Today, my 2 year old thought it would be absolutely hilarious to lock me out of the house, turn Spongebob on the TV, and get a chocolate bar from the fridge. All while I was outside. My husband was at work for another 5 hours. FML
I agree, your life sucks (15850) - you totally deserved it (5933)
On 11/27/2009 at 10:26pm - kids - by Dude (woman) - United States (Oregon)
(-1)Muhahaha
But you should be thankful that your kid is so gifted.
#35 - On 11/28/2009 at 6:39am by vapors
(0)That is a good point, I mean obviously punish him, (No TV/chocolate for a while, or whatever) but it's pretty funny, xD
(+1)Ok, everyone who is saying that a 2 year old isnt capable of this, has honestly not spent a lot of time with two year olds...the things they are capable of are surprising! OP, sorry you had to go through that, maybe leave a window or another door unlocked every time you plan on going outside?
#80 - On 11/28/2009 at 2:30pm by LoveIsASong_eddi
(+2)This is the second one about a kid locking a parent out. You got owned!
#3 - On 11/28/2009 at 3:09am by mangobells
(+4)This would be the time to wise up and hide a spare key outside.
#4 - On 11/28/2009 at 3:11am by alexandraa
(0)"Mommy, Mommy, let's go play outside!"
"Okay, honey!"
"I wanna hold the door for you!"
"Okay..."
*slam*
Or OP stepped out to talk to a neighbor or get the mail. The kid just has to be able to reach the lock.
(-1)2 years? I doubt it. And if you loved your child, you'd break a window.
#7 - On 11/28/2009 at 3:13am by City_at_war
(0)I believe my one year old is capable of that!
And break a window? Really? You can't be serious...
Its so funny how people spit out what they would do,
and they probably don't have any children of their own.
I hope you broke in and then converted his asscheeks to communism.
#9 - On 11/28/2009 at 3:17am by shaister
(+2)Yeah, why was the child alone in the house to begin with? I mean, even running outside for something, leaving a 2 year old child unattended, can be disastrous. YDI.
(+2)If your kids playing quietly, you're not going to go pick them up and carry them outside if you're just stepping out the front door for a minute to pick up something that was left on the lawn or take a few steps to the mailbox. Two is old enough to leave them in a child proofed room playing for a couple of minutes. I very much doubt any parent has their eye on their 2 year old every second of the day.
#18 - On 11/28/2009 at 4:02am by Twinklestar
(+3)solution.
1. break the window.
2. break in.
3. break the kid's head.
4. ???
5. profit!
#12 - On 11/28/2009 at 3:30am by blland
(+1)Usually if your kid locks you out of your house you're outside, no need to tell us twice.
#13 - On 11/28/2009 at 3:34am by bugmenotmofo
(+2)...either one very smart two year old. or a very stupid you.
#14 - On 11/28/2009 at 3:36am by vetter
(+1)cmon.. 2 years old?? really? how did the baby manage to lock you out?! they can't even reach the door lock!
#19 - On 11/28/2009 at 4:10am by hanShotFirst
(+1)My 9 month old is almost tall enough to reach the door locks and my 3 year old has been punished more than once for playing with the door locks. If it was a freezer on the bottom and TV already tuned to his station it's more than possible for them to turn on a TV.
So it's plausible, but there is no way I would sit outside. Any parent should known one or two ways to break into their own house. I would also beak the kid black and blue after locking me out.
(0)Not to mention, with today's technology age, changing channels isn't hard. I knew what channels my cartoons were on by that age, and that was over ten years ago. Push the two numbers that form it (the child doesn't even have to know what the number means, just that it looks the same as what appears when the channel changes) and they're good to go.
#60 - On 11/28/2009 at 10:50am by LemonFairy
(+1)Always take a key when you leave your house. Easy as that. YDI.
#20 - On 11/28/2009 at 4:11am by hoschiadedodi
(-2)Yeah seriously, how does a two year old even reach the door handle? FAKE
#23 - On 11/28/2009 at 4:35am by Emperor_Jim
(0)are you kidding me, my brother locked me out when he was two, and was sitting there laughing at me through the window
#108 - On 12/01/2009 at 2:52am by acai_blueberry
(-1)fake a kid can't even reach the door knob let alone really get up to do that. I used to work in a day care and with kindergartners and even they had to stand on their toes and use the door to stretch till the end of the grade just to open the door.
