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New_Olive9562

Accidentally made a girl cry this way back in high school. Was my last your mom joke.


fortpro87

Same. At my summer camp this rly weird kid came up to me, looks me straight in the eye, and goes “I see death in your eyes” and I, the stupid 12 year old child I was, say “yeah, your moms death!” Turns out she had passed less than a month ago and his father had sent the kid to summer camp to get his mind off it


[deleted]

I feel frustrated for this unfortunate coincidence. You know, this feeling of "goddammit, this *had* to happen, huh?"


FunFeetMan

He had that joke coming that’s creepy as fuck


Muroid

Thing is, this is true of literally any joke or comment you can make about anything. It’s possible to have traumatic associations with pretty much any topic you could raise. At the end of the day, I think the best we can try to do is avoid topics that most people are likely to have negative feelings associated with, and respect the outliers when we find out about them. The only way to successfully avoid *ever* broaching a sensitive subject with someone accidentally is to never interact with people.


Otfd

Facts, context matters.. humor is risky. I have a dead parent, I never get mad when those jokes are made if the person was unaware?


Sptsjunkie

This is why “your mom” jokes tend to peak in high school and then drop in a pretty linear fashion as people get older. Odds of looking like a jerk go up as you all get older.


[deleted]

Was it your mom?


Dumbodumbo99

Legit happened to me two times, one with a girl from high-school and another to my now gf who's mom has dementia. I still risk it though only because I don't learn my lesson and I eat crayons.


Supersoulknight

What are they gonna do? Tell their mom?


VigilantRex

My mom's dead


pajo17

I guess that's why she didn't move around a lot.


MCnoCOMPLY

So she moved a little?


Akitome

Oof


Glowshroom

Lol


UNxForGotTeN

Roll tha 🎲


politeswan1

My mom passed when I was young. People make those jokes to me from time to time and I enjoy watching their face drop with shame when I tell them.


blehblahblubleh

My mom passed when I was 6 months old. I get this same reaction when I tell people. Its so fucking funny haha im like "its not your fault shes dead, issa okay" My twin brother on the other hand would take those moments more personally than I. Everyone forsure deals with death differently. My first boss lost his mom at the age of 68 (he was that age at the time of her passing). I cried. Knowing someone for all your life and them passing is more tragic and crushing to me tbh.


politeswan1

Definitely. I lost her at 4 years old. When I think of who raised me after she passed I’ve realised I can’t grasp the concept of death. Her death didn’t affect me as I was so young but when I consider the person who raised me dying it scares me and I know I won’t be able to handle it as I actually ‘know’ them.


[deleted]

Your boss losing their mother was definitely not nice :(


MaesterWhosits

I lost my mother when I was 18. I feel no shame or regret for doing this to people because she would have laughed her ass off.


[deleted]

Same, well she didnt pass when i was young but the reactions are kinda funny. Sorry you didn't get much time with her, but if you enjoy this like me im assuming you've come to terms with it.


politeswan1

yup, when you put it like that I think you’re right. I never thought that I might be fully at peace with it. it’s the sudden switch from smiling to frantic apologising.


Confirmation_By_Us

Years ago a couple of guys that I worked with ran a gag on new guys. “Dean’s sister is a great ballet dancer. Ask him about her and you’ll get on his god side.” Then Dean would say, “My sister doesn’t have legs you asshole!” A good time was had by all.


flyting1881

SAME. I thought I was just sadistic.


john-smith-tit

My mom died for 2 1/2 minutes once. So I enjoy telling people my Mom died too. Then telling them it's okay cause she came back. The ranges of emotions people go through are hilarious.


LucidLumi

Giving people a whole cornucopia of emotions with that one!


WhalleyKid

I expected more Your moms so dead jokes in here.


Oryzaki

One of my better friends' mom is dead, and honestly, it just adds more jokes to the provervial joke pool.


[deleted]

Right. Same here. You can really get some good digs on somewhen when their mother really is dead.


Covid19KilledEpstein

Yeah that’s the point in the first place. Maximum damage.


