Today, my daughter-in-law taught my 4-year-old grandson to burst into tears and yell, "Am I not good enough for you?" whenever I ask her if she's going to have any more children. FML
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Today, my awful future daughter-in-law went off on me and said that I'm just jealous that she's marrying my son and I'm not. Furious, I told my husband, expecting him to side with me, but all he said was, "Well… are you?" FML
Today, my mother-in-law asked me when my fiancé and I were going to start having children. When I told her we weren't planning on having any, she went on a tirade about how selfish and cold I am for denying her precious grandchildren. Now she hates me. FML
Today, I had my husband’s family over. Our adopted 4 year-old daughter drew a cute card and gave it to me saying, "Happy Mother’s Day mommy! I love you." My mother-in-law scoffed, "She’s infertile and not even your real mom, but ok." Now our daughter won’t stop asking all sorts of questions. FML
Today, my mother-in-law insisted we go to a baby clothing store. When I reminded her that I don’t want children, she sat on the floor, crying, kicking and screaming. She then said I was denying her grandchildren because I hate her. Well, I didn’t… FML
Today, my daughter apparently has had enough of my mother-in-law's favoritism and constant bashing of me by telling her, "Grandma, might I highly recommend death at this point?" She's 7. FML
Today, I had to give my four year-old daughter some tough love, which I hate doing. When she ran away crying, my son, her twin brother, looked at me and said, "You should be ashamed of yourself." FML
Today, my three-year-old told me he hates me cause I’m mean because I wouldn’t give him another cupcake. Now he is calling his grandma his new mommy. FML
Today, while at a family reunion, I jokingly asked my 18-year-old son, "When are you and your girlfriend going to give me a grandson?" He then retorted, "When are you going to die?" I was unable to answer at all. FML
Today, my 2-year-old daughter overheard my wife and I arguing and fixated on one particular insult my wife threw at me. Now my daughter won't stop saying "Daddy a numbnuts", always with a big smile on her face. FML
Today, my 4 year-old daughter got royally annoyed at my uncle who won't stop surprise tickling her by poking her waist. When he went for another, she punched him square on the nose, making him a laughing stock. Not accepting that he got owned, he started preaching about child discipline to me. FML
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sandergtf 4
if you pressure her and ask too much YDI
CoconutSoup 5
LOL! Stop being so pushy!
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Comments (164)
sandergtf 4
if you pressure her and ask too much YDI
Notimetobleed 14
Why would you ask your 4 year old daughter if she's going to have anymore children? Well, that's how I read it.
grmnxsensati0n 4
peer pressure!!! u could be telling her to do drugs i the future!!!
cookie_3008 4
10, you are kidding, right?!! >.>
cookie_3008 4
10, you are kidding, right?!! >.>
ThaBeasty01 5
Cute kid.
Fruit_Dealer 9
MrRocket are you referring to kids or Coca-Cola? Kidding, but this reminds me of this weird gandmother that was part of the westboro baptist church and thought God made the internet for her church...
monkeys1315 0
That's funny your daughter in law is pretty smart
Jvr91 8
Maybe the kid isn't good enough...
brrarm 17
But even if she is wrong pressuring, her daughter-in-law is pretty messed up using her 4 y.o. son to communicate her problem, especially by teaching him hysterical behavior, don't you think?
kidwiththeface42 7
I personally think its badass a grandma is using FML. I wish my grandma was Internet savvy.
FrostHeart 36
Wwoooah he can cry on cue? I need to learn that trick, might come in handy.
dancingdoggy 4
It only works sometimes... I can't cry on cue, and never bothered to learn because whenever I did cry in front of my mom, I would get yelled at even more for "making her feel guilty". Go figure.
wittygirl 8
Yep too much asking = grandchild in tantrums... That's clever
starryxeyes 2
84- Yes, in a way but there's a good chance that OP's daughter-in-law didn't actually teach her son to say that. The scenario that popped into my head was that the little boy over heard his mother saying something along the lines of "why does she keep asking, isn't my son good enough?" Besides the fact that op said 'everytime I ask' tells me that she most likely asks it too much and needs to stop it.
chloehbug 5
That's so true! It's sad because even though you are right everyone has down rated you. The thing is we don't know if they are pressuring, if they're asking based on what their son has said - we don't know. Unless it's clear that someone's done the wrong thing, e.g. "Today, I crossed the road without looking and got hit by a car. FML.", we can't really assume that they deserve it.
CoconutSoup 5
LOL! Stop being so pushy!
77777771 12
Is that what you were implying?
everybodyluvsMEN 0
NO MORE ANNOYING AD! YES!
KVKdragon 26
You got the notification too? :)
theTrollGuy 7
1-Jailbreak ur iPhone. 2-Open cydia. 3-Install adblocktoggle. 4-Open FML like a boss! problem Ad?
