Today, my mom learned how to use the text messaging on her smartphone. I've received 37 already, and she calls after every single one to make sure I understood her. FML
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A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I finally taught my mom how to text message people. Now I get a message from her every 30 seconds saying "Hi". FML
Today, my mom finally learned how to text. Now it's her way of communicating, even when we're in the same room. FML
Today, I finally convinced my grandpa to try a smartphone. After an hour of teaching him how to text, he announced he'd figured it out on his own. The first message he ever sent was meant for me. It went to his pharmacist instead and simply read, "Love you. Thanks for everything." FML
Today, I got a text from my mom that said, “I’m so proud of you!” I immediately replied, “Thanks, Mom!” Then I realized it was meant for my sister, and my mom had accidentally texted me instead of her. FML
Today, I found out my best friend made a program to reply to my text messages with random sentences from a list. It took 15 minutes of texting before I finally noticed. FML
Today, I sent my mom a text to tell her about my promotion at work. She responded with, "Who is this?" It turns out that she deleted my number, because I "never call." FML
Today, I text messaged my mom from Afghanistan to let her know everything was okay. She responded, telling me not to message her so much because "the price of text messages really adds up." FML
Today, my phone rang for the first time in four days. It was my mom. She dialed the wrong number. FML
Today, I found out my dad bought an iPhone. I've spent the better part of the last six months teaching him how to check his email and online newspapers. FML
Today, I found out that my mom has linked my iPhone with her iPad and has been secretly reading my texts. FML
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ceddyz17 10
Smart phone used for dumb things
yamatelle 19
"Mom, please STFU!" "What does that mean?" "ummm...Save The Faithless Unbelievers..."
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joy118 5
What's the point in her texting you in the first place if she calls you afterwards? Parents just don't understand...lol
Enslaved 38
Parents Just Don't Understand -DJ Jazzy Jeff And The Fresh Prince have been singing about that for years.(:
yamatelle 19
"Mom, please STFU!" "What does that mean?" "ummm...Save The Faithless Unbelievers..."
crazychick1269 7
"mom WTF?" "what does that mean?" "were's the food"
Savra_fml 17
Either one of you is retarded, or you are enjoying the attention. Why didn't you just tell her after the 3rd, 4th, okay even 5th message, that you understand?
13FTW 9
Just no. Re read it.
Savra_fml 17
Ok. I re read it. Now what? I still think the OP could have told his mom, in a kind or unkind manner, depending on their relationship, that he understood before receiving all 37 texts and calls, to which he obviously picked up. But i will keep re reading it to make sure, ok?
nivek2120 8
Has it changed yet?
FYLDeep 26
Is she being weened off of the walkie talkie? You may have to send back "Roger that" after every text until she gets the hang of it.
IgotDatCheese 0
My mother has done the same thing to me too...
Cheerieful_fml 2
Send her 37 messages telling her to stop texting you. And make sure you call after each one, so you know she understands. :)
mk58 31
That's a good solution, actually. I'll try that on my mom...
nerdsgetmehot 23
When my mom texts, she tends to hit the shift button halfway through, so half of her texts look like she's yelling at me.
every1luvsboners 11
My mom tried the same thing and wouldn't stop until I started "accidentally" sending her pictures of my cramming inanimate objects up my arse. Sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do, ya know.
elephantom12 9
I really don't understand why you would send pictures of things up your ass to your mom, even if she was being annoying with constant text messages.
HomeAl0ne 20
Have you heard of abbreviations like LOL for 'laugh out loud' and l8r for 'later'? Well, pictures such as his are an acceptable shorthand for 'you're a pain in the ass'.
Okayitwasme 0
Bahahahaaa
GraceKathryn97 0
Sorry...sounds like my mom! :
perdix 31
Maybe if you replied to one of the texts, she'd realize that it worked. As a good kid, you should teach her that texts don't start with "Dear ____" followed by a weather report and they don't need to be signed at the end.