Today, my 14-year-old son's pathetic rebellion came to a head. He ran away from home, leaving a note saying he hates me and was leaving forever to be part of a gang his friends had formed. He came back an hour later crying. His whole gang had gotten mugged, which he somehow blamed me for. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, my son is going through a rebellious phase. He's taken to wearing leather and chains, listening to death metal music all day in his room alone, and screaming at me in public places. He was fired from his part-time job for swearing at customers. My son is 29 years old. FML
Today, my punishment for my 14 year-old troublemaker son seems to have badly backfired. My husband and I sent him to live with my strict disciplinarian father for a while, and not only has he changed, but he loves it there and refuses to come home. My dad is on his side. I don't know what to do. FML
Today, I came home to my son crying and packing a bag, with his laptop smashed on the floor. He said he needed to run away because a "crazy military guy" was coming to kill him. I logged in to his account and found that someone had sent him the Navy SEAL copypasta. He's 16. FML
Today, my son got in an argument with my boyfriend, packed up his stuff, and moved in with his dad. Not five minutes later I saw my boyfriend doing his stupid happy dance. When angrily confronted, he admitted he orchestrated every argument for months until he got the result he wanted, my son gone. FML
Today, my 14 year-old son asked to join my buddies and me at the gun range. The second I finished the safety lecture and handed him a pistol, he started twirling it on his finger (thankfully, it was unloaded). I smacked him in the head and took him home. Now he's moping and sulking like a bitch. FML
Today, after my 14 year-old son brought home six Fs on his report card, we decided to take away all his video games and sell them. He screamed for hours, then went into the kitchen and started smashing glasses against his head, "until we brought back his games." FML
Today, I had to give my four year-old daughter some tough love, which I hate doing. When she ran away crying, my son, her twin brother, looked at me and said, "You should be ashamed of yourself." FML
Today, after spending 6 months and $15,000 on lawyer fees at my 13 year-old son's request, his abusive, alcoholic father no longer has any legal right to see him. How did my son repay me? He ran away to live with his father the very first time I told him he couldn't have friends sleep over. FML
Today, my son visited for the first time in three years, asking to stay a while. It turns out he insulted someone online and gave his address in case they wanted to fight him. They accepted the offer, and so my son's imaginary Muay Thai skills went AWOL, along with his testicles. FML
Today, my teenage son broke into my gun safe, took my gun, and dumped the magazine into the side of his ex-girlfriend's family home. He's completely stunned that he was arrested and charged with attempted murder. My wife blames me and wants a divorce. FML
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shorty6823 28
I feel bad, but that's a bit of karma. A bit more than he bargained for, but still.
kinky44 28
What badass mugs kids?
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Comments (135)
Nuggetzor97 10
Thug life
Brock_Tha_Jock 1
I'm starting to believe your son is a walking punch line. College is going to be quite entertaining if he doesn't grow a set of nuts. :)
tbart13 7
Lol
Ki11erC 18
It's a dog eat dog world. No honour among thieves days, especially when it's a bunch of snot nosed arrogant 14 yr olds.
bigtaytay 13
This is why our future is ******. People are becoming pussified...yes that's now a word
Joshnona 14
What the kid did was dumb yeah but I still don't like parents like you. I have fun. Have you tried actually listening to him or sitting down and talking to him? It isn't the easiest thing to be a kid especially with parents that hear but don't listen.
synsam 4
agreed.
TallMist 32
I agree here, parents should listen to their kids. But this has nothing to do with the story. For all we know, the parent here could have been paying attention to his son and something triggered the kid to go off his rocker and run off. Who knows? Until we know more about the situation, we can't exactly put blame on either the father nor son here. It could be the son was being a spoiled brat, or the father managed to get out of line. We shouldn't assume anything.
tayymeds 23
You should have been a little more concerned for your sons life when he ran away in the first place. YDI
jillyanzen 19
Blessing in disguise!
figures101 5
That mugger just saved his pathetic little life. He now knows what a real thug is like before he went to far down that path. The parents should thank him.
Nohman 14
Tunnel Snakes rule!