Today, a robin flew into my window and died. My mom, being a biology teacher, thought it would be a great experience for my brother and me to dissect it on the kitchen table. She threatened to ground us if we didn't do it. FML
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Today, my brother and I found a little bird that couldn't fly. While trying to convince my mom that it couldn't fly so we could keep it, I lightly tossed it in the air and it landed a few feet in front of me. Then my cat grabbed it and ate it. FML
Today, I found out that my mother is extremely emotional when it comes to animal deaths when a bird flew into the window and died, and she insisted we have a funeral. FML
Today, I found a tiny, featherless baby bird. I knew it was impossible, but I tried to keep it alive through the day. Before I could get it to the wildlife center, it died, and when I got all choked up over it, my mom started laughing at me and saying how "weak" I was. FML
Today, I was caring for a bird that had flown into my window. I thought the poor thing wouldn't make it, when it shit in my hand, flew into my neck, then around my living room for ages before I could manage to get it out of the window. FML
Today, I bought a parakeet for my kids. When I got home and presented it to them, they wanted to let him fly around inside. We went around the house making sure all the windows and doors were shut. Unfortunately I forgot to turn off the ceiling fan. FML
Today, I found a dead bird on my windshield. Thinking I was clever, I turned on my windshield wipers to get the bird off. Unfortunately, the dead bird fell through my open window and onto my lap. FML
Today, I found the eggshells from the nest belonging to the little bird that lives outside my house. They were covered in blood and it was quite obvious that they had been eaten. While I was looking at them, the mother bird came over and attacked me. FML
Today, my mom asked me to clean beneath my brother's bed for money. I found a rotten apple, a picture of my best friend, and a dead bird. I got $10. FML
Today, my daughter was playing outside. I was watching her from the window, and I saw her pick up a dead bird. I ran outside to grab her. As I picked her up and started scolding her, she tried to scratch my face. In the attempt, her hand went straight into my mouth. FML
Today, I was in science class studying dead insects for biology. After packing away the jars, I noticed a red-back spider on the bench. Thinking it was missing from a jar, I picked it up. It wasn't missing. It was alive. FML
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DedicatedNova 13
My mom is a science teacher. I feel your pain OP.
iSativa 24
Good experience for when you have to do it in school but that's still horrifying. FYL.
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Comments (114)
Tundulinski 7
I think your mom takes learning about the birds and the bees a little too seriously!
Lang88 13
Science 101
Vidrill 22
It's a good thing to encourage your kids to learn about science. Encourage though, not force.
cchuckcloninger 5
Get grounded.
LegendaryMant 4
Seeing as how your mother is a biology teacher, she should be aware of the filth and disease wild birds can spread. I hope she sanitized it before making you two dissect it... it could have had fleas.
mea_iloveskiing 26
robin scherbatsky
luisamalvar 4
I remember when i was 6 or 7 years old, and i asked my mother where babies came from, and she took me, and my sisters to work, where i saw 3 c-sections... and today i am almost graduation from med school. I fell in love with science and medicine in a very young age. So, it could be a good experience for OP.
Enslaved 36
What? She took you and your sisters into people's operating rooms while they gave birth? Seems invasive.
xerbrus 14
probably one of those side rooms for med students
Epikouros 31
Wonderful story. It would be ironic if you became a forensic pathologist. Or a proctologist.
Headcrab 29
well she's right isn't she.
HockeyGirlLover 7
Sounds fun :)
Bentonic 11
I wouldn't be complaining! I always loved dissecting animals in school. I don't understand why a lot of people don't like it.
Turbo_Turtle 14
Because it's cutting open a dead animal! If op is an animal lover, or hurls easy, this could be horrifying.