia 33
Throw the law books at him, and Judge.
usmc_sean 8
Men don't like being proved wrong lmao
NotPatSajak 11
Now I see why hes divorced. Dont listen to him op. Hes just trying to seem like a know it all dad.
thejonac 21
honestly sorry OP but i really can't stand when people talk about things like they're so smart when they actually know nothing. guess you just gotta patiently explain that you're much more informed ??
whitnayfortooh 29
I laughed harder than I should ha
vikky538 29
some people learn through education and some people learn through experience...can't blame any...
Drosophila82 18
Dads!! My dad used to semi diagnose people with conditions just because it happened to him! He's a contractor. You deserve it. Lol
pandalover69 26
Why does she deserve to have a dad who's thinks he's smarter than her when he's clearly not? Acting like you're smarter then everyone else doesn't make you funny, it sure as hell doesn't make you look smart. It just makes you look like an dumb asshole. No wonder this asshole has been divorced twice, if he treats his kid like that then I wonder how he treated his wives. This dad and your dad are just more examples of people who need to shut up and think before they speak.