Kids: Today, I called my mom from Australia. I have been abroad for...

By Anonymous - 20/04/2009 08:52 - Australia

Today, I called my mom from Australia. I have been abroad for two months and hadn't talked to her in a long time. A few minutes into the conversation my moms stops me and says this call must cost a fortune and hangs up on me. A few bucks in more important to her then me. FML

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By slukaa - 13/06/2009 07:10 - United States

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By Anonymous - 29/06/2010 18:53 - United States

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Today, I called my mother crying, telling her how my husband has apparently been cheating on me for months. To my surprise, she didn't interrupt me or cut me off the whole time. Only when she didn't respond, did I realize she'd hung up a half an hour ago. FML

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By Anonymous - 03/05/2012 11:37 - Australia

Today, I called my mum, crying because of my low self-esteem. She interrupted my sobs by saying, "Can I hang up now? The phone's getting hot." FML

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mobius8 0

Monday 20 April 2009 20:03

Weren't you calling her? She was just probably wanting you to save your money for the trip.

Ohnoitslindsay 0

Monday 20 April 2009 20:05

The last sentence just ruined this one for me. Quit crying. And it's "than" not "then".

Comments

were_giraffe 2

Monday 20 April 2009 22:23

Get a skype account

dingleberrybop 0

Monday 20 April 2009 22:31

your mom made a total bitch move there

xThatRandomGirlx 0

Monday 20 April 2009 22:41

My mom would do the exact same thing :-/ She's a cheap-ass!

Charlesdenfreude 0

Monday 20 April 2009 22:44

Can I just say that a lot of FMLs are kinda biased, so the truth probably runs more along the lines of: The OP was blabbing for about ten minutes about their time in Australia and what they had been doing, and it WAS costing a fortune and honestly there are better ways of having prolonged conversations with parents/friends abroad, so the mother was honest and hung up. Still feel bad for you because you feel bad, but hey.

Puolukka 4

Monday 20 April 2009 22:48

#29 Yea so what? A mother should still never just hang up the phone on their child without saying "Love you" or "bye", "talk to you soon" o.O I bet she'd be pissed if the OP did it to her...IMO it's never acceptable to just hang up the phone without saying goodbye.

KyleCaster 0

Monday 20 April 2009 22:49

Agreed. You make it sound like the end of the world that she doesn't want to talk to you on the phone, in the most expensive way possible. There's a difference between "You", and talking to you on the phone.

CowGoesMoo 0

Monday 20 April 2009 22:57

Yeah, its not a few bucks, it could be upwards of 20 dollars. Just get skype! Its 2.4 cents a minute (more or less, depending on where you are calling). But its cheap! And the software is free.

xNephilim 18

Friday 7 December 2012 2:13

Last I checked, Skype is completely free...

pgray18 0

Monday 20 April 2009 23:06

go cry about it..

npk1112 0

Monday 20 April 2009 23:15

hahahahaha #5 me too! I hate to be grammar police but that whole "then" instead of "than" thing really bothered me. And the fact that this person is obviously not wise enough to realize that her mom was COMPLETELY right and calling overseas is very expensive. Try AIM, Skype, MSN, facebook....there are plenty of FREE ways to stay in contact with your family if studying abroad. Oh, and make sure you take an English class over there and learn some better grammar!