Miscellaneous: Today, I came home to visit my family after a year at college....

By jag talar - 07/09/2011 00:01 - Canada

Today, I came home to visit my family after a year at college. Expecting to impress them, I proudly informed them that I now speak fluent Swedish. Imagine my surprise when my mother said, "That's a useless language" and everyone agreed. FML

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By Awesome - 17/08/2011 00:05

Today, I found out that I was moving to Germany. I'm going to be put back a year in school because of the system change. I also don't speak a word of German. Why? Because my mother wants to brag about this experience to her friends. FML

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By SwedishBozo - 15/03/2009 01:30 - United States

Today, my family and I were at a restaurant. We're Swedish and love talking about people in our language because no one ever understands here. I decided to comment about how ugly the girl at the next table was. She turned around and goes "Dra åt helvete." That's Swedish for "Go to hell." FML

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By Blöde Gans - 25/11/2014 16:14 - United States - Ormond Beach

Today, my mom booked a family trip to Sweden. This would be great, if she hadn't asked me to tell our former German exchange student that we were coming to visit her in Germany. She was thrilled. Now I have to be the one to let her down. FML

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Today, my mom scolded me for ruining my sister's "vacation" here. She just got deported from abroad, and was only gone for 2 months after falling for a marriage scam. Now she deludes to herself that she was born and raised there, and claims not to understand our mother tongue, calling it third world primate language. FML

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By Anonymous - 27/03/2009 00:02 - United States

Today, I showed up at my boyfriend's work to surprise him by speaking in Spanish, his first language. I've been taking classes secretly. He smiled, kissed me, and then finished telling his friend, in Spanish, that I'm boring and ugly but he's got nothing better going on. FML

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By familyfued - 17/02/2018 01:30

Today, I discovered the terrible things my parents say about my wife while visiting them. They speak in Arabic around us and I've never really been able to understand them. Guess who hasn't only brushed up on his Arabic, but spent the last 6 months teaching his wife… FML

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By spanishsucks - 01/04/2012 03:01 - United States - Livingston

Today, I introduced my mother to my new girlfriend. My mom made a very nasty comment about her in Spanish, not realizing that my girlfriend teaches Spanish at the local school. FML

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By biblepain - 28/03/2015 02:12 - United States - Tucson

Today, I met my girlfriend's parents for the first time. Within minutes, they said I needed to leave. Their reason? Apparently, I was mocking her dad's speech impediment. I also have one but they wouldn't believe me. FML

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By Anonymous - 13/10/2010 14:45 - Brunei Darussalam

Today, my crush walked me home. As my mom opens the door, she tells me in Russian how ugly he is, and that I have extremely bad taste. Out of all the languages in the world, he happens to be fluent in Russian. FML

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By jan420 - 09/11/2012 22:03 - Norway - Moss

Today, I paid a surprise visit to my parents, after having moved out for university last year. My room had been stripped bare and all the family photos featuring me were missing from the wall. When I asked why, my mom asked me in return why I was asking stupid questions. FML

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azcardinals1307 2

Wednesday 7 September 2011 8:41

well, it does depend on the location, but that's pretty harsh of them.

StoryOfTheYear 14

Wednesday 7 September 2011 8:44

Anything to do with Scandanavia is awesome.

Comments

nabs_fml 5

Friday 9 September 2011 1:07

hii I'm swedish dnt be so mean!

Petunia888 13

Friday 9 September 2011 3:22

I love Sweden, even though I've never been there. I've read about them, though, and it seems like they do things better than where I live (IMO). It seems like Sweden is a country that really cares about its inhabitants, rather than running the country like a corporation (like we do :-/). I wish I could speak Swedish, and I'd love to live there. Congrats on learning the language, OP. I'd be curious to know if your mom can speak any other language, or if she can even speak her own language well.

em1nem13 0

Friday 9 September 2011 4:37

They're jealous

bubidood 0

Friday 9 September 2011 7:20

Well what do you expect from a Newfie?

Timmeeh 17

Friday 9 September 2011 9:17

She's not entirely wrong, but for a reason other than she probably intended; in my experience, Swedes almost all speak exceptionally good English.

Skruvis 3

Friday 9 September 2011 15:43

I like that people are learning Swedish, it makes me feel proud of being Swedish. :3

Mannie_G 0

Friday 9 September 2011 23:54

If you can, learn Spanish,that's very useful. And usually everyone learns cuss words 1st so you can cuss them out too!

rexreta 5

Sunday 11 September 2011 18:51

Are you ever going to visit Sweden a lot? Or move there? Then it wouldn't be useless. Speaking any language fluently is a good thing though. They should have at least thought of that.

klaraholmin 0

Tuesday 13 September 2011 20:10

Swedish is awsome! Im impressed at least!

Legendaire_fml 2

Wednesday 19 October 2011 16:17

I find it really impressing to learn Swedish fluently in one year! Especially since it's really hard to learn! But one thing only, why did you choose to do it? (Also, speaking Swedish means that you will also understand norweigan and danish quite well, and a lot of finish people understand sweidsh why you will be able to communicate with a lot of people! That's really good for an cv!) /Elizabeth