Miscellaneous: Today, I found one of my mom's old diaries that dated back to...

By Anonymous - 09/08/2012 04:19 - United States - La Crosse

Today, I found one of my mom's old diaries that dated back to my infant days. I couldn't help but read a little. I'm now in great concern over how many times my mom wrote that she wanted to dunk me in the toilet or throw me against a wall. FML

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By Emptyspace - 25/06/2009 19:15 - United States

Today, I found my long lost diary and curiously read it. What's worse than finding out that your mother read your diary? Finding out that your mother wrote comments in it. FML

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By ughh - 22/11/2011 13:22 - United States

Today, my mom read my diary. Then she frantically booked me an appointment with a psychiatrist. FML

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By Anonymous - 24/12/2012 06:07 - United States - Cottonwood

Today, I found my diary on my mother's nightstand. Bookmarked. FML

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By Anonymous - 08/12/2012 19:30 - United States - Long Beach

Today, feeling very distant from my daughter recently, I decided to sneak a peek in her diary to see what was on her mind. The book was apparently one of those that play the sound of a woman screaming when opened improperly, and alerted everyone in the house to my actions. FML

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By surfergal91 - 14/02/2011 20:12 - United States

Today, I rummaged around in the attic, looking for old pictures of me and my family, so I could make a surprise collage. Instead, I found my dad's old journals, talking about how desperately he didn't want a kid, and how he wanted to leave my mother more and more every day that passed since I was born. FML

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By ugh - 05/06/2010 23:49 - Canada

Today, my dad found and read my diary. Most of the entries were about how my father didn't respect my privacy. Then he phoned my aunt and read her passages from it. FML

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By Anonymous - 22/12/2013 06:17 - United States - Roseville

Today, I was helping my mom look for some money she'd misplaced. At my wit's end, I flipped through her diary, in case she'd hidden it between the pages as she has before. Didn't find the money, but I did find out she might well be cheating on my dad. FML

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We need to talk…

By Anonymous - 11/06/2014 21:38 - Australia - Granville

Today, I took a look at my 9-year-old daughter's diary, thinking it would be full of cute stuff. Instead, it was full of hateful rants against me and my husband, as well the boys at her school, who she called gay because none of them ever hit on her. It seems I've failed as a parent. FML

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Leave no paper trace

By can’t do it - 25/04/2023 10:00

Today, my therapist asked me if I’d been journaling as he suggested. I had to tell him that I don’t trust writing down my innermost thoughts anymore, because when I was younger my mom read by diary multiple times and beat me for what I wrote. So did my ex-boyfriend. FML

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By familyofpsychos - This FML is from back in 2012 but it's good stuff - United States - Elkhorn

Today, I found a notebook my 12-year-old sister had been doodling in. Turns out the "doodles" were poems full of obscenities and descriptions of how she wanted to hurt herself. When I showed it to my mom, she accused me of writing the notebook myself to frame my sister. FML

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Thursday 9 August 2012 12:06

That's true motherly love

emilyjgraham 34

Thursday 9 August 2012 12:10

I'm sure you'll understand one day, not that every mother wants to use violence, but how stressful having a child can be. Maybe your mother went through post natal depression but wasn't diagnosed, it happens. Just let it slide, I'm sure she's happy now. She might not want to remember the feelings she had. :)

Comments

worldclassrager 39

Friday 10 August 2012 5:08

unfortunately I have felt the same way...I love them to death but just at times want to strangle them...

klovely22 13

Friday 10 August 2012 5:43

77- Please, let me slap you.

sacmaster 11

Friday 10 August 2012 5:54

Post-partem deperession is not an uncommon deal OP so u shudnt worry about it too much:)

alyssaroxs 4

Friday 10 August 2012 5:58

That is scary....

kaydeebee 6

Friday 10 August 2012 6:56

Well... If that doesn't make you feel loved, I dont know what will? FYL

MTZ8590 4

Friday 10 August 2012 7:54

that's why it's called a diary. it belongs to her, the curiosity killed the cat.

88vivera 9

Friday 10 August 2012 8:39

Confront ur mother about it

Slender_Man 6

Friday 10 August 2012 10:55

Wow. A fourteen year old with a baby. Ever heard of condoms?

reusster 1

Friday 10 August 2012 11:00

It is called postpartum depression and many women suffer from it, myself included. Most women don't seek help, but the fact that she wrote her feelings down and you're still alive should be proof that she loved you, her child enough to seek help by venting through writing. You should thank her! Some mothers refuse to accept it and actually end up acting on those thoughts...