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By Anonymous - 20/04/2009 08:52 - Australia

Today, I called my mom from Australia. I have been abroad for two months and hadn't talked to her in a long time. A few minutes into the conversation my moms stops me and says this call must cost a fortune and hangs up on me. A few bucks in more important to her then me. FML

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By tommy - 06/06/2009 12:41 - United States

Today, I called my friend in Australia to have a nice long chat, what I did not know was that my dad had removed my international calling plan, I talked to my friend for 5 hours, and ran up a huge phone bill, which I have to take out of the money I saved up to go see her. FML

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By thanksmom - 01/05/2009 04:23 - United States

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By Anonymous - 14/11/2010 22:26

Today, I text messaged my mom from Afghanistan to let her know everything was okay. She responded, telling me not to message her so much because "the price of text messages really adds up." FML

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By Anonymous - 27/07/2016 15:24 - United States - Coshocton

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By slukaa - 13/06/2009 07:10 - United States

Today, for the first time in over a year, my mother actually called me. I excitedly picked up the phone. All I heard was rustling; her purse dialed me. FML

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By Anonymous - 29/06/2010 18:53 - United States

Today, I called my mother to check up on her. Lately, she's been having some financial problems, so last week I sent her my last $100 to help her out until her next paycheck. She used the money to euthanize the family dog. FML

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By ILOVELEDZEPPELIN - 06/07/2014 20:27 - United States - Wakefield

Today, I called my mother crying, telling her how my husband has apparently been cheating on me for months. To my surprise, she didn't interrupt me or cut me off the whole time. Only when she didn't respond, did I realize she'd hung up a half an hour ago. FML

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By Anonymous - 03/05/2012 11:37 - Australia

Today, I called my mum, crying because of my low self-esteem. She interrupted my sobs by saying, "Can I hang up now? The phone's getting hot." FML

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mobius8 0

Monday 20 April 2009 20:03

Weren't you calling her? She was just probably wanting you to save your money for the trip.

Ohnoitslindsay 0

Monday 20 April 2009 20:05

The last sentence just ruined this one for me. Quit crying. And it's "than" not "then".

Comments

Southbark 1

Monday 20 April 2009 20:00

Ouch =(

bridgette5866 0

Sunday 28 February 2010 9:05

*than, OP, than.

Dmars444 4

Sunday 24 April 2011 16:28

Aussie Aussie Aussie!

bigfoot89 4

Wednesday 8 June 2011 14:11

which university were u at!!!!??

zachherbert 10

Friday 12 August 2011 7:18

Is OP, is

Chubtubdaplaya 0

Monday 20 April 2009 20:01

Are you under 18? If not, two months shouldn't be a big deal to be away from your parents. I'd hang up too. Email anyone?

jasminenoelle 0

Monday 20 April 2009 20:02

msn eachother.

CLoUDiiiE 0

Thursday 3 May 2012 3:02

People still use msn?

Ninjasaurus18 9

Saturday 12 May 2012 20:43

People still use phones? They weren't Facebook chatting, or video chatting?

marulicko 19

Sunday 29 December 2013 8:45

Well, this was posted in 2009, so probably

mobius8 0

Monday 20 April 2009 20:03

Weren't you calling her? She was just probably wanting you to save your money for the trip.

Ohnoitslindsay 0

Monday 20 April 2009 20:05

The last sentence just ruined this one for me. Quit crying. And it's "than" not "then".

ProctorKProducti 5

Friday 16 May 2014 5:45

Amen

Snow_White_fml 3

Monday 20 April 2009 20:08

What's the problem? You could use the internet to talk if you need to talk to her that badly.

bad_times 0

Monday 20 April 2009 20:09

why is this an fmylife? honestly NO ONE CARES!

MaiLouIsLegend 0

Monday 20 April 2009 20:15

To be honest, its nice that you missed your mom, but if you can't live without her for the pass 2 months to know she's still alive, that's jus plain sad. & I wouldn't blame her either, since this economic crises might be taking her with it soon she's jus trying to not waste money lolx

TheDarkCynder 2

Thursday 1 December 2011 13:15

I travel abroad extremely often and talk to my mom each time. Yes, I can easily live without her for large amounts of time, but that doesn't mean I don't want to talk to her.