(+1)my son has been able to reach the door knob since before he was 2 years old. And also the day care centre he works in, they have door knobs etc higher than in normal homes.
#27 - On 11/28/2009 at 4:59am by SisterCharlatan
(0)My daughter's 16 months and can reach the door knobs and turn the little locking piece on the door knobs to lock them
(0)Umm, actually, my two year old can reach the door handle. It's not unbelievable that they could accidently turn the lock.
Now, turning on the TV and getting a chocolate bar from the fridge, _and_ openning said bar? Now that's not quite so believable.
#25 - On 11/28/2009 at 4:51am by sunfiregrifmon
(0)Yeah, its possible, my son is 2 years and 2 months old and has locked me out of my place, i was outside bringing in washing and could see him through the glass doors but he was too quick and locked the sliding door, I do however hide a spare key so got back in no problem. As for turning the TV on, my son does that, he just pushes a button, its totally possible, not only that but he can change the channel and volume, and is also capable of opening the fridge. The one thing he would have trouble with is actually opening a chocolate bar, but you never know it could have been open
#26 - On 11/28/2009 at 4:58am by SisterCharlatan
(0)After the first hour, your kid was probably scared of what would happen if she DID let you in.
#28 - On 11/28/2009 at 5:02am by DeathByFalchion
(0)And my two year old can open the fridge, and not everyone has a front and back door.
Though I must say if my girl did this, I'd be getting through the window in about a minute or two.
#30 - On 11/28/2009 at 5:08am by sunfiregrifmon
(0)Umm... You obviously haven't been around too many two year olds. My ex roomates 2 year old daughter knew how to close and lock the door (my ex roomate has been locked out of the house because of this as well), she knew how to turn the tv on knew how to turn on the DVD player, pick out a DVD she wanted to watch, and put the DVD correctly into the DVD. She knew what button to press to skip the pre-views, and she knew how to get things out of the fridge, how to climb onto the table to get any foodstuff that was on the table, etc. They're quite developed at two, and this story doesn't seem fake at all.
#79 - On 11/28/2009 at 2:04pm by Muchomastrbation
(0) Anyone that says a two yr old can't do that never had one. Our current 2yr old has better problem solving skills than the teens I swear and he can open or oprerate pretty much everything in the house. When he couldn't turn the "slippy grips" on the doors he tore them off and when we taped them he found the tag end and pulled the tape off. At this age the world is a giant learning experiment, I can see how this can happen.
Ya, he needs a little ass warming, once again if you don't think so you don't have one or you have the little bastard that we all hear having a meltdown in the middle of walmart. If that is the case stay the fuck at home or get a baby sitter.
#33 - On 11/28/2009 at 5:54am by CallMeHush
(+2)Why would you be outside when you have a two year old in the house?
I doubt the kid pushed you outside...
#34 - On 11/28/2009 at 6:00am by CourtneyDanielle
(0)all the kid has to do is push the door closed and the OP is locked out surely? and that sounds like something my little brother would do. Actually he DID do that. So it is possible apart from the tv thing, 2 year olds aren't so good with remotes.
#37 - On 11/28/2009 at 7:55am by majorscrewed
(0)Why the HELL was your chocolate in the fridge? That's the ABSOLUTE WORST THING you could ever possibly do to it.
Jesus Christ, you deserved getting locked out for five hours.
#38 - On 11/28/2009 at 8:12am by aaaaa2p
(+1)Wat? A lot of people put chocolate in the fridge so it will not melt, genius.
#41 - On 11/28/2009 at 8:34am by waterynuggets
(0)We do that if it's open, not only does it help it not melt but the fridge is a safer enviroment for opened food as some bacteria can't grow in an area that cold, therefore the OP is a SMART parent for doing just that and protecting the fragile digestive system of her 2 year old.
(+1)This is the kind of thing that makes you think, Why do there have to be laws against hitting children?
(0)Maybe if you fell on the deck and flopped like a fish, he'd let you in.
Even at age two, your kid knows that what you've got between your ears is absorbent and porous.
(0)for all those who think a two year old couldn't possibly do that... I can assure you they can! i haven't had that particular incident happen to me but I had my two yr old at the time lock himself in the bathroom. we left him there..... j/k
#44 - On 11/28/2009 at 9:10am by Stumblebum30
(0)LMFAO omg thats good... thankyou you just made my day
#45 - On 11/28/2009 at 9:40am by BaBiiSpAnKy821
(0)lmao my lil brother did the same thing to my mom wen he was 3!
