Money, Parents and Kids: Cool your boots

Cool your boots

By Anonymous - This FML is from back in 2014 but it's good stuff - United Kingdom - Bristol

Today, the guy I live with demanded that I get a job or start paying rent. It'd be perfectly reasonable, if he wasn't my husband, and if I hadn't just given birth to our first child. FML

I agree, your life sucks 53 697

You deserved it 6 026

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By Anonymous - 25/05/2023 21:00 - United States - Moscow

Today, I asked my boyfriend to help me with groceries, since the last of my money went to last week's groceries. His response was to start a fight, then tell me it's my fault my daughter acts the way she does, which is when he finally got me to break down and cry. I'm pregnant with his kid, and I also pay 90% of our bills. FML

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You deserved it 983

By me - 02/03/2011 23:21 - United States

Today, my fiancé and I had a fight over household expenses. He's never had a job in his life, but this didn't stop him demanding that I get another full-time job to pay for video games and beer. FML

I agree, your life sucks 28 699

You deserved it 56 738

Bad omen

By Anonymous - 30/12/2021 02:01

Today, my boyfriend of two years completely lost it because last night I told him I wanted to move to a less remote area so I can be independent. He shouted that I bring no money in, he has to do everything, and that I that I snore so loud he can hear me from downstairs where he sleeps. I'm pregnant. We are in our 40s. FML

I agree, your life sucks 1 298

You deserved it 563

Get out

By Let Me go - 27/08/2022 02:00

Today, my husband needs the money from my job, but will in no way support me to work. He NEVER cooks, cleans, or picks up after himself. I've got no place to work, except a nook by the bathroom, and I have to manage my toddler, who always poops only when I'm in a meeting, and cries for me. Quitting my job is "out the question." FML

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You deserved it 242

Big manbaby

By HSPARKS - 12/05/2020 05:00

Today, I woke up to my apartment in a state of total disarray. I've been asking my boyfriend to get either get a job, or clean the house. I just had a bunch of dental work taken care of. He doesn't have a job, and doesn't want to find one. I'm tired of trying to raise an already grown man. FML

I agree, your life sucks 1 677

You deserved it 966

By hunterjumper1212 - 24/05/2012 07:41 - United States - San Rafael

Today, I finally told my roommate, who doesn't pay rent, to go get a job. He left, came back, and immediately went to my refrigerator to eat. I asked him about his job and what his pay is. Apparently, putting together a bike for a kid is a job. FML

I agree, your life sucks 22 286

You deserved it 2 877

By Anonymous - 20/08/2015 04:16 - United States - El Cajon

Today, my psycho landlord threatened to take me to court if I don't pay my rent on time this month. I'd totally understand if he weren't my father-in-law, and if the reason I didn't pay on time before was because of hospital fees I'd incurred for an emergency appendectomy. FML

I agree, your life sucks 25 018

You deserved it 2 645

Boundaries

By Anonymous - 04/05/2023 15:00

Today, I told my boyfriend he has to stop paying half of his baby mama's rent or I would leave. He laughed and said I could leave. FML

I agree, your life sucks 280

You deserved it 1 757

Leech

By HadEnough - 28/02/2023 22:30 - India - Hyderabad

Today, I asked my husband to be a little more responsible, pick up after himself, and spend a little less. I earn more than he does, so it's usually my money that he splurges. He has gone on a non-stop tantrum for the past 5 hours, giving me the cold shoulder, and shouting at me. What have I gotten myself into? FML

I agree, your life sucks 950

You deserved it 196

Equality

By Anonymous - 10/07/2023 10:00 - Germany

Today, my boyfriend keeps mentioning how well his new job pays, while I don’t have any income. He then got upset when I expected him to pay for the groceries I got on my way to his new place. What I bought was stuff I needed so I could cook for him, and for me to eat while I’m there, cleaning and fixing stuff for him. FML

I agree, your life sucks 675

You deserved it 306

IllestRated 17

Saturday 12 April 2014 5:35

I bet he won't be saying that if he went through labor.

