Kids: Today, my mum yelled "Son of a bitch!" as I narrowly beat her...

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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By goodbye cruel world - 01/12/2012 01:28 - United States - Chula Vista

Today, my dad grounded me for two weeks for profusely swearing at my misbehaving laptop. After some arguing, he actually accepted my half-joking offer to play a game of CoD over it. His condition was that if I lost, my grounding period would double. We played. He kicked my ass. FML

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Ironic, isn't it?

By KC. - 25/04/2012 20:06 - United Kingdom - Cambridge

Today, I got into an argument with my mother, when she snapped and called me a son of a bitch. I said that made no sense, because I'm a girl, and it'd only really confirm that she's a bitch. She then grounded me for insulting her. FML

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Double standards

By Anonymous - 21/02/2013 18:45 - Australia - Brisbane

Today, my bus got held up in traffic, so I arrived home about 15 minutes late. My mum bitched me out, accused me of sleeping around, and grounded me. All this while my brother raged at his video game in the other room, screaming stuff such as "EAT SHIT, YOU CUNTS!" with total impunity. FML

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You OK hon?

By religiunatic - 13/12/2013 17:09 - Canada - Keswick

Today, my normally very modest and prissy mom came home, pissed off about something. I asked her what was wrong, but she wouldn't say, and snapped at me to "fuck off". She then grounded me for "making" her use that kind of "vile language". FML

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You deserved it 3 129

By Toaster - 30/07/2009 15:11 - United States

Today, my 8 year old little sister said "f you" to my mom. My mom thought I told her to say that and grounded me for a month. Later, my sister came up to me and said "Gotcha, bitch." FML

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You deserved it 4 142

By Anonymous - 31/07/2016 14:19

Today, I got punched in the face after I beat my stepbrother at Mario Kart. I didn't really get hurt, but he managed to break a finger. My stepmom blamed the whole thing on me, accusing me of being violent and a bad influence on her son. FML

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You deserved it 882

By dadyoureacunt - 21/09/2013 13:10 - Australia - Melbourne

Today, my dad made a big show of sending me to my room and grounding me for a week. Not because he heard me cursing at my video game, but because I "swear like a little girl" and it embarrassed him in front of his friends. FML

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Domestic

By Anonymous - 16/12/2022 15:00

Today, my mom tried to ground me, even though I moved into my own flat to escape her. I told her 'my flat, my rules' so she tried to confiscate my Xbox because 'she’s the boss of me.' The look on her face as the cops took her away was worth the shouting match we’ll have when she makes bail. FML

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Mario Kart is serious business

By Anonymous - 25/08/2014 05:44 - United States - Bowling Green

Today, I was playing Mario Kart with my wife. I threw a blue shell and it hit her. She then refused to speak to me for three hours straight until right before bedtime when she called me a bastard and told me to sleep on the couch. FML

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You deserved it 8 600

By yourebeautiful - 31/12/2011 20:37 - United States

Today, my mom took my cell to work with her. When she got home later, she scolded me for not answering her calls. When I pointed out that she'd taken it, she grounded me for "talking back". FML

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You deserved it 2 829

billyboef 10

Thursday 6 November 2014 0:01

at least you won the game

lowkeybelieber 7

Thursday 6 November 2014 0:01

What a bitch

Comments

dustin007 15

Thursday 6 November 2014 3:50

You Mit have won the game but UR mum won the life game >:)

thisguy22 33

Thursday 6 November 2014 3:53

I'm sure you're right. You got grounded for your mom being a sore loser, not you calling her a bitch... makes sense.

weaslette_fml 7

Thursday 6 November 2014 4:17

Mario destroying families since 1983

howeidoit 6

Thursday 6 November 2014 4:20

Well if she dose that then she is a bitch

jackycat 17

Thursday 6 November 2014 4:32

Your mom did overreact a bit. I mean your birthday for that, that's too harsh. You still shouldn't have said it, especially with her annoyed already. Timing is the key to successful jokes. Hopefully, when she calms down she'll ease up and realize that it was just a poorly timed joke.

brendejafulable 41

Thursday 6 November 2014 4:46

You are obviously not grounded enough if you are able to post to this website..

Lisa13Mar 4

Thursday 6 November 2014 4:50

Ive seen this before, to a T. Not on FML, but Ive seen this joke before.

LadyTyger51ne 8

Thursday 6 November 2014 5:02

Wellllllll, you did sort of ask for that......

SlyCooper15 16

Thursday 6 November 2014 5:04

That was seriously slick though.

DoubleDosexo 12

Thursday 6 November 2014 5:10

um no, because you called her a bitch. if I was your mom and saw this, I'd ground you for longer, because you obviously don't understand the reason

Axel5238 29

Thursday 6 November 2014 6:19

Agreed, the mom said it as an exclamation. OP doesn't get why it was wrong and I'm guessing those thinking it was unfair are around the age of the OP and/or don't get it either. YDI OP

mikbrooke 25

Thursday 6 November 2014 9:25

i think its unfair, i get it though, and im 20. things are said in the heat of the moment WITHOUT thinking. sure, its his mother. but she probably said 'son of a bitch' in the heat of the moment due to losing. it happens. grounding is a bit of an overreaction.

Thunderstruck14 30

Thursday 6 November 2014 11:38

If someone insults you, there are better ways to fix the problem that locking them up for two weeks and not letting them have fun on their birthday. She could have just said, "You crossed the line." or "That's not okay to say to people." Some people insult their family and friends in a friendly way. Its called joking around. Nothing wrong there. Well, if someone insults you don't like it and you don't think its funny, just let them know. Why can't parents just let their kids know when they made a mistake? Why does saying the wrong thing mean a person should have to be grounded for two weeks?

Axel5238 29

Thursday 6 November 2014 22:16

All too often without punishment it doesn't really sink in unfortunately. There has to be more than a warning . Things you do have consequences and the punishment isn't always going to be light.