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By phalanges en fuego - 06/07/2017 22:37

Today, I'm taking my 44-year-old sister to a nice resort for her birthday. She's bringing her baby doll, which she insists on treating as if it's really her baby, along with its carriage, car seat, bottles, and diapers. Two. Whole. Days. FML
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phalangesenfuego 11

OP here. First off, she's not mentally or emotionally disabled...well, maybe emotionally disturbed, but not disabled. My sister and I are very different, and I try to maintain a relationship with her even though we don't have much in common besides our childhood. She started collecting dolls a few years ago, and it has grown to this. I never quite know what I'm going to walk into during our visits....at least it's not boring????

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neuronerd 28

I don't mean this in a mean way at all, but does she have a disability or did she possibly have a miscarriage that impacted her deeply? I don't mean to pry, but you did post this, and I feel there's a lot more to the story than you're telling us.

LeoCor 19

What if it isn't a baby doll? What f you went insane to think it's a baby doll? You're actually at the looney bin for 2 days as they figure out what's wrong.

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".She started collecting dolls a few years ago, and it has grown to this." Sounds like it might be time to get her some therapy.

squiros 2

if she's treating it as real, she's textbook disabled, or heading there. it's likely a coping mechanism but it can degrade into schizophrenia or delusions. if she's not mentally engaged elsewhere, mental illnesses increases in likelihood. but hey, rather than get help, it makes for a great fml!

phalangesenfuego 11

Have you ever tried to make a grown ass woman who thinks she's perfectly normal see a therapist? Yeah, to her I'm the crazy one.

wafflefriez91 17

well the comments on here are just as bad as they were on fb.

I suspect she does indeed have a mental problem, but if it's not interfering with her life significantly and she's not hurting others, it may be best to view it as a quirk -- everyone is weird in some way. Her weirdness may just go further. If it's too much for you to deal with, you'd probably both be better off to be together a lot.

sparklevibes 14

I have a Reborn baby as well. They ARE family. I cannot have kids of my own, so my little Paige is my child. You should respect her views on her baby, because to her it is real. That is the important part. To you, it's a doll. To her, it's a real baby.

What a horrible thing to say!! Notbings wrong with that!! Maybe it's her way of having some sort of security blanket. Have some respect.