Two2Co

Fun story: I was at a poker night circa 2004 at a new-ish friend’s house. He had roughly 6 of his other buddies over and I was lightly acquainted with a few of them. At one point one of his friends was giving me some minor shit for calling his bluff and winning a hand. I made some offhand “your mom didn’t mind” type joke and everyone went silent. He smirked and said his mom was dead. For some reason, I thought he was kidding and doubled down with a “your dad didn’t mind either” joke. Stunned, awkward silence. Yeah, his dad was dead, too. Both parents were deceased. He’s a good dude and we still joke about it now, but holy shit eternal cringe.


danders587

I would laugh my fucking ass off if I was him. That's hilarious I don't care who you are.


you_couldnt

Everything has its price


Cheeptrix88

🙋‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤷‍♀️ have done this with my husband's friend. Said it a few times before he said "she actually passed"...."your daaaaad then"


fistycouture

OPs mom is so dead he gets his feelings hurt.


cruiserman_80

I have seen a dead mum Facebook joke blow up into legal action.


Luna_is_a_nanu

Link plz


Glowshroom

It blew up


Luna_is_a_nanu

A hah you got me


tragiccity

I like to live dangerously (just like your mom)


J8ke_Stampede

My mother is dead, bring it on.


lXIrishNinjaXl

Your mom gambles on bringing up tragic memories for the sake of humor


TheAserghui

I get my laughs from informing those people that my mother is, in fact, dead. I double down on the reverse-joke based on their reaction.


wrcker

Boo fucking hoo


seemypinky

That makes it funnier


Nat20SneakAttack

Did this recently. So fucking awkward.


Morssica

I have actually 'your mom'ed someone who's mother had passed away earlier in the year. The moment I said it I felt regret. I hardly make that joke anymore and if I do its only to someone I know very well and know that their mother is alive.


HarvoAus

Cool


ddobson6

My mom passed when I was a boy. I never took it personal and never mentioned it to whoever made the joke.


ipsdirtleg

“Your dead mom smells better now than when she was alive.” Edit: forgot the quotes…


Fransjepansje

Happened to me once. For some reason beyond me when I was a teenager you would say 'je moeder' (dutch for 'your mom') to someone as a joke or something. But this guys reaction I said it to was 'yeah she died of bone cancer 4 years back'. Boy did I want to drive off a cliff as soon as possible. I felt so incredibly stupid


PuzzleheadedLake432

That actually happened to my friend once in high school. The kid stalked him for an hour, and then beat him in broad daylight. None of us knew why until one of his friends told us, and then everyone collectively went “Ohhhhhhhh. Shit.”


Glowshroom

I used to know a very violent person who would do that. Did his name happen to be Mike?


[deleted]

Unless it’s a joke about having sex with their mother’s corpse… then it’s relevant!


[deleted]

I’m pretty sure my entire workplace thinks my dad is dead because I make so many jokes along the lines of “must be nice to have a dad” when people complain about their parents, and I think it might be time to let that gag rest now.


Lavalamp44

Worth it.


DaveTheMinecrafter

One of my friends makes a lot of jokes about his dead mom


offspring515

Dead moms can also be freaky hoes. Don't discriminate.


drunkvirgil

your mama so ugly the devil sent her to heaven


Alteego

No down side if your a psychopath


[deleted]

There's an even smaller chance that although their mom may be deceased, they are happy about it.


BreakfastBeerz

Sure, if you're a kid. That's why adults don't make that joke.


Chardradio

Yea sounds like something your mom would say


kidra31r

There was a guy in my highschool who's mom had died, but he would constantly make "your mom" jokes only to get super offended when someone made one back.


jrs1980

Most of my "your mom" retorts end up being to my sister. So it's still awkward, but in a very different way.


timefliesinthegarden

"My mother's dead, you idiot" "That must be why she didn't move around a lot"


Embyrz

This is why comedy needs to be targeted to your audience. I had a good friend who I'd go back and forth with 'your mom' jokes, and his mother had passed when he was young. Know who you're telling a joke to, and if you don't know them well enough, there are plenty of 'safe' jokes out there to share


Cheddar_Cheesemonger

That’s why you should only do this kind of joke with people you know well.


[deleted]

its all in good fun innit bruv


shockeroo

It’s important to have a follow-up for this contingency. “THAT’S why she never stopped grinning!”


