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She didn't mean to, and isn't the point to have someone there in case something goes wrong? Not to watch the kids every single second.

YLIF

Actually, looks like she intentionally took a nap: "Today, I DECIDED to take a nap. . . "

She didn't say, "Today, I accidentally fell asleep. . . "

And also, the point is to WATCH the kids so nothing DOES go wrong-- not to just help them when they decide the stove is a fun new toy or that climbing on a dresser is a good idea, but to PREVENT them from getting near such dangerous objects and situations in the first place. Helping them once "something goes wrong" is often too late and is a very poor tactic when watching CHILDREN, who need contant attention and a very watchful eye.

Agreed with #114 and #115, #97 fails.

To the OP, YDI. I applaud the child who cut your hair off, they taught you a lesson. Don't sleep on the job.

Um, no. The point is to have someone there, watching the kids every second

Actually, the point of babysitting IS to watch the kids every single second. That is what you are being PAID to do!!!!

YDI, OP.

another person who sleeps on the job. Lifeguards and now babysitters, whats next? ER doctors?

Agreed with 115. You wouldn't want the kids to play "let's drink the stuff under the sink" now would you?

Not necessarily. Depending on how old they are and how they normally behave, popping in a nap can be totally acceptable. I know I am babysitting three kids, and their mother told me to just order them to their rooms if I need one for whatever reason.

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No, actually, you're paid to help them out when they need shit done. Their parents don't watch them all the time when there isn't a babysitter home, why would they possibly expect a babysitter to? You're just there to make them food, help them do whatever they would normally ask their parents for help with and to dick around and watch TV. You have obviously never been or had a babysitter.

ah no....der not her kids so ya she is expected to watch every single move they make.......especially when she's being paid to do just that

#88 Your family must be retarded because you had to learn somewhere that it's fine to not watch small children constantly.

Amen PP! Jeez, OP you are no better than the dips$%^ that fell asleep as a lifeguard. I am glad the kids didn't burn the bloody house down. If you must sleep, do it when the kids nap, asswipe.

And I also hope she had to tell the parents why she was now without hair.

I'm afraid for my future children! If people think it's okay to act like this when they're supposed to be protecting little kids from themselves... ugh. -_-;;

Too true.

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you're clearly just some fag who is either too ugly to get with anyone to have kids or your a fag. either way your a fag, and to anyone else who doesnt like kids, well FYL because you've clearly been through some shit

Alright "LtDelicious".

woah the 10 year old learned how to say "fag." watch out world, big boy coming through

I know!! Females pride themselves with their hair. And in a few uncontrollable eye droops and blinks, no more hair! T______T I'm so sorry OP, kids! X(

Erm,#40,I'm female and I don't pride myself with my hair...
O_o

Then you're fat and ugly?

Pretty sure if she was fat and ugly she'd care more about her hair than someone who has more going for them.

OMG, #10 made me laugh so hard. XD

THE FUNNIEST is #10 "bitch u go scalped"...Oh.em.gee I'm crying!!

are you samson?

hahahaha

Awe now that was a funny comment worstpersonalive .

It takes time to grow back.
It's not like her hair is going to be back by tomorrow.

Yeah, but she's not going to die from lack of hair in the mean time . It's not like the kid cut off her hand.

Would you want to walk around with a ginormous bald spot in the middle of your head?

YDI for sleeping on the job. You better be lucky he didn't injure himself or his siblings with those scissors, or this would be a huge FML for you.

i know some girls who struggle because it takes years for their hair to grow even a couple of inches. so yeah, it'll grow back, but for some people, it could take a long ass time.

It takes forever to grow a couple inches when it's long, but it grows much more quickly when it's short. She may not get it back to the length it was, but she can style it now to be presentable and it will soon grow to be decent-looking at minimum.

Unless she's Samson, she is worrying *way* too much about hair.

Okay, true, moms and dads fall asleep while their kids are at home... but, should they fall asleep when the kid is in a position to get a hold of a pair of SCISSORS??? Probably not.

#17 yeah parents fall asleep when looking after their kids (i have 2 so I know all about this) but a half decent parent would make sure their kids don't have access to dangerous things ie scissors

mothers and fathers aren't paying themselves to watch their child...

I have to disagree with this. No good parent falls asleep while watching their kid when they're still awake if their kid is young enough not to know not to play with scissors, etc.

Yes, parents fall asleep, but they're not the ones getting paid to watch the kids.

