Holidays: Today, I was forced to spend New Years Eve with my strict/conservative...

By Anonymous - 01/01/2010 07:11 - United States

Today, I was forced to spend New Years Eve with my strict/conservative parents in the middle of nowhere in Illinois. If I had nothing else, I looked forward to watching the ball drop in NYC. As the seconds counted down the T.V. shut off. Parental controls shut down cable at midnight. FML

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By Shawna - 02/01/2010 01:19 - United States

Today, I got all dressed up for a New Year's party. When my parents and siblings left the house to their parties, I got undressed. I wasn't going to a party. I only got dressed up so my family would think I had plans. FML

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By AH. - 07/09/2009 18:16 - United States

Today, I told my parents that all I wanted for my 18th birthday was to go to a restaurant in NYC for a nice dinner. My parents said no, because it would cost too much money. I came home to see my parents had bought a huge TV for $800. We already have 3 televisions. FML

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Friday 1 January 2010 14:45

Nowhere is in Kansas. and you can watch the ball drop online...it's not the same, but...Happy New Year anyway?

shamille 5

Friday 1 January 2010 14:39

what's the parental control code? i bet it's 0000 mwahahaha...

Comments

JarheadX_fml 0

Friday 1 January 2010 15:16

yup. explain it

GiRIsMakingCupca 0

Friday 1 January 2010 15:25

woah that wuz stupid I mean it's like 3....2....1....I am soryy You can not watch this show right now. Thank U. but that does suck

soulonfire928 0

Saturday 2 January 2010 0:23

What a nearly unintelligible comment.

fobchick 0

Friday 1 January 2010 15:43

Wow tell your parents to stick there parental controls where the sun don't shine, what assholes!

diet_otaku 0

Friday 1 January 2010 15:56

at least you were awake and had people to celebrate the new year with.

aaarrr 0

Friday 1 January 2010 16:52

umm time zones?

boatkicker 4

Friday 1 January 2010 17:54

They didn't say they were watching it live. They said they were watching it.

Wii624 5

Friday 1 January 2010 18:12

That's why I hate parental controls so much. Parents don't know how much torture it is! We're not going to look at **** mom and dad. We want to go on facebook...

MotherRussia 0

Friday 1 January 2010 18:17

lol major buzzkill huh?

moshroom 0

Friday 1 January 2010 18:20

wow what horrible parents.

arn08 0

Friday 1 January 2010 18:29

No actually it's not recorded, they show the ball drop live here at 11pm central. They show local/Chicago countdowns at midnight. So if the OP wanted to watch the ball drop she would have been able to long before the tv shut off at midnight.