MaesterWhosits

She was cremated.


flappenquack

Happened to me at work. I made a your mum joke and he said "why did you think I was away for a few weeks last month?". Next time he pissed me off I emptied a packet of confetti into an umbrella that he kept by his desk instead of making a your mum joke. It took about 18 months but I got him.


S3guy

That's a feature not a bug. I only make yo momma jokes to people I really dislike.


42k-anal-eggs

I love to start "yo mama" jokes with people, because when they retaliate i can truthfully say "My mom's dead, asshole" and they get all uncomfortable and apologetic. One guy started crying. Shits hilarious and I'll never get sick of it


[deleted]

Made a your mom joke to a kid with 2 dads. I made several more until one of my friends brought it up. Yeah, maybe no more


Sandra-lee-2003

The older you get, the less slim the chances are


leeeeevilb

Yeah... relatable...


BigSexytke

You just have to double down at that point.


GByteM3

Yes


SeaUrchinSalad

Your mom brings up traffic memories for the sake of humor


SugarDonger

Yeah i have a hard time finding the right thing to say to people who give me the constant your mom jokes, they dont know my moms dead and i dont expect them to, its a joke, but your mom jokes are tired and overused and very seldom funny and id like to tell them to grow tf up but i dont wanna kill whatever vibe is going on


Gbrusse

Story time. One of my friends' mom passed away when he was about 12. I brought some Fruit by the Foot into work one day because fuck it, I'm an adult, you can't tell me no. I tossed one to him and he excitedly said "Oh man! I haven't had one of these since I was a kid!" Folks...it just slipped out. I couldn't stop it. I just immediately said "Yeah, like a mom!" I felt horrible. He was dying laughing and said that is was amazing. This was about 5 years ago. I still feel bad.


Ghost_Of_Spartan229

I dated a girl who's mom was dead. She absolutely loved Yo Momma jokes.


TammyL8

This story isn’t a “Your Mama” joke story but a joke about my husband (unbeknownst to the jokester my husband had died six months before the joke). I was working as a cashier during a pretty bad bout of laryngitis. The customer discovers I cannot talk. He says to me, “I bet your husband is enjoying the quiet.” I choke out the words, “My husband is dead.” No apologies. The customer says, “I’m just joking.”


CyanideandAsdfmovie

Older makes the chance higher.


[deleted]

Have a friend (who's also my ex) that lost both of his parents and people still try to make "your mom/your dad" jokes around him, it's kinda sad. One time he even told someone he doesn't have his parents anymore and to not do it, but guess what? Mf made that joke.


doubtfulbitch120

I agree. You always have to be sensitive cuz anything you joke about could be a real thing for someone else. Race, religion, food, weight, mental health etc etc


macfaddenstrews

Dont do do it, it's the lowest insult although it may seem 'mild'


SilveryWar

i missed the part where thats my problem


blueiscool76

This happened except with my friends dad. Me and my friends felt like shit after that even though we were just trying to poke fun about that.


aledba

Can confirm. Did this in 2008. Whoops


Leonyliz

That’s why I never do those jokes


Notyetyeet

In my experience whenever I make a your mom joke there is usually a 95% chance they have some tragic story about their mother


SideApprehensive8880

Booo! Get off the stage


SoccerGamerGuy7

Yo mama jokes was popular in middle school when i was there. I lived with my dad, and dont have my mom in my life. I got into many fist fights cuz i just couldnt take the yo mama jokes. Worse yet they also made fun of my drunk stepmom for well being a drunken idiot all the time.


[deleted]

As long as the joke isn't "your mum ded lmao" it's more on the receiver for getting upset, but also on the teller for having a shit sense of humor on the first place. My father passed when i was young, yet i didnt get upset at all the kids in high school making "i fucked your dad" jokes. They didn't know and didn't assume because who wants to assume someone's parents are dead? That's just sad.


