Today, my parents have deliberately ruined my last 2 relationships, because they want me to get back together with my ex simply because he is my son's dad. Apparently, my son needs his father more than I need a man who won't beat me every time he gets drunk. 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 parents are so in love with my ex, they still think it’s my fault she felt unloved enough to cheat with another man. They constantly try to convince me to take her back and become stepdad to the child she conceived with the guy she cheated on me with. FML
Today, I told both my boyfriend and my son that they needed to start spending more time together. They both asked why and what they did that I feel the need to punish them. They’re so similar, even I forget they’re not father and son, and yet for some reason they hate each other. FML
Today, I found out that my father, who very recently lost his wife, decided that drunkenly hitting on my long-time boyfriend's mom was a good idea. FML
Today, my son got in an argument with my boyfriend, packed up his stuff, and moved in with his dad. Not five minutes later I saw my boyfriend doing his stupid happy dance. When angrily confronted, he admitted he orchestrated every argument for months until he got the result he wanted, my son gone. FML
Today, I finally got a restraining order against my violent ex. My mom now keeps finding ways to tell me how shitty I am for breaking the "poor boy's" heart and how I didn't deserve him anyway. FML
Today, my parents lectured me about how my girlfriend will ruin my life, because she's a single mom, a recovering alcoholic, and has chronic health issues. Apparently, I should be with their friend's rude, trashy daughter, who can't keep a job, and goes on a drunken, drug-fueled bender every other week. I'm 31. FML
Today, I found out that after reuniting with an old boyfriend, getting close with his two year old son, and moving closer to him to properly be a part of their lives, he got back together with his ex-wife. 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
Today, I decided to visit my dad. I haven't seen him in a while so I wanted to give him another chance to be an actual dad to me. Apparently, getting drunk and getting it on with his girlfriend while I was there was more important than spending time with his daughter, who he hasn't seen in almost a year. FML
Today, my dad told me quite bluntly that, while he loved me, he never planned to have me. My mom baby-trapped him by sabotaging their birth control methods, and my existence ruined his life irrevocably and caused the functional alcoholism he has suffered with for 40 years. FML
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Top comments
smallandroid 26
You're doing the right thing for both you and your son, OP! Stay strong, hopefully your parents will eventually give up, or you will find a relationship that they finally can't ruin!
UnidentifiedFun 37
Keep the relationships on the DL if you can so that you can give your son a better example of what it is to be a man. It takes barely anything to be a 'father' but it takes a lot to be a Dad.
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Comments (114)
HeartnSoul4ever 7
The people who have chosen: "You deserve it" deserve to be hit in the face with a brick.
stoopid1970 7
Just tell them your pregnant to someone else and you want to be with that child's father so you can't be with two men and you are thinking of your unborn child
ldhull 16
I could never stand wife beaters. You're doing the right thing.
Mathalamus 25
why do you allow your parents to dictate anything? i would have disowned them when it was clear that they are terrible people.
914smv 18
Sorry OP hopefully your parents will see why you're not with him.
Jets4Life89 4
**** them, keep trying and don't ever go back to that asshole, your kids and you deserve better no woman should let some asshole beat them. On a side note, women if you are dating a guy that is an ass, he will NOT change, he will get worse, if you date an asshole don't be surprised when acts like 1
writergirl1029 17
Your son also needs a man who will be a proper example of how to treat his wife. An abusive household is no place for a child to grow up in and your parents should know better.
derperbear 8
You should cut your parents out of your life
JHPugh 19
**** that guy, you are so much better without your ex, or parents for that matter.
H3LL_K1D 15
How about you get your parents out of your life at the same time?