Today, my mother in-law made dessert. It was a beautiful chocolate cake, chocolate cookies, and every other thing had chocolate in it. I'm deathly allergic to chocolate and she knows this. FML
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Today, my mom baked a cake for the whole family. One spent EpiPen later, I found out there were nuts in it, which I'm severely allergic to. My mom's defense was that she thought I'd have "gotten over" my allergy by now. FML
Today, I found out that I'm not actually allergic to chocolate, when my mom freely admitted to me that she made it up when I was a child because she didn't want to share any cookies with me. FML
Today, my mom made my favorite dessert, a pudding. For some reason, she decided to put strawberries in it. She knows I’m allergic to strawberries. She said, “Stop bitching. If you don’t like it, don’t eat it then. Problem solved.” FML
Today, a coworker left a chocolate cake on the "free food" table in the office. I had a slice. She's just called to ask if she left her grandmother's birthday cake at work. She made it from scratch. Now I'm baking a new cake in the office kitchen. FML
Today, I went to the doctor, only to find out I can no longer eat chocolate, my favorite food. When I got home, my boyfriend took the chocolate cake I'd been eating from the fridge, sat down in front of me, and ate the whole thing without breaking eye contact. FML
Today, my mother turned up drunk at my house with a chocolate cake for my 14th birthday. I'm 27, I haven’t seen her in 6 years, I'm allergic to chocolate, and when she saw that I had 2 kids, she wanted to know why I'd bothered, since kids are always "such a disappointment". FML
Today, my mom told me she is serving lasagna and Italian cream cake at my bridal shower. I'm severely lactose intolerant, which I have been telling her for years. She responded by telling me, and I quote, "The food is for the guests." FML
Today, after telling my mother-in-law about my recent miscarriage, she cheerfully made a cake to celebrate. FML
Today, it was my birthday. My only birthday present was a cake that my dad bought from Walmart. Well, it sure looked tasty. The only problem: it had nuts on it. Guess what I'm highly allergic too? At least my dad told me he'd "tell me how it tastes." FML
Today, I got my mom (who is a diabetic) a set of sugar-free chocolates for Mother's Day. Everything was fine on that day, and my mom decided to share them since I bought a good sized box. I was perfectly fine, but my mom had explosive diarrhea for the rest of the day. I'll never buy THOSE again. FML
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sarahperez_fml 12
She must hate you a lot.
JasonUMN 15
Every desert was chocolate? I'll be right back, I have a trip to the Sahara scheduled.
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Comments (181)
crazytwinsmom 25
I'm not sure what bothers me more, what she did or the fact that you can't have chocolate. I'm a chocoholic.
AlaskanG 27
#40 it doesn't say that it's a guy...
Sweetpea22 14
And where in that comment did #19 even come close to implying the OP was gay?
Neesalun 20
That's intent to make you feel bad. Too bad -not really, but that you weren't deathly allergic and by being so close didn't cause a severe reaction...epi pen...ER visit. That way she can feel guilty for her actions.
glabberfasted 16
"I'm deathly allergic..."
cryssycakesx3 23
I never understood the hatred for in-laws, especially mothers. even during dating you should become friends, at least for the sake of dating their child. my mom hasn't been very motherly, more of a friend and my dad lives far away. I love going over to either of his parents' house they might not be like my parents, but they're definitely family.
glitterkuro 18
This is a case where the mother-in-law seems to hate the OP. It isn't specified whether OP has anything against her.
cryssycakesx3 23
OK.... I understand the actual reasons why people don't get along but thanks doesn't clearing I up. I wasn't saying her actions were petty or not. I was making a generalization based on a lot of fmls concerning in-laws that have no merit. but again, thank you for sorting out what's a reasonable disagreement and what's not.
cryssycakesx3 23
and boohoo OP can't eat the dessert. it's not like it was the main course, as I said in a different comment. I think OP needs to realize not everyone's menu revolves around him/her. people forget things too, it doesn't have to be malicious. my live in boyfriend of 2 years is veg and I forget all the time.
glabberfasted 16
Being vegetarian DOES NOT equal having a deadly allergy. I highly suggest you Google anaphylaxis. Just being in a room with their allergy can kill them. That's what you're not getting.
MandieL 27
Many mother in laws have issues with a girl stealing their son, this is where most of the animosity stems from. Based on what you have written in all your posts, you are extremely ignorant and do not understand what is happening in this FML. You sound inconsiderate as well. How can you forget your boyfriend is a vegetarian after 2 years?!? And regardless if it is preference or necessity, as it is in this FML as well as my own situation, people should still have enough respect towards the other person to accommodate them as well, rather than making them feel like an outcast as Op's mother in law did.
Q94 5
Passive aggressive bullshyt...
Rainhawk94 27
Why does the gender even matter, it has no relation to the fml at all
Phillies9513 4
Well at least she didn't disguise the chocolate and/or force you to eat it.
ambery1486 3
My MIL continued calling me by my hubby's ex gfs name for 2 years after we were married. She would say "oh I'm sorry, she's just such a big part of my family sometimes I forget she's not here" we were together 2 yrs before we got married. I feel your pain!!
cryssycakesx3 23
76, no one said it did. 19 assumed OP was female whereas 40 thought male since it wasn't specified. gender validity wasn't challenged.