Today, my mother burst into tears and hysterics when she found out my fiancée and I were not "pure" for our upcoming wedding. I'm 28, she's 27, and we've lived together for four years. FML
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Today, my mother burst into tears when I told her I was engaged. They were not tears of joy, however. She was crying because although she insists she’s "not" racist, she was crying because none of her grandchildren would be "pure." My fiancé is black. FML
Today, I had to watch as my deeply religious mother broke out in tears of joy, as she said how happy she was that I was waiting until marriage to have sex. I didn't have the heart to tell her that my fiancé and I fucked on the first date. FML
Today, my mother found out that my fiancée broke up with her last boyfriend because she didn't want kids and he did. She's now demanding that I either change her mind, or call things off with her. FML
Today, I finally told my fiancé about the crippling sexual abuse I suffered through as a child. He immediately broke off the wedding. His reason? He can't marry someone who isn't "pure". FML
Today, we told my fiancé's parents that I'm pregnant. His mom's response? "I'm going to throw up. You can't raise a child." We are both 28, self-sufficient and everyone else is thrilled. FML
Today, I planned on introducing my fiancé to my parents. After the introductions, and telling him how I hoped our relationship would have the same amount of love and commitment that has lasted my mother and father for 25 years, my parents awkwardly announced their imminent divorce. FML
Today, I was busy going over wedding plans with my fiancé, when my mother called. Apparently, she wants me to "drop the joke" about this "fake engagement", because she was under the impression I was only dating a white guy to piss her and dad off, and was now getting carried away with it. FML
Today, I got married and my mom refused to be there because my dad, whose guts she hates, was there even though I promised repeatedly that I would keep them apart. I couldn't do the mother-son dance. She keeps insisting that it was a "lapse in judgment." Yeah, like we're really going to be able to have a do-over. FML
Today, I got married to my girlfriend of three years. Her mother's Alzheimer's came into play at the wedding when she asked who I was. My bride-to-be couldn't stop crying. FML
Today, my fiancé won't tell people we're engaged because his mother doesn't approve, and he doesn't want to upset her. FML
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iamabamf 17
I'm curious to know how she found out you weren't "pure."
PipingMouse 14
I'm sure she thought you slept in different bedrooms, and coordinated your schedules so you could avoid each other until you were married.
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Comments (118)
heavenleigh85 5
Did she think you guys were playing scrabble For 4 years? Slept in separate rooms? Is she completely insane? There is just no logic here your mom needs help.
fleur_de_fevrier_fml 23
What I don't understand is this "purity" thing. That you are considered impure because you decide to have sex is pretty obscurantist. If God exists, why make sex so good and enjoyable and consider it as sin when done outside marriage? It's like putting a bar of chocolate in front of a person trying to lose weight: tempting them to make them feel bad if they don't resist. Talk about being compassionate...
TheNewGuy03 29
Virgin Alarm.
allduhr 10
Omg that sucks. My cousins are starting to find spouses in life and get engaged and when we went on a trip and my cousin shared a room with his girlfriend my grandma was like "omg no! They aren't married!! What if they have sex! I know it's a natural thing! But he's (my cousin) is still in school!!"
gymnast4life77 17
How is your mom 27 and your 28?! And even if it was the other way around... How'd she have a baby at one years old I'm confused....
gymnast4life77 17
I understand now .-. Sorry people
BananerzFresh 12
You should have just humored her.
kierabehr 8
How did that conversation come up...
sarg1994 3
U need a new ma bra
LissaMccracken 23
Well if you lived together for four years I would assume you weren't "pure"... oh well
jamieeelynn57 8
I thought I was supposed to cry about my love life, not my mom.