So quality of care depends on whether or not you're getting paid? If it was my kid, I wouldn't expect the baby sitter to provide a higher standard of care than I would as a parent. If you think it's unacceptable for a babysitter, you really think it's unacceptable for yourself as a parent.

Kids are not imbeciles. If they are kid's scissors, there really isn't any danger. Sure one could go psycho and stab your eyes out, but that just doesn't happen.

If they're sharp enough to cut off a ponytail before she's able to stop them, they're sharp enough to do damage.

um...where? on fmylife.com?
OP- YDI on so many levels...1.you deserve it for going to sleep.. 2.not making sure that nothing dangerous in within reach of a child.. 3. posting this on here since it's clearly your fault "I decided to take a nap"
sure parents will take naps, I should know since I have a 3 year old..but I know damn well to make sure she isn't able to reach anything first. And if I am actually planning a nap I set up the room so she'll be entertained for apporx. 30 mins like putting in a movie and setting out coloring books, toys, etc.

LMFAO!

Yes. And it's pretty easy if you're not using kiddy scissors...

an intact ponytail is NOT easy to cut. especially one bound tight enough to play with afterward. otherwise, there would be hair everywhere.... the story is BS

Who the hell made you the expert in ponytail cutting? Do you make a habit of going around cutting off various pony tails? I cut my mates off when he was passed out, with a sharp pair of kitchen scissors, no problem. Shut the hell up.

I'm a stylist dumbass.... ever hear of Locks of Love??? I cut ponytails quite often.

A stylist makes a habit of loping of ponytails in one snip? Yeah right. You sound like a pro stylist to me... or you know, just someone who is full of shit and realises they're on the internet and can make believe they have whatever job they think will make them sound most knowledgeable on the subject they're running their mouth off about at the time.

Locks of Love is a charitable organization that makes wigs for young cancer patients. If you want to donate your hair, you go to a STYLIST to get your hair cut at the appropriate length. I am one of the only stylists who offers this service in my area. Sorry buddy - I cut ponytails all the time.

For a small child to be strong enough to cut someones ponytail, leaving a BALD SPOT all while the person is sleeping is extremely unlikely. It's common sense, above all else. common sense.... try it - it's nice.

Yeap and like I said, you sound someone who is full of shit and realises they're on the internet and can make believe they have whatever job they think will make them sound most knowledgeable on the subject they're running their mouth off about at the time.

I'm sure if someone's doing a neat job, it probably takes them more than one snip, but it took me two snips with a sharp pair of kitchen scissors to take my mates hair pony tail off, and I'm pretty sure a kid isn't going to have much of a problem cutting through the hair of someone while they're asleep.

so, were you a little kid when you cut your friends hair? or was this a dumb drunken stunt?

Little kids aren't coordinated enough with scissors.

You're an idiot troll who's arguing for fun.

Google 'Locks of Love' so you know what I'm talking about. It's obvious that you're not from the US.

mobius8 you ARE an idiot, she does know what she's talking about. I've donated to locks of love and the stylists who do it do cut your hair off in a ponytail. And even with their well maintained and very sharp shears they don't get them off that easily. So grow up and quit being a jerk!

If the OP is blond or another light haired type - it is entirely possible for it to look bald. I know my boyfriend has dirty blond hair, thin as well - and is constantly joked at about how he looks like he is losing his hair at certain angles. :o

How does me googling Locks of Love prove you work for them, or that cutting through a pony tail requires more than two snips? No I'm not from the US (thank god) and obviously you are if you are stupid enough to think getting someone to google an organization will prove you work for them,

I'm not arguing for fun. You're the one that came in here calling fake. I'm just saying it's entirely possible to cut someones ponytail off in a couple of snips and that I have, and regardless, the kid had the entire time she was asleep.

Of course kids are coordinated enough with scissors to cut off some hair. Just about every parent I know has a story about their kid giving themselves a self hair cut at some point. Perhaps you were just as retarded as a child as you are as an adult, but that doesn't mean that's the norm.

Mobius... considering you, yourself, actually thought it was a good idea to cut someones hair off while sleeping only proves your level of intelligence... so you should really just stop making yourself look like a bigger asshole.

I think this story is, as told, completely fabricated. I don't doubt that the kid cut her hair.... but the entire ponytail to the scalp? no way.

guess what? it's OK that you don't agree with me. you don't have to. *pats mobius8s head*

lil_lucy23 for a "stylist dumbass" (your words not mine) you're pretty smart... I think this story is bullshit too. I've cut off hair that was bound in an elastic band before and that isn't an easy thing to do at all, it takes a lot of cutting with sharp scissors and you would certainly feel it. Also, unless the hair was loosely bound the kid would have cut away the hair on the other side of the elastic band and the hair would have fallen in a free heap, not something the kid could be whipping around playing with. If it was loosely bound, she wouldn't have a bald spot, just short hair. If the hair was so tight it left a bald spot after the cut, the op would not have been able to have slept through the cutting unless the little shit had slipped her a roofie (Rohypnol).

