Insects, Spiders and Kids: She's right, you know - FML

She's right, you know

By Anonymous - 27/07/2009 16:52 - United Kingdom

Today, I was babysitting some kids and helping them make a poster about insects. They couldn't think of any more insects to add so I suggested a spider, and got told to "not be a dumbass, spiders aren't insects they're arachnids." The girl is six. FML

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By Anonymous - 30/09/2012 17:57 - Germany - Hagen

Today, I was babysitting a six year old girl, when I saw a huge spider on the wall. I screamed and told her to stay back. Instead, she walked up to the spider, squished it, and told me to stop being such a baby. FML

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By mala_19 - 27/08/2023 08:00 - Sweden - Burea

Today, I saw a spider. My two year-old knows that I'm afraid of them, but in an attempt to not pass my phobia onto him, I said it was a piece of dirt. Now he thinks that I'm afraid of dirt. I did not think this through. FML

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By ihatespiders - 05/08/2014 12:31 - United Kingdom - London

Today, I asked my 8-year-old daughter to kill a house spider for me. I am a 42-year-old man. FML

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By Arachnaphobe - 03/06/2016 22:14 - United States - Bloomington

Today, a large spider climbed inside my lunchbox while my mom was making me sandwiches. She didn't tell me about it until after I got home from school, though, and only because I mentioned a strange aftertaste in the sandwiches. She said she didn't want me to worry over lunch because she knows I hate spiders. FML

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By Scarred4Life - 11/10/2015 03:30 - United States - San Francisco

Today, while babysitting my nephew, I was looking through a bin of toys, and I saw a fake spider. I picked it up to do a prank with. It wasn't fake. FML

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Tasty

By Anonymous - 18/03/2023 18:00

Today, I found out that my kids played around with a bunch of caterpillars they'd found in the yard, then informed me they'd eaten a few. I then had to scramble to Google "Is this kind of caterpillar poisonous?" FML

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By silverstar189 - 01/01/2010 15:41 - United States

Today, the 6 year old girl I was babysitting asked me, "Why are you so ugly? Are you an alien? Because aliens are about as ugly as you are." FML

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By Spider-Sham - 28/05/2017 16:00

Today, my mom volunteered me to help out at her coworker's 5-year-old son's birthday party. I didn't realize until I got there that "helping out" meant "dressing up as Spider-Man". FML

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By Anonymous - 19/04/2009 18:42 - United States

Today, I was babysitting a 5-year-old girl and we were coloring. She made me a card that was very sweet, so I smiled. She looked at me and went "Don't smile, your smile is really scary." FML

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By Sally256 - 03/05/2009 15:53 - United States

Today, I was with my kids. We saw a tiny little bug and they started freaking out. Trying to show them that bugs are not scary, I picked it up. It bit me and now I have to go to the doctor because my hand is the size of a balloon. FML

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FMLenV 0

Monday 27 July 2009 23:08

Haha, that is so sad but so funny.

ryoga 0

Monday 27 July 2009 23:10

She should have slapped you, too.

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bladomas 2

Sunday 16 October 2011 22:05

ydi for being a dumbass

starrnao 15

Sunday 30 October 2011 23:30

Kids are getting way too smart! i didn't know the word arachnid or dumbass until junior high

shinshoku13 19

Wednesday 15 February 2012 16:14

Well shes right

burnsie22 5

Tuesday 17 April 2012 0:53

Technically she is right

WhyAmUHere 19

Saturday 18 August 2012 20:34

I don't think I've met anybody who doesn't know that.

xRezSynn 15

Friday 25 January 2013 19:02

You can't handle the truth...?

worldclassrager 39

Saturday 18 January 2014 6:57

Owned by a six year old...

Whitetommy 8

Wednesday 28 May 2014 4:45

"spiders aren't insects they're arachnids." I didn't know that until now.

BLEED_MY_SOUL_07 9

Sunday 23 November 2014 19:21

How did you not know that?

angryo5trich 13

Friday 8 May 2015 20:12

Learn the difference between arachnids and insects

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