Anonymous
United States
Today, wanting to do something nice for my dad, I mowed the lawn. He grounded me for "emasculating" him. 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.
Same thing different taste
overthehorizon
United States
Today, I thought I would surprise my dad by mowing our entire two acre lawn. When he got home, instead of being grateful like I had hoped, he yelled at me for cutting in vertical lines instead of horizontal. FML
Anonymous
Brooklyn, United States
Today, I tried fixing my dad's lawnmower after he said, "Girls can't change a lightbulb right, let alone fix a machine." An hour later, when I had the lawnmower running again, he bitched me out for trying to make him "look stupid." He's been sulking and acting pissy ever since. FML
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Moreno Valley, United States
Today, I finally summoned the courage to ask my dad to pay me as he promised, after I cut the lawn and cleaned all the house windows last week. His response was, "Get fucked." FML
What.
Pawtucket, United States
Today, my father bought a riding lawn mower. We don't have a lawn. FML
dadyoureacunt
Melbourne, Australia
Today, my dad made a big show of sending me to my room and grounding me for a week. Not because he heard me cursing at my video game, but because I "swear like a little girl" and it embarrassed him in front of his friends. FML
Ethan Pullenayegem
Canada
Sounds fair enough
Today, my dad came up into my room and told me that as a consequence of breaking my MacBook in anger, he’s punishing me by helping him with yardwork every single hour of the day. FML
Anonymous
Canada
Today, I got home late to find my dad outside mowing the lawn in the dark. I told him the neighbors were going to think he lost his marbles for mowing it at that time. He then informed me he wasn't mowing it, he was vacuuming it. FML
hannahg
Romulus, United States
Today, my dad yelled at me for being irresponsible while he watched me fold his laundry. FML
blue15564
Davenport, United States
Today, my dad grounded me for not having any friends. FML
Anonymous
United States
Try to do a nice thing…
Today, I mowed our lawn without being asked. My sister wouldn't stop yelling at me for not checking with her, because she wanted the grass to get long enough to "play jungle" in. My mom sided with her. FML
Top comments
Thundering_Jibbs 13
How does that emasculate him? What a little bitch
Rocketgirl89 17
Parents are weird. They complain when you don't do any work around the house. Then they complain when you do.
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Comments (79)
sumbum95 15
Just as long as you know you did a good thing who cares what he says! :)
Zomg_Okay 27
I imagine that would be small consolation, given the circumstances. Being grounded is no fun.
MrSassypants 34
Oh, I don't know, maybe because OP is still grounded.
friedpwnadge 25
He's emasculating himself by being an insecure little bitch.
Jjimen1654 9
I would care if i got grounded, i mean for god sakes some parents have to bribe their kids to do this. His dad doesnt know how lucky he is.
Vashen 5
40 - You mean "Her dad doesn't know how lucky he is"
KawaiiCupcake 14
I would care what he says... Knowing you did a good is is not enough
little_one 20
Talk to your mom? I mean it's one thing he doesn't have to do he shouldn't complain maybe your mom can talk some sense into him.
Colin_XU 6
Exactly, feedback is so important to me, too.
livelife1234 11
Is that some weird sex term I don't know about?
IAmJad 18
Emasculate is the action of making someone less of a man.
MrSassypants 34
Oh, so it is basically regular sex.
jarrettd 27
I think 2 is referring to another fml. The father beat the crap out of the op for offering to mow their lawn.
Thundering_Jibbs 13
How does that emasculate him? What a little bitch
Metallica36176 16
Some would consider mowing the lawn to be a man's job. OP is a girl, so her dad sees this emasculating so that seems to be the case. I mow the lawn all the time for my dad because he has trouble walking (because hes stubborn). People need to shut up about equality and gender jobs...if you can do it and it makes you happy, it shouldn't matter.
FightMyLiger 19
Maybe OP is pregnant? My very pregnant wife tried mowing the lawn the other day. I took the mower from her, told her shes stubborn and making me look like an asshole, and to go make me a sandwich or else she's grounded.
FightMyLiger 19
Is it not okay to ask your wife for a sandwich nowadays? *******.
jmcr 27
I thought that was funny but ppl are overly sensitive example OP's father
spekledworf 18
If she's pregnant, you make HER the sandwhiches
Colin_XU 6
oops... finally I know why the dad said OP emsculated him...
golden_warrior 23
Well at least you have less chores to do now
Zomg_Okay 27
OP is grounded, if anything she has more.
golden_warrior 23
I mean that she can just say, " I don't want to emasculate you dad" when he asks her to do chores.
Pwn17 25
What chores would he have her do? Anything would "emasculate" him.
lilhellian 27
Op goes lazy, he'll feel emasculated because he isn't the number one lazy person in the house.
Enslaved 38
Laundry, dishes, cooking, vacuuming, cleaning, dusting, etc... Things that the dad might consider "women's" work. Stereo typing how some think it's a guy's job to throw out the trash and tune up the car.
TheDrifter 24
But, but... Those are the only chores that I'm good at. I do ok with the mower, but I'm pro at taking out the garbage.
yoursucklives 36
someone feels threatened as alpha male it seems.
Giuls 17
Somebody is insecure.
man_in_black08 28
Hey atleast next time when he asks you to be a man and do something..say "naww, i am afraid it might immasculate you".lol
Ins0mau 20
You do know O.P is his daughter, right?
ilovedinosawers 17
And it's not immasculate. It says it clearly in the FML.
DocBastard 40
Make sure you never do anything that REALLY emasculates him. He may demasculate you.
Shmatterhorn 38
I suggest learning to fix the family car. That will hit the old man in the gut.
Rocketgirl89 17
Parents are weird. They complain when you don't do any work around the house. Then they complain when you do.
soupermeal 10
YOU CANT HAVE IT BOTH WAYS, PARENTS!
SirTalkaton 22
Yup cause you know, mowing the lawn is SOOOO masculine. Tell your dad to go chop some firewood and stop being a lala.