Miscellaneous: Today, my mom stopped playing badminton with me because she claimed...

By moms a baby - 31/03/2014 02:44 - United States - Loma Linda

Today, my mom stopped playing badminton with me because she claimed I was too aggressive. Apparently winning, playing by the rules, and smashing is considered aggressive. FML

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By Anonymous - 04/10/2015 14:20 - United States - Pensacola

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By Anonymous - 05/11/2014 19:52 - Australia - Hawthorn

Today, my mum yelled "Son of a bitch!" as I narrowly beat her at a game of Mario Kart. I jokingly yelled back "Hell yeah I am!" Now I'm grounded for two weeks, birthday included, all because my mum's a sore loser. FML

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Today, my girlfriend beat me at ping pong, twenty to three. She said I let her win because I don't respect her, then stormed out of the room. I'm just really bad at ping pong. FML

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Isn't it ironic, don't you think?

By Anonymous - 06/09/2019 20:03

Today, my mom complained that I was being too loud, and she smacked my head really hard. All while screaming at me. FML

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By Anonymous - This FML is from back in 2013 but it's good stuff - Australia - Rowville

Today, at a mixed-family game of rugby, my dad resorted to calling me a "goddamned accident" and eventually body-slamming me, just so I'd stop playing long enough for his team to score. FML

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By Anonymous - 30/01/2014 18:13 - United States - Elizabethtown

Today, while playing badminton at school, I got an opponent who is mentally handicapped. Since I'm terrible at the game, I guess the teacher assumed it would be a good match. I won the match, my first victory ever. My teacher accused me of cheating to humiliate him. FML

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Overbearing much?

By Anonymous - 06/10/2020 14:02

Today, my mom caught me playing Mortal Kombat and had a fit about the violence, saying she read violent video games turn young people like me into mass murderers. I’m 29 years-old with my own flat and she still tries to treat me like a dumb impressionable teenager. FML

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I'm always right

By Anonymous - 15/01/2023 14:00

Today, my mom got mad at me. She told me that the neighbor was stupid for letting their kids play all over the street alone. I said it was fine, because the mom walked right next to the daughter as she played on her scooter. She argued, “Why do you always have to disagree with me?” FML

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By User06606 - 29/09/2009 11:31 - United States

Today, I went to eat with my girlfriend, her parents and my mother. My mother complained about every aspect of the service. When I told her she needed to assert herself, she took her pocketbook and hit me over the head. The whole restaurant stared at us while she yelled "Is that assertive enough?" FML

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Doormat blues

By Anonymous - 11/05/2024 02:00 - United States

Today, my mom spent an hour lecturing me on how I'm a doormat who lets people walk all over me, and that I needed to be more assertive. So I stood up and told my dad, no, I am not going on that forestry camp he wants me to go to. Mom sat silently by as he screamed and grounded me for the entire summer. FML

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junkman6 22

Monday 31 March 2014 8:53

Aggressive and badminton... Two words I never thought I would see put together.

ilovemychem 22

Monday 31 March 2014 8:50

Competitive family?

Comments

r00nie 10

Monday 31 March 2014 11:12

She's probably looking for some fun, and not a one-sided affair. Let her win a couple of times.

sohigh10 34

Monday 31 March 2014 11:25

Rules and points don't matter when you're playing family.. What's more fun, beating your mother mercilessly and scoring a high amount of points or having a nice time? This isn't a competition, this is your mother..

RedPillSucks 31

Monday 31 March 2014 20:11

Thank you.... I'm glad someone understands

fleur_de_fevrier_fml 22

Monday 31 March 2014 11:39

Gee OP, you sound like Monica Geller from friends. Chances are your mom is not as fit as you and she was just looking for some fun. Why does this need to be a competition?

holliepong 8

Monday 31 March 2014 12:15

Your mom is just shy to say that you're so good at it. Just let her win

worldclassrager 39

Monday 31 March 2014 13:04

It looks to me that your mother is more of a sore loser...

travelfreak 20

Monday 31 March 2014 14:14

There could be more to this story that we don't know about.

Misoranomegami 16

Monday 31 March 2014 14:16

My family is uber non competitive. My sis and I play cooperative badminton. We try to see how long we can keep it going before someone drops it and save the spikes and things for playing in the amateur tournaments.

thecrazymancan 17

Monday 31 March 2014 14:39

I don't really know anything about badminton but "smashing" sounds like something that would be aggressive. XD

Likian5 26

Monday 31 March 2014 14:51

Keep in mind that just because you think that "playing by the rules" isn't agressive doen't mean that she should too. Plenty of people who play sports by the rules can still be an agressive player. She may just want someone to play with instead of compete against, ever think of that?