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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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Today, I checked my sister's diary, because I was worried about her recent angry and withdrawn behavior.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)
haha_funny_me 7
Oh that is just unexpected. And awesome.
annalily5 28
So, instead of talking to your daughter you'd rather snoop through her stuff and invade her private sanctum. She obviously knows that this is your personality, otherwise she wouldn't bother to rig up her diary. No wonder you two are distant.
Dweeble 12
You have to higher a private detective to get that kind of information. Gosh, don't you learn anything from The Simpsons?
Ladylillith 9
What kind of diary is that? :O And going through your daughters personal things is wrong OP, YDI.
Attica 20
Wow, great parenting! Good job. You couldn't talk to your daughter instead of going ahead with a complete invasion of privacy? How would you like it if she pawed through your things and found your diary full of the intimate details of your life? Your relationships, your deepest personal thoughts, and maybe your freaky sexual fantasies? Can you see how that would be a LITTLE unpleasant? It's called communication...try it! While you're at it, learn to parent properly and respectfully! Your snooping is just going to put a much bigger rift between you and your daughter, because you betrayed her trust and right to privacy--and that's completely your own fault. Do you think she's going to trust you and want to share anything with you now? Completely, 100% YDI, I hope you realize just what a shitty thing you did and learned a lesson to never pull that crap again!
white16sox 19
Because using words and communicating is just completely out of the question right OP?
SquishFish 15
I searched for diaries with alarms.. The only one I found was a "Disney princess secret diary" either your daughter is very young or she has some other issues that you need to look at..... Hmmm.....
SquishFish 15
http://toysrus.co.uk/Toys-R-Us/Learning/Creative-Play/Disney-Princess-Secret-Diary/0078650 Oh and there's a hello kitty one too...
white16sox 19
Or she knew she'd have to get one with an alarm because her mom is a snoop.
darkmis1 18
I guess talking to her was out if the question?
titibug823 11
So violating your daughter's privacy was the way to go about getting closer to your daughter, obviously! YDI
Icyghost17 10
I wish I had a diary like that as a kid. The only reason a parent should EVER invade their child's privacy is if the child does something horrible enough to no longer deserve privacy. Your daughter has every right to hate you.