meganmagee
Barnesville, United States
Today, I bought a live lobster to have for dinner. When my four year old daughter discovered it in the cooler, she thanked me incessantly for finally getting her a pet. She now won't let "Mr. Shelly" out of her sight. FML
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slooby_fml 25
That is adorable. It sucks...but it's adorable
MsConfusedd 27
"What's for dinner mommy?" *holds up knife and smiles* "Mr. Shelly."
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punz 7
Bring home a tasty bunny rabbit for diner next. Then just tell her she can choose between the rabbit or lobster but something is gonna be food here.
disney_blonde 16
Mr. Shelly needs to run away when she's not around. Cook him and hide the shell deep in the trash. Get her something simple like a hermit crab instead. Should have told her right away it wasn't a pet before it escalated this far.
AprylAnn 23
Poor kid! Aren't they only able to survive in salt water? So unless you have a salt water tank/aquarium just explain to her it's dinner & get the poor child a puppy for goodness sakes!
Aussieinusa 5
Maybe get her a unique pet. One that you can't eat, like a Mexican walking fish or hermit crab (I had a few when I was a youngen, hermit crabs are fun). Then she might like those more, tell her "shelly" had to go, and sneak it into a dish.
ViviMage 40
Mr. Shelly walked into the dryer and shrunk! *suggests freshwater crays* Salt water tanks are too hard to keep for most beginners and the lobster needs to be in water, salt water, before the gills and innards of the shell dry out! You won't really have a healthy pet lobster if you tried to make a tank ASAP!
yellowaholic 25
Well don't tell her what you were going to do with Mr. Shelly.....
meganmagee 11
I will not be killing my kids pet in front of her, or behind her back. And I certainly won't be eating it in front of her (psychos). She's FOUR. If she wants a lobster as a pet, she can have a lobster as a pet. No promises it'll make it through the night, though. it IS in our kiddie pool :/
MissColdblooded 2
But you're willing to let it suffer and die a slow death in an inappropriate habitat? That's called neglect. Nice lesson to teach your daughter.
MidnightMusic53 37
It'd be best to be honest with her. As many have mentioned, she needs to find out that certain animals die for food, and it would be better if you were the one to tell her this rather than someone else. I know it's adorable to see her very excited about her new "pet," but maybe it's time to let her have a real pet, even if it's just a common goldfish. Plus, that lobster could really hurt your little girl if she takes the rubber bands off of its claws, assuming that they're not already off. You don't have to kill it in front of her, make sure she doesn't see. My mother made sure to teach me from a young age that you eat certain animals, and allowed me to have "pet" crabs while at the ocean, as long as I knew they'd later be eaten. She made sure I never saw them get killed, and I never got mad at her for it. Your little girl probably won't hold a grudge against you as long as you keep a firm, yet gentle approach when you tell her the truth. In the meantime, this would make a good story to tell her when she gets older :)
MidnightMusic53 37
Also, #147, it honestly makes no difference. If OP were to have cooked it like she was planning to, it still would have suffered a slow, painful death in a pot of boiling water.
Martnikk 15
Just make the lobster pinch your daughter and she will beg you to kill it
emirie 21
Lobsters don't "pinch" you. They cut your fingers off your hand.
jagott 4
OP for the love of lobsters get Mr. Shelly an aquarium with the proper habitat if you're going to keep him.
burritosrgood 12
Idiot they would kill it first
burritosrgood 12
It's not going to die slow and painfully, it's gonna get old and die comfortably and it won't suffer because it is taken care if and fed.
Moon_Dreamer22 12
fish are friends not food
AuricBeast 8
Didn't something like this happen on the Simpsons once?
Adorlee 11
They're going to be the very best of friends!