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By kfoehslfns - 01/08/2010 08:45 - United States

Today, I was woken up at 3:00 am to the sound of a tape recording of a baby crying, loudly. This has been going on for 3 nights, non stop. Why? because I brought up the subject of having a baby with my wife. Clearly, you can see where she stands. FML

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By scaredshitless - 10/04/2019 18:00

Today, at 2:30am, I heard my baby crying on the monitor. As I got out of bed, she stopped crying and started laughing. There's nobody else in the house. FML

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Quiet

By Deborah - 27/10/2011 06:41 - United States

Today, I saw my upstairs neighbor outside getting the mail. She asked how my day was, and then apologized that the sound of her baby's crying through the walls kept me up last night. Apparently she heard me when I yelled at 2am for her fucking demon spawn to shut up. FML

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Teamwork

By Anonymous - 24/11/2021 05:01

Today, my newborn daughter has kept me up all day and all night for the past few days. Usually my husband sleeps. I finally cracked and yelled for his help, only for him to scream at me that he needs sleep and gives her to me anyway. FML

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Going well, isn't it?

By Abandon - 20/07/2024 09:00 - United States

Today, it was supposed to be my night off from the baby. Instead, my wife said she "couldn't even begin to deal", so she locked herself in the bedroom and I had to watch both my baby and my stepson, who both became hyper-needy the second she shut the door. This is the fifth time in a row. FML

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By Anonymous - 02/07/2016 04:17 - United States - Hayward

Today, after 3 days of interrupted sleep, I confronted my new neighbor about the noise his wife keeps making during their "private time". He then let me know the noise is actually from his daughter, who's mentally disabled and isn't taking the move well. FML

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Misophonia

By Anonymous - 18/02/2024 02:00 - United States - Montgomery

Today, while eating breakfast in a hotel lobby, the woman next to me started playing an obnoxious clip of a baby’s high-pitched crying. The worst part is that my parents refused to let me do anything about it or step away from the loud noise, as they thought it would “embarrass the whole family.” FML

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By Sleep Deprived - 25/12/2011 05:27 - United States

Today, I was awoken by my wife, once again. It seems that whenever I stop snoring, she thinks I died so she has to wake me to make sure I'm still living. She does this almost every night, every hour. FML

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Alexa, play "Make It Stop" by Low

By Sonotsuave - 22/10/2022 12:00 - United States - Mclean

Today, like every day since the new neighbors moved into the townhouse next door, their newborn won’t stop crying. The room the two toddlers and newborn are in apparently shares a wall with my bedroom, so I hear crying while I work remote, study remote, and try to sleep. FML

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You deal with it

By Anonymous - 10/02/2023 06:00

Today, I found out that my partner intentionally acts like she sleeps through our baby's cries in the middle of the night, just to force me to do all the late night feeds and diaper changes. FML

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It's gonna be alright

By Babyhazy - 05/06/2016 21:52 - Australia - South Yarra

Today, I'm so tired from constantly soothing my crying 2 month-old baby that I've started trying to soothe inanimate objects with baby talk whenever they make a noise. My fridge started beeping and I began an involuntary chorus of, "It's OK darling, shhhhhh, it's alright." FML

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Sunday 1 August 2010 16:31

For all of you saying "it's her choice" you're right but also realize thats this is a a major issue in a marriage and can lead to divorce. It's unfair for him to force her to become a mother and it's also unfair for her to expect him to spend the rest of his life without ever knowing what it's like to become a father (if he stays with her). Children don't suck, it's all in how you raise and discipline them.

okieraider71 4

Sunday 1 August 2010 17:59

Very smart woman. Very intellegent way to make her point. I hope you think about the point she is making. Babies are "No Refunds-No Returns".

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serge007 0

Monday 2 August 2010 4:36

f*ck your wife. What the hell did she think was going to happen after marriage? YOU WANT KIDS? WHAT A SURPRISE! Stupid bitch. She'll probably want kids when it's too late, if you're stupid enough to stay with her.

Commanderd 0

Monday 2 August 2010 11:52

Are you seriously suggesting that marriage is ONLY for having children? There are many marriages, like mine for instance, that have not and will never have any children by choice! It doesn't invalidate marriage to not have children. And quite frankly, if my husband were to turn round and suddenly change his mind and start asking me to have kids then a tape-recording would be the LEAST of his worries, he'd be more concerned with the fact I'll make him sleep out in the garage for however long it takes for him to get his mind back.

the17doctor 12

Tuesday 3 August 2010 12:09

#199, you are a really sucky wife if you'd turn around and do that rather than just talk to him. Childish much? People's opinions can change over time....he might get older and wish he had a child.....or he might not....but if he did and you made him do that, and he was serious about it, then i bet you he'd leave you for someone that's less of a bitch

penicillin 0

Monday 2 August 2010 4:41

Well, it sucks that woman are supposed to be the incubator. Talk with her to know why she stands there and what are her fears. If she's afraid to get pregnant or that the very thought of it makes her sick, think about adoption. If she really hates kids, well, wrong number. FYL

modifiedchick 0

Monday 2 August 2010 6:33

Why the hell would you want a kid? Your wife is a smart lady. Oh and YDI for not discussing whether you would have kids before you got married.

morgan020 0

Monday 2 August 2010 7:47

you think crying for a short period of time is bad? my 2 year old son has a stomach bug and is waking up every few hours needing meds, wanting to be rocked back to sleep, and so far he's only needed clean jammies no sheets as of yet. while my husband is sleeping peacefully in our comfortable bed while I clean up poo.

JamieRKO 0

Monday 2 August 2010 9:14

lol man, I'm so gonna do this to my husband if he tells me he wants a baby.

davidle1 0

Monday 2 August 2010 11:27

you should do it back to her and tell her it's good you picked a team player. seriously I would tell her I was done and find a better chuck

Commanderd 0

Monday 2 August 2010 11:56

The question I have is how long have you been asking her about this? She obviously has strong feelings against it. This isn't a FML, this is a 'I really need to find out what she wants to do'. You've obviously upset her, talk it through. Kids are not something you can comprimise on though, if it turns out she doesn't want them then you'll have to live with that or leave. You should not force someone into being a parent who doesn't want to be, it's not only cruel to them, it's horrible for the resultant child as well. Do what me and my husband do - enjoy our marriage, knowing that nothing is ever going to come between us, no kids ever. He did want them for a while before we got married but once I explained it was either me or kids he realised that he wanted to be with ME far more than he wanted a hypothetical offspring.