Kids: Today, I went to the store with my 4 1/2 year old daughter. When...

By 102496 - 05/02/2010 03:53 - France

Today, I went to the store with my 4 1/2 year old daughter. When we got to the cosmetics aisle, she asked what make-up was for, I told her it was to make women prettier. My daughter then told me it was a good thing I wear make-up because I was ugly and that I might scare off my husband. FML

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By not a bad mom - 12/06/2022 21:00 - United States

Today, I took my daughter to a makeup store at the mall to get foundation to match her skin. The woman behind the counter scoffed, rolled her eyes, then called me a Karen when I asked for a manager. My daughter is 7 and I was getting makeup to match her elf ears for a costume we were making. FML

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By ugly - 31/08/2010 12:11 - United States

Today, I was taking the subway to school. I was applying some makeup when I noticed a little boy watching me. When I was finished I heard him whisper to his mom, "I thought make up was supposed to make you pretty." FML

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By loserwithlice - 26/07/2009 18:58 - United States

Today, I told my 8 year-old daughter that she looks a lot like mommy. Now she won't come out of her room because she thinks she's ugly. FML

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By SheWentCrayola - 17/10/2009 02:04 - United States

Today, I met some guys from my dad's workplace. They told him what a pretty daughter he had, to which he responded, "Nah, it's just shit-loads of makeup." FML

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By Milo - 21/02/2017 08:00 - Canada

Today, my six-year-old son told me my makeup looks like his grandmother's did in the casket. FML

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By Anonymous - 24/12/2010 05:02 - Australia

Today, I helped out with makeup at my daughter's high school play. As one girl walked past, I told her that she'd smudged pink lipstick all up the side of her face. Turns out it was a birthmark. She cried in the dressing room for half an hour. FML

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By Anonymous - 23/10/2019 12:00

Today, I was with my four year-old daughter when we met an elderly, rather wrinkled woman I know. My daughter looked at her for a while and then asked, "Why doesn’t your skin fit your face?" FML

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By ugly duckling - 06/08/2015 19:18 - United States - Reston

Today, feeling very self-conscious about my looks, I told my mom I felt ugly and wished I could be as beautiful as her. She only said, "Yeah, I'm pretty, I wonder what happened to you." FML

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By Anonymous - 03/03/2021 05:01

Today, I was sitting in the bus station when an old woman looked over at me, then said to her friend, "Young women are so pretty these days." Her friend looked up at me and said, "That's because makeup is so cheap these days." FML

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By f my lifw - 07/04/2015 15:43 - United States - King Of Prussia

Today, I went to buy some makeup. As I was checking out, the cashier said, "You're going to need more than that to cover up that face." FML

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sallybobally 0

Friday 5 February 2010 9:27

YDI for imposing patriarchical notions of beauty to a little girl

Megan36 3

Monday 19 December 2011 4:35

**** you douche

Comments

Twistedmagenta 0

Saturday 6 August 2011 16:52

That little girl needs a smack!

CurlyGurlF 6

Thursday 22 September 2011 3:28

Wow. Kids just say exactly what theyre thinking! Thats just mean!

Psycho_Babydoll 26

Thursday 10 November 2011 4:31

Oh my... I clicked FYL, but kids that young can't make out the difference between truth and subtlety. When I was 4 I asked my obese godmother if she was fat because she ate lots of cakes. Rude, I know, but I was 4- and honest to God, she was and still is to this day a huge woman. But I didn't know any better and what did I get? A spanking and an hour in my room to 'think about what I'd done'. I couldn't figure out what I'd done wrong. At that age it's natural to say whatever pops into your head. You've done well by teaching her the difference between truth or lies, now start telling her about being polite.

loganberrybat 11

Friday 8 June 2012 21:38

Totally deserved - you shouldn't be teaching a child that make up makes women pretty. You should be telling her that it is for vain and fake people to make themselves feel better and superior to other people, when actually natural beauty is nicer to look at than orange smears

ArchaeologyDude1 5

Sunday 26 August 2012 20:53

Looooooooool XD

Swiko 11

Wednesday 10 October 2012 4:44

107, you're awesome and totally correct.

alexforeman21 8

Friday 5 December 2014 14:24

Sorry! Didn't mean to say you deserved it

xxtatumalyssaxx 14

Thursday 2 July 2015 5:01

That's why you don't tell kids makeup is to make women prettier. Teach your kids biased and sexist societal standards and you deserve to be called ugly.