#46 - On 11/28/2009 at 9:51am by Shanaynayx3
(0)Perhaps you might get in the habit of keeping a spare key on your person, even around the house. (I keep spare car and house keys in my sock.) I learned that the hard way, having accidentally locked myself out of my car and house at times.
(0)Haha. She's right; it was funny.
By the way, "all while I was outside" is not a sentence.
#49 - On 11/28/2009 at 9:59am by blastvortex
(+2)You just stayed outside for 5 hours while your toddler ran amok? I really hope you are making this up and not really that stupid.
#51 - On 11/28/2009 at 10:07am by Punkartmama
(0)its funny you have a 2 year old thats so Dexterous
#52 - On 11/28/2009 at 10:10am by danthemanfosho
(0)wait how the hell does a 2 year old know how to turn over the tv and read the words spongebob ... let alone reach the fridge door handle or reach for a choc bar.... and who would really w8 outside for 5 hours? are you serious#? what bull shit
(0)Actually around the age of 15 you begin to wonder where your little genius went.
#89 - On 11/28/2009 at 7:10pm by CallMeHush
(-1)I understand that getting locked out of your house when your husband won't be home for five hours is kind of an FML. I mean, even if you broke a window to get back in (OP never said she actually waited for her husband... although I guess it's implied from the way she said it. I'm giving benefit of the doubt here), you might hurt yourself, and you'd have to find some way of keeping your little monster from getting in the way or hurting him- or herself when you clean up the glass.
But I don't see what's so bad about your kid getting the chocolate and watching Spongebob. I guess if the child is allergic to chocolate, then that would be bad, but then you shouldn't have chocolate in the house, or you should leave it on a higher shelf. And Spongebob is better than a lot of other things for your kid to watch.
(0)Anyone who said this was a fake or a YDI, doesn't have kids. My daughter at 18 months knew how to operate her TV/VCR combo. She knew which VHS tapes were which, and could turn on any movie she wanted to watch. My kids have also been able to open the fridge since about that same age. Same with door handles and locks. All they have to do is reach them, and they've been tall enough to do that since they were about 18 months also. OP never said the child OPENED the chocolate bar, just that he/she got it out of the fridge. She also never said that she actually WAITED outside for her husband to get home from work. I'm sure she broke a window, or asked a neighbor to call the cops, or something.
people think it's not possible for a 2 year old to do that, but it is. babys are smart, they aren't dumb they learn by watching and listening to people. when my little was 2 or 3 years old he knew how get himself out of a stroller and a car seat.
#61 - On 11/28/2009 at 10:57am by blackberry1993
and also when my little brother was 2 or 3 years old he already knew how to play video games....and I'm not even kidding. we use play the nintendo 64, super nintentido, and the playstation together. and he was way better than me.
#62 - On 11/28/2009 at 11:10am by blackberry1993
(0)I have a 2 year old, and there's an easy solution to this. Don't go outside and leave your kid inside! I know my son could lock the front door and thinks it's fun to lock and unlock doors. It's your fault for leaving your kid inside while you went out.
It amazes me to no end how ignorant some of these comments are. As the mother of a (just turned) 3 year old, I can assure you, THIS IS POSSIBLE.
First of all, the OP never said the toddler had just turned 2. This child could be 2 years and 11 months, and therefore, ABSOLUTELY able to pull this off.
My daughter has been able to reach the doorknob and lock on our front door for almost a year, and learned how to work the lock at least 6 months ago. As for our patio door, she has been able to push that shut for about a year, and has just found and learned to work the lock on that too, which is just a matter of pushing a button (a monkey could do it, for crying out loud!).
Nobody said the child used a remote on the TV, or even that they had to change the channel. Our TV is often set to a child-friendly channel so that if my daughter wants to watch cartoons, all she has to do is hit the power button (it's the big one with a red light next to it - again, a monkey could figure this out).
The fridge is really not that hard to open, either. Any child who has learned to pull hard on things can master this one, too. My kiddo often helps herself to cheese strings and juice boxes when she wants a snack, and chocolate bars are really easy to open once they learn to rip the end of them.
