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
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Today, my 4 year-old daughter thought it was funny that the chicken on her plate and chickens on farms are called the same name. I had my mouth full so I couldn’t stop my rotten eldest son from saying, “That’s because chicken is dead chickens.” Cue her crying while my son cackled like a sociopath. FML
Today, my six-year-old son told me how it was funny that there's "a food chicken and an animal chicken". That's going to be a fun one to explain to him. FML
Today, my husband once again thought it would be funny to rage-bait our child during dinner. There was screaming, food being thrown around, and a whole lot of running around instead of eating. I already had a headache and was already overstimulated, so I had to fend off a meltdown. All this over chicken burgers. FML
Today, my 4 year-old son learned that burgers and chicken tenders are made from cows and chickens. I braced myself for the tantrum, only to hear, "They're yummy. Can we turn the cat into a burger? What do squirrels and dogs turn into?" Now I'm scared of my kid. FML
Today, I was outside searching for "treasures" with my son using small plastic shovels. All of a sudden he starts screaming. He dug up the bones of our old dog. I told him that we had sent him away to live on a farm, I even helped my son write letters to the farm owners. FML
Today, I came home to find a mouse in the garage. Frantic, I killed it. My 7-year-old son came home from soccer, and started crying because he couldn't find the class pet, Mr. Whiskers. I killed my son's class pet. FML
Today, I realized burying my dog underneath our swing-set was a bad idea. My two sons are now scarred for life. FML
Today, I'm beginning to regret explaining death to my 3-year-old son. We were at the supermarket when he looked at an elderly woman and loudly told her "You're gonna die soon!" FML
Today, during a Zoom meeting, my 6 year-old daughter comes into my office, bloody all over, acting like nothing's wrong. She looks me dead in the eye and says, "Matilda's dead," and just walks out. Matilda is the neighbor's chicken. FML
Today, I was making egg salad for the week's lunches and told my son to come help. When we started peeling the eggs, he thought it was funny to roll them off the counter and ruin them. I shouted at him for being disrespectful and wasteful, and my wife screamed at me that, "He's just a little boy!" FML
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DragonMaiden7 15
I think your husband may be a sociopath...
kazekai8 11
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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Comments (33)
Taurus_ChicKa 37
Your husband is a savage barbarian. It's bad enough that he showed your child such a thing, but the fact that it was a pet made it even worse. Hope you put him in the doghouse for a while.
tonyfan00 38
You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drive an automobile...
hypernova101 11
This is how Vegetarians are made.. what a terrible father..
Shaibear96 9
**Obligatory vegan comment**
sweetbliss3 37
I don't see the problem. a lot of people would rather kill their own chickens and cook it than buy it. not a big deal. just tell the kid to get over it as this is life and this is how people eat.
GhostFox 34
You either can't read, aren't very intelligent, have zero empathy, or comprehension of empathy. So I will explain it in a way that you should be able to understand the problem, and why it IS a problem. One: The chicken was a PET. Not an animal being raised for food or slaughter- a PET. As in, an animal that one has an emotional attachment to, and is usually very important for the mental health of the owner(s). Two: Not only was the chicken a PET, OP refers to them as "OUR pet"- meaning that it was an animal that both OP and their son considered a pet, and thus a friend or even family member. Three: The husband killed he chicken, knowing that OP and child considered the chicken a member of the family, and is implied to have done so without speaking with OP about it. Four: The husband forced their child to watch him murder what he considered a member of the family. This is considered child abuse, and would be a highly traumatic event that could cause permanent damage to the child, or permanently impair their emotional development. Five: The husband is implied to have done so, again, without discussing it with the OP, and is also implied to have only told OP what he did AFTER he did it. Worse, he likely only finally said what he did because their child wouldn't stop crying and he likely found it annoying.
ashiq 4
Next gen"Dexter" getting ready..!!
evildaisy 9
i think your son gonna be vegan for now.
Sira Ritacco 2
My Dad did the same thing!!! It traumatized me. Needless to say, I refused chicken soup that night.
Emosparks 4
YDI for marrying such a dumbass.
Under_score 8
Your husband may be insane