Today, my mother still refuses to acknowledge my son as her grandson, all because I had a C-section, which she says is unnatural and against God's will. I only had the C-section in the first place for health reasons. 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 asked my Dad if it was true that my mother had a C-section at my birth. He replied "Yeah, so technically you weren't even born, you were surgically removed, like a tumor." FML
Today, my husband got a vasectomy. My mother-in-law is extremely upset that he only gave her one grandson. Guess my other son doesn't count. FML
Today, despite my warnings, my mother continues to go see my ex's son and encourage her to get more child support from me. They both say that because I signed the birth certificate, that makes that baby mine. I don't think he is, and I'm currently with someone else, with my first real son on the way. FML
Today, I came out to my mom as a lesbian. She told me that it was impossible, because since she isn't one, she therefore couldn't have given birth to one. She still won't believe me. FML
Today, my father informed me that I was born only because my mom lied about being on birth control. FML
Today, at my strictly Catholic grandmother's funeral, I was made to sit in the row behind the rest of the family, because I was born out of wedlock and wasn't a 'real' member. FML
Today, my 5 year old son asked me to explain how he was born. After I told him I had a C-Section, he went to school and told everyone he was born at sea. I found out when the teacher called me. 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, my mother-in-law was so rabid to meet her first grandson, she didn’t just nudge me aside to get to the delivery room, she two-hand shoved me in the chest so I flew backwards and down a flight of stairs. I’m now in a neck brace for a hairline crack to my vertebrae and can’t pick up my own son. FML
Today, my daughter told me she never wants to see me again because I had an abortion. She wanted me to have the baby and then give it to her so she could raise it as hers. FML
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Top comments
justcommenting19 19
How dare you be careful with your own life?! That's not gods will! In all seriousness though, do you really want a crazy, over-zealously religious woman like that be near your son? Be thankful, maybe?
igg125 30
Maybe that wasn't an option 2000 years ago. Neither was half the stuff she owns.
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Comments (122)
Amie89 20
Actually, Cesarean section surgery was probably around during or shortly after Christ's lifetime. You can tell her that, or you can thank God that she's got such a serious case of rectal-cranial inversion, thereby sparing your son such a lifelong horror.
NuttyProfessor 7
She is sick, move on and don't let her poison your son with her mind games.
PineapplePizza 15
Congratulations on the new baby! What you did WAS natural. You said health reasons, so I assume either you or your baby were in trouble (maybe both), so what you did was right. It's normal and your mother needs to understand that a vaginal birth isn't always possible. You still carried your child and he's no different than any baby who could be delivered 'naturally'.
8djht8 19
How dumb, sorry they'll probably come around after some guilt sets in. What about no judging and forgiveness
vikky538 29
Do those people still exist?
XsophielouiseX 5
That's awful. I am so sorry. Either s natural birth of a c-section is still giving birth and your mother sounds like such a rude and horrible women.
billboob 21
That's genuinely disgusting of your mother. Same old " if she easily ignored you you obviously don't mean that much to her" kind of advice, just ignore her. Sorry to say but your mother seems to care way more about God than her family.
dcharold 11
Sounds like the Disciples of the New Dawn satire on C-section... But OP, if your mom really is that crazy I feel bad for you!
healthcarechick 9
Your mom is a whacko!!!!
lilithfury 23
It might be painful to head, but you, and your son are better off without her.