Intimacy: Denial

Denial

By innocent - 06/01/2015 03:11 - United States

Today, my father seems to be having an affair. A used condom was carelessly left on his nightstand and my mother found it. She refuses to believe that my boyfriend and I are not responsible. As punishment I am "no longer allowed to see him." We're both 22 and live together in our own apartment. FML

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By Anonymous - 15/07/2009 00:37 - United States

Today, while at my boyfriend's house waiting for him to shower, his mother slams a pair of underwear on the table and tells me that if she ever finds something like that in her son's room again, she is forbidding him from seeing me. The underwear isn't mine. FML

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Secrecy

By Anonymous - 15/11/2022 04:00

Today, my dad caught me having sex with my secret boyfriend, so he threw him naked into the street. I’m 28 years-old and it’s my house. This kind of bullshit is exactly the reason I kept my boyfriend a secret and why I got a mortgage I can barely afford, just so I didn’t live with my dad anymore. FML

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Randy Daddy

By franzbiel - 31/10/2009 12:54 - Switzerland

Today, my father decided that since he's paying for my flat, he will use it twice a week to have it off with his girlfriend while I'm away. My parents are still together. FML

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That bastard!

By omgwtfsam - 27/07/2009 00:53 - United States

Today, my dad somehow found some pictures of my boyfriend having sex with some girl and went on a rampage about how pissed he was that he was cheating on me. I had to explain to my parents that I was the girl in the pictures. FML

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Gone girl

By OwndPattie - 20/11/2022 02:00

Today, after I grounded my barely 18 year-old daughter for having sex with her boyfriend when I found a pack of condoms in her room while cleaning it, she responded by moving out and eloping with him. FML

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You deserved it 3 067

By Anonymous - 21/02/2015 13:46

Today, my dad gave my younger brother condoms and a pat on the back, even though he doesn't have a girlfriend. This is after called me a whore after he saw me kissing my long-term boyfriend last week. FML

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You deserved it 4 054

By rahrahcakes - 19/03/2012 07:36 - Australia - Brisbane

Today, my mum cleaned my room. When I got home she yelled at me for having condoms. I'm 24 years old and in a long term relationship. FML

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Cougartown

By Anonymous - 12/09/2022 01:00

Today, my boyfriend met my mom and started acting strange. Then my dad came in and was instantly furious. Apparently, my boyfriend is the guy my mom cheated with that caused my parent's divorce. He’s 3 years younger than I am. Gross mom, just gross. Also I’m single again, damn it. FML

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Trust

By Anonymous - 31/03/2016 23:43 - United Kingdom - Broseley

Today, my boyfriend's parents decided that I was untrustworthy and that if they ever saw him with me he'd be heavily punished. They're travelling hundreds of miles just to make sure he stays in the house and doesn't talk to me. FML

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Overreacting a tad

By I want out - 11/03/2024 15:00 - United States

Today, my parents grounded me and told me I can forget about going to prom, Grad Bash, and getting a new car for graduation. My mom was cleaning my room and found a pack of condoms in my dresser drawer. Oh, and they made me call my boyfriend they didn’t know about to tell him it was over, on speaker. FML

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whos_ur_daddy1 19

Tuesday 6 January 2015 17:01

You're 22 live your own life

aliezzo 19

Tuesday 6 January 2015 17:02

Well being 22 implies that she has no right to tell you what to do.

Comments

pl0xs3rver 45

Tuesday 6 January 2015 18:18

You're 22. You live on your own. You're free to do what you want.

kiaora_fml 11

Tuesday 6 January 2015 18:26

Just a thought. Maybe your mother knows it was your father, is in denial and refusing to accept the truth by shifting the blame.

Boburk 6

Tuesday 6 January 2015 20:34

Maybe it is from the mom...and she can't blame the dad because he will know it was not him...

tbro47 23

Tuesday 6 January 2015 18:38

Odds are she suspects that it's really your fathers. Blaming it on you is her way of trying to repress the information, and trying to punish you for it is a way for her to control the situation.

Goblin182 26

Tuesday 6 January 2015 19:06

Good luck with that, Mom.

vikky538 28

Tuesday 6 January 2015 19:06

and how's does your mom believes that you guys leave a used condom on your parents bedroom night stand...

MissBehavin77 18

Tuesday 6 January 2015 19:09

Your mom is probably in denial, that's a pretty brutal truth to accept.

HeWillBeLoved105 22

Tuesday 6 January 2015 19:23

I really hate people who are in denial. Her problem isn't gonna get fixed by ignoring it. She needs you OP.

tbro47 23

Tuesday 6 January 2015 21:26

Denial is the brains way of trying to lessen the effect of negative information on our mental health. Sure the problem won't get fixed by denial, but some information can hit you so hard that you have trouble breathing. It's just a way of funneling that pain into smaller amounts until you're capable of handling it in full and know how to react. It's a coping mechanism as long as it doesn't last forever.

flychicc 13

Tuesday 6 January 2015 19:23

Your mother's overreaction makes me think it's her that's having the affair....

allyboss78 16

Tuesday 6 January 2015 19:40

Good luck on her enforcing that one.

victrin 12

Tuesday 6 January 2015 19:48

It's rough but try and be there for her. Clearly don't take her irrationality to heart. This situation sounds like it's not the first time. She is making outrageous mental leaps to allow herself to believe her marriage is intact. Bring it up with your father, his "extra curricular activities" are ruining your mother. She needs help and needs to check back into reality.