Also, the OP never said she didn't get in for 5 hours. She may have broken in, or convinced her toddler to open the door after awhile... she may have even had a spare key that she'd left with a friend or neighbor, we don't know. All she said was that she was locked outside, and her husband wasn't DUE home for 5 hours.
Anyway, I hope that clears this up for some people. I hate to see so many people calling 'Fake!' on something that I know could easily be true....
#64 - On 11/28/2009 at 11:17am by Mommy_K
That's just awful.
You keep chocolate bars in your FRIDGE?!
#65 - On 11/28/2009 at 11:17am by Nemephosis
(-1)If you seriously left your 2 alone in the house for 5 hours by their self instead of calling the fire department (or whoever) like any other sane, competent parent would do, then you're a terrible parent and also possibly retarded. You should have yourself checked for Down Syndrome.
#66 - On 11/28/2009 at 11:18am by Flounder
(0)Always take a key when leaving the premises. The End.
#67 - On 11/28/2009 at 11:19am by Six_and_the_Moon
(0)Anyone else think that the OP didn't ACTUALLY stay outside for 5 hours waiting for her husband to get back but had to solve the problem on her own because her husband wouldn't be home for 5 hours?
#68 - On 11/28/2009 at 11:29am by sadistmonkey
(0)these people are retarded, she didnt say she waited that long
#109 - On 12/01/2009 at 2:57am by acai_blueberry
(0)1-dont leave a 2 year old in the house by himself.
2-acctually be a parent and teach your child
3-get your child into a good school cause he's clearly gifted.
(0)Yeah If my five year old and shes a frickin genius, was inside by herself I'd be breaking windows doors anything to get in.
She could be in there dying and all that takes is a few minutes!!
FIVE HOURS!!!!
4 hours and 55 minutes ago you should of been dialing 911 via a neighbors house or yelling fire to get attention!!
Something!
Your kids gonna grow up to be one of those chavs wondering the streets trans bashing and gay bashing and robbing for real!!!
#74 - On 11/28/2009 at 1:16pm by Cristaderzi
(0)Okay. This is a YDI. But I'll explain.
Yes, this is very plausible. I was READING when I was two, and I understood what I was reading. It's not that far-fetched for a two year old to be able to open a fridge and operate a TV. And some doors automatically lock when shut. Such as my front door. All the kid had to do was shut the door.
No. YDI for your kid not knowing better. I was brought up right by my parents, so I never would have DREAMED of doing this. HEY! NEWS FLASH PARENTS! Taking away TV time or Video Games does NOTHING to discipline a kid. All it does is piss them off more, and make them want to **** with you more. And it breeds resentment. A good spanking, or when I got older, getting the belt, got the point across nice and swift, and I KNEW what I did wrong. When I got older (12 and up) and mom started taking things away, I just started to get annoyed with the lack of anything to do. And a bored kid is a destructive kid.
Learn to be a damn parent.
(0)Why the HELL did you leave a 2 year old home alone by himself? This is either fake, or you deserved that. Children may not come with an instruction manual, but it's pure common sence not to leave a kid that young home alone.
#76 - On 11/28/2009 at 1:31pm by LetxGoxOfxMe
(0)Um, she didn't say she left her kid home alone you moron. She just got locked out. Most likely she stepped out for a min, probably to take out the trash or something. You want her to to be one of those parents who keeps their kids on a leash at all times so they are NEVER out of their sight and never learn independence?
(+1)wow you have raised one smart devoius kid. at this rate by the age 5 he will probably murder you
#81 - On 11/28/2009 at 3:29pm by TheRetardTracker
This is when serious parenting starts! I honestly don't know how I would punish my child if he did that, mainly because I'm 14 and not planning on kids for a while, so maybe make sure he knows if that happens again the TV would be gone, it could help. fhs lol
#82 - On 11/28/2009 at 3:53pm by Jason_Dawn
(0)Everyone who is saying a 2-year-old can't do this does not have kids or younger siblings.
My little brother isn't even 2 and he can and has locked the doors, can change the channel on the TV (and will, if you aren't watching him), and helps himself to any reachable candy/food whenever he is left alone for more than 3 seconds.
Trust me, this story, while possibly false, is possible and could very well be completely true.
However, most houses have a back door that the child may not lock or as said, a window to break through. So she would most definitely not have to sit outside for 5 hours.
