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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junkman6 22
Aggressive and badminton... Two words I never thought I would see put together.
ilovemychem 22
Competitive family?
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Comments (104)
redwill85 10
You should enjoy the time with family and not be so grrrrr. Have fun and Don't keep score.
LosingTemperR 8
Same here
rgearon 8
Why the f**k are you playing badminton with your mom?
RedPillSucks 33
What the **** is wrong with playing games with your {insert ANY family member here} ???
Levvy 22
Or she was referring to something else you aren't conscious of doing.
JCal585 8
You smashed a birdie against you mom? Oh my..
RedPillSucks 33
He smashed his shuttlecock against his mom. Much worse
mamadoc 4
Ask your mom why she wants to play badminton with you. Maybe she just wants to enjoy some time with you and have a bit of a work out. If she spends all her time standing around feeling frustrated while you are playing like it's life or death and she can't return your shots, it sounds like you created a lose lose situation.
Benbradley 5
smashing is aggressive
Omniprism 15
Sometimes just a simple game is good enough. Like when my mother and I play pool at the bar. I'm not very good but we don't make it too serious either. Maybe she's telling you to calm down and just enjoy the simplicity of a simple non game.
blackonblight 33
I don't get all the people going "let her win" because, in my experience, you know when someone let you win, and it feels like an insult. Either they think you can't handle losing, or you're not good enough to actually play seriously against, or they don't really want to be playing at all. At least, that's the way it may come across. Instead of going "let her win" why not say "don't play for points" I know when I suck at something playing without keeping score is much more fun.
pdp_fml 21
Even though your mom is whining, you should have let her win a few games. After all she is your mother!