Yeap, because drinking with my friends and getting a mate back has anything to do with my IQ.

You said a kid couldn't cut the ponytail off. Not that you didn't think it would be to the scalp. I'm sure she didn't mean that entirely literally, but everyone gets the idea. There's a patch in the back of her head where she's practically bald.

Retard.

it has EVERYTHING to do with your IQ. get over yourself.

So after changing your argument to the kid not being able to cut it off, to the kid not being able to cut it neatly at the scalp, you've realized you can't defend your point by claiming on the internet you have a job that makes you an expert, and are going to fall back on saying relatively harmless pranks high school mates play on each other is indicative of IQ? Pretty sure your inability to follow through with a logical argument or type like someone who has finished high school is far more indicative of your IQ, or lack thereof.

you're the one who started with the ad hominem attacks... not me. stop trying to spin it. move on with your life.

again, you don't have to agree with me. it's ok.

Actually, you resorted to childish name calling throwing around big words like "dumbass" to support your argument, right before you changed your story from "a kid couldn't cut a ponytail off" to "it couldn't cut a patch close enough to the scalp to give her a literal bald patch". Sorry you tried to sound like you knew what you were talking about and failed, but I suggest you take your own advice and move on now.

I didn't change my story... I never changed my story. I based my original (unchanging) opinion on what the FML actually said (imagine that). Said the kid was using the ponytail as a prop, it happened in her sleep and she had a bald spot. Based this info, and my knowledge (and yes, I'm a stylist... if I were going to lie about my profession on the internet... It wouldn't be hairdresser. I'd come up with something much more exciting. physician, perhaps?), the likelihood of a child cutting a ponytail that would yield those results, is extremely unlikely. The FML is a fabrication. That's all I ever said. You're the one who won't let this go.

now, I'm not sure why you feel compelled to continually attack me, my profession and my intelligence for having this opinion.... but it's getting old.

So, be sure to continue attacking me... I cannot wait for the next round!!! :D

No. In your first post you said the kid wouldn't have been able to cut it off, and that the FML was BS, not a "fabrication" as your claiming now. It's not till your 4th post you say anything about the bald spot, and I'm pretty sure most people would read what the OP wrote as practically a bald spot, where there is pretty much no hair left, not, shaved clean to the scalp bald.

Exactly, you could claim to be a physician. But it wouldn't make you an "expert" in pony tail cutting and so wouldn't help your misguided opinion, so it wouldn't make any sense to say that, would it. Plus, you might have to work a little bit harder to back up your profession claim than saying "google this organisation for proof i work for them".

Insult your intelligence? Perhaps you haven't been reading any of this. Would certainly make sense from your idiotic replies. As I pointed out above, you were the one who started the oh so mature name calling with "dumbass". And no where have I insulted your profession. And you didn't make this post as an opinion. You wrote it as fact. You said "this story IS BS" not "I THINK this story is BS". Very big difference. Judging by your complete lack of ability to respond relevantly and awful reading comprehension perhaps you are more of an expert on what a child can and can't do than I thought, but not for the reasons you've given.

It's entirely possible for a kid to cut through a pony tail. Asides from everything else, the following fact makes your opinion void - negative results don't prove a positive result can't exist, but a positive result does prove positive results can exist.

I have cut through my friends pony tail, as I said, in two snips, meaning it has happened and is possible. Most people know a kid coordinated with scissors to cut their own hair (usually horribly, but still).

I stand by my original assessment.

By "stand by it" you mean "cannot defend it in any way whatsoever but still feel the need to have the last post", and alrighty then.

alrighty then....

Actually, they do. The mother I babysit/childsit for takes naps almost daily when she gets home - all three kids up and playing. and that is after I leave. Not to mention the other parents I know of.

I'd like to see your response if this happened to you.

i agree that this kid is a total brat, and i empathise with the OP over that because i've babysat some terrors in the past too. but nothing this bad ever happened to me because i never left the children unsupervised while i napped! as a nanny i'm sure you would understand the dangers of leaving a child unsupervised, especially one who is clearly not well behaved. at least now the OP probably won't inflict her lazy and irresponsible babysitting on anyone else's kids.