Today, after weeks of practice, I proudly did 9 chin-ups on my chin-up bar. As soon as I was done, my 11-year-old daughter came over and banged out 12 of them. Then she wiped her sweaty hands off and did 8 more. Then she gave me pointers on my technique. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, while I was getting ready for the day, my 5-year-old daughter looked at me and said, "Mom, maybe you should do some gymnastics today. Your legs look bigger." FML
Today, I nailed every single move in my routine at a gymnastics competition. I then finished off with a perfect split, letting out a fart loud enough to wake up a kid in China. FML
Today, I went indoor rock climbing with my uncle and his 5 year-old girl. I'm about halfway up the hardest ascent when my arm cramps up. As I stretched my arm, my cousin yells up at me in her tiny voice, "Prove you're a man and climb that wall!" I fell off. I was emasculated by a 5 year-old. FML
Today, I told my dad I was going to the gym. He stood up and clapped. FML
Today, we finished a sit-up test at school. I had been training for the athletic tests, so I was proud of my score. When someone asked what I got and I shared, proud, they responded with, "I bet it helps that your fat bounces you back up." FML
Today, after 10 years of intense training, I earned a black belt in karate. When I told my mom, she asked how long it took me, then laughed and sarcastically remarked, "Wow. SO impressive," whilst slow-clapping. FML
Today, at the gym, I was trying to look cool doing pull-ups in front of someone I liked. On my first pull-up, my hand slipped, and I fell backwards onto a yoga ball, which shot me straight into another guy doing push-ups. FML
Today, I taught my 18 month-old daughter to wipe the green, snotty mucus from under her nose with a tissue. To which, like a ninja, she then wiped my open-mouthed upper lip with that same snotty tissue. FML
Today, my daughter went potty. Just as she always does, she came up to me and announced, "I flushed, and wiped, and shut the light off." Then she did something brand new. She covered my face with her hand and asked, "Do these fingers smell?" They did. FML
Today, I was finishing my chest workout at the gym when this really cute girl started using the machine next to me. To impress her, I tried lifting a lot of weight on the barbell. It ended up landing on my neck and she had to help me get it off. FML
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zandalee 20
Damn. Kids. Keeping it real since 1873.
Imhere4fml 24
Well she does have years of practice on those monkey bars compared to your few weeks... Don't feel to bad OP.
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Teyros 24
Dang OP nice, I've been doing pull-ups every second day, I can do about 16 at once. Just keep practicing! Show her up one day..
SuzeDee 9
Your kid rocks!! Be a proud parent!!
waffule365 16
Be proud of yourself and you kid OP!
Pleonasm 36
Don't worry it is easier as a kid, they are lighter, whereas you probably have a lot of dead weight to pull. Plus, adults being less active, their muscles aren't just as used to exercise. Just give it time, you'll break your muscles in and you'll be getting more chins than a chinese phone book.
False_Stupidity 42
Or he could give up, eat lots, let his body go to waste and still end up with more chins than a Chinese phone book ;)
LaurenAshleigh97 12
Look at it this way at least she's putting that energy to a good cause and not reeking havoc elsewhere, give here a challenge to see how many she can do ;)
LaurenAshleigh97 12
*her Ugh autocorrect *facepalm*
Pleonasm 36
while you're at it: *wreaking havok ;) Unless you really mean she is giving off a vile smell of havoc everywhere she goes!
doodlecloud 27
No...it is actually 'havoc' lol Unless that's another autocorrect whilst trying to fix 'reeking'?
Pleonasm 36
Yea typo on the first havoc, got the second one right though :p
LaurenAshleigh97 12
Out of all honesty I think I really need to turn off autocorrect >.
souljacker 11
I love this.
fresh247 10
what would u do with out ur kids
kwyk 23
Travel the world with his wife or something. We'll never know.
generationaliya 7
Take into account the body mass difference, she probably weighs like 30+ whereas you probably weigh double or may be even triple that. You've got more weight to lift than she does . I definitely won't be able to do even 1 even though I weigh 55kg.
frethelt 3
with your "you might even wiegh 200 lbs" comment i feel really fat bieng 250 lbs... and i con only do 7..
llama612 27
It's a hell of a lot easier for kids to do pull ups and stuff. Don't feel bad OP if you only weighed as much as your daughter you could probs smash out fifty pull ups easy.
doodlecloud 27
Who cares? She's a kid, they're WAY better at that stuff naturally. When I was little I could do monkey bars all day, I can probably barely manage one now lol