Kids: Today, my child-hating friend who vowed never to have any no...

By anonymous - 02/09/2011 22:02 - United States

Today, my child-hating friend who vowed never to have any no matter what, announced that she's pregnant. I've had three IVF cycles, spent $90k in fertility treatments, and still can't conceive. FML

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By sosad - 09/03/2011 22:08

Today, I was told that I will never be able to have children. Thankfully for my husband, his girlfriend sure can. FML

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Unreasonable demands

By why? - 12/04/2020 17:00

Today, my close friend who’s always been incredibly vocal about how much she hates children, never wants to be around them or have anything to do with them, stopped speaking to me. She’s incredibly "hurt" that I asked another friend to be my unborn child's godmother instead of her. FML

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By DumbFace714 - 14/02/2015 01:43 - United States - Santa Ana

Today, my friend told me she wanted to get pregnant. I thought that was good news, but then she said she wanted my boyfriend to be the father of her baby. FML

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Make it stop

By Anonymous - 04/01/2022 20:01 - United States

Today, after years of trying, my husband and I did IVF, fertilized 5 eggs, and the whole process was really rough. Now, a year after giving birth to our daughter, my husband wants to use another egg, but I don’t want to go through that all again. FML

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Devil parents

By Pandaling - 26/01/2020 05:00 - United States - Minneapolis

Today, my mother-in-law said: "People who don't have kids are children of the devil." I'm infertile, she knows this. FML

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Lovely family vibes

By Anonymous - 14/07/2022 18:00

Today, we have three kids. Two were "natural" and our third was through expensive IVF. Of all three kids, only our IVF son turned out to be a real asshole. Now he’s going to jail for armed robbery and pushing a pregnant woman to the floor. Wish we’d saved that IVF money and paid off the mortgage. FML

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Silver linings

By see lie - 31/07/2019 16:00

Today, we recently found out I'm infertile, and I thought we were both devastated, until my partner posted a drunk video to Facebook, basically celebrating that we will never have, "crying, nappy-shitting, soul-sucking, bank account-draining little sods." FML

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Revelations

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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Hello goodbye

By Anonymous - 08/11/2021 08:00

Today, after four years of infertility, my wife and I found out our miracle pregnancy was going to be a boy; our first child. Twenty minutes later, we found out our child has a terminal genetic condition, and will die in the next 4 weeks. FML

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Entitlement

By Anonymous - 02/05/2024 09:00 - United States

Today, despite the fact that we are well off and desperate to be parents, my sister refuses to let us adopt her unborn baby, and intends to “raise him on her own.” We earn twice what she does and have been trying to conceive or adopt for 7 years, and she doesn’t even have a husband. FML

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seanpalladino 2

Saturday 3 September 2011 1:09

Ironic, innit?

NVME30 0

Saturday 3 September 2011 1:09

I understand completely

Comments

SteelCladAngel 0

Saturday 3 September 2011 4:45

So sorry OP. :( on the bright side the results of IVF are much better than they were years ago. My mom had a few miscarriages between me and my younger siblings, but went through all the fertility treatments and had 2 sets of twins. Also, my mother in law wasn't even supposed to have one baby because she had maybe 1/3 of one ovary, and she ended up having two. Just put your faith in the science and/or god, whichever you prefer and it will happen.

SteelCladAngel 0

Saturday 3 September 2011 4:47

And to all you people who think adoption is those easy peasy process that happens overnight.... The adoption process can sometimes take //years// depending on where you are adopting from. The first adoption my aunt went though took 3 years, and the current adoption shes going through has so far taken 2 years.

whiterabbit420 4

Saturday 3 September 2011 13:39

192--- probably because she is putting conditions on it. "I want a baby with blonde hair and blue eyes" means you're going to wait a LOT longer. (just an example, even just saying male or female can make it take longer) The average adoption takes less than 9 months, and costs about $5k-10k

SteelCladAngel 0

Saturday 3 September 2011 13:59

No, she's not. It's because she's adopting from outside the country.

whiterabbit420 4

Sunday 4 September 2011 5:27

which is even more ridiculous because there are American babies who need homes, the cost is lower, the wait is lower, and the benefit is local.

dab123 3

Saturday 3 September 2011 4:54

Did you know that you could have actually put that money to use by adopting? 90 grand would have gone a long way for someone who actually wanted kids (obviously you don't or you would have adopted by now). What a waste of money.

MrsLaferriere 0

Saturday 3 September 2011 5:07

You're an idiot.

dab123 3

Saturday 3 September 2011 5:11

Must take one to know one I guess.

vrs_fml 0

Saturday 3 September 2011 4:56

All u need to do is start the adoption process or foster process. We had the same problem, decided to foster and bang pregnancy. Only took 11 years to figure that one out.