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By pandabear93 - 04/09/2009 06:30 - United States

Today, I was talking to my mom about when I have kids. I told her I may want two or three. She immediately cut me off and told me to stick to one, and that any more than that will be a burden. I am the second born child of my family. FML

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By Anonymous - 17/02/2021 17:01

Today, I told my mom my husband and I were considering having another baby. She said, "No!" about 30 times. Then later she texted me that she insists on no more kids. I guess I will never have that bonding moment with her. FML

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By Anonymous - 21/04/2022 14:00

Today, my mom is threatening to disinherit me because I won’t have a baby. I have three siblings who between them have seven kids for her to obsess over, yet she calls at least once a week and always tries to convince me to get pregnant. Fuck off mom. FML

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By Anonymous - 29/09/2021 20:45

Today, I told my mom I was thinking of having a baby. She told me it was a huge mistake because children cost a fortune, make you miserable, and if she'd had her chance again she would have gotten her tubes tied when she was 18 and saved herself the grief. Gee, thanks mom. FML

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By nomorepups - 31/10/2016 14:54

Today, I adopted my second dog. When I called to tell my mom about it, she sternly told me that I was not allowed to get any more dogs. I'm 28 and own my own house. FML

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By No Pressure - 06/07/2022 04:00

Today, my mom asked me out of the blue if I was ever going to consider getting married. It wasn't until after the conversation ended that I remembered my siblings are all either single like I am, or incapable of having children. I am my mother's last hope of becoming a grandma, and she reminds me all the time. FML

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By Kitty_Gem - 27/08/2009 20:28 - United States

Today, my mother told me I should think about quitting school. She explained that the reason was because she didn't want me to be more successful than my older sisters. FML

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By ChildFree - 20/04/2015 23:55 - Saudi Arabia - Riyadh

Today, my mother-in-law asked me when my fiancé and I were going to start having children. When I told her we weren't planning on having any, she went on a tirade about how selfish and cold I am for denying her precious grandchildren. Now she hates me. FML

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By Hangryko - 11/05/2021 08:01 - Canada - Kitchener

Today, my mother told me to my face that if she could do it all over again, she wouldn't have had kids. Thanks, Mum. It's not like I asked to be born. FML

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Build your own

By Anonymous - 05/09/2024 13:00 - United States - Maryland Heights

Today, after my wife gave birth to another of our daughters, she announced that this was the last one. When I reminded her I still needed a son to carry on my name, she replied, "Well, you've got four girls. You want a boy? Birth him yourself!" FML

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Good advice

By Anonymous - 03/05/2022 04:00

Today, I was advised to never have kids because they ruin your life, ruin your body, cost you money, stress you out, and the end result is they become an adult you don’t even really like or would choose to spend time with if you weren’t related. It was both my parents who gave me this advice. FML

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Friday 4 September 2009 16:12

wow, way to hurt your kids' feelings. go ahead and have your kids but be careful about grandma. she can be a hurtful bitch.

mushoo_fml 0

Saturday 5 September 2009 12:07

Just imagine, 20 years from now we could be seeing an fml: "Today I was browsing old fml archives. I saw one by my parent, pandabear93. I am his second child. FML"

Comments

littlegoldwoman 0

Friday 4 September 2009 19:32

screw your mom. Have as many as you want. you wont be a bitch like she is. I hate stupid horrible mean parents who dont consider the feelings of their kids!

blink831forever 13

Friday 4 September 2009 19:33

Aww! That sucks that your mom said that. My mom tells me all the time to never have kids because they aren't worth it and they are expensive as hell.

waterynuggets 0

Friday 4 September 2009 20:00

Oh, come on, your life isn't ******. She probably just meant hold off because kids ARE a burden and after you've had one, you might not want one or two more. Then there's Jon and Kate plus 8... F their lives. I watched 1 ep and saw that she got pregnant twice. lulz.

Ret_fml 0

Friday 4 September 2009 20:49

There's two explanations: 1. Your mom just doesn't think you're responsible/capable of raising more than one kid 2. As you implied in your FML, your mom went through the same situation with you. I know my grandma told my mom - second born - "Oh, I love your sister more" so it does happen. FYL. But if it's the first explanation, just ignore her "advice" and do what you want--prove her wrong.

mister_moops 0

Friday 4 September 2009 23:01

stop crying. she still loves you, doesn't she? babies are just annoying.

giganticbrain 0

Friday 4 September 2009 23:31

Babies ARE ******* annoying!

capital_seven 0

Saturday 5 September 2009 0:20

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lologirl419 0

Saturday 5 September 2009 2:29

Well maybe, just maybe, she wasn't saying YOU were a burden; she was just thinking about your situation rather than advising you off her own. Maybe she thinks you aren't cut out for more than one kid? God, people should think through what others say to them before posting all these whining, bitching FMLs. I swear, half the entries I see nowadays are "Boohoo, someone said something mean to me, or something I misinterpreted as mean because I'm whiny. Wah wah. FML."

cmac86 23

Saturday 5 September 2009 2:43

she's probably right, but I wouldn't know. it sucks but don't pull a duggar family- popping kids out faster than rabbits.

jonny2x4 0

Saturday 5 September 2009 2:56

Your mom speaks from experience.

the_stereotype 0

Saturday 5 September 2009 3:46

yeah, or maybe she meant it for the OP specifically. she means two might be a burden for you and where you are in your life at the moment. if your mom is nice enough to give you advice i doubt she'd be enough of a bitch to actually mean you were a burden