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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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, my mom told me that she doesn't want me to help any of my friends get a job at the restaurant I work at. Apparently, she thinks that they would do a better job than me and get me fired. FML
Today, once again, my mom ranted about how she sacrificed so much for me by moving to a better city. I said it was for my education and to stop making me feel like a burden. She scoffed, "Right, you never should've been born. My mistake." FML
Today, my mom told me I'm the reason she's going to kill herself one day. FML
Today, my mother won't let me intern at a prestigious college, working with graduate students and professors, and being paid, because she doesn't want to drive me. FML
Today, after having spent years staying in school, working hard to achieve good grades, and avoiding all the bad kids, my mom accused me of having no direction in life and complained about how I haven't given her a grandchild yet. I'm 19. FML
Today, I dropped out of college and moved back home to help my mom take care of my younger siblings after our father's death. My mom yelled at me and scolded me and lectured me for throwing my life away, and said this was the last thing she ever wanted me to do. I thought she needed help. FML
Today, my mother told me she's disappointed in me for not going to a better college, and that if I was in the top ten of my class that the rest of those ten must be really dumb. Fact is, I threw away the acceptance letters to Carnegie Mellon and Cornell because I didn't want her to have to pay. FML
Today, my mom said if I don't get straight As in my classes this year, she'll get the school to hold me back until I do. I believe her. FML
Today, my mom is obsessed with my academic success, as she was a highschool dropout, and actually gives me more homework than my school does, all so I’ll be more advanced than my peers. I barely know what a television is anymore, since it’s been so long I’ve had enough free time to watch one. FML
Today, I found out that my mother has been purposely wrecking every relationship I've had since junior high because ''no one is good enough for her little girl''. FML
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Top comments
24788 7
Don't listen to her... You are your own person. Is she going to pay all your bills & expenses?
where_i_stood 0
Don't quit. It's your life.
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Comments (133)
alley_cat_118 0
I don't know if this will be comforting or just sad, but-- I know 2 people (both girls) who are in the same situation with their mothers.
Ray_of_midnight 23
OMG. What a crab mentality. I hope you become more successful than the lot of them, in spite of them.
MissTryst 0
Be ridiculously successful, enjoy the lifestyle that comes with it and don't forget to extend a glaring F-you to your family when they come begging at your door!
wrigglezeus 0
that's pretty much sounds very similer to my gf who's going through the same matter FYL :(
deliapearl 0
tell that bitch that maybe she should push your sisters to step their game up
meta_knight_486 5
If the OP wants to go out into the world and make a success out of herself, who's anyone to stop her? Hell, you've only got one life, you might as well make the best you can out of it.
MadHate4MyLife 0
FYM I'd totally hate your mom
coopcake 0
FYL I can't believe your mom said that to you. I don't have any kids, but I always wonder if people who do, pick a favourite?
coolio2120 0
Wow
TonyHighwind 0
Get out now. Visit at Christmas.