Today, I found out my 7-year-old daughter really did lie about my husband's "other girlfriend" as revenge for being grounded, and that he never cheated on me at all. We're well into our divorce proceedings and he won't forgive me for not believing him when he denied it. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, my husband and I sat our 10-year-old daughter down for a chat over her recent cursing. When my husband asked where she'd heard the words, she "innocently" replied, "from mommy's other boyfriend." He took her seriously, accused me of cheating, and hasn't been home since. FML
Today, after three weeks of fighting with my husband, I found out that he really didn't create an account on a website for cheaters and charge the bill to his credit card. Our daughter did it as a prank, and only confessed because our fighting was stressing her out. FML
Today, I found out that my ex-husband was telling the truth, he never did cheat on me. We've been divorced for six years and I just got remarried. FML
Today, my daughter-in-law revealed to me that she caught my husband having an affair with her best friend. This was five years ago, and she is only telling me now because he stopped paying her the blackmail money to keep her mouth shut. FML
Today, I found out my mom was serious when she said she’d never get over me dumping my ex. While babysitting my 6 month-old daughter, she took her to meet said ex for lunch while I was at work. Problem? He’s not my daughter’s father and I broke up with him when I was 16. My husband is pissed as well. FML
Today, my daughter told me she wanted to divorce me. FML
Today, my mom admitted that her story about my dad leaving us for his current wife was a lie. He left when he caught her with a coworker. She blocked his number and got a restraining order to keep him from telling his side of the story. I haven't talked to my dad for six years because of this. FML
Today, I followed my daughter and found out she wasn’t with friends, she was on a date. I confronted her about the lie, but she takes after her mother, a lawyer, and steamrollered over me about invading her privacy, so even though she lied, she somehow has the moral high ground. FML
Today, my my soon to be ex-wife found out I was telling the truth and never cheated. She wanted to get back together but I told her that we're too far into the divorce proceedings to turn back, and there's just no fixing our marriage. She then told me she's filing for full custody with no visitation rights. FML
Today, a DNA test proved that my 2-month-old daughter isn't mine. The real father is my girlfriend's husband, whom she married last year when she lied to me about going on a vacation. We've been together for three years and I never knew. FML
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rebelbelle 17
Guess if she is like this at 7, I wonder what she's going to be like at 14
1PersonIsMyWorld 22
what a bitch child!!
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rebelbelle 17
Guess if she is like this at 7, I wonder what she's going to be like at 14
YepThatsMeee 23
Even more like her mother, probably.
nelliegw 26
Win.
IvyRizzzzoli 25
She shouldn't have started a divorce process by what a 7 year old says......
desoxyn242 14
I can't believe she trusted her word over a man who clearly loved her
brand125 17
i dont blame the guy for not taking her back, if i pleaded that i was not guilty for this long and was called a liar until the divorce, id have no reason to go back to someone who doesnt trust me.
Bragi 12
+1000
sparxva 12
And with that comment, you win the Internet.
jc2134 1
Twice as worse.
SocialAmethyst 20
I swear it's not crack! It's baking soda for a volcano project.
1PersonIsMyWorld 22
what a bitch child!!
YepThatsMeee 23
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You blame a 7 year old girl for this mess? F the daughter's life for her parents' getting divorced, I'm sure she didn't understand the consequences of her action. F the husband's life for having married a woman who had no faith in him, but the wife totally deserves it.
thief1434 23
If a seven year old lies about something that ***** everyone over so bad they they get a divorce, she damn well deserves to be blamed. The wife DID NOT deserve this.
fiicere 5
Except for the part where she took a 7-year-old's word over her husband's. Obviously.
surranger 19
YDI
finduilas_fml 3
Nice:) I cant believe how the Most ppl here try to load all the responsibility to the child. She ****** up..ok. But unlike them..she is very young..and has to learn to handle anger. Like her parents.
thief1434 23
Maybe the wife shouldn't have wholly believed the kid, but I still think the child is deserving of some blame.
Mkm1997 20
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Or maybe the husband had done something in the past and this was the final straw.
False_Stupidity 42
Well hopefully this is one 7 year old that now realises that lying can have very serious and unintended consequences.
lex1459 38
No, they are right to blame the child, #30.
ChristianH39 30
If you never hold a child accountable for their actions, they'll never learn to hold themselves accountable for their actions. Its a dumb situation all around, I feel like this is mostly an fml for the husband.
little_one 20
Honestly if she is a good enough liar why wouldn't she believe her daughter. Also if someone is caught cheating they usually deny it. I bet she never expected her daughter to lie about something as terrible as that either for no reason.
Bragi 12
@33: You clearly don't understand the concepts of childhood, adulthood, and parenting. Sure the kid lied, and had no concept of the consequenses, that's why adults are in charge. The OP *decided,* like a big girl, to divorce on the word of an angry child. The responsibility is hers alone.
thief1434 23
So just because the child unwittingly caused a divorce, she shouldnt be at all punished just because the OP believed her?
