Today, my mother took a bunch of sleeping pills, then went driving. I followed her and dialed 911. Now she thinks that I was "trying to get her arrested," and she refuses to talk to me ever again. 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 very drunk mother decided to run down the block naked, screaming at the top of her lungs, "She's trying to kill me!" as I followed behind her in my car, yelling for her to get in. FML
Today, while I took my dog out, my mother began to cook, took a Xanax, locked the doors, and passed out. When I managed to get in, I called the paramedics because she was in the smoke for at least an hour. When she became conscious, she blamed me for everything. FML
Today, I was woken up at 11:30 am by my mother standing over my bed, screaming at me. I'm 30 years-old, married, and do not live with her. She broke into my house because I didn't answer my phone, because I'm sick and on prescription sleep meds. WTF? FML
Today, as usual, my mom got shitfaced and started berating me for something. This time, it was for missing a therapy appointment. Not only am I unable to drive, it was her appointment. For her alcoholism. FML
Today, while my friends were over, my mom took too many of her pills and walked around the house nude. She then bit me. FML
Today, my mom got drunk and tried to push me off a ladder. FML
Today, my crazy drug-addict mother kicked me out of the house after siding with my crazy, drug-addict aunt, who'd just threatened to slit my throat. FML
Today, I got a knock on my door at 3 a.m. Turns out, if I ignore my mother long enough, she will assume I have died and will call the cops. FML
Today, while riding in the car with my mother, we got into an argument, at which point she pulled the vehicle over, took the key out of the ignition and used it to turn off the passenger airbag. She then continued driving in silence. FML
Today, I woke up with a high fever and hallucinations. I called for my mother, who after checking me, swore that I was just hungover from a night of partying, called me a "f*cking hedonist", and refused to help. FML
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oslate 4
wow with all do respect mom sounds like a dumbass parent
megajako 0
well...technically u were...technically
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Comments (97)
TobyFunke 3
You're a moron, she has a point. If you wanted to protect her, maybe you should have tried to stop her from getting into her car. Offered to go and do whatever she was going to do, or drive her there. Clearly you were free to get into your car and follow so you werent busy. She has a valid point, your actions show that you were trying to get your mom arrested, not trying to protect her... so welllll obviously! you deserve it!
Sinkhole 26
Apparently, you're the moron. What makes you think that he didn't try to stop her? If she couldn't reason enough to see that it was not a good idea to go driving, she was obviously going to refuse his offer to drive her wherever she wanted to go.
LoveMySoldier82 0
The hell I would get into a car with someone looped on sleeping pills!
ChibiChibi_fml 28
I posted this above as well but Perhaps it was something like this: 1. Mom takes a bunch of sleeping pills and heads off to her room 2. OP heads to their own room or somewhere similar 3. OP hears a door open and close and makes it to a window just in time to see mom pulling out of the driveway. 4. OP runs for their own car and follows mom.
LiznessMonster 9
and also, OP's mom could just be physically bigger and stronger, and could've easily pushed or shoved him out the way.
lemonypower 6
She will probably start talking to you when she needs something. ( thats how those types of people work)
ManaUser 0
She as a point.
Ninjafriends 1
Buy your own taser and keep the cops out of it. Next time mom wants to do some drugged out driving, drop her with a nice jolt and roll her back into the house.
perstephane 4
Same thing happened to me, with my dad. He kicked me out of the house. I feel your pain.
pway_fml 0
that's tough love, you're a good son/daughter who cares.....
alexFYL 11
Is your mom depressed? Was that a plan, or a cry for help or something, or just a moment where reason slipped her mind? Because really, "you're trying to get me arrested" - that sounds like the kind of logic someone depressed would use. She needs help, and she's irrationally angry with you. Even though she is upset with you, you did the right thing.
justbigbs 6
I know theres a lot of thing you can't do about your mom, because she's your mom. You might of saved her life and someone else's by calling 911. If you really loves you, she'll talk to you, but dang, she needs professional help. Otherwise, if you have money move on, no offense, you will be doing yourself a favor
lostfaithinpppl 19
You did the right thing, OP. You might have saved lives.
ohSNAPyall 27
Well, you *were* trying to get her arrested. What did you think would happen? It was out of concern; you'd rather have her arrested than dead. But maybe say something before she leaves the house next time. Maybe warn her that you're going to follow her if she does. Or hell, just offer to give her a ride.