Today, my son found a cockroach in his bed. I had to kill the thing and wash all his sheets and stuffed animals before he'd finally agree to go back to bed, three hours later. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, at about 3:30 a.m. I awoke to the feeling of something dropping on my head. Startled, I turned on the light. It was a gigantic cockroach. I thought I'd killed it, but when I went to collect the body it was gone. I'm too scared to sleep. Even my dog now refuses to be in the bedroom. FML
Today, after threatening my son for weeks that if he didn't clean his room, I would, I went in, equipped with a garbage bag, ready to throw away everything I found, only to discover dozens of empty bottles, two partially empty pizza boxes, Taco Bell wrappers, and cockroaches. FML
Today, I finally got some sleep after an exterminator came yesterday and took care of our roach problem. I woke up and kissed my boyfriend good morning. Frowning, he told me I had something stuck on the corner of my mouth. It was a roach leg. Where is the rest of the roach? FML
Today, I walked into my son's room only to be attacked by a swarm of flies. I'm afraid to go back in there. FML
Today, I woke up with a dead cockroach and its guts all over my forehead. My boyfriend responded by laughing and saying "Poor guy, never had a chance to see the world." FML
Today, an exterminator sprayed for cockroaches in my dorm room. After classes I got back to find three large cockroaches on top of my bed. Now that the exterminator has sprayed everything, all the cockroaches are coming out. FML
Today, I woke up to the feeling of something crawling up my leg. I threw back the bed sheets and saw it was a cockroach. My dad said my ensuing scream was so girlish that he wondered what the hell my sister was doing in my bedroom. FML
Today, I woke up with a cockroach in my ear. FML
Today, my three-year-old decided to dump the entire contents of her cereal box onto the kitchen floor because she was looking for a "prize." The only prize we found was a huge dead cockroach, which she promptly stuck in her mouth. FML
Today, I had mice in the house and had to kill them with mousetraps. I pulled a trap out with a dead mouse and my four year-old son saw. Mice are his favorite animals, and now he won’t speak to me. FML
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Top comments
Welshite 40
A completely logical response. Last time I saw a cockroach I torched the place. Sure, it was my neighbor's house, but I'm sure he appreciated the gesture. Washing everything isn't as effective, but it works.
Tarlachia 33
Next time, tell him to go sleep on the couch, and you both won't sacrifice sleep.
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Comments (40)
saffy66 34
I feel the same way. I'd probably have to burn the place down if I found a cockroach in my bed.
bubblesthequeen 9
You should never crush a cockroach. Their eggs are in they're back and once you squish them the eggs are released and (that I know of) the only to get rid of them is to burn what you crushed them on.
jinsy 13
Mums truly are superhero's
BobBricks101 7
Smart kid
momo87 8
i would have done the same
pin731 5
that right there is some motherly love. good for you! if only we all had mothers like you to watch out for their babies like that.
swampbaby985 30
Plot twist...your son is 18.
zazzybetch45 7
Oh my god why is it now a thing that some posts have a second option that isn't "you deserved it"? There is no point for it to be anything else, honestly.
fictionaldiary 11
First of all, keep your house clean so your children aren't finding living creatures in their beds. Secondly, he's a child. Since you didn't tell us his age, I'm assuming he's a small child. Learn to be a parent.
jstone89 13
Nope nope and nope. He would have been in a sleeping bag on the couch for the night if he didn't get back in bed.