Kids, Parents and Mistakes: Thanks mom

Thanks mom

By mistake - 11/05/2009 09:09 - United States

Today, I realized what my mom has been calling me for 20 years. She always calls me her "little fehler." With her being from Germany, I always thought it was a cute little nickname. Apparently, she's been calling me her "little mistake." FML

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By figures - 29/11/2009 01:53 - United States

Today, I found out I've been misspelling my middle name for 25 years. FML

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By somefamily - 26/04/2012 07:11 - United States - Wayne

Today, I found out that I've been calling my boyfriend's dad by the wrong name for the past two years. No one had told me sooner because they liked laughing at me for it when I wasn't around. FML

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EpicBoobs 0

Monday 11 May 2009 16:01

Wow, that must suck. Did you ask her about it yet?

hopiee 0

Monday 11 May 2009 16:01

THAT'S COLD :|

Comments

yottskry 0

Monday 11 May 2009 23:37

You deserve it for not once, in 20 years, being curious or bright enough to look up what fehler means!

Suhir12 0

Monday 11 May 2009 23:47

thats gay. AWh. maybe she ddiidnt know.?

MmmHotWaffles 0

Monday 11 May 2009 23:50

..atleast she didn't call you the "missed pill"...

DangerousBabee 0

Tuesday 12 May 2009 0:01

I would have called her a der scheisskerl! >:[

jessxoxo28 5

Tuesday 12 May 2009 0:02

LOL!!!! sorry, but that was kinda funny mabe its a culture thing

shay_wat 0

Tuesday 12 May 2009 0:05

lol im srry but thats kinda funny haha ^^

mcsnelly 5

Tuesday 12 May 2009 0:27

I agree with some of the commenters that being a mistake, as in unplanned, isn't necessarily a bad thing (My brother and sister-in-law are having a baby that was a complete surprise but are they happy about it? Absolutely. And my grandma had 13 kids-all but 1 were unplanned). And your mom does probably mean it as a cute little nickname but I know I still wouldn't want to be called a "little mistake" all my life. It may not be saying anything about how she feels about you but it's still a kind of mean.

jixan 0

Tuesday 12 May 2009 0:32

maybe she was actually saying fuehrer? (leader)

Light_Ty 0

Tuesday 12 May 2009 0:56

Maybe you should talk to her about it? She probably didn't mean to call you something bad... but if she did... that would be cold :(

tibbydibby 0

Tuesday 12 May 2009 0:59

COLD. ON SO MANY LEVELS. SORRY FOR CAPS LOCK, BUT THIS IS JUST SERIOUSLY WRONG. JUST STAY STRONG, AND LOOK TO THE FUTURE. FIND THE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL. Best of luck! :)