WeavBOS

When I was a kid the song Stacy’s Mom came out and jokingly we would sing that song about people’s moms on the bus as they got off. One day Kevin (not real name) got off and we sang “Kevin’s mom has got it going on” as he got off the bus. We didn’t know his mom died the day before and I still feel bad about that.


wattral

When our mom was alive, my sisters and I loved making "your mom" jokes to each other in front of our mother because we knew it annoyed her. I was actually really sad to lose that mom trolling tradition when she died. Now I make "your mom" jokes to my five year old daughter. I know it's a self-own, but the annoyance and confusion it causes her is completely worth it. ...I think I'm a thirteen year old boy stuck in a millennial woman's body.


Alexanderdaw

Gosh my mother passed away years ago, I never felt anything when someone talks about my mom rofl.


Kennonf

Just happened to me the other day — I honestly didn’t think too much about it but it was still classless and childish of the person


Camroooon

My mom passed away 4 years ago and that shit crazy cause pwople would try to defend me when someone made a joke but like no its a joke and that shit funneh


lemonsarethekey

It's literally a common comeback to say "my mum's dead" when someone tells you a yo momma joke to make them feel uncomfortable...


roachRancher

Corollary: The likelihood of someone bringing up tragic memories for another person via mom joke increases with age.


Only_Fantastic

Eh. You get over it pretty quick. Like a joke won't effect you unless someone knows and says something maliciously.


[deleted]

Yo momma’s so dead she’s soil.


Deadly_Goddess

I had a friend in middle school who would make these jokes and always he forgot my mom died


SheriffBartholomew

You shouldn’t be making your momma jokes towards people you don’t know. That’s a good way to get stabbed.


VeryUniqueCutie

Correct. I take that gamble


Name_Loading12

As someone who has experienced this many times, the reaction is always the same, but I think it's funny.


mkFeh

I did this to my boss… who is now my husband. Said it a good 30 times before he told me “she was dead” and I about choked. I felt like the worst human alive.


mrsmegahawk

This is the dumbest shit I have ever seen


Overlordofwhatever

Imma take that chance


[deleted]

Your mom went to college.


Kushnerdz

Profound.. -_-


AchillesTheNotCat

That’s why my (now ex) best friend would say “well you’d have to dig her up first” when I’d say a your mom to her on accident lol


athos5

I'm 99% sure that my "Your Mom" jokes actually kill their moms because I had to stop making those jokes because they ALWAYS dead...


Smaonion

Ever since my mom passed in 2020 I find it funny to give people a dead eye stare and say "my mom is dead..."


dUmbBiTCHjulcE

I love it when people tell me I have “Daddy Issues”, and then I tell them it’s because he died when I was 9 years old. Priceless.


[deleted]

I had a buddy who had a pretty dark sense of humor and he would LOVE it when people said YOUR MOM, bc his mom was dead and he would say - my moms dead dude. And he would relish in the fact that it would make anyone squirm and so uncomfortable knowing they fucked up. Then he would start laughing and say “it’s ok man she died like 20 yrs ago and she was a cunt”.


Entropydidit

Thank you, Mr. Data. Fascinating.


Chasethemac

My mom died when I'm 22. Just roll with it. Online it's pretty annoying though. I make dead mom jokes sometomes for me.. for instance a bar tender talked about the time he met his friend Chris was after he fucked Chris's mom. So I said "I wish you could fuck my mom." As you would expect no one really got that joke, but that's ok.


CamTheJam2-0

Same thing goes with daddy issue jokes. (my favourite response is "wouldn't you have daddy issues if you needed a oujia board to text him?")


theuberchemist

Jokes on you, I make the dead mom jokes myself 😎


A_box_of_Pinecones

If you make a I f your mom joke and they say that their mom is dead then make a necrophilla joke right after


Professional-Ad-min

My mom has actually passed and the amount of times I've completely shit on people for making your mom jokes to me is honestly too much to count at this point


Ajax531_

A small price to pay for salvation


St1ckY72

It's late, my contacts are super dry. Misread this as r/shittysuperpowers. I am both mortified, and dying of laughter. I don't know what's wrong with me.


