Today, feeling very distant from my daughter recently, I decided to sneak a peek in her diary to see what was on her mind. The book was apparently one of those that play the sound of a woman screaming when opened improperly, and alerted everyone in the house to my actions. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I found my long lost diary and curiously read it. What's worse than finding out that your mother read your diary? Finding out that your mother wrote comments in it. FML
Today, I was visiting my friend's new house and he was showing me around. I saw a small door in the wall and decided to open it. When I opened it, his daughter was hiding in there and screamed to scare me. Now I know my scream is more high pitched than his daughter's. I'm a 37 year old male. FML
Today, my dad found and read my diary. Most of the entries were about how my father didn't respect my privacy. Then he phoned my aunt and read her passages from it. FML
Today, I found one of my mom's old diaries that dated back to my infant days. I couldn't help but read a little. I'm now in great concern over how many times my mom wrote that she wanted to dunk me in the toilet or throw me against a wall. FML
Today, I found my diary on my mother's nightstand. Bookmarked. FML
Today, like an idiot, I accidentally included stuff I learned from snooping in my daughter's secret diary during a conversation with her. She's not happy at me right now, so I may have to polish off my old grovelling skills from when I was still married to her mom. FML
Today, I took a look at my 9-year-old daughter's diary, thinking it would be full of cute stuff. Instead, it was full of hateful rants against me and my husband, as well the boys at her school, who she called gay because none of them ever hit on her. It seems I've failed as a parent. FML
Today, I checked my sister's diary, because I was worried about her recent angry and withdrawn behavior. She caught me in the act, and my mom, whom I've caught blatantly snooping through my stuff multiple times now, grounded me for my "disgusting" violation of my sister's privacy. FML
Today, my mom read my diary. Then she frantically booked me an appointment with a psychiatrist. FML
Today, my daughter falsely accused me of stealing and snooping through her diary. She later found out that I didn't, but is still angry and not speaking to me because I "made her think that I did." FML
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Mearemoi 14
If you were distant, shouldn't you, oh I don't know, try to talk to her instead of looking at her diary? YDI
lilhellian 27
Say hello to trust issues and an even greater distance..
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Comments (140)
TyroneeBiggums 3
Holy shit, I thought those diaries were only in Harry Potter
nix1993 41
My mom read my diary about a year ago, when I happened to be going through a bad breakup with the first person I had been properly in love with- this wasn't something I wanted to share with my mother, (as much as I love her, as a divorcee she has a very jaded and negative view on love, and tends to scoff at such ideas) my older sister however was there for me throughout, so it's not like I was being introverted in the slightest. I had always felt that we were quite close; I told my mom a lot of things and only hid that which I considered private and personal. The fact that she disregarded the idea that I am an actual human being and felt that as my mother she had the right to delve into my personal belongings and rifle through my most private thoughts has irreparably damaged our relationship. I no longer trust her, and it also caused temporary damage between me and my boyfriend (we eventually worked through our issues, no thanks to my mother) and a few of my friends, as many of them had been mentioned in the diary, and my mother can't keep a secret to save her life. I'll never look at her the same way again, she'll always be my mom, and i'll always love her, but she's still the woman who betrayed my trust because she felt like I was 'holding out on her'. You need to understand that it's not just 'reading her diary', it's going behind her back because you don't trust that she'll come to you if she needs you, now she has every reason to distrust you, congratulations. Top parenting.
pipc 10
Wonderful way to increase the distance between you and her. You deserved this, and your daughter deserves respect and privacy.
andthepennydrops 6
why do parents always think that looking at their kids' diaries is a good idea?
baileymarie102 6
From being in that situation, I can say you've just made it worse. Now, you're really going to feel distant from her because she's not going to want to talk to you now that you attempted to invade her privacy.
scifichic92 8
I hit the YDI button as soon as I read "I read her diary..." You should never read your child's diary unless you feel she is going to hurt herself or someone else.
sugarlover1998 7
If you wanted to know what was on her mind, why didn't you just sit down with her and ask her? Also, diaries are written for a reason;so that your thoughts are private. No-one wants their personal diary to be read by someone else! YDI
phoenixfinest823 4
This is why your daughter is distant. Fool.
momo1972 3
Haha....a diary alarm. I love that girl.
rosieriveter13 3
Yeeaahh maybe instead of reading her diary and invading her privacy, you should've tried talking to her