Today, my mom stopped playing badminton with me because she claimed I was too aggressive. Apparently winning, playing by the rules, and smashing is considered aggressive. 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 got dragged into playing doubles tennis. It was me and my wife against her parents. I wound up hitting the ball too hard. My mother-in-law, who has the reaction times of a comatose turtle, got nailed. Everyone's convinced I did it on purpose because of our mutual hatred of each other. FML
Today, my mum yelled "Son of a bitch!" as I narrowly beat her at a game of Mario Kart. I jokingly yelled back "Hell yeah I am!" Now I'm grounded for two weeks, birthday included, all because my mum's a sore loser. FML
Today, my girlfriend beat me at ping pong, twenty to three. She said I let her win because I don't respect her, then stormed out of the room. I'm just really bad at ping pong. FML
Today, my mom complained that I was being too loud, and she smacked my head really hard. All while screaming at me. FML
Today, at a mixed-family game of rugby, my dad resorted to calling me a "goddamned accident" and eventually body-slamming me, just so I'd stop playing long enough for his team to score. FML
Today, while playing badminton at school, I got an opponent who is mentally handicapped. Since I'm terrible at the game, I guess the teacher assumed it would be a good match. I won the match, my first victory ever. My teacher accused me of cheating to humiliate him. FML
Today, my mom caught me playing Mortal Kombat and had a fit about the violence, saying she read violent video games turn young people like me into mass murderers. I’m 29 years-old with my own flat and she still tries to treat me like a dumb impressionable teenager. FML
Today, my mom got mad at me. She told me that the neighbor was stupid for letting their kids play all over the street alone. I said it was fine, because the mom walked right next to the daughter as she played on her scooter. She argued, “Why do you always have to disagree with me?” FML
Today, I went to eat with my girlfriend, her parents and my mother. My mother complained about every aspect of the service. When I told her she needed to assert herself, she took her pocketbook and hit me over the head. The whole restaurant stared at us while she yelled "Is that assertive enough?" FML
Today, my mom spent an hour lecturing me on how I'm a doormat who lets people walk all over me, and that I needed to be more assertive. So I stood up and told my dad, no, I am not going on that forestry camp he wants me to go to. Mom sat silently by as he screamed and grounded me for the entire summer. FML
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Top comments
junkman6 22
Aggressive and badminton... Two words I never thought I would see put together.
ilovemychem 22
Competitive family?
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ilovemychem 22
Competitive family?
MisterEx 28
I would love to see OP and their family spending a nice and quiet monopoly night.
telli164 30
#44. Monopoly, quiet? Since when...
Rainhawk94 27
#50, that's his point, it's not
telli164 30
Yeah ok, thanks captain obvious. I thought you fmlers could smell sarcasm a mile away.
Pleonasm 36
But replying to sarcasm with sarcasm doesn't really work, seeing as how what worked with his joke was the implication, and you kind of robbed it of that by stating it more obviously. And it's easy to see how it would be confused for not-sarcasm, since it didn't really resemble sarcasm. It came off as that incredulous way of saying 'since when' that people use when someone says something that you AREN'T agreeing with, whereas if he's being sarcastic then you are agreeing with him...
telli164 30
Yes. I 'robbed' a comment.
telli164 30
Didn't see your edit until my time was up: I was sarcastically agreeing with him. Now if you're finished having a meltdown over a misunderstood comment, would you like to move on?
Pleonasm 36
Condescension will get you nowhere. But I guess it's easier than admitting that how you played your comment out could be confusing to others over the internet where people can't hear tone or inflection, and where people often post things like 'since when' seriously. I didn't have a meltdown I was having a discussion with you. And yes, we're done, you child. I understood what you meant, but I also understood the confusion the other person had so tried explaining it to you. I geuss that's what I get.
telli164 30
Oh yes cause I really care how far I get on FML. There are more important things to achieve in life sorry.. I'm not trying to deny anything about my comment. I just don't see the point in having a debate with you, over the fact that you didn't understand my ******* comment.
babygurll19 10
#66 and 69, well said!
ghostsoul21 12
#50 needs to calm her ****.. Holy..