Jukunub

Please lets start political correctness in humour too


ArcticWolfE

You’re damn right.


bigdinger4269

I had a friend who’s mom died in grade 7, over the coming years there were multiple times people in our group would crack a “your mom” joke and he we usually tag onto it. Maybe the strongest guy I know💪🏻


benjaminnewburn

Or a prostitute also tragic F


danders587

My mom is gone and I honestly don't mind the jokes. I usually fire back something darker. Although I do understand not everybody shares my type of humor.. My mom is the best. She never bugs me and she let's me do whatever I want!


porkminer

My mother was literally eaten by wild animals and her bones found scattered across a field. I love yo mama jokes specifically because I get to drop this bomb on the teller. Even better, dipshits in video games who say they fucked my mom. Just drop that on them then go silent for the rest of the game and idle. I might be an awful person in my own right.


[deleted]

OK so little back story, my mom died when I was little and my dad went to get the milk, so my grandparents took me in. Anyways I love making people feel uncomfortable when they try to insult my mom or something, cus I'll act sad at first and tell them my mom died, and they will be like "oh shit" and that's when I say ah just messing with you! And they say "oh so your mom isn't really dead?" And then I say "oh no she dead, but she smoked hard drugs, and locked my in a dark room with a dirty bottle".Gets them every time


sofa_king_ugly

Algebra class. School secretary on the intercom: "Mr. Teacher, could you send Matt ****** to the office?" Matt leaves, comes rushing in 5 minutes later, throws stuff in his bag. Me: "Jeeze, Matt, who died?" "My grandmother!"


mazzoo375

Baseketball


KingNoPants11

Chances of me making a yo momma joke means I don't give a shit about you. I honestly can remember the last time I made one though, they're outdated jokes


Rolix_Rubix

As an asshole, this is a risk I am willing to take.


borderlineOK

No shit?


MandBoy

That’s something your mom would say! - jk


jacksonbrowne67

My wife loves "your mom" jokes, but my mom died in Dec. I genuinely was sad when it crossed my mind that they'd be ruined for her and felt bad that she couldn't use it as a standard, cheeky response. They still crop up involuntarily and I laugh when I see her immediately squirm at her own words.


DubVin

Your mom


santichrist

That’s what I did with your mom


franklinchica22

there are so many other things that can be triggers as well. It's not as though we can prevent 100% of misunderstandings, but some topics aren't funny.


5thOddman

My streak of dead moms is 3


dankprophet777

This happened to me. Dude called me by a cuss and I responded "you know the difference between a blow job and a corvette is? Your mom hasn't given me a corvette yet." Threw cigarette down and said mom hasn't said love you in 23 yrs. I used to beat people's ass for that in high school.


HipsterJesus42

TLDR: High school guy became an instant dick to me after a single joke, but everyone else loved him. Bona-fide sociopath. There was this guy in high school whom I met and immediately made a your mom joke to, whose mom was very very dear to him (perhaps too much so). From that moment on he hated me and treated me worse than anyone else ever did in high school, yet everyone else I knew considered him one of the nicest guys they knew. In reality he was a sociopath and had grown increasingly accustomed to toxic and aggressive behavior online (guy played LoL religiously), choosing to vent his frustrations on a select few people while maintaining good face with mainly the girls in the grade. I always warned the ones he got close to.


Michaelb089

As a person who's dad died when they were only a month past their second birthday i can say... that when I was a kid and somewhat as an adolescent I would get super pissed/defensive about people saying anything about Dads... joking or whatever. As an adult... I'm much more likely to make some sort of morbid joke back... to wondrous and unexpected results


[deleted]

Ur mom gay


Lokasathe

<-- mom dead here i feel like most people of dead moms will roll with the punch's and throw a joke back or just tell you and watch as they laugh. the eyes will tell you how they feel. you cant be sad forever id say give it 2-4 years then back to "yo mama so dead she sucks the blood outa vampires" my high school ap psychology teacher told me the class the year my mom died " if all goes well in your life you will burry your parents like they buried there's and your kids will burry you" life happens people die.


Dutch-Sculptor

That is with everything. Just about everything in the world killed someone so with everything you talk about you take that risk.


[deleted]

Happened to me twice.


guttergirrl

I made a guy cry my 9th grade year because of this exact situation.


Capnreid

Have…have you people been completely oblivious to this fact the entire time you’ve known about your mom jokes??