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144 - Some places do have school on Saturdays.

Really? I think you fail to see the true FML here.

192 - No, I realize the true FML is the fact they caught their mother cheating. You missed my point, as did the rest of the people who voted me down. If they'd gone out to skip instead of staying home to skip school, they wouldn't have ever caught their mother in action.

First of all, where would OP go when skipping school, other than home? Anywhere else they would be caught. Second of all, even if OP didn't find out her mom was cheating, her mom would still be cheating. Staying at school wouldn't have changed that. The FML is nothing to do with OP skipping, but with the fact that her parents have a more than slightly unstable relationship.

Cate - 1. Anywhere. If a friend skipped as well, they could go to the friend's house. They could go to a movie. They could roam the towns. Kids do it all the time and they're rarely caught by cops or parents, at least where I live. 2. I never said it would change the fact their mother cheated. They just wouldn't be stuck between a rock and a hard place choosing between telling the father or keeping it secret. They wouldn't know so they wouldn't be so emotionally scarred. Yes, I realize it's still going to be scarring for both the father and the kid upon discovery, but it's much worse catching them in the act. No, the FML is about OP feeling like shit and not knowing what to do after seeing what they saw. I said this in the post you just responded to: "No, I realize the true FML is the fact they caught their mother cheating." Did you miss that? I'm not stupid, kid.

Most of the time, where I live, police will look for kids skipping school throughout the day. People generally don't go home expecting to find their mom cheating, and home would be the safest place for me, personally, to go to during the school day. As to your second point, I realize that catching her mom cheating was not OP's greatest experience, but why live a lie? I know what you think the FML is about, as you said before, it was in your previous post, but I disagree. I don't think it's as much to do with OP finding the truth as it is to do with the truth itself. Please don't call me kid when I was not offensive to you in any way. I just respectfully disagreed. I don't think there's much point in arguing over this anymore, we obviously won't come to a point of agreement.

Where I live, cops don't particularly care. Some kids have been caught, but that's because they were doing something stupid and were very obviously high school kids skipping school. If you're not making it obvious, here you're fine. In many cases (though more people have both parents working now) there's at least one person home. Neighbours can also rat on you if they're that type. My parents were super protective and strict when I was a kid; if I even so much as thought about skipping they'd give me hell. When I skipped, I went far away from my house and all was fine. Either way a lie would be involved. Either they would lie about going to school when they didn't go, or they would lie to either one of their parents about whether they knew about the cheating. Either way they're living a lie. It's just a matter of picking which one they want to live. 'Kid' is something I call many people. It wasn't meant to be offensive. I'm sorry you took it that way, but perhaps you should read comments with more of an open mind. You won't get so offended that way.

its totally not a ydi fml. it isnt a hard decision to tell or not. would you rather stay completely uncomfortable next to your own mom and deny your father the truth? i wouldnt. and if moms gonna be a cheating *****, ratting her out is the only way to make her feel shame for not controlling her lust when she is tied down and completely disrespecting her husband and child. oh and heres something, where op lives, they might get caught? and what if they didnt want to leave the house? what if they wanted to catch up on sleep? you dont know the situation, so dont judge.