Today, my parents continue comparing me to my "perfect" friend. He smokes dope, is a compulsive thief, and has gone to juvie numerous times. I'm passing school with flying colors and have never been in any trouble with the law. Apparently I should be more like him. FML
Collection
Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Same thing different taste
Networking
Today, the “lowlifes” from my school who smoked weed are all doing better than I am. Some have family connections in real estate or marketing; Others banded together and started now successful brands. My strict parents forbade me from socializing where I best fit in, so I have zero connections. FML
Real Housewives coded
Today, just because my mum's friend's son got better grades than me, she's now treating me like shit. You know what lady? His mom is way better than you too! She didn't attempt to kill her child half a dozen times, and you don't see me complaining about it all day long. FML
Grades go both ways
Today, I was scolding my 8 year-old son because he was getting bad grades in school. I told him that he should get straight "A"s like his friend Ceejay. He told me that comparing him to Ceejay was unfair. When I asked why, he said, "Because his dad is actually smart." FML
Like father like son
Today, my ex has successfully turned our son into a copy of himself, a crooked lawyer with alcoholism, a wife who hates him, a mistress he can’t afford, and a pending jail sentence for tax evasion. They’re practically twins. FML
Mirror mirror
Today, my dad called me a "deadbeat loser" after I came back from my first day of voluntary rehab for my meth problem. He's never had a job in his life and sits on the sofa all day, smoking weed and playing video games, all on my mom's salary. FML
Check yourself
Today, my mom talked to me and my brother about how great it was that our cousin was getting away from drugs and becoming sober, as he would have so many more opportunities opened up for him now. She explained all this while sitting on our patio, smoking a blunt. FML
Today, I was in the car with my mom. We were discussing my brother, how he's been screwing up majorly lately and she blamed it on his friends. Then she turned to me and said, "It's a good thing you've never had any friends." FML
Ironic
Today, my dad yelled at me for using legal marijuana to help treat my potentially terminal cancer, which is kind of hypocritical for the man who spent significant portions of my childhood in jail for selling cocaine to rich high school kids. FML
Miscommunication
Today, my dad heard that the guy who bullied me at school died recently of a drug overdose. For some reason, he thinks we were actually best friends, and thinks I'm doing drugs too. I'm now not allowed out of the house except to go to school. He won't listen to a word I say. FML
Hip cats
Today, my parents felt the need to lecture me about how people who "smoke the reefer" are a "waste of life" and will never amount to anything. I was baked during the entire conversation, and actually ended up breaking down in tears, because I realized they were totally right. FML
Top comments
unidentifieduser 23
Your parents have a very unique definition of "perfect". Keep doing what you're doing OP.
feven 32
My parents do this all the time. They compare to kids who are twice as bad as me
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Comments (59)
Taylor22294 24
Be who you are. Don't follow anyone and continue on the path you paved for yourself. Everyone's going to judge, just don't take it to the heart and look forward.
ShadowlessSpear 21
You don't sound like friends.
ohSNAPyall 27
Is your friend's name Eddie Haskell?
KyleLord_ 9
Stay the way you are, don't listen to your parents.
voltroz 18
Parents can be very blind to reality. They always think that the grass is greener on the other side when in actual fact, it could be quicksand. Just be yourself and ignore the comparison. You are better than that, honestly; you are.
anonymuzzz 11
Umhhh I think ur perf the way you are so keep it up
yolololol3 17
Don't Be like him
whiskeygirl23 4
you put your friend's business out there like that. you don't sound like a good friend. maybe it has nothing to with their history and more to do with their attitude compared to yours.
prettygurl89 16
They like the excitement maybe?
Dallyni 22
Wow nice things to say about your "friend" good to know you think so highly of him