Miscellaneous, Embarrassing, Family, Food and Alcohol: Keep quiet

Keep quiet

By Anonymous - 26/08/2013 23:12 - United States - Hollywood

Today, trying to impress my in-laws, I put a lot of effort into selecting a nice bottle of wine for dinner at their house. When I got there, I gave the bottle to my wife's mother. Later, my father-in-law emerges from the kitchen to berate his wife over her poor choice of wine. It was mine. FML

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By Buzz - 29/11/2008 16:11 - France

Today, my husband invited his boss and his wife to dinner. During the meal, I tasted the wine and apologised for its bad quality, saying somewhat annoyed, "Don't drink that, I'll go and look for another bottle." Unfortunately, it was our guests who had brought the wine in question. FML

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First impressions

By medik - 23/02/2010 12:51 - United States

Today, I went over to my girlfriend's parents house for dinner. This was the first time I was meeting them, so I bought a $70 bottle of red wine to try and impress them. I tried to be smooth while popping the cork. I did, but the bottle slipped and red wine poured onto their white carpet. FML

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Tasty!

By Sad and hungry - 25/04/2020 17:00

Today, my in-laws invited us over to dinner. I decided to help out in the kitchen and watched in horror as my mother-in-law licked every utensil, sucked her fingers while making the plates and slurped wine straight from the bottle. My husband said I was rude for refusing to eat. FML

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Thanks, Mom

By The Towel Molester - 26/01/2012 14:49 - Australia

Today, my family had dinner with my future in-laws for the first time. After a bottle of wine to herself, my mother loudly insisted that I'm out of her will. Apparently, I "molest towels" and leave them to "fester for days" in my "den of depravity." I'm sure they'll give me their daughter now. FML

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They're all yours

By anonymous - This FML is from back in 2009 but it's good stuff - United States

Today, I was having a garage sale and my mother-in-law came by to see what I was selling. She decided to buy these ugly green wine glasses that were still unopened. It turns out that she gave those to my wife and me when we got married. FML

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By laststand11 - 26/12/2011 01:35 - Reserved

Today, I received a very expensive bottle of wine for Christmas. My alcoholic mother snuck into my house while I was out and drank the whole bottle. FML

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By ouharguohargssdf - 28/09/2013 21:01 - United States - Fort Wayne

Today, my wife made me go with her to dinner with her parents, despite their long-standing hatred of me. Later on, my mother-in-law muttered to me, "I made yours special for ya", smirked, then made a show of scratching at her butt-crack. FML

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By fuck you, dad - 27/09/2012 18:36 - United Kingdom - Brighton

Today, I was eating out at a restaurant with my family. My dad had drained most of our bottle of wine, so thinking he'd be a little less uptight than usual, I reached over to pour myself some. He swatted my hand away and started yelling at me for being a "degenerate drunk". FML

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By heya - 24/12/2012 10:09 - Australia - Sydney

Today, whilst at my new step-dad's Christmas lunch, my mother spiked my drink so that I would look worse than her in front of her new mother-in-law. FML

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Speak for yourself

By Anonymous - 21/08/2019 12:00

Today, I was at a fancy family dinner. The dish I'd made was served, and as we ate, I told my aunt that I was a total failure as a cook, explaining everything wrong about my dish, in painful detail. Apparently we'd both made the same dish. That one wasn't mine. FML

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flashback.miss 28

Tuesday 27 August 2013 9:05

hopefully you stood up for your mother-in-law and told her husband if he didn't like your taste in wine to purchase his own.

Infamous_Tora 12

Tuesday 27 August 2013 9:06

Welp, you tried, ultimately though, you failed. The important question: did you stand up for the mom in law, or not? That wins you points in the moms book, or makes you lose points.

Comments

erig_fml 5

Tuesday 27 August 2013 10:02

Mmm. So you mean an american has any clue about what is a proper wine? Tsss. Bourbon and Coke, that's what they know... If you want wine-educated-in-laws, marry a french girl!

Sarahandlucas 9

Tuesday 27 August 2013 11:41

I'm guessing your French?? If so, that doesn't make you an expert of Americans. Not all Americans are the same. That's just like an American saying all French people are snotty.

lysx84 24

Tuesday 27 August 2013 12:48

So because #26 came across as snotty you assume them to be French? How very American...

Neyuu 18

Tuesday 27 August 2013 13:35

Pretty sure he assumed that because of the phrase "marry a French girl"

dreamweeper370 10

Tuesday 27 August 2013 10:07

Take the wine back home and keep it for yourself. If you enjoy it then it's a win in my book.

deloria_fml 22

Tuesday 27 August 2013 11:42

You should have asked your spouse for help. Or called ahead and asked what the menu would be, and then ask someone who worked there for help. YDI, OP.

pdp_fml 21

Tuesday 27 August 2013 12:24

I agree with most of the comment made here today. The thing about the whole situation is that you should have told your father-in-law the whole situation and not let your mother-in-law take the blame.

alevy1974 2

Tuesday 27 August 2013 15:24

Am I the only one who thinks the FIL knew very well who brought the wine? He may have known it was his son-in-law who brought it and decided to use it as an opportunity to embarrass you.

cristy91 33

Tuesday 27 August 2013 16:14

Berating is too strong a word for that to be the case. It's filled with strong anger, quite much for a joking occurrence. That father in law just really loves his wines.

SimplyAshleii 11

Tuesday 27 August 2013 15:26

If that wine is truly one of your favorites, then its just am acquired taste and can't blame you. but if you aren't a big wine drinker you should've asked the boyfriend if he knew of his parents wine favorites to really bring in the points

Goblin182 26

Tuesday 27 August 2013 16:06

Your father-in-law is a douche and probably a bully. Berating his wife? Over a wine? #38, I don't think the male OP should ask his boyfriend what wine to buy for his the BF's parents, when trying to impress his wife's parents. Just not sure he would get points for that.

skyeyez9 24

Tuesday 27 August 2013 17:34

That man is an ungrateful shitbag to berate his wife in front of others?! I can only imagine the crap she has to deal with when there are no witnesses.