Today, my family and I finished moving to Texas. As if that isn't bad enough, I'll have to introduce myself all over again to everyone I meet and explain that yes, my parents really did name me Lilypad. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I decided to pay a surprise visit to my family after I got some work leave. I drove over and knocked on the door, and a young couple answered. Apparently, my entire family decided to move to Texas, and didn't bother to tell me. FML
Today, I had to admit to everyone, including my cable guy, that I'm moving back in with my parents. FML
Today, I realized that since I was in elementary school, my friends, my workmates, and even my family, all call me accidentally by someone else's name instead of my actual name. I'm 30 years-old. FML
Today, I was so nervous introducing myself to my new team, I actually mispronounced my own name, badly, and now that’s how everyone refers to me, but again, I’m too nervous to correct anyone. It’s been a week already, so correcting them now would be extra weird. FML
Today, my in-laws moved in. FML
Today, my parents said that we're moving back to Los Angeles. I'm so fucking pissed off because in the couple of years since we moved to a tiny town, I've become a different person and love my new life. This is just completely undoing everything I've been through and they won't let me move in with my new best friend. FML
Today, my parents cut ties with me because I refused to drop out of college and move five states away with them for a "fresh start" after the deaths of my siblings. I basically lost my whole family in the span of just two months. FML
Today, I met my new roommate. She severely struggled with pronouncing my name, and decided that to save time and the effort, she's just going to call me what she thinks my name sounds like: Lube. FML
Today, I went to visit my parents after 4 years of not seeing them. They'd moved without telling me. FML
Today, I joined an impromptu work video meeting from a family vacation but forgot to change my display name from “Mom’s iPad.” For the entire hour, everyone called me “Mom” and I didn’t understand why they were calling me that. Once I realized what was going on, it was too late, so I’m officially “Mom” at work now. FML
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iluvpeanutbutter 22
Can't you just go by 'Lily' instead?
metallica_wins 20
Maybe you'll find your frog prince there.
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Comments (210)
712sash 26
Might as well find your "Marsh-mellow" :)
lochiamochia 25
Awww, do you have a Marshpillow?
IworkAt711 14
41- Trying to eliminate a stereotype while using another.....
capthigh 16
just tell them your name is Lily and your nickname is Lilypad
brendirific 12
you may find your marshpillow there ;)
perdix 31
#47, my little sister made up that word as a toddler many years ago. I knew we should have trademarked it!!
MrSassypants 34
Hey, I know a person named Lilypad moving to Texas. She's my daughter. It is probably just a coincidence because I know my daughter loves that name..... shit, it isn't.
SMHsohard 22
Parents don't always think it through when they name their kids. While Lilypad is a charming name, it can be agonizing to the child who constantly has to explain how it was bestowed on them. That said, thank your lucky stars you don't share a name with the twins I triaged in the ER when I was a student Nurse: Malie and FeMalie. Yes, their mother was that dumb.
TheDrifter 24
There's a fellow here in Canada named Dick Assman. His parents didn't even name him Richard and give him a choice.
MiloBear 11
My sister had twin patients. Their Zulu names were the equivalent of "God's Gift" and "The other one". Yes, Zulu is their home language.
SThompson90 7
just keep in mind that there is a real person named Asshole. It's pronounced ( A-sho-lei)
janibt 13
Texas is a great place ^_^.. although you should prepare yourself for bipolar weather.
Raykyogrou03 12
you could just introduce yourself as lilly