Today, after my father in law upset my 6-year-old son by telling him creating a world in Minecraft is a sin, because only god is allowed to create worlds so all Minecraft players will burn in hell one day, it's been 5 days since he's slept right because he’s scared the Devil will burn him if he falls asleep. 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, I woke up to my 5-year-old standing over me with a pillow. I asked him what he was doing, and he replied that he and Steve were playing a game, but Steve said I have to be asleep for it. Steve is my son's imaginary friend. I'm convinced Steve wants to kill me. FML
Today, my father told me I was becoming violent because of the video games I play. I was playing Minecraft. FML
Today, my wife told our six year old daughter that the devil beats his wife whenever there's a rainbow. Now she won't stop crying. FML
Today, and most nights, my 17 year-old twins scream and shout while playing Fortnite. I asked if they could kindly not tonight, as I was tired and needed sleep. One told me I couldn't tell him to get off, he's allowed to play. I turned the WiFi off, which ended up with the other screaming and swearing how unfair i was. Now I can't sleep. FML
Today, because my husband wasn’t paying attention, he gave our 6 year-old his Netflix instead of the kid safe settings, so she watched a very gory horror film that has given her nightmares, so I now haven’t slept in 5 nights because of it. My husband face sleeps soundly through her screaming. FML
Today, I woke up to my 7 year old son angrily trying to smother me with a pillow. FML
Today, I found a disturbing video on my 8-year-old's tablet. In the video, I was suffering from sleep paralysis. He's convinced I'm part demon. FML
Today, I told my dad that I was going to sleep over my friend's house this weekend with a few other guys to play Dungeons and Dragons. He responded with, "Oh, back in my day, me and my pals used to pick on the kids who played Dungeons and Dragons." FML
Today, for the fourth day in a row, my nine year-old son dragged his feet when it’s bedtime with any excuse he can come up with. He keeps getting up an hour later to tell me a story. No punishment, nothing works. I gave up and offered him $300, yes $300 cash, to go to sleep. He said no and ran to bed crying, saying I upset him. FML
Today, my six-year-old got in an argument with my four-year-old. I told them to go outside. The next thing I know, my son was standing in front of his sister's burning Barbie's Malibu Dream House, singing "Burn Baby Burn" and cackling madly. FML
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Elizabeth Burley 22
That is so cruel. Your son just wants to use his imagination to make his own world in a rather harmless game(it's on of my favorite games and I'm 27!) This is one of the many reasons why I left the church after high school(I was Catholic). I'm sorry OP, I hope he gets better. And I hope your father in law betters himself also. Hang in there!
Chazzster 32
OP, If you and your family are not religious, just explain that granddad is superstitious and that superstitious are just made up and not real. If you and your family are religious you have to explain that granddad is wrong and that God gave us a mind and imagination to use and that there is nothing wrong with using them to create things of beauty and use. Then make sure that nut job is never around your child unsupervised again. He’s an idiot who fears what he does not understand. That’s bad enough, but dumping those fears on his grandchild is not OK.
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sarahcroy20 12
Should a 6 year old really be playing minecