FML : Today, my husband gave our three-year-old son a lesson on life and death. He did this by slaughtering our pet chicken for dinner in front of him. My son...

Today, my husband gave our three-year-old son a lesson on life and death. He did this by slaughtering our pet chicken for dinner in front of him. My son has been crying for hours. FML

I agree, your life sucks

You deserved it

By RIPJarJar - / Friday 20 October 2017 22:18 /

Animals

Kids

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By DragonMaiden7 | 15

#7555045 - Friday 20 October 2017 22:55

I think your husband may be a sociopath...

By kazekai8 | 10

#7555031 - Friday 20 October 2017 22:25

Wtf? You do not show that shit to a kid and the first time I seen that was when I was 17. Good job for traumatizing the poor kid :<

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By kazekai8 | 10

#7555031 - Friday 20 October 2017 22:25

Wtf? You do not show that shit to a kid and the first time I seen that was when I was 17. Good job for traumatizing the poor kid :<

Rabite | 27

#7556686 - Wednesday 25 October 2017 19:46

So why feed meat to children then, if you can't even show them how their food was "made"?

By seasonedtoast | 19

#7555037 - Friday 20 October 2017 22:34

Why did the chicken cross the road?
To stop from traumatising the small child (and avoid certain death!)

By Glowworm56 | 25

#7555038 - Friday 20 October 2017 22:36

This is not the right way to teach a child about life and death. That chicken was meant to be a family pet, not dinner for the family.

ViviMage | 36

#7555622 - Monday 23 October 2017 3:14

Some people raise their own food, and once a hen stops laying she is Sunday night Roast Chicken.
But that is not the impression I get here.

By DragonMaiden7 | 15

#7555045 - Friday 20 October 2017 22:55

I think your husband may be a sociopath...

By RichardPencil | 25

#7555046 - Friday 20 October 2017 22:56

Your chicken was named Jar Jar?

Your husband should have shown your kid a Star Wars movie with Jar Jar Binks in it and the kid would’ve strangled the chicken himself!

Alex Neiva | 14

#7555135 - Saturday 21 October 2017 6:04

what?? what does jar jar have to do with this father murdering the family pet in front of his toddler son?

Glowworm56 | 25

#7555210 - Saturday 21 October 2017 14:16

The OP's username is RIPJarJar. JarJar was probably the name of the poor chicken.

By Tripartita | 44

#7555047 - Friday 20 October 2017 22:57

Based on this one show I watched, seeing things like that at an early age can give your child a "Dark Passenger" that will only leave at the conclusion of a protracted and unsatisfactory story arc.

By Sinshine | 22

#7555048 - Friday 20 October 2017 23:06

That's cruel and seriously messed up... but I keep wondering... people keep chickens as pets? o.o

Glowworm56 | 25

#7555053 - Friday 20 October 2017 23:12

Yes. Chickens can be pets and provide eggs too. My late pediatrician had chickens as pets.

Suaria | 32

#7555376 - Sunday 22 October 2017 4:44

I grew up with chickens as pets. My parents liked how they didn't have to buy eggs for a couple of years.

By thehaystackerine | 16

#7555050 - Friday 20 October 2017 23:11

Too many negative votes, comment buried. Show the comment

really_dad? | 13

#7555059 - Friday 20 October 2017 23:25

Your kids sound boards

mcdgaf | 14

#7555107 - Saturday 21 October 2017 3:05

same!

Levvy | 22

#7555390 - Sunday 22 October 2017 6:09

You never actually got around to saying what the "problem" was. You just echoed "pet chicken" and then tried to engage in "internet-tough-guy-by-proxy" (the only thing sadder than the run-of-the-mill internet tough guy) using your children. Try again. What precisely is the "problem" in a child crying because their parent intentionally killed one of their pets in front of them?

Rabite | 27

#7556688 - Wednesday 25 October 2017 19:49

Sounds like the father of the year...

NostalgiaFreak9 | 40

#7588775 - Saturday 20 January 2018 18:28

Wow, your "kids" sound so hardcore. Good job raising them.

By really_dad? | 13

#7555058 - Friday 20 October 2017 23:24

"Our pet"? "slaughtered"? It sounds like you couldn't give a smaller fuck about its life. Don't call your animals a pet if you can kill them with no hesitation. They are your barn animal. If he was your pet, however, your husband's a bigger dick for killing a beloved chicken in front of your child.

Levvy | 22

#7555391 - Sunday 22 October 2017 6:10

What in the heck are you talking about? Did we even read the same post? Where on earth did the OP say she could kill the chicken without a second thought? It's like you took the entire premise of the FML and included it as a hypothetical at the end of your post there like you'd read something that didn't just say exactly that.

GhostFox | 33

#7555904 - Monday 23 October 2017 22:11

"Our pet" implies that OP held affection toward the chicken. "Slaughtered" has negative connotations that imply she didn't approve of killing the chicken at all, not just him killing it in front of their child. Especially since it sounds like OP only found out what the husband had done AFTER he did it.