Miscellaneous: Today, I spent hours baking an apple pie to impress my future...

By ohgodwhy - 20/04/2012 20:24 - United States

Today, I spent hours baking an apple pie to impress my future mother-in-law. I was especially proud of the fact I'd made the crust and filling myself. When I served it to her, she picked off the crust and, between mouthfuls, bitched that it was nothing like canned pie filling. FML

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By 3.14 - 08/02/2012 11:27 - United Kingdom

Today, I bought my mother an apple pie. She made a face at it and said that she'd decided to go on a diet. After I'd left the house, she put it in the oven, forgot about it, and burnt it to a crisp. She then called me up to inform me that I'd wasted my money, and to get her "another damn pie." FML

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By zachadams - 16/09/2013 21:03 - United States - Buffalo

Today, at a family party, my uncles were complimenting my mom on her pies. I cooked them. She took all the credit. FML

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Slice of Freudian slip

By Myrin - 29/12/2022 18:00

Today, I was talking to my wife about the pie she'd made and she was really leaning on the need to be reassured, so I said, "It was real good Mom." FML

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By anon - 27/11/2015 20:21 - Canada - Calgary

Today, my stepmom asked me to bake pies for a dinner party she was having. Since I love baking, I said yes. When I went to deliver the pies, I found out they were for a family dinner I wasn't invited to. FML

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By JadedBaker - 08/07/2012 06:58 - United States

Today, I woke up early and spent hours baking and icing a three-tier cake for my friend's eighteenth birthday, which is this evening. I just found out my mother threw it in the compost bin because she's on a diet and it was "tempting" her. FML

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By sothishappened - 20/05/2014 09:54 - United States - Joliet

Today, I baked a strawberry cake and I didn't have any fresh strawberries for garnish, so I used a can of strawberry pie filling. My neighbors said it looked like the cake was taken from the dumpster behind an abortion clinic. FML

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Keep quiet

By Anonymous - 26/08/2013 23:12 - United States - Hollywood

Today, trying to impress my in-laws, I put a lot of effort into selecting a nice bottle of wine for dinner at their house. When I got there, I gave the bottle to my wife's mother. Later, my father-in-law emerges from the kitchen to berate his wife over her poor choice of wine. It was mine. FML

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By Anonymous - 07/05/2009 12:09 - Canada

Today, I baked a chicken pot pie in the oven. I pulled it out, and noticed a big piece of tasty-looking, flaky pastry had come loose. Without thinking I ripped it off and popped it into my mouth. I HEARD the skin on the inside of my cheeks burn. FML

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Never enough

By Anonymous - 22/03/2013 10:49 - United States

Today, my grandmother has been complaining that I spend too much on food, so I started cooking food from scratch. I happily showed her my recipe book and encouraged her to try a few. She then mocked me for wasting time by not buying frozen food. FML

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By Anonymous - 07/12/2010 03:42 - United States

Today, I brought a cupcake to school for my friend's birthday. After taking one bite, she exclaimed that it was the worst thing she had ever tasted and that we should sue the store that I bought it from. I baked it myself. FML

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SkoomaKi 27

Saturday 21 April 2012 1:25

I think cyanide may be a good ingredient to add next time you make one for her... But jokes aside, don't bother making her anything, she'll never like anything you cook.

ClosetTroll 10

Saturday 21 April 2012 1:25

If she stuffed herself then you know she liked it. It might take her a while to admit the same.

Comments

numberswoman 14

Saturday 21 April 2012 1:45

Of course it was nothing like canned pie filling - IT WAS GOOD! Sorry she subjected you to her craziness.

stiansr 8

Saturday 21 April 2012 1:46

That's a real bitch-in-law

bobchickenfart 5

Saturday 21 April 2012 1:47

yeah, i probably should've looked it up before i said anything. i didn't know it's spelled differently in the UK. sorry!

Birdie_Sage 0

Saturday 21 April 2012 1:51

Customer is always right. Your future mother in law was just critiquing. Taste before serving, my friend.

Rabidkid 14

Saturday 21 April 2012 2:35

"the customer Is always an idiot"

Rabidkid 14

Saturday 21 April 2012 2:38

"the customer Is always an idiot"

Tasha321 9

Saturday 21 April 2012 1:56

Hope she chokes! What a bitch

fuckmebutdontfml 16

Saturday 21 April 2012 1:58

One thing I've learned: it's useless and fruitless trying to impress a mother-in-law that dislikes you, save your effort for keeping your husband happy :)

uSalt2 3

Saturday 21 April 2012 1:59

@23: It depends on whether you're using that word as a noun or a verb. As a noun, it's spelled "practice" in both dialects. As a verb, it's spelled "practise" in British English and "practice" in American English. I don't know about International English though.

gracehi 31

Saturday 21 April 2012 2:30

Well at least she's not the one who raised you. Sucks for your husband, though. :(

Taymah49 7

Saturday 21 April 2012 2:36

Next time just buy a pie

jayellef 3

Saturday 21 April 2012 2:38

If she did that to your apple pie, something that most would enjoy, she will never like you. Stop trying to impress her and move on. Your husband knows that you made the effort, that's all that matters.