Health and Parents: Boundaries

Boundaries

By Mom stop plz - 23/06/2024 02:00 - United States

Today, my mom has a habit of trying to pull out what she thinks are loose hairs in my beard. My beard hairs are actually just really, really long, not falling off. She'll confidently yank one that she thinks isn't attached, causing a sharp pain until she realizes it's attached. I don't know how to make her stop. FML

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By Beardedlady - 27/09/2018 23:00 - United States - Madison

Today, my mom told me that I need to shave my beard because it's getting too long. This wouldn't be so bad if it weren't for the fact that I'm a woman. FML

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By "linzi1771" - 15/12/2018 05:00 - Canada - Vancouver

Today, in front of my friends, my mom came after me with a pair of tweezers exclaiming "there's just a couple of hairs on your chin that need to be plucked." I'm a 14 year old girl. FML

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By whoanoa - 10/03/2010 03:12 - United States

Today, I discovered that my mother uses my eyebrow tweezers to pull ticks off the dog. She also hasn't figured out that just dipping the tweezers in alcohol doesn't automatically sterilize them. Especially if there is icky dog hair still stuck on. FML

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Tense family drama

By Anonymous - 03/09/2022 10:00

Today, my parents kept overreacting over stupid stuff during dinner. I found a hair in a dish, so I removed it myself. My mom goes, "Is that a hair? Is it?! I'll get rid of it!" I told her that I'd already done it myself. Then, because I bit my nail once, my dad constantly kept asking if I was OK, even though I'd said I was. He wouldn't stop! FML

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Malding

By ptwm - 25/01/2010 20:10 - United States

Today, while vainly running a comb through my balding hair, I noticed a hair sticking out of my nose. I yanked it out, and the pain made me tear up a little. It was an inch long. I'm 24 and beginning to have more hair in my nose than on my head. FML

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By someboody - 15/08/2015 16:50 - United States - Paso Robles

Today, I discovered that my mom bought roll on stick glue that looks quite a bit like deodorant. It was early in the morning and I was groggy. Long story short, I had to cut every one of my pit hairs. FML

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By Anonymous - 10/09/2013 17:44 - Canada - Mississauga

Today, I realized that it's become a regular occurrence for my mother and me to talk about our pubic hair. I don't know which is worse, the fact that I now know that she shaves it, or the fact that we even talk about this stuff. FML

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F*ck the patriarchy

By Anonymous - 20/12/2020 19:58

Today, I watched as my girlfriend painfully plucked her eyebrows for half an hour. She is willing to do this, but not shave her armpits on a regular basis. FML

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Good one, mom

By hairdresser - 18/10/2009 15:27 - Thailand

Today, my mum started yelling at me for leaving scissors on my desk, which my five year-old sister found and chopped all her hair off. She had a lump of hair as proof. After three minutes of her yelling, me crying and apologizing, she laughed and said she was joking. She'd just given my sister a haircut. FML

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By Anonymous - 17/04/2021 21:27

Today, I found out my mum has been using my electric shaver for several months to shave her pubes and underarms. FML

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kltkiara 6

Sunday 23 June 2024 13:50

Yank a hair off her head every time she yanks one off your beard

FluffythePink 21

Sunday 23 June 2024 16:40

Spray bottle.

Comments

OblivionChild 11

Sunday 23 June 2024 9:01

Is just telling her to stop not an option?

JackWood 20

Sunday 23 June 2024 13:31

You could try trimming your beard so all the hairs are the same length. Or just shave the whole think off. Your welcome.

kltkiara 6

Sunday 23 June 2024 13:50

Yank a hair off her head every time she yanks one off your beard

FluffythePink 21

Sunday 23 June 2024 16:40

Spray bottle.

ThorCTF 12

Sunday 23 June 2024 20:54

Best idea so far

Yudith 24

Sunday 23 June 2024 16:48

I think your mom wants you to shave your beard entirely. That's an attack on beard if I ever saw one.

Hangryko 29

Sunday 23 June 2024 16:52

Short of finding your own place (very difficult these days), wear a beard bib around her. Tell her in no uncertain terms you don't give her consent to touch your beard when the bib isn't on.

suntrkr 8

Monday 24 June 2024 0:22

If you're old enough to grow a full beard, why are you still living at Mom's? Cut the cord. Otherwise, quit sniveling.

BurnInDemonFire 34

Tuesday 25 June 2024 0:25

I was old enough to grow a full beard at 14, and could buy **** mags without being carded (those were the days), and started buying booze no problem at 16. Still lived with my parents then because ironically I couldn't get a job.