RedPillSucks 33
@telli164 Damn. Just admit you screw up already. You can't even take the high road properly.
telli164 30
I already did. And I don't need to calm my **** you lil biatch. Im laughing at you all for getting so wound up over a comment. Well done guys.
mikbrooke 25
uh 95, 69 just CLEARLY said he understood what you meant, but you felt the need to swear and tell him he doesnt understand? you got just as worked up as anyone else did. so yeah, you do need to calm ya **** and stop being so rude.
Danne696 14
Perhaps the mother isn't very competetive at all and just wants to relax by having a calm game.
curlytop101 23
Maybe she just wanted to play for fun?
Smeedz 8
Don't feel bad. A little competition is healthy.
chutney_02 22
The mother should be happy they're not playing tennis then
adrianh1090 12
How is competition healthy?
PIGaming 21
=_= #20. Competition allows us to be more innovative, and constantly stride to do better, in order to come out on top.
Hiimhaileypotter 53
There are actually some kid leagues of soccer that don't keep score. Basically, everyone wins. It's complete shit. There's no incentive to try, just so everyone "feels good. "
ItsATwinThing 9
I know right! There are also sports days when no one is a winner. I mean come on, in life there are winners and there are losers and teaching that is better than trying to save others feelings. Nobody doing a job interview will be like "Good try, everyone who applied is getting a job."
junkman6 22
No child left behind! It's bullying to have someone lose! Etc etc bleeding heart BS.
imlifeless2 25
#53, I still find those leagues ironic, because then the kids feel shitty for essentially being worthless to the outcome of the game, as nothing they do changes anything.
jgwyh 18
Too aggressive with the (shuttle)****
icandothecancan 24
I love a good **** innuendo.
Rainhawk94 27
In the words of Nigel thornberry,smashing"
Credibleskills 28
Not a bad pun
waroftheroses 16
^ this comment. Ahahaha why did you get thumbed down for this?? Brilliant :)
Plastic_Stitchez 25
Play with someone else?!
junkman6 22
Aggressive and badminton... Two words I never thought I would see put together.
Pleonasm 36
That shuttlecock goes pretty fast when smashed by a professional. I can see how someone delivering a hard smash at someone relatively new to the sport could be a bit scared. In that sense it can be aggressive- aggressive smashing. I know someone who lost an eye due to smash, so yea it's a physical sport!
RandomHavoc1 13
my friends did the same as OPs mom, claiming I was smashing too much and not letting them play. I was on the badminton team, and we were taught not to stoop to the opposite players abilities, and though it sounds harsh, I still hold that rule with me today for basically everything I do.
unluckyguy1 11
Shut the hell up stupid
RedPillSucks 33
@79 well, if you're playing for fun, what's the point of trying to dominate the other player. It's not a serious competition. I never understood why people need to win at any cost in every game. Sometimes it's the playing that's fun.
_kyleG_ 34
Sore losers always come up with excuses
Indianboy9321 25
If your mom is a beginner or not as good, maybe you should have taken it down a notch! But if you want some practice, try and also find someone who is equally skilled, if not better!
TheGreatAlexande 12
Honestly, I can see where the mother is coming from. Even if she isn't a beginner she could just want to play a casual game of badmitton and he's being really competitive, I've seen people like that before.
ninipooh2 18
Exactly! I had a friend who always did that and it was really annoying when you just wanted to play a relaxing game.
kittie77 10
Don't take it personally, she secretly wish she could could beat you.
a_wiener_d0g 15
#8 shuttlecock is just more fun to say
access_unlimited 15
playing with mom... LAME expecting her to play competitive.... SUPERLAME get a life
junkman6 22
Obvious troll is obvious. But I'll bite and send some troll back. My mother was a college volley ball player and I've yet to beat that woman at volley ball and have had a few black eyes from catching her spikes with my face. Trust me, she competes. Also, "just cuz yo mama lame don't mean every mama be lame!"
jazzy_123 20
uhh no... I wish I could play sports with my mom but she can't and doesn't even know how to... only zumba x) that's always fun!
Jellybellybeanz 22
The same thing happened with me when I played ping pong with this guy. We were playing inside and he kept saying the wind blew the ball or I had experience so it didn't count. He would stand to one side of the table and when I hit it on the other he said I was cheating. He would also double touch and when I called him on it he said I making up rules. Some people are just sore losers OP. Be proud you're good at something and go find someone who plays by the rules and doesn't mind losing sometimes.