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By Anonymous - 26/04/2015 10:05 - South Africa - Pretoria

Today, I snuck downstairs to watch a midnight movie. One moment I'm trying to plug my headphones in, in the dark, and the next my dad's beating the shit out of me with a baseball bat. Turns out he snuck down after me for a midnight snack and thought I was a burglar disconnecting the TV. FML

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By Lopez85 - 22/05/2024 22:00 - Australia - Darwin

Today, I got up at 2 AM to grab a snack. I quietly crept down the stairs, only to find my dad, mom, and a couple of their friends having a secret poker game. Now they think I have a sleepwalking problem. FML

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By Anonymous - 31/05/2022 06:00 - Germany - Moormerland

Today, my dad reactivated a digital clock we had lying around, and accidentally set an alarm on it. For 1 a.m.. So guess who went hunting for that noise in the middle of night. And guess who banished the thing to the living room, then forgot about it, and slept on the sofa in said living room. Or tried to. FML

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By anonymous - 12/02/2011 05:48 - Canada

Today, I woke up in the middle of the night to get a glass of water. Groggy and disoriented, I bumped into several pieces of furniture and made a lot of noise. My dad woke up, mistook me for a burglar, and knocked me out with his fist. FML

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By gengiskarn69 - 12/03/2012 14:55 - United States

Today, I thought it would be funny to sneak up on my dad while he was rummaging through his briefcase. He must have heard me, because the moment I got up close, he whirled around and yelled "BOO!" causing me to scream like a little bitch. FML

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By Zack - 01/04/2012 21:36 - United States - Duncannon

Today, I woke up to shuffling noises coming from downstairs. Suspecting the worst, I jumped out of bed, and whispered over my shoulder for my girlfriend to stay quiet. Only after going downstairs and taking a swing in the dark with my bat did I figure out it was just my girlfriend foraging for snacks. FML

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By mountains - 19/11/2012 00:47 - United States - Pembroke

Today, I awoke in the midst of the night to find my half-naked dad drunkenly arguing with the microwave. FML

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By Ohfman117 - 11/08/2009 20:30 - United States

Today, I was sneaking over to my girlfriend's house. I sent her mother a text message thinking it was my girlfriend saying "There's a stalker coming in to make you his play mate ;]" Unfortunately when I got to her window I was greeted by her dad with a bat. FML

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By insomniac x2 - 15/08/2013 19:56 - Mexico - Garza Garc

Today, I was watching The Ring on TV in the early morning. When the scene where the girl is crawling out of the TV came on, my dad grabbed my shoulders from behind me out of nowhere, causing me to shriek like a little bitch. I don't know how long he waited to do that. FML

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By Jim - 28/10/2025 22:00

Today, I saw a gun on my dad's bedside table. I knew it wasn't real, so I picked it up and posed like a badass. Then I shot a hole in their bedroom TV, blew out my eardrums, and my mom flew in and started screaming at me. FML

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Sneaky

By TasedAndDazed - This FML is from back in 2009 but it's good stuff - United States

Today, I snuck into my boyfriend's house because I knew his parents wouldn't be there. Later, I woke up in a hospital bed because his sister thought I was a burglar and tased me. FML

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MrsHaxxo 22

Monday 27 April 2015 0:25

At least he is trying to protect his family.

Hoopachi 19

Monday 27 April 2015 0:25

Holy crap? What happened afterwards?? Hope you're okay OP!

Comments

AHzulu 25

Monday 27 April 2015 7:05

At least your dads home defense weapon is a bat instead of a firearm because that could have gone bad very fast...

Kielnmsoftly 26

Monday 27 April 2015 7:26

One time, about 3 months ago I'd say, I came down for a midnight snack and my dad was about to attack me thinking I was a burglar. Good thing he didn't because he had a machete instead....yeah I just turned around and saw him with a machete about to swing it. Thank God he didn't.

Zarcissa 34

Monday 27 April 2015 7:37

Holy...! That's scary. Did you scream in terror?

jomar_19 17

Monday 27 April 2015 8:02

thats funny but that sucks, man.

alyssacornett 15

Monday 27 April 2015 8:30

lmao

abNormal62 23

Monday 27 April 2015 11:39

Join the club?

chadminer337 9

Monday 27 April 2015 12:36

Call the police

local77 6

Monday 27 April 2015 13:06

...and they'd shoot him from the back. no better

laden_swallow09 34

Monday 27 April 2015 13:25

Call the police… for?

TheTripleThreat 9

Monday 27 April 2015 15:53

These are the moments you're glad you're not in America where guns are so easily obtainable and the ultimate self-defence weapon.

Shade1982 20

Wednesday 29 April 2015 17:07

What I was thinking too. Can we please see the comments from the people who think guns are the best solution for everything? "Oh dear, I just shot my own kid. Well, at least I exercised my constitutional right."