Today, I went to pick up my goddaughter while her mother went to work. She was being fussy, and I was surprised when she was quiet in the car; I just figured she'd fallen asleep. I got to my house and realized I'd never put her in my car, she was still sitting in my friend's driveway. FML
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Today, I picked up my daughter from daycare. As we were getting into the car, I strapped her into the car seat, but something felt off. I looked back and realized I had picked up the wrong kid. In my defense, she was wearing the same jacket as my daughter. FML
Today, while driving home, I looked in the rear-view mirror and saw that my three-year-old daughter had managed to get out of her seat and had crawled to the back window. I pulled over and strapped her in again. Five minutes later she was back at the window. FML
Today, while waiting for my grandmother at the train station, a girl walked out and climbed into my car. When I cleared my throat to tell her of her mistake, she screamed and ran out as if I was a criminal trying to abduct her. FML
Today, I was waiting for a friend to pick me up. It was after dark and I was nervous, so when he pulled up I immediately jumped in the car. The young girl in the driver's seat started freaking out, screaming and punching me in the face repeatedly. I'd accidentally gotten in the wrong car. FML
Today, I was having a conversation with a new friend when she remembered she needed to grab something from her car. I don't know where she parked, but it's been two and a half hours and she's still gone. FML
Today, I was babysitting for my neighbors. Their 5 year-old had finally fallen asleep at 11 after two hours of stories and songs. No sooner had I tiptoed out of the room did I realize that my phone had dropped out of my pocket onto the bed. It was ringing. It was their mother checking in. FML
Today, I woke up unusually early for an appointment and got ready real quick. Only after passing the front door did I realize I had forgotten my sleeping baby inside. FML
Today, due to bad weather, my dad let me take his car to drive to my apartment 3 hours away. I only realized when I got there that my keys were still sitting on my parents' kitchen counter. FML
Today, I went to visit my aunt who lives 6 hours away from me. Her car was missing from her driveway, but she's unemployed and barely leaves the house. Turns out, she moved in with her new boyfriend and didn't tell anyone, so I had to drive 6 hours back. FML
Today, I picked up my daughter from the day care but before we left, the babysitter needed to have a talk with me. To fill you in, I got a brand new prius yesterday. Apparently my daughter told eveyone that her mommy got a new penis. FML
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kalinka07 5
How did you not notice?
Lillias_fml 19
How do you actually forget a child?
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kalinka07 5
How did you not notice?
NotABadName 9
Ikr f#cking idiot, I mean how do you not notice some one that you were told to pick not being in your car?
revan546 24
Out of sight out of mind OP lol
princessbits 17
Agreed, that's so irresponsible OP.
GreatGeak 8
see, what i dont get is: he said he thought it was odd she was so quiet, but he didn't instinctively look in the rear view mirror to check?
Kamon97 23
You would figure the lack of noise would be your first clue...
JustinKirby 20
OP takes "keep your eyes on the road" quite seriously!
capthigh 16
seriously though she couldn't look back to check
ZeroPath5 16
Even IF she really had her eyes glued on the road, how do you not turn around to check your blind spot when making turns or switching lanes, or look at your rearview mirror ONCE the whole trip? This FML told me OP is both careless with children AND driving. Impressive...
pinkshirtbadman 15
Especially if your car is not normally set up for children it's easy to not see a child"just" from turning around if they are in the seat surely behind you so not seeing the child missing during a blind shot check is understandable. That being said not checking on the child when noticing they are quiet is unacceptable. Good thing the car seat was not placed on the roof or trunk
Spyderbane 10
59 not everyone has a rear view mirror. the could only have side mirrors.
ryry117 7
How do you not have a rear view mirror? Pretty sure that's required by law. Could be wrong but never heard not having one before.
VonBlitzkrieg 27
What I don't get is why OP left. So go to pick someone up, you don't hear the car door open and close and you yourself did not put the kid on the car.... did OP just drive up to the house, stay there for a minute, then drive off? The only thing I can think of is that you actually were inside the house for a while, then when it was time to leave, you just forgot the kid.
coolrunnings1021 14
Have you seen Home Alone!?
NotABadName 9
Second and YDI dummy.
Crlnprz 11
lol you changed it to 2nd
NotABadName 9
Yeah I posted it when I was the first rating then I typed the comment and when I posted it showed the other guys comment. FML.
Lillias_fml 19
How do you actually forget a child?
ShakeDisPlace 10
I don't even think OP know's how this happened.
WD_Stevens 22
David Cameron left his daughter in a bar...
RadikulRam 16
#74, yes and David Cameron is utter scum. Fires thousands of police officers, during two riots, and privatizes Englands health care. Now we have no doctors, officers, firefighter, an 800% increase in violent crime compared to USA, more knife crime than South Africa, and more rapes than ever before. I don't think it's that surprising he'd get so drunk, that he forgets his own daughter behind in a pub.
Coryj1220 15
Have you never seen Home Alone?
nick3600 22
Parent of the year
slytherbitch 15
My grandparents forgot me in the car once when I was a baby. They were headed into a restaurant, they weren't used to having a baby with them, and I was being quiet... Though they remembered me before they made it to the restaurant doors. This is definitely more extreme than that though.
wrestlelaxskate 11
#128 **godparent
smithv171 17
How do you not realize she isn't in the car??
how_about_no_ 19
Always check to make sure the child is in the car. Always. Poor thing must have been scared to heck. YDI.
cryssycakesx3 22
not in defense of OP, because there is no defense, but hopefully the child was young enough to not notice.
Jannis 7
I belive any child old enough to stand on their own feet would notice. I really feel most sorry for the poor child here.
Maddiiee3011 13
Because a child isn't going to notice being left alone on a driveway. My 8 month old notices when I leave the room for 2 minutes
jordynsage 17
when it's quiet you know something is up! Don't worry, when she's older this will be a funny story you can tell her OP!
thatkidmal 15
Not very good with kids
Sammi0116 17
How do you not notice you left the child?
Fagologyy 12
how do are you even trusted with a child? and how in the world are you a godmother?
drewflav 17
FYI, you don't need to know how to be a parent to be a godparent. Neither of mine were parents before they became my godparents.
TwistedCherub1 15
FYI, a godparent is the person designated to care for a child if something happens to the parents. So, yes, a godparent does need some parenting skills. It doesn't mean they have to already be parents, but they should be responsible enough to not leave a small child alone in a driveway.
kylieh72 25
FYI, the godparents are technically only responsible for the child's religious education. If the parents have a will then they can designate who they want to be responsible if something happens to them but otherwise it's the closest living family members responsibility.
smokecloud_ 37
Oh, this old debate again..
sjohnson459 4
Actually in my culture the godparents are responsible for the kids when the parents are incapable and their is no just religious education.
Bloink 25
My parents were always nervous about this so they'd always ask if I was there if I was being quiet