By tessie94 - 06/09/2015 18:33 - Austria - Vienna

Today, my boyfriend thought I was going to ask him if we wanted children together. Instead of talking about it, he pretended to have a violent seizure and die. FML
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Hello everyone, OP here. So it seems I should clarify a few things over here, don't want you guys worrying over something not that important :D first of all, we were both surprised our FML was published since we are both avid FML readers and have often joked that we should share some situations with you. This time, again and then I decided to actually share it and - hey presto :D then came the backlash. I forgot I was on the internet- I'm not an avid social media user so I'm not used to it. For everyone speculating: yes, the Sherlocks among you have correctly deducted that I am indeed 21 and my boyfriend is 22. We have been going out for almost 3 years now and are very happy together. We even have talked about having children together in lighter moments but on the evening I posted it my darling man was not very relaxed and I was amused by the cliché behaviour of him freaking out and me being overly attached. He did pretend to die violently every time I wanted to talk about it to the point that we were both just in tears laughing. But no worry, we both are NOT having children anytime soon. I was talking about the future, 7-10, maybe even 15 years. I want to be a late mum because as you guys probably haven't guessed I am a trained nanny and child minder and therefore know full well how tiring and difficult children can be, even though I love them dearly. And so does my boyfriend by the way. He is the most wonderful uncle to two tiny kiddos we both love more than anything, which is why I thought he was ok with talking and dreaming about our child-filled future. Obviously not. Boys will be boys but that is fine as well of course. Lastly, I want to apologise to anyone who might or might not feel offended by me joking about seizures, in no way was I reflecting it and realising what that could mean. I am sorry. And as a side note- Tessie is my dog. Cheerio and thanks for reading and worrying about unwanted children set into this world (of which there are far too many) love from a loving Austrian/British Nanny and veterinary student :)

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Chances are your boyfriend was just trying to tell you that he is already pregnant with your child through interpretive dance.

wordygirl 11

That must have been difficult to watch. I would have loved to see your face though;)

pharm121 21

Umm I have a seizure disorder and my boyfriend and I joke about it all the time. We call it my martini syndrome. I'm shaken not stirred. Haha.

Apparently you are dating a manchild who freaks out when there is any remotely serious conversation id say dump that child because little boys shouldn't have girlfriends until they have grown up

ezrajab 22

Seizures are nothing to joke about!

cherryDcola 12

you don't ask your bf for kids wait till you married I mean seriously kids are messed up because of morons like you

It should be established whether both parties in the relationship want kids or not prior to marriage. If you want kids, and your partner doesn't, this can be a deal breaker and end up in divorce. I've seen it happen, and I know if my husband didn't want kids, I would not have married him in the first place. It can cause huge animosity between the couple if they hold each other back from their dreams.

48: Firstly, the FML says that OP's boyfriend *thought* she was going to ask about children. That implies that she was actually going to ask something else. Secondly, as the comment above me says, it's actually pretty important to make big decisions like that before getting married. It'd be pretty annoying if you got married dreaming of having lots of children with your partner only to find out that they don't want kids. Thirdly, not everyone wants to get married. It's entirely possible to have kids without being married.