Today, my mother sat me down to tell me that since coming home from college, I sounded like "a liberated woman." She was disappointed and disturbed by this, and said that I should stop having strong opinions and ideals because it would make finding a husband for me difficult. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I had to explain to my mother that a lace mini-dress with an obscene amount of cleavage was not appropriate to wear while meeting my boyfriend's parents. She called me an "annoying prude" and said that with my attitude, I don't deserve to have a man. FML
Today, my mom once again told me that I'm too young and immature to get married, and that I don't know what love is. I'm 29, have a successful career, own my own home, and am financially stable. FML
Today, I finally thought that my mother was okay with me being a lesbian. Then, over dinner, she turns to me and says, "So, do you still think you like girls, or are you going to start being normal again?" FML
Today, my mother is mad at me because I dared, yes DARED, to go out with a girl who stands up to her instead of just meekly doing what she tells her. Which should tell you exactly what sort of woman my mother is, so you know this FML is just the tip of my lifelong misery iceberg. FML
Today, I went out to dinner with my mom and several of her friends. My mom spent the entire night gushing about my Ivy League school and med student boyfriend. I attend a state university and I'm single. She threatened to cut me off if I didn't play along. FML
Today, I was talking with my mother and expressed my slight disappointment at how many of my friends are getting into relationships, whereas I'm still single. My mother decided to encourage me by saying "Don't worry, sweetie. There are boys out there who don't go for looks. You'll be fine". FML
Today, my mom was helping me plan for going to college. After 30 minutes of me getting more upset, and her getting more frustrated, she directed me to Tinder, a wedding venue website, and the local address for Planned Parenthood. Her actual words were, "There's no shame in being a stay at home dad these days." FML
Today, my wife said I was being difficult and unreasonable, and called my mother to talk to me about my behaviour. What did I do, you ask? I dared to share my opinion on something I happen to feel strongly about, instead of just mindlessly agreeing with her opinion like I have for the past 22 years. FML
Today, my mother described what her ideal daughter-in-law should be like. Halfway through her description, fishing for some compliments, I told her that such a girl would be way above my league. She sighed and emphatically agreed. FML
Today, my mother told me I should think about quitting school. She explained that the reason was because she didn't want me to be more successful than my older sisters. FML
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softbonez 0
Tell your mom to shut the **** up and that this isn't the 1950's.
drewpy 0
Don't stop being "a liberated woman" everyone should use their brains and being willing to speak in a peaceful manor and have discussions on issues. Besides I would rather date a woman that can tell me that I am wrong and then we can discuss why I am wrong and find common ground. Keep it up, your doing the right thing.
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arabianbeauty 0
should not be**
FormatEntity 0
hell that sounds fine to me. I am tired of getting smacked around from my "liberated" woman.
defsdgdh 4
Tell your mom that because of Lincoln she has to clean my house.....
postit_fml 0
Dear commenters, Finally, the OP is here to speak up. I would like to clarify a few things about my post. First, I'm really sorry that this has been misinterpreted as a commentary on the state of affairs in Oman. It is not. Oman is a wonderful country that is consistent with "hir23"'s claims. NEITHER IS MY FAMILY MUSLIM. I thus do not feel like it is my place to comment on the state of muslim women in Oman, but from what I can tell, they seem happy and free. So to reiterate: Not Muslim, Not Omani. I just happen to live there. Yet, my culture is pretty archaic and places undue value on conformity.
ak7987 0
WTF is a liberated women doing on fml?
postit_fml 0
Also, as the OP I would like to apologize to the muslim/arab community on behalf of people who clearly don't know what they're talking about. I have lived in an arab country for years and have deep respect for your people.
postit_fml 0
@#134 and others, However, the types of opinions and ideals I talked to my mother about had to do with freedom to choose your own way of life. One that might be contrary to the cultural norm of getting married young and having children.
ImAsianDuh 0
Gah. I'm a Vietnamese woman going to college in the US, and these days when I'm home in Vietnam, EVERYONE tells me not to get a Ph.D. because it'll make it hard for me to get a husband. I have so many sardonic responses to that, I don't even know which one to start with.
cabernet 0
WTF, you didn't even get what I was saying. I am very much pro-choice and am GLAD we have abortion, not that that has anything to do with my comment. It seems like you just wanted to bring up abortion to instigate more debate here. Regardless, did my comment go totally over your head, or just partially? From the looks of your response, I'm guessing totally. "Sweety." ;D
shanemomo 0
I was pointing out your double standard in holding us soldiers to account but not terrorists. Also, if u don want to get pregnant use contraception.