Miscellaneous: Today, I spent my day alone while my parents and siblings were...

By sadcinderella - 22/12/2009 07:01 - United States

Today, I spent my day alone while my parents and siblings were at school and work. Trying to be helpful, I cleaned out the fridge, did 5 loads of laundry, worked outside, fed the pets and made dinner for the entire family. The evening was spent hearing complaints of how wrong I did everything. FML

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You deserved it 3 303

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By Kay Kay - 23/05/2020 05:00

Today, while my parents were grocery shopping, I cleaned the kitchen, swept floors, did laundry, and cleaned bathrooms, only to finish right before they got home. After dinner, my dad bitched and complained that I didn't take out the trash and he had no room to throw away his paper plate. FML

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You deserved it 148

Can't win

By Viscerion - 31/01/2023 00:30

Today, I made breakfast for the family. Perfect. Did all the Laundry. Great. Drove the one and a half hour round trip to take my stepdaughter to work. Blah. Finished off by doing some housework and cooking dinner. The dinner wasn't perfect, and my wife told me that for all the good I do, I ruin everything. FML

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Quality family time

By Anonymous - 28/03/2024 18:00 - United States

Today, after a long talk with the kids, I finally got all the chores around the house done early so we could have a fun family weekend. My wife decided to be a wet blanket and insisted we needed to deep clean the already clean kitchen. Three arguments later, everyone is sulking, and I'm working in the kitchen alone. FML

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You deserved it 127

So unfair

By Anonymous - 09/02/2015 04:47 - United States - Peoria

Today, my mom asked my siblings and me for help cleaning the kitchen. After working for a half hour while all my siblings sat on the couch, I pointed out that I was the only one working. My mom thanked my siblings for not having attitudes like mine and sent me to my room. FML

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You deserved it 3 208

Never enough

By Anonymous - 20/09/2022 00:01

Today, I spent all day doing chores around the house, including mowing and raking the lawn, paying bills, going to the store, meal prepping, and cleaning the fridge. When I sat down to enjoy some well-earned games, my girlfriend sighed and asked if I ever planned to contribute anything to our relationship. FML

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You deserved it 160

Never enough

By Anonymous - 13/08/2022 06:00

Today, after weeks of my girlfriend complaining that I don't help with the chores, I secretly took a day off work to deal with some that were piling up. When she got home, all she could do was complain about how I hadn't done more. FML

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You deserved it 281

By brizzle - 05/04/2009 20:15 - United States

Today, my parents came home after being out of town for the weekend. I stayed home, did homework and completely cleaned the house, thinking I could earn some brownie points with them. They saw how clean the house was and accused me of covering up a party. FML

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By anon - 06/01/2015 00:15 - Australia - Sydney

Today, I spent hours cooking an amazing dinner for my family, who had just gotten home from a trip, so we could spend some time together because I'd started to miss everyone. When they got home, they saw it all laid out and just took plates to their room, without even telling me they were home. FML

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By justkillm3 - 13/05/2010 04:07 - United States

Today, I came home after ten hours at work to find my unemployed wife and 4 kids sprawled out watching TV waiting for me to get home and cook for them. I had to wash all the dishes first because they didn't feel like getting up or helping. FML

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The stench

By Anonymous - 17/05/2022 14:00

Today, my mom is on vacation and I’m taking care of her pets. I also get to clean the entire house. No, she didn’t ask me to do that. It’s just that I had to hold my breath every time I opened the fridge, and there is no surface clean enough to actually touch, so I simply couldn’t help myself. FML

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You deserved it 159

kezzstar 0

Tuesday 22 December 2009 11:53

Lovely. Of course, if you had done nothing all day, they would have complained about that too. Should have told them to do it themselves then.

Mutantking 0

Tuesday 22 December 2009 12:11

well you deserve a pat on the back. there much better.

Comments

aback 4

Tuesday 22 December 2009 15:42

They did you a favor. Now you never have to do any of that for any of them again.

monbon6788 0

Tuesday 22 December 2009 22:53

seconded

me199 0

Tuesday 22 December 2009 15:52

Well do it right or dont do it at all

grrrarrrg2 2

Tuesday 22 December 2009 16:28

YDI for doing it wrong...jk. but seriously that blows. Unless you screwed it up REALLY bad FYL for them not appreciating what you did.

fbp6277 0

Tuesday 22 December 2009 16:30

Sounds like my house.

humblebumble 1

Tuesday 22 December 2009 16:53

Sounds like my house too. If I move the milk carton to the other side of the fridge shelf I get chastised. If I vaccuum the kitchen my mother will "tidy up" after me. I'm terrified of going near the laundry or washing the floors. And I'm actually really neat, not a half-assed slob or anything close.

perdix 29

Tuesday 22 December 2009 16:54

So, you hosed down the fridge without taking anything out first, you made every piece of clothing pink and shrunk it to doll size, you fed the Christmas ham to the dogs, and served your family Kibbles & Bits, and you want praise for that?

Ovechkin17 0

Tuesday 22 December 2009 17:52

this happens to me too it's no fun :(

hot_mess88 0

Tuesday 22 December 2009 18:04

OP, please, just stop. If you didn't do it right, than it's your fault. You sound like my little brother. "Oh! I tried to do it, so you wouldn't have to, Mom!" And all he ended up doing was wipe down a table and then ran to his room to play PlayStation. If your family is just griping because you didn't do it "their" way, just ignore them and walk away. Keep helping out, because, honestly, if you live there, you are contributing to the mess, and you need to take some damned responsibility. Even if you're just visiting for the holidays, it is your parents' house and you are not a guest. So get off the computer and go clean the dishes...

OnTheSaneSide 0

Tuesday 22 December 2009 18:51

So many things are wrong with what you said. The OP was legitamately trying to help. How do I know? Because ***SHE*** came here and wrote that they told her she did it wrong. It would ONLY bother HER if she spent a legitamate amount of time TRYING to help. Even if she half-assed some of the jobs, it is still mildly beneficial to the family, but she still happened to not do them the way they wanted. FYL OP for not doing it how they liked it, but unlike this completely one dimensional _____, I think it was very nice of you to spend all day helping out your family REGARDLESS of whether you live there or are visiting. You DID "get off the computer" and help out, and taking 3 minutes to post this to FML doesn't even mean you were on the computer for a big length of time. This guys ridiculous...