Anonymous
Freeze peach
Today, my kids decided to draw on the walls with permanent marker, and now my house looks like a modern art exhibit. FML
Collection
Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Same thing different taste
HGTV
Boston, United States
Roommates from hell
Today, I got home to the smell of permanent marker and the discovery that my roommate's little sister had drawn flower petals around every polka dot she could reach on my walls. I just put up the wallpaper last weekend. FML
Anonymous
United Kingdom
Parenting fail
Today, I left the living room for 3 minutes to make a coffee. When I went back, my 4-year old had found a permanent marker, God knows where, since I don't own a permanent marker. She'd then drawn on her face, the carpet, wall, sofa, both dogs and as an added bonus the TV screen. FML
Anonymous
Newcastle, United Kingdom
Picasso in training
Today, I discovered my 3-year-old daughter's artistic skills. She managed to draw an elaborate mural on our living room wall. The masterpiece? A stick figure family, including our dog, but instead of a tail, he has a second head. She of course used permanent markers. FML
nicchick411
United States
Today, it's my birthday and my kids made me a card. Unfortunately, my kids used the wall for paper. Now I have red and blue crayon all over my bedroom wall. FML
IcyWinter
Winnipeg, Canada
Today, I had to tell my daughter that just because markers say "washable", it doesn't mean that you can draw all over our newly-painted walls. She's 15. FML
Ed
United States
Today, I came home from work to find my five year old daughter drawing unicorns on the wall. The same wall that I had to repaint last week because it had puppies on it. FML
Anonymous
Sunderland, United Kingdom
Read the room
Today, I took my two kids to a restaurant with a graffiti-themed wall and took some lovely pictures that I promptly posted to family on social media. I didn't notice until a couple of hours later it said "ANAL?" in huge writing behind my dear child's head. FML
Anonymous
Canada
Steady on
Today, I found out the hard way that you shouldn't try to open a can of paint with a screwdriver. The lid flew off, and my kitchen floor now looks like an abstract art painting, which I could probably call, "Various blue splodges on wood canvas." FML
Barney
United States
Today, I painted my daughter's bedroom. When I wasn't paying attention, the cat walked through the paint tray. There are now Barney purple paw prints all over the house. FML
Lana
Hassle free
Today, every time I think of having any children, I remember that an idiotic neighbor let her kids paint all over my car with permanent marker, so I eventually forget about it. FML
Top comments
RichardPencil 32
Sell tickets.
Chazzster 32
(1) Don’t leave permanent markers where kids can reach them… (2) Always save the paint remnants from when the house was last painted - That way you can touch up the paint… (3) Home Depot or Lowe’s or a paint store can match paint colors if you bring in a color sample. I had a friend who brought in a whole door once to buy matching paint! And they matched it.
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SirEnigM0nk 22
That's going to be a lot of lawns your kids will be mowing to cover the cost of repainting and cleanup.
RichardPencil 32
Sell tickets.
cuz803 46
I agree with RichardPencil. Make profits off of your children's worth by having people pay to view exhibitions.
Thaylok 17
That Sux! Classical Renaissance would be preferred at my house. But then, my crotch goblins just cost me security deposits in apartments for that. After those lawns get mowed, make them paint (with proper protection this time).
Chazzster 32
(1) Don’t leave permanent markers where kids can reach them… (2) Always save the paint remnants from when the house was last painted - That way you can touch up the paint… (3) Home Depot or Lowe’s or a paint store can match paint colors if you bring in a color sample. I had a friend who brought in a whole door once to buy matching paint! And they matched it.
Matt S "So it Goes." Trout 7
Sadly, I expect this information is too late for you in this specific case but: If you have permanent markers in the building, kids or not, make sure you also have a whiteboard marker or two. On most hard surfaces (this is definitely true for whiteboards, ha not yet been false for me for painted walls, and may or may not be true for anything else, I haven't tried) if you can scribble over the permanent marker with a whiteboard marker before it's -completely- dry it'll generally wipe off just as easily as whiteboard marker alone would. I learned this the hard way back in an early programming job and was exceedingly lucky that one of my colleagues knew the trick and was happy to share so I could save the office whiteboard from my mistake.
Charlie Given 28
As a parent who's had to clean up misses like that, permanent marker will run if you try to put fresh paint on top of it and bleed through the paint, you will need to clean up some of the permanent marker before painting, pure white vinegar and a magic eraser works really well.