#83 - On 11/28/2009 at 4:33pm by DarknessRainz
(0)lesson of the day for you: always leave a hidden key somewhere outside your house! then this wouldn't be a FML
How does this even happen? Oh, yeah: bad parenting.
All of the people stepping forward in this comment section saying that something similar has happened to them pro'bly shouldn't be parents.
#85 - On 11/28/2009 at 4:58pm by Hell_Kaht
(0)hahahahahaha smart kid. where did s/he get it from? since it clearly wasnt you.
#88 - On 11/28/2009 at 6:58pm by kisseshugsdrugs
(0)I doubt he/she thought it was hilarious. I am pretty sure two year old children don't understand the significance of something like that at all, having met quite a few of those myself. Though I will admit that it does suck to be locked out of your house. Might be a good idea to make a hide-a-key just in case of a repeat of that particular event.
#90 - On 11/28/2009 at 7:55pm by GriefBacon
(0)Why in the world was a 2 year old INSIDE a house ALONE, is what I would like to know.
#92 - On 11/28/2009 at 8:49pm by unlucky_angel02
(0)My 16 month old can reach the doorknob already. She hasn't figured out how to turn it YET, but I don't even check the mail unless she's taking a nap. But I also make sure to keep my keys on me at all times too. Except for when I'm in bed.
#94 - On 11/28/2009 at 11:17pm by wtfroflmao
(0)If you have met so many of them yourself, then you would know that they would find this HILARIOUS. Until they want mommy for something.
#95 - On 11/28/2009 at 11:18pm by wtfroflmao
(0)not really possible... and if it is hopefully ud have a neighbor that can take u to ur husbands work to pick up the keys because obv u dont have yours
#96 - On 11/28/2009 at 11:20pm by ipownyew234
(0)I sort of agree with you. I leave my daughter by herself long enough for me to use the restroom or run to the kitchen, but I don't go outside unless she's taking a nap. I've got real bad luck and I know that the first time I walk out that door if she's up, something's going to happen. Plus, she can reach the doorknobs. lol yay! I'm smarter than the mom that posted the situation!
#97 - On 11/28/2009 at 11:23pm by wtfroflmao
(0)first of all, bullshit.
second, you're an awful parent to let a two-year-old lock you out.
third, get over yourself, your kid is awesome, as long as he/she doesn't hurt him/herself (which seems pretty damn unlikely while watching spongebob and eating a friggin' chocolate bar), you're fine. just knock till he/she let's you in.
god I love being an asshole on the internet :)
(0)LOL. That's a smart kid. Perhaps you should have your locks higher up where little kids can't reach them.
(0) I agree with number 99 the kid seems fine just look for an open window or keep knocking till they let you in
#101 - On 11/29/2009 at 1:23pm by Cowgirl1995
(0)okay two things thats funny for one and another thing that little two year old would piss me off to no end. as soon as i got in there i would have cussed him out
(0)YDI for not having a spare key.
YDIx2 for not leaving a spare key with the neighbors
YDIx3 for not calling someone with a spare key
YDIx4 for not calling a locksmith
#105 - On 11/30/2009 at 1:27pm by ozymandias
(0)next thing you know, your child is gonna be beating you at 4
#107 - On 11/30/2009 at 5:39pm by kaligirl323
(0)Its completely possible that a child that age or younger could lock someone out of the house. It all depends on what kind of lock and door. My son is 18 months old and plays with the bottom lock on a glass sliding door, so if anyone goes outside (while someone else is still inside with him of course) he will automatically lock the door. But he will also unlock it for you if you ask him to. Grabbing a chocolate bar from the fridge is I don't know about, 2 years old is too young for him to even know what a chocolate bar is!!!!
(0)Why not? Kids can eat chocolate from their first birthday without suffering any effects except maybe a temporary sugar high. I started sharing my chocolate with my son at 18 months.
#117 - On 12/14/2009 at 4:56am by ChairForce
(0)When my daughter was 2, we were walking back from checking the mailbox. She ran in front of me opened the door, slammed it, dead bolted it and started laughing. I also had my new born with me. Luckily i had my phone and had the manager there in 5 mins. When i got in she had turned on the T.v. and was watching cartoons.
(+1)you have a smart kid, nuture that talent and watch it flourish
#125 - On 03/29/2010 at 6:04pm by kingleonitaz
