Love: Mother knows best

Mother knows best

By crushed - 29/03/2009 06:40 - United States

Today, I was hanging with my boyfriend. When his mom came to pick him up, he introduced me. She talked to me politely and I thought we hit it off very well. As I was walking away, I heard her say, "That's your new girlfriend? Honey, you could do so much better." FML

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You deserved it 4 484

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By str3tch - 03/04/2009 20:48 - United States

Today, I met my girlfriend's parents for the first time over dinner. In order to make a good impression I was as polite as possible and tried to be as engaging as I could. Near the end of dinner my girlfriend's mom says, "I liked your old boyfriend better." FML

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You deserved it 3 397

Seriously?

By sadgirl - 24/08/2019 09:00 - United States - Edmond

Today, I brought my boyfriend home to meet my family. The first thing my mom said to him was, “Oh, you can do so much better. Like a paint huffer or a crack whore.” She was serious, and my entire family nodded in agreement. FML

I agree, your life sucks 1 914

You deserved it 197

By Anonymous - 18/02/2013 07:09 - United States - Owensboro

Today, I was at my boyfriend's grandmother's house meeting her for the first time. I excused myself to the restroom and as I walked out of the room I heard her say, "You could do a lot better. She's fat." Then I heard my boyfriend reply, "I know." FML

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You deserved it 5 592

By anon - 16/03/2015 04:10 - Canada - Mississauga

Today, I met my boyfriend's parents for the first time. I thought everything went well, until I got a text from him later saying, "Come on mom, she isn't THAT bad." FML

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Mama Bear

By Ally - 19/05/2022 16:00

Today, I met my boyfriend's parents. We've been dating for almost 5 months and are extremely in love. His mom basically said to me, "I want what’s best for my son and you aren’t it." FML

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You deserved it 151

Inappropriate!

By Anonymous - 29/09/2010 02:09 - United States

Today, I nervously introduced my mother to my new boyfriend. I had to sit and watch her flirt with him for an hour. When I took her in the other room and confronted her about it, she said, "Don't you dare ruin this for me!" FML

I agree, your life sucks 47 128

You deserved it 3 413

By thenewone - 19/11/2009 20:09 - Brazil

Today, I met my boyfriend's parents. Later on, his mom pulls me aside and tells me to back off, saying he will never marry someone like me and he should be with a nice girl like his ex. They broke up after he found her in his bed with his roomate. FML

I agree, your life sucks 39 809

You deserved it 2 212

By storyofmylife - 23/02/2011 21:52 - United States

Today, my boyfriend proposed to me. Everything was going perfectly, right up until he brought me back to his house to tell his family the good news. When I excused myself to the restroom, I overheard his mom say, "I thought you were going to break up with that stupid slut?" Welcome to the family. FML

I agree, your life sucks 44 527

You deserved it 4 007

By Noname - 06/02/2009 19:23 - United States

Today, my mom decided to tell me about her new boyfriend. I know him. I've slept with him. FML

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You deserved it 18 550

By hk - 20/09/2016 15:29 - Malaysia - Kuala Lumpur

Today, I was introduced to the girl my current boyfriend went out with while dating me. FML

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nomadxx7 0

Sunday 29 March 2009 16:43

I hvae raed smoehwree taht as lnog as the fsrit and lsat lttres in a wrod are corrcet tehn you shulod be albe to raed tihs, garmmar Nzais

TryToBeKind 0

Sunday 29 March 2009 16:21

I don't know if you did anything "wrong". Maybe you came off as standoffish (which could be because you were nervous and didn't know her). Maybe she's just a bitch. I don't know. Let's just hope that either a) your boyfriend doesn't bow/bend to what mama thinks or b) you dump his ass (as in stop associating with him altogether) before he dumps you.

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Ender_ 0

Sunday 29 March 2009 16:33

#9 - It would be "You're an asshole" actually. Go ahead and copy and paste that if you wish.

7kelevra 0

Sunday 29 March 2009 16:35

no #9 that is still quite awful, i agree with #4 you were probably a little nervous and acted accordingly i'm sure it will go better if/when you see her again?

plethora 3

Sunday 29 March 2009 16:36

#12 is correct, of course. Also, "..." is sufficient. It's called an ellipsis and it's only correct if there are just three (count them, 3) full stops. ".................." is excessive. And while I'm being a punctuation Nazi, there should be a question mark on the end of "is that better".

FMLover269 0

Sunday 29 March 2009 16:36

forget about her. if you guys like each and are happy that should be good enough for her if not she's a ****. but get ready for a rough time if she jus wants to be a bitch. My boyfriend's mom is the same way. ugh.

Ender_ 0

Sunday 29 March 2009 16:39

#14 - I applaud your grammar. It's much appreciated when most of the people on here don't know how to punctuate.

nomadxx7 0

Sunday 29 March 2009 16:43

I hvae raed smoehwree taht as lnog as the fsrit and lsat lttres in a wrod are corrcet tehn you shulod be albe to raed tihs, garmmar Nzais

mrcarmine 0

Sunday 29 March 2009 16:48

don't worry about it; guys' moms and female friends say that kind of stuff all the time. and i love the grammatical debate here haha let's fight over the your/you're conundrum, the usage of ellipses (that's plural, in case anyone has a problem with that), and other such things! although, the back-and-forth did lead me to change a comma into a semicolon and add a period at the end of my first sentence.

leighkay 0

Sunday 29 March 2009 16:49

I love how everyone is discussing grammer under this FML. It just made my day to see that people are correcting grammer, it's great. Perfect even, because it seems that no one in the world is able to spell, but may i point out that no one is exactly focusing on how to spell on this web site.