Today, I was at lunch with my mom and we were talking about how to tell my brother that Santa Claus isn't real. After we finished our conversation, I heard someone crying. Little did I know, two little kids and their parents were sitting in the booth behind me. FML
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Today, I took my kids to the mall to see Santa. While waiting in line, my eldest got bored and loudly complained, "I don't know why we're here. Santa's not even real." I don't think any of the kids within a hundred feet took the news very well. FML
Today, I was on the phone with my friend, when my four year old nephew came in, asking who I was talking to. I told him it was Santa Claus, so he insisted on talking to him. I handed over the phone and I hear, "Santa is fake. Grow up." I spent the next two hours with a screaming child proving Santa exists. FML
Today, at work, as a camp counselor, I was discussing how stupid the idea of Santa is to a coworker, and how every parent should tell their kids the truthLies. The intercom microphone was on. I single-handedly told a group of 100 six year-olds that Santa isn't real. FML
Today, my little sister came home crying because someone had shown her a video about the Slender Man. Trying to calm her down, I explained to her that he wasn't real, just like Santa Claus. She looked up at me and said "Santa's not real?" It's been 3 hours, and she hasn't stopped crying. FML
Today, on the bus, when I was asking my 6-year-old son what he wanted for Christmas, a stranger came up to us and yelled at him about how Santa Claus is not real, that his "parents are fucking liars" and that he should "never listen to anything one of those fuckers says." FML
Today, while my boyfriend and I were talking with his sister-in-law about a TV show, his 6-year-old nephew walked up just in time to hear how Santa killed the protagonist's parents. I've never seen such a heartbroken face in my life, and now he won't stop asking if Santa kills people. FML
Today, I brought my 6-year-old to the mall to sit on Santa's lap. She told him what she wanted and smiled for the picture. When the lady told her that her turn was over, she began throwing a fit, pulling off Santa's beard in the process. This caused all the kids in line to begin sobbing. FML
Today, my 8-year-old came home from school crying. Apparently her teacher told the whole class to write about how they felt when they learned that Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy weren't real. FML
Today, my daughter told my son that Santa is not real. Of course, being a child, he started to cry. My only problem is, my son is 11 and my daughter is 6. FML
Today, I took my 5-year old daughter to get a photo taken with Santa, when she asked the dreaded question of why this Santa looked different from one at the other store. Before I could placate her, some cunt of a kid yelled, "Because he's not real, dumbass!" FML
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teaset 0
Soo why are you going to tell your brother that Santa isn't real? Aren't people supposed to figure that out on their own?
iFerret 0
YOU MEAN HE'S NOT REAL?!?!?!? :'((
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Comments (163)
bds0688 0
Seriously though, it is not the OP's job to keep some kids from listening in on her talking about a trivial subject. Further, it's pretty cute how everyone tells OP how to handle family relationships knowing no details aside from the OP wishes to tell them Santa isn't real. Posters on this site are something else, I tell you.
xx_irish_rose_xx 0
Wow, why did so many people click YDI on this? So now no one can talk about the nonexistance of Santa in public without extensively checking to see if there were any kids around?
R3nesmee 0
Everyone here sucks. Santa is real and that's that. This coming from a 15 year old. OP, your a bastard for doing that to a kid.
Dani_Babe 0
Its really no big.. i mean, you might have been more careful but as soon as they heard ur subject the parents could have moved or distracted their children..
arsenalfcboy 6
Strange, my parents told me about Santa and the Tooth Fairy but never the Easter Bunny. I hadn't heard of it until I was about 8.
Lisa89 3
I don't understand whats so bad about not thinking santa exists... I never belived he existed no matter how hard my parents tried to convince me he did.
fantomix_fml 0
Not that this isn't fake like all FMLs, but meh. Too bad for them. It was an accident, the parents should've been able to cover it up easily enough. Personally though, I think believing in Santa Claus is good for kids. I'm going to do it for mine, because I know believing in something like that makes Christmas so magical. I strongly urge those who are thinking of not doing so to reconsider. I remember how things like Santa Claus made my childhood so special and vibrant. Save the truth for later.
WakyWizerdX 0
You bastards.
OnTheSaneSide 0
You did nothing wrong. You were having a private conversation, and if the people next booth could hear you they should have said something about it. Personally I'm not a believer in perpetuating Santa to kids. Am I going to tell my kids its BS? Hell no. Am I going to go out of my way to keep them believing and make a big deal that no one spoils it for them? Hell no.
VirtuallyUnbreak 0
Santa Claus doesn't exist?? So who is going to buy my newborn baby his first Christmas gift??? Wish I was told this sooner. FML