Kids, Relatable, Racism and Parents: Family values

Family values

By this is impossible - 05/01/2016 00:21 - United States - Norristown

Today, my dad sat me and my sister down and give us a "talk". More like an angry irrational rant. He forbade us from being gay, marrying a Muslim or a black person, demanded kids from both of us, and threatened to disown us if we didn't. Where's my free will? FML

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By Anonymous - 28/04/2013 20:19 - United States - San Diego

Today, my parents threatened to kick me out of the house if I didn't agree to convert to their new brand of Christianity. This is a day after they ranted at me about how I should speak my mind more and not let myself be controlled by other people. FML

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You deserved it 3 603

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By TrashlifeKaylala - 10/07/2019 00:01

Today, my father once again sat me and my boyfriend of a year down to have another "talk." These "talks" are always something negative against our relationship, and how it’s not up to his standards. We’ve explained numerous times why he’s wrong. My father is about to make me single. FML

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You deserved it 179

By Anonymous - 16/07/2012 00:12 - Canada - Brampton

Today, my dad sat me down for a talk. After the talk, he wasn't my dad anymore. FML

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Slight overreaction?

By Anonymous - 19/03/2020 07:37

Today, my husband and I recently decided not to have kids, because neither of us like children. Learning this, my dad wrote me out of his will and my mother swore on the Bible in church that she’s never going to speak to me again until I obey God's word and start multiplying. FML

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You deserved it 286

By bestgirlfriend - 03/09/2015 23:31 - United Kingdom - Stockton-on-tees

Today, my dad made me and my boyfriend break up. Not because he was a bad influence, but because I was. FML

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You deserved it 7 385

By Anonymous - 16/11/2014 03:44 - Australia

Today, I had to endure my father going on a sexist rant about how women shouldn't be allowed to go to university because it's "unrealistic" since "all women" become stay-at-home mums. This is the same man who threatened to kick me out if I dropped out of uni. FML

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You deserved it 2 892

Stuck in the life script

By Anonymous - 27/07/2023 15:00

Today, I was talking to my dad about how I don’t think I love my fiancé anymore. He sat me down and gave me a severe talking to that amounted to, “We’re a respectable religious family, he’ll be a good husband, you’ll make babies and grow old together. You don’t need to love him to do that.“ FML

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You deserved it 195

Great talk, Dad

By Anonymous - 28/08/2019 14:00 - Australia - Sydney

Today, I was sitting in my room when my dad walked in to talk. He said I'm not the son he'd hoped for, and that he'd been let down as a father. He said I should change the way I am so that he could love me more. It was the longest conversation I've had with my dad in years. FML

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You deserved it 161

By idonteven - 12/08/2013 20:04 - United States - Los Angeles

Today, I was watching a movie with my family in which a character said "Fuck you, dad." My dad then slapped me over the head to get my attention and said, "Never talk to your father like that." Okay, dad. FML

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By i suck, this i know :( - 26/07/2013 22:11 - Malawi - Blantyre

Today, I went to my father for advice. I've been seeing a wonderful girl for the past month, and I feel terrible about it, because I already have a girlfriend. He said "Kill yourself" and that if I "can't even do that right" then to get out of his house, because he disowns me. FML

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Queen_bee1234 21

Tuesday 5 January 2016 9:45

I bet he voted for Donald Trump.

epost1 13

Tuesday 5 January 2016 9:42

merica' f*uck yea!

Comments

schmoo_schmoo 14

Tuesday 5 January 2016 17:09

Hopefully they were really bad dad jokes.

karmakat 7

Tuesday 5 January 2016 17:46

Yikes. Just be glad you grew up with better values! Hopefully your Dad will see how misguided he's being in the future.

writerchic85 25

Tuesday 5 January 2016 17:52

I'll never understand parents disowning their children.

bilboswaggins2 10

Tuesday 5 January 2016 18:08

Is your dad Filipino by any chance? Some of my family is like that. Sorry though that sucks.

dannnngthatsux 19

Tuesday 5 January 2016 18:18

Sooooooo? Disown me. If I want to date a black Muslim man, what business is it of his? Oh and with that setup, good luck with grandkids. BTW, Dad needs to re-read the new testament.

meegal 12

Tuesday 5 January 2016 18:40

You love who you love. But if you don't want kids then don't have kids. I definitely don't want any. They're loud, messy, annoying, needy, and a huge financial burden. Yeah no thank you.

HylianTwilight 21

Wednesday 6 January 2016 19:53

Agreed, no one should be forced to have children just because their parents pressure them. Those children will only be regrets. My mom kept telling me that I'll have children and that she wanted me to have some, and I just told her that I'm not having any at all. She'll have grandpuppies from me! I think she's stopped to consider my feelings on children after I helped her watch my nieces and nephews. I was about to go insane, and was immensely stressed just by being around them.