Lafayo 9
there has to be more to the story, surely she didn't jump to this extreme over one incident.. but the child would get a stern lecture if it were me, along with punishments
cheshireau 26
Think of it this way. If the kid was telling the truth and the wife didn't believe her, what would you say? You'd probably still pick on the wife for ignoring the kid.
lord_meloetta 20
She just made a lifelong mistake. My parents started getting a divorce when I was 9. 4 years later I wanted to kill myself due to it still happening and my parents loosing all their money on lawyers and having to move many times with both parents.
icouldntpick 4
I agree with you, unless her daughter was known to be a liar, it wouldn't have been likely that she would think she was lying, but she should've trusted her husband. But that is east to say when none of us are in her situation.
grunt_fml 17
Oh, come one! Children discover lying at the age of 2 and at age 7 they usually have a very good idea that lying is wrong. This kid was smart enough to use a lie as weapon of retaliation and it even stick with the lie apparently for month, even when she was seeing what is happening because of it. And apparently the girl does not give a **** about her father as well. She KNEW what she was doing and she deserves punishment.
cmonger 27
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Why would you believe your 7-year-old daughter before believing your husband? YDI.
eharps7 9
Plot twist: she was telling the truth at the start realized her parents are getting a divorce now is covering for dad
dainy128 7
Children generally don't tell lies that big. OP might wanna have a llooonngggg talk with her daughter.
garrett_8614 14
Children tell all types of lies. Your logic is flawed
slyde32 12
I lied all the time as a kid, nothing this significant, but I still lied. I've heard of kids lying about one of the parents hitting them as revenge for things that didn't go their way.
LalaDee561 8
Children are very capable of telling lies. I know a teenager who as a little girl got angry at her uncle, so she made up a lie that he had touched her inappropriately and the police got involved and everything. They got pretty into the case before everyone realized she had been lying. Uncle never wanted to babysit her again. I also worked in a preschool and let me tell you, when children want to, they can make up some pretty big lies. Of course, they don't realize just how big the consequences could be for that lie
Nevermind212 11
I have a strong believe that most of the commenters would do the same as OP!
Baconade 1
You trusted your 7 year old over your husband? You deserve it you twat.
skittle_QUEEN_YO 15
Idk in this day and age people cheat left and right, It's very possible this could have happened to her many times before thus upon hearing the news believe it. Also children tend to tell things like they are. Their filters haven't really come in yet so this is a very possible situation
Helpfulman 17
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Using the word twat as an insult makes you look worse than the person that you were trying to insult. Usually the person using the word twat is the real twat.
sturschaedel 27
#169, children lie all the time. They don't understand that lying destroys the trust put in them and that it is a bad thing. My five year old lies all the time when he thinks telling the truth is a disadvantage for him. ("Can I have sweets?" - "Did you get sweets at your grandparents?" - "No, they had nothing at all!" - "If I call them, will they confirm this?" - "Um, maybe I did have a little chocolate, but if was sour, not sweet.")
Vegetarian27 24
Children have a more honest point of view. They call it as they see it, and usually don't understand discretion until later on. Most children are more trustworthy than most adults.
Jmgonzo 10
Well I don't know about you, but my little sister lies all the time. She constantly tells my parents that I hit her and steal stuff from her if I don't do what she wants
MrSassypants 34
I'm pretty sure you can go back to the hospital and exchange her for another kid. Just tell them the one you got was broken.
YepThatsMeee 23
It's more like the daughter and father should get a replacement. Or a refund. The mother/wife is the one who's really broken here.
smackaroonial 20
Yeah, I think most hospitals have an 8 year limited warranty. She'll just need to consult with the warranty department. Hopefully she doesn't get a refurbished child.
Alchemist_21 26
I'm pretty sure there's a recall on that year's model though.
joshi42 16
If they are off stock, she can take something instead. Like pair of locusts.
Jasim 17
You should have trusted him. Happy New Year
poppunkette 22
You deserve it! Next time do the adult thing and talk before taking the word of your child whom you had punished
False_Stupidity 42
Talking dose nothing since a cheater will always deny it and it sounds like they did "talk".. Anyway, you need to use super detective skills to find evidence to either confirm or prove the suspicions to be false. Just remember that kids can be very creative and spin some very convincing stories when telling lies.
Epikatz 22
So, by this logic, regardless of whether your partner says they are or are not cheating on you, they're cheating on you. That's ******* stupid.
17shades 2
*does -confirm or prove, same meaning ...but continue.
itsallokaynow 6
No you ******* dumbass. You ask the child more questions about it. She's seven ******* years old. You could confirm through text messages of husband even if deleted by calling provider. You don't just take their word for it right away if they're seven yrs. old.
tranced_ 45
ain't that karma lol
thecalvin123 21
No, it isnt
ryry117 7
Yes it is
jerryj 27
No it isn't.
TallMist 32
Yes it is. The wife believed a grounded 7 year old over her husband and now she's paying the price. Karma.
princesstavi 17
Well even though Children usually don't lie, this one deserves severe discipline if she did that just because she got grounded.
sdroze1389 31
everyone lies, especially children. when you have a still forming grasp on morals you can fudge the truth by manipulating emotion, kinda like a sociopath.
YepThatsMeee 23
#10 Children usually don't lie?? On what planet? And the girl already got a punishment she will feel for the rest of her life: Believing that it's her fault her parents split up.
teentee401 37
Children usually don't lie? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Wait, you were serious?
davincidasecond 24
Really? Because I catch my 4 year old cousin in lies, quite a lot.
honeymoonroyale 20
Children don't lie? Okay good luck, hun.
Jmgonzo 10
Children always lie. Trust me, I know. I used to babysit and the kids would always tell the parents that I hit them or I stole their chocolate or some shit, just because things didn't go their way all the time.
SoulHarvester 9
umm... duh? child gets grounded, wants to get back at parents. and you didn't look for other signs? the guys lucky to be rid of you in my opinion.
skittyskatbrat 19
Exactly. It's a kid. You don't divorce w/out doing a lot more checking. Credit card receipts, phone/text records, that sort of thing. If the only evidence you apparently had was the kid's word, then YDI. FHL, she's going to realize that she instigated this the rest of her life. And F HIS life...for having a shit daughter and ex-wife.