Kids and Health: Today, I called my daughter a wimp and insisted her pain can't...

By Anonymous - 26/11/2017 05:00

Today, I called my daughter a wimp and insisted her pain can't be that bad. She left in tears. Later, I got a call from her doctor informing me that she has trigeminal neuralgia, one of the most painful diseases known to man. I'm an asshole. FML

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By parentalnightmare - 16/04/2016 04:13 - United States - Laurel

Today, I was diagnosed with a chronic pain condition. My parents seemed very sympathetic and my mother even cried. When we got home, though, they started laughing and asked if I really believed all the shit the doctor was talking about. FML

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Painful

By rise - 08/05/2021 10:59

Today, I had a massive, pounding headache. I asked my mom for some painkillers and she said, "No. You don’t deserve pain relief. Ever. For anything." What? FML

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By lovedbyallthewrongppl - 28/11/2010 01:03 - United States

Today, I was teaching my two year old daughter how to take a person's temperature. While I was sitting down, she came up behind me and shoved the thermometer in my ear hard. Now I can't hear out of my right ear, and I'm in excruciating pain. FML

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Wake up

By Anonymous - 11/12/2021 23:01

TToday, my daughter was hungover, so to teach her a lesson I started banging a pot next to her ear. An hour later, we’re in hospital. She wasn’t hungover; she hadn’t even been drinking. Her migraine was a huge aneurism one sneeze away from bursting and killing her instantly. I’m a terrible dad. FML

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Sore loser

By Anonymous - 13/03/2024 08:00 - United States

Today, I have an excruciatingly sore throat due to chronic canker sores around my uvula. Every bite of food I swallow brings tears to my eyes. I had enough of dad calling me a wimp at dinner over it and shoved my food onto his plate. He's now faking allergies to food we've had for years, just to take the piss out of me. FML

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Emergency room time

By maya - 09/03/2021 20:01

Today, I was called a "wimp" and a "pussy" for crying and screaming after lightly bumping my hand on a wall. It’s been five hours and it still feels as though my skin is being ripped off the bones in my hand. FML

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Quiet

By Anonymous - 07/08/2011 01:40 - United States

Today, I was sitting in the hospital waiting area. An old lady was crying, and my five year-old daughter asked her, "Are you okay?" The woman quietly nodded, prompting my daughter to scream at the top of her lungs, "Well shut up then!" FML

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By Anonymous - 28/03/2014 00:09 - United States - Kent

Today, I took my 12 year-old to the orthodontist. While I was talking to the dentist about what was needing to be done, my daughter listened. With a straight face, the dentist joked, "Yeah, we're going to need to rip off her entire jaw." My daughter won't leave her room anymore. FML

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Not helping, dude

By Anonymous - 03/07/2022 18:00 - United States

Today, a girl in my glass was complaining that her neck hurt. I thought if I forcibly turned her head side-to-side, it would instantly fix it like in the movies. It didn't. She was in so much pain, she couldn't even talk, and had to go to the hospital. FML

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By Anonymous - 25/12/2010 07:08 - United States

Today, I was wrapping Christmas presents for my family. I got a huge paper cut on the webbing of my fingers, the pain of which caused me to scream out loud. My whole family heard and came rushing to my room. My grandma took one look, and scoffed, "Oh suck it the fuck up, princess." FML

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JasonThorn 19

Tuesday 14 November 2017 18:46

Time to apologize. Profusely, and at great length.

PhantomCrevan 8

Tuesday 14 November 2017 20:35

Why do I get the feeling that the OP will spend a few weeks sucking up to his daughter, then slowly revert back to not believing her when she doesn't get better? Either way, OP is lucky that his daughter wasn't suicidal (or, I would hope not), otherwise he'd likely be short a daughter (which he hopefully isn't) because trigeminal neuralgia has a very high suicide rate, especially in locations with excessively strict regulations on pain medication. Scrape and bow, OP- or do something that says that you believe her, like getting her one of those ice/heat packs that you wear on your head.

Comments

thatslifeiguess7 16

Sunday 26 November 2017 8:09

what kinda asshole father are you

Kelly-marie Rattray 6

Sunday 26 November 2017 8:59

Buzz feed did a segment on this with one of their editors who is it trying out medicinal marijuana. You should check it out she said it worked really well.

Jared900DUmpling 30

Monday 27 November 2017 4:32

Why would you trust Buzzfeed in something like that? Buzzfeed has a terrible history of pulling "facts" out of their ass and staging interviews and whatnot. If you want to research on your topic of medicinal cannabis or anything else related, as a trustable source like an actual medical website.

mitolit 12

Sunday 26 November 2017 10:06

This is one of the few times where Botox is a proper treatment... maybe help pay for it as part of your apology?

Lillysar91 20

Sunday 26 November 2017 13:03

You called your daughter a wimp?! Because she was in pain?! You do this often? questioning your own daughter’s pain and mocking it? Yeah that’s low. Even if she didn’t have a serious painful disease and just a regular headache as her father she just maybe wanted you to validate her pain with a kind word not call her names.

girlofwinter 19

Sunday 26 November 2017 13:40

I’m not saying it’s right but my mom always told me I was fine and to quit whining when I would say I was in pain. Fast forward quite a few years until the surgeon who removed my gallbladder told my mom I must have one hell of a pain tolerance (I do!). Now when I say I’m in pain (which is at least fairly rare, I deal with most of it), she actually believes me!

feckarsedrink 9

Sunday 26 November 2017 16:04

Soo your daughter is over 50 with a rare disease.. right.. well best of luck YDI

PhantomCrevan 8

Sunday 26 November 2017 20:46

... where'd you get the daughter being over 50 years old?

Suaria 38

Monday 27 November 2017 3:03

It says that the disease biggest demographic is women over 50. However that doesn't necessarily mean OP's daughter is over 50.

PhantomCrevan 8

Monday 27 November 2017 5:41

... I question the accuracy of that data than, because out of the sixty something women I've met with it, half were under the age of thirty. Dental work causes it a lot for that age group, though, to my understanding

theemmamarie 5

Sunday 26 November 2017 16:36

more like **** your daughter's life. she's the one who has to deal with a disease so painful it's called "the suicide disease" because it has such a high suicide rate.

Michaela R 14

Sunday 26 November 2017 16:43

more like **** your daughters life for having such a ******** parent

nrvanagrl 6

Sunday 26 November 2017 17:03

I've read quite a few articles over the years on how people, doctors included, don't believe when a woman is in pain and assume they're just being "wimps" only to find out they have crazy painful diseases. I hope you and others reading this learn from it.

Rabite 28

Monday 27 November 2017 14:09

I also directly thought of those studies. Their results are horrible.

kieralumina 30

Sunday 26 November 2017 17:53

"Asshole" is putting it kindly. Just by the first sentence your child tells you they're in pain and you MOCK them? Colossal bag of moldy douchenozzles doesn't quite fit either. YDI, but she doesn't deserve to be hurting. May you step on a thousand legos on your way to the bathroom at 2am.