G97Alex 21
50, you keep using that word, I don't think it means what you think it means.
ligerzero459 24
123 - They used that word right. The grandma is implying that the kid is not good enough
TitaniaSilk 4
143-Not sure if being sarcastic, or just that stupid.
btnhdude 0
166 - not sure if insulting or just being nice
cptmorgan6 8
So stop asking.
pimpcakes2 11
It's probably some sort of compulsion, where the grandmother has to ask! Daughter in law had the right plan!!!
schrodingersdog 4
"Doctor, it hurts when I do this" "Then don't do that!"
boofgall 16
Agreed, leave her alone. It's her kids, you had your turn.
jlh2283 1
haha love it!
MissSMC 0
Lmao right i think that its hilarious
Notimetobleed 14
Comment moderated for rule-breaking.
Why would you ask your 4 year old daughter if she's going to have anymore children? Well, that's how I read it.
LinTurk 4
Her daughter in law taught her grandson to burst out crying "aren't I good enough" every time OP bugs the daughter in law about having more children.
Marcella1016 32
I'm pretty sure 5 was just pointing out the grammatical ambiguity of the FML, not saying they really thought OP was asking the 4 year old to have children -_-
supermankisses 1
A) it says GRANDSON B) it says "my daughter in law taught my 4 year old grandson" C) this ones for me, it says you're a dumbass.
schrodingersdog 4
I'm pretty sure the "her" implies that it wasn't the grandson...
Notimetobleed 14
I just got outsmarted by a blonde from Texas. FML.
Torva_fml 16
It's not that she's smart... (although I don't know) it's just that you're retarded.
13FMYLIFE 0
CLEARING IT UP grandma asks why her daughter in law doesn't have more kids the (son of the daughter in law) then asks if he's not good enough, because his mother taught him to say that
lifehatesyou 1
And if you read the end right you will notice she says " when I ask her". So is that op asking the grandmother then. If not then it should read "when she asks me". Just saying. Fo those idiots that don't know how to read.
KiddNYC1O 22
71- I agree, your life sucks.
brianjman14 23
I actually read it like #5 did the first time. It took me a couple seconds to figure it out, though. Don't feel bad, 5! :)
Notimetobleed 14
-163 votes! that's a doozy.
sheethapins 13
-164 ;)
ohmandapants 17
Holy **** so many retards. What did you people do, read the end of the FML and not the rest? If you had read it all, you would have seen that the grandson cries whenever OP asks the daughter in law for more grandchildren. When it says "whenever I ask HER", it's whenever she asks the daughter in law. NOT THE FOUR YEAR OLD GRANDSON. Get your asses back to school.
Notimetobleed 14
Thanks ohmandapants we've cleared this up about 5 times about what is actually means.
ohmandapants 17
And yet even after is was "cleared up" about 5 times, people still didn't understand. So good for you for getting it after 5 times, some people didn't.
Notimetobleed 14
No I'm pretty sure we all get it now
MissNicky_fml 0
Oh i love sarcasm
nyf137 20
117, aside from having an only partially comprehensible comment, you seem to have not realized that OP *is* the grandmother and the "her" being referred to is OP's daughter-in-law so it should indeed be "her" and not "me." Perhaps you should join the group of people you so rudely call idiots.
LinTurk 4
That's brilliant!! I just went ahead and got fixed, but that would have been great too.
saksxalmo 20
Why did people vote this down?
nancem 7
I think that's the polite way of saying STOP asking!
kyliebear 15
Hey, don't get out of hand, the mother just is asking if her daughter is going to have any more children. The mother didn't tell her daughter to have more children and give the mum more grandchildren. So stop saying "Oh, stop asking." "Stop being pushy."! And never did the mum say that the little boy wasn't good enough, and the boy should have nothing to do with it. The mum asked a simple question, get over it. And yeah, the mum asked more than once, but, she's just wondering if the girl changed her mind about it.
kyliebear 15
Oh, i'm sorry, i meant the daughter in law
peithecelt 28
.... you have clearly never been a daughter-in-law with a pushy woman haranguing you to give her more grandchildren. if you have asked more than once and the first is only 4, you are asking too damned much.
CVeNgineer 0
Maybe you ask to often
aruam365 24
Why would you ask that? I know you want more grandchildren but it's rude to pressure someone to have a baby, It's not up to you to decide. If they have another, that's great. Unless/until then you should really let it alone because clearly she isn't appreciating you pushing her.
mintypoison 22
^THIS. It's a prefect statement. I couldn't have said it better myself.
mjacv2 5
I think u talk too much
kyliebear 15
Comment moderated for rule-breaking.
No. Nobody gets the FML. OP asked her daughter in law if she was going to have another baby. She, on no occasion, told the girl to have another baby. So therefore, the mum wasn't deciding for the girl, nor was she telling her what to do.
resplendencerino_fml 3
#9... your dp is fantastic :)
nyf137 20
227, I bet if someone asked you every day if you were going to have another baby, you would feel irritated and pressured. You don't have to physically tell someone what to do to make them feel pressured.
DallasMavs 3
Isn't he good enough?
Fruit_Dealer 9
You look like one hell of a gangster.
flockz 20
haha that's funny fruit dealer. *whispers* hey can i get some grapes? actually no those ****** me up last time. give me a watermelon instead, ya? that will last me the whole week!
burro_fml 6
40- please say u were bing Sargent sarcasm there!
minktheshrink 0
77- I was going to "massage" you but decided to comment instead.