CatchMe25 16

Saturday 12 April 2014 5:38

Tell him that you have a job. Caring for a newborn. Also let him know that since it's his child he needs to pay back rent for the nine months your baby spent living inside you.

Comments

ohSNAPyall 26

Saturday 12 April 2014 21:22

Or?

FlyingPie 17

Saturday 12 April 2014 22:34

I agree with #111, this FML is oddly worded with "get a job OR start paying rent" - Like you can't pay rent when you have a job? They aren't mutually exclusive.

mamadoc 4

Saturday 12 April 2014 23:15

Sorry about the husband, OP. If he's American, he may be having difficulty with the concept of maternity leave. If he's not, he may be suffering from New Dad Panic Syndrome. Get his mum to give him at least a verbal smack up the side of his head.

megadki14 6

Saturday 12 April 2014 23:23

hopefully the child gets more of your personality traits. i hope it was just the stress of a new baby and bills to pay and he didn't actually mean it.

nifterific 3

Saturday 12 April 2014 23:27

Women can be deceptive. "Just given birth" could be anywhere between 5 minutes ago and 6 weeks ago if not longer. I get that most women want to stay home with the baby, but so do the men. Some times you need to get a job to do basic things like live and being a stay at home mom isn't an option. Quite frankly, you and my ex wife would get along great. She's so self entitled to being a stay at home mom that she's pregnant with her new boyfriends kid and still expects me to pay all her bills so she doesn't have to work. You guys should hang out.

ileenefudge 29

Saturday 12 April 2014 23:40

You sound like an asshole. Every woman is different and we all heal differently. How do you know that 6 weeks after she isn't still in pain? It takes a long time to heal after having a child even if it isn't the natural way. Yes for some being a stay at home mom isn't a long term option but babies need to be with their mothers when they are first born if it's possible. It's a bonding thing. Your ex wife might want you to pay child support, which it sounds like you arn't to happy about. Poor baby you have to provide and support your child. I highly doubt she wants you to pay ALL of her bills if she has a new bf though. daycare is expensive so I understand why your ex and would want to stay home with the child. It doesn't make her self entitled though. I can see why OP wants to stay at home with the new born as well. And men can be just as deceptive as woman. Just saying.

nifterific 3

Sunday 13 April 2014 0:22

Listen here you stupid ******* ****, I pay shit tons of child support. I had been giving her $3200 a month from September until March while she was "looking for a job". Now that it's "not up to" me if she gets one, the stupid bitch gets $700 a month and if she isn't employed by May first I'm suing her lazy ass for custody. Go **** yourself. I've provided 100% of my daughters financial needs since she was born 3 years ago, my ex needs to get a god damn job. It's not my job to support her since she left, just my daughter.

squideth 18

Sunday 13 April 2014 0:42

123 I think it's your nap time, kiddo, jeez.

iwadasn 32

Sunday 13 April 2014 0:49

Asking her to get a job isn't unreasonable if money is tight, but she does need time to heal after the baby is born before she can go back to life as usual. And no matter what the money situation is, expecting your wife to pay you rent to continue living in the house you share is just absurd. If you don't see a problem with that, that's probably why you're no longer married.

nifterific 3

Sunday 13 April 2014 0:53

Maybe that stupid **** shouldn't have tried to call me out on child support. Everyone that bitches about giving their ex money isn't against supporting their kid. Some of us can't convince our ex that child support isn't alimony. It's not designed to support them it's designed to support the child and they need to get a job not just to support themselves but to pull their own weight on the things I simply can't afford. I drained my savings account trying to help her, why should i break myself further?

siggy_mcsigx 22

Saturday 12 April 2014 23:29

Demanding rent??? Or what, he kicks you and the newborn out of the house? "Get a job" is one thing (which I don't agree with, but there are women who have to get back out there before the baby is a month old). How did you share the bills before the baby? Didn't you two discuss your options at all over 9 months of pregnancy? What he's saying is unreasonable.