Today, my 8-year-old daughter was throwing a tantrum, and I said "Keep this up and I'll tell Santa to take your presents back." She told me I don't even know Santa, at which point I accidentally blurted that I'm "Santa". FML
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Today, my 16 year-old son had a tantrum over me asking him to clean up his room, and decided to tell my 6 year-old daughter that Santa isn't real, and that it was me who bought her presents. My daughter is inconsolable. 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
Today, I took my daughter to see Santa at the mall. When I went to pick her up from Santa's lap, my watch snagged on his beard, pulling it off in front of my daughter and about twenty kids in line. My daughter still isn't speaking to me. FML
Today, my daughter ran up to an old man with a white beard and a red sweater because she thought he might be Santa. He was a homeless dude, drunk at 9 in the morning. He told her to either give him money or f**k off, then screamed at her that "Santa’s not real, grow up r*tard." She’s still crying 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 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, I dressed up as Santa Claus for my employees' children. After seeing all the others, my daughter's turn arrived. She sat on my lap, put her lips to my ear, and whispered softly: "I want a new dad." FML
Today, my mom mentioned that she doesn’t think she’s gonna let my baby sister believe in Santa. When I mentioned that I believed in Santa growing up, she casually replied with, "Yeah, well you were slow." FML
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JMichael 26
She had to find out sometime. And what better time than when she's being a brat.
tehaustiebear 34
Personally, I don't like relying on the idea that kids should stop throwing tantrums just so they can get their presents. It'll objectify their actions, and make it all about the "What's in it for me? " attitude. Instead, perhaps try to explain why a good behavior is actually important, and why we try not to burden those that care for us. Maybe it won't work for everyone, it worked for me.
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sweetbliss3 37
she had to find out eventually. she was being a little brat anyway. she'll get over it.
Danise_123 9
your Santa ?? :0 omg
popsvb01 9
*You're
ethans22 5
Maybe if you don't make a big deal out of what you said, she will forget. Good luck though.
ohSNAPyall 27
Not at 8.
milo_fml 9
yikes
TheLadyOpal 30
So did you go through with taking the presents back?
nyahz1 7
smh never argue with children, their responses are always so out there, that we are caught off guard and lose
laden_swallow09 35
Or… you just suck at arguing to begin with?
JLDork 11
Wow, people are being absolute assholes over a child throwing a temper tantrum...I can almost guarantee every single one of you threw some when you were 8 years old. Them being angry about something doesn't justify trying to emotionally hurt your child. Was she going to find out anyway? Yes. Was that a proper way to tell her? Absolutely not.
laden_swallow09 35
Sure, it does! I know what it means to be a kid, and I also know that kids are vile little ***** who scream and cry and break things over silly trivialities.
tantanpanda 26
Well it sure justifies physically harming your child. Throw a tantrum in the middle of the store? Get slapped in the face. Get off your soap box and stop acting like telling a child that santa is nonexistent is going to psychologically scar them when they're an adult. What kind of adult would still be emotionally scared because a guy in a red suit that delivers gifts to EVERY house in the world in one night doesn't exist?
thewife5 19
Sounds like she got on your nerves just enough make you throw your own hissy fit.. Cough cough.
Exodiafinder687 58
It worked for Tim Allen. He told his family that he was Santa and they never once suspected that his sack of toys was actually filled with cocaine. And he would have gotten away with it too if it wasn't for those meddling airport security guards.
vikky538 29
too late to correct...