Miscellaneous: Today, my parents favoritism towards my brother really shone...

By Anonymous - 03/10/2013 03:00 - United States - Decatur

Today, my parents favoritism towards my brother really shone through when we moved house and he got the nicest and by far biggest room. I wouldn't mind, but my brother is in college overseas and never comes home. FML

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By Ana - 30/07/2024 17:00 - United States

Today, my mom proved to me that there was favoritism between me and my siblings. My mom made me use my money to buy everyone dinner, but when my brother wanted to buy himself food, my mom asked him if he was gonna buy me and our sister some too, he said, "No, I don’t want to" and she said, "That’s fine." FML

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Home sweet home?

By Anonymous - 13/09/2009 21:23 - United States

Today, I was helping my dad move into his new house. It's a 4-bedroom house and he has three kids so it's perfect. I was wandering around and noticed that the first bedroom is his, the second is my older brother's, the third is my younger sister's, and the fourth is an office. I have no room. FML

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By Venus - 26/04/2019 20:00

Today, despite the fact that I live with my parents and pay rent, my mom decided the best spot for my brother, his wife and one-year-old son was my bedroom. So I'm sleeping on the couch, because it would, "take too long to clean her room." FML

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Narcissistic

By Anonymous - 07/03/2022 06:00 - Canada - Dundas

Today, my mom chewed me out, because my brother has been complaining to her that I don't talk to him anymore since moving out. We've never talked much, even when we were sharing a place! FML

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By Anonymous - 27/10/2018 13:30

Today, I was talking to my military brother about him coming home soon. I told him that our parents don't always handle change well, but are excited to see him. He took that to mean that they don't want him home and to make plans to stay where he is. FML

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Legalese

By Anonymous - 10/06/2022 00:00

Today, after years of telling my sister she's crazy for thinking our parents have been playing favorites all our lives, with me being the favorite, I saw in their will I got the house, both cars, and all their money. Meanwhile, all she got mom's old clothes, "if she can fit in them." FML

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By Anonymous - 14/10/2009 08:21 - Australia

Today, I won an award at school for my hard work. Afterwards, my parents told me off. Why? They wanted my brother to get it instead of me. FML

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Freeloadin' freewheelin'

By Anonymous - 26/02/2022 04:00

Today, my screw-up brother turned up at my house, expecting to move in rent free. Apparently, mom kicked him out and sent him to me. He's a freeloading demon, who's almost impossible to get rid of, so I told him to get lost and locked my door. Now my mom calls every 5 minutes to call me a selfish asshole. FML

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The golden child

By Anonymous - 16/09/2023 06:00

Today, my mother's blatant favouritism of my little brother hit an all time high when she got him his dream car for his 18th birthday, to the tune of £7000. Do you know what she got me for my 18th last year? £10 in a card and a bottle of cheap wine that she ended up drinking herself. FML

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The golden child

By Anonymous - 25/07/2022 12:00

Today, at lunch with my mother, she disclosed that she made some changes to her will. Instead of the previous even split to all siblings, 90% of the sizable estate will now go to my brother. He has already been living off my mother's property for the last 10 years, and reaping the benefits of being expense free. FML

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crimsonlover4 31

Thursday 3 October 2013 9:36

Sorry to hear that Meg

westcoastkp 13

Thursday 3 October 2013 9:36

Stay there while he's gone? Maybe your parents can compromise

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ghil15 8

Thursday 3 October 2013 9:34

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timakinz 21

Thursday 3 October 2013 21:30

Or maybe they're just compensating in their own weird way. They might be painfully missing him.

niftyismybitch 21

Thursday 3 October 2013 9:35

maybe they want to turn it into a gym..

Kibaruto 33

Thursday 3 October 2013 10:12

I can think of a few things parents could do with an empty spacious room.

604 11

Thursday 3 October 2013 9:35

Hmmmmmaybe they're trying to tell you something?

MoronsAccount1 12

Thursday 3 October 2013 9:35

Who gives a shit if you didn't get a nice, big room? I may sound a little cliche, but coming from a guy that shared a room with his father until he was 15 because we were too poor for a three bedroom house, be ******* glad that you have one.

MoronsAccount1 12

Thursday 3 October 2013 9:39

Insane? What the hell is that? I didn't know that sharing an experience with someone to show them they shouldn't be so upset was considered an insane act. Who made this guy apart of FMLs staff? lol.

Zomg_Okay 26

Thursday 3 October 2013 9:41

It would have bugged you if there was an empty room in your house up for grabs and you still had to share with your father, wouldn't it? Similar thing here. OP is happy with their room otherwise ("I wouldn't mind, but...") but why not give them the better room that's wasted otherwise?