Today, my mother not only told me that my ex-husband will be spending Thanksgiving with her and my dad, but that I'm also no longer invited to spend the holiday with my family. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, my mother called to uninvite me from Christmas, my ex-wife is going and she doesn't want it to be awkward for her. FML
Today, my mum told me she would rather spend Christmas with her boyfriend than with her own family. FML
Today, my parents invited all their kids and grandkids to join them on a vacation trip to the mountains; all their kids except me, that is. I'm not invited. But they did invite my ex-husband. And his new girlfriend. FML
Today, I found out my family's Thanksgiving was canceled. Why? Because my mom doesn't want to cheat on her diet, so we aren't having it at all. FML
Today, my mom is coming to pick up the Christmas presents we got for her and her husband. She won’t come inside or come within 6 feet, so she can be healthy when she goes down to the ex-wife’s parents house to hang out. The ex in-laws that hate me. Glad my mom chose them over me. FML
Today, my dad told my mom to only drop off my sister for Thanksgiving and not me. Guess I was wrong about him wanting to work on our relationship. FML
Today, I found out my ex got invited to our Christmas Party. I also found out that she got much more presents and money from my family than I did. FML
Today, I found out that I'm not welcome at my boyfriend's dad funeral, because his ex-wife has invited herself, and it would be too awkward to explain to his extended family, most of whom apparently don't yet know that he's divorced. FML
Today, I spent Thanksgiving alone. I'm not close to my family, I'm the black sheep but my sister said she would come over. To my surprise, she ended up going to my family's', where I'm not wanted. My boyfriend went to his family's, so I spent the whole day alone. He'd even took my dog. FML
Today, I had to break up a fistfight between my wife and mother. Apparently, my mom heard that I finally got the great paying job of my dreams, and told my wife I'd finally kick her "useless ass to the curb." We have to spend the holidays together. FML
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aforbiddendance 23
That sucks, OP. Why won't you take revenge and go on a family holiday with your ex mother-in-law?
Redgrass7 7
31 I see these FMLs ALL the time. My guess is she cheated on him and left him with the kids, or cleared out his bank account, etc.... Something along those lines. Family isn't going to disown you and pick up the ex because you forgot to bring a dish to a party or something.
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aforbiddendance 23
That sucks, OP. Why won't you take revenge and go on a family holiday with your ex mother-in-law?
michaelaranda 28
Spending the holidays with your in laws just doesn't seem fun. as for op, sorry your family is being a major dick.
Gingerette 8
That could actually work, as I bet the in laws are pissed that the ex husband isn't attending their holiday festivities..
CrazyGirlfriend 21
42, depends on the in laws. if I do actually marry my bf one day then I will adore my in laws lol.
PokemonMaster0 15
Not sure if spending the holidays with your former in-laws is a good idea. Unless you're the ex, of course.
IGaveRickUp 15
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Oh yeah, you just gotta hate when that happens.
suzimajor 6
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feck em darl...go and enjoy ur life and big dog turds to them. !!! tell ur mum and dad they're nothing but low lifes !!! as for ur ex...thank whoever that he is ur EX !!
ChenEighty 20
Your comment is so badly said that I can't tell if it had a point or not. Either way, there's also the possibility that OP was the cause of the divorce (e.g. they cheated or something), and they deserve it. That would explain why the parents wanted to be with the ex for thanksgiving.
Queensland 27
There are unsaid rules on FML, one of them being if you choose not to speak proper English in coherent sentences, try and make sense at least.
evan_7899 28
Indeed, the mods should enfore that rule more often because I spend too much time trying to decode whatever these people are trying to say. Soon I will find a txt to english translator on the internet and copy and paste. And actually it is a rule, look at the commenters policy, it strictly forbids any text language
bluehero 17
Yeah big dog turds to them! LOL
kathryn14 19
This is horrible. Try to talk some sense into your mother, but if that can't be done just forget about them. Keep you're head up. That's really really messed up
iSleep 5
Maybe thats what her parents (not only one...) tried to do at some point and then they just gave up. Why should they ruin their holidays if they dont agree with her? Shes not a kid; you usually get what you deserve.... Considering everything i highly doubt she didnt bring it in her own. To have not one but both parents against you, for them to choose an ex husband (sometimes spouses become part of the family you know....) and explicitly tell you not to come is something i find hard to accept that the op is without fault
kristenmg21 10
I'm sorry, but family is family. and when someone divorces their spouse, they are no longer family. it doesn't matter what happened. and for them to choose the ex over their child is terrible, no matter what.
Leetswaglordmaybe2 9
utter BS. family is what you have once you get rid of all the shit. A ******* stray dog can be more of a family than an abusive drug addict father. Having same genes means nothing if the relationship itself is a torture.
babygirl4855 11
My parents divorced when I was younger and my mom always went family events on my dads side. They are now back married and happy. May not be normal but it was normal for my family.
CrazyGirlfriend 21
my brother is a liar and a drug addicted that we have tried to help for years but constantly just uses us. eventually you just stop trying to help cause you know there isnt anything you can do but try to live your life... but we used to still talk to his exwife and try to invite her over since she is the mother of my neice.
Avenueoftrees 15
That's ****** up! Why would they do that?
ninety 25
Probably because OP did something ****** up
AverageJoey 18
I agree with #2 and I also want to know what happened.
ChenEighty 20
There's a reply button for that, and as far as I know, it should work on every platform.
bayliebug 14
Need more details on this one. OP could be a totally dramatic, hateful, horrible person who always kind of ruins the holidays and they are tired of it. I've seen this first hand. Or it could be something else... Maybe they just enjoy the ex-husband's company more, and don't want it to be awkward with her there. In which case I'd assume that OP isn't very close to their parents anyway. I don't know. Like I said, we need more details to really know whether she deserved this...
sikunt89_fml 16
My aunty is a bitch at every family gathering, but we don't just not invite her, that's just rude, not to mention mean.
toneeangel 22
That's still THEIR child no matter if she's a bitch or not. Maybe the ex is having a harder time then she is still that wasn't cool and they shouldn't do that. I'd go anyway though.
CrazyGirlfriend 21
some times "family" gets disowned..but I dont think it should happen if theyre just bitchy. it has taken 27 years for my mother to finally realize that she cant help my brother through all of his issues (I cant even go into all the horrific details...lets just say my childhood was filled with fights and abuse from my brother). eventually you do disown family for your well being and happiness. she will talk to him if he messages her but he doesnt receive help from us anymore but his exwife is welcome any time. you cant help those who dont help themselves. I really want to know if something like that happened or if her parents are just being bitchy.
oj101 33
Please don't take this the wrong way, but perhaps your mom likes your ex more than you for a reason. Blood is not always thicker than water, and mother/daughter relationships are often tumultuous, so she might be looking for a breath of fresh air. Either way, it was spiteful of her not to invite you- especially if he's going.
Cujo3269 9
Somethings missing. You ****** him over somehow I bet.
abbymackenziee 20
That sucks. Family first, in my opinion.
iSleep 5
Family first.... If she was the cause of the divorce then im guessing family doesnt mean much to her.