By AnonymousCow - 20/09/2016 13:04 - Australia - Perth

Today, I told my daughter that she wasn't allowed to eat in her room, so she sat at the table and glared at me for 10 minutes while she ate. She's 15. FML
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Aethereal 14

I never had to eat with my family during routine meals... I'm now long past being a teen, and I still do not understand why some families insist upon watching and listening one another chew on things... (For interaction, there are other, much better times. I personally was taught it is not polite to chew and talk.)

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Aethereal 14

Or perhaps she simply does not like being stared at by another person who is chewing.

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Saraishi 24

That sounds more like a normal day on the life of a parent of a teenager than a true FML. Let her glare; rules are rules.

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Sheh_fml 25

She is 15, well beyond the age when she would make a mess and not be able to clean it properly. So just let her eat in her room. She's a teen, and teens need some freedom to create their own space with their own rules. That's what having your own room is for.

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geniusness 6

Sounds about right for her age.

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shitstorm28 11

smile. you're the adult, and her glaring should hold no power over you.

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Saraishi 24

So, making a comment that says that maybe the parent is overreacting to their teen's overreaction is opressing the OP, since the post was approved by readers and staff? Isn't your censorship oppressing me and my opinion? I wasn't a bit rude to OP or anyone in the comment section. There's so many comments with heaps of dislikes, some pretty offensive and insensitive, and they don't get moderated. I wonder if this comment is going to be moderated as well because it "ruins the mood" of the comment section? Your censorship is what "ruins the mood" of an FML member"

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SneezyBear 27

#29 I agree, sometimes the mods work well but other times their decisions don't make a jot of sense. I've been on the receiving end of it too. Respectfully suggesting that the OP is overreacting to a minor issue, and explaining your reasoning 'ruins the mood' of the comment section, but screaming 'YDI OP, you're an awful person who deserves it' apparently fits the mood just fine. Way to encourage people to be civil, mods.

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Mathalamus 24

sorry, but as long as she is responsible, and cleans up after it, i would allow it. primarily because i do the same thing, and understand why.

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Lady_Spaghetti 36

If she's 15 why can't she eat in her room?

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est000dog 11

Has she ruined something while that, electronics or something? Dose she have a pile of dirty dishes in her room? Do she have a eating disorder of some sort? If all no then I don't see why she shouldn't be allowed... If it's your "family tradition" then maybe talk why she don't want to take part of it

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nevereyes 31

YDI. There is no reason a 15 year old shouldn't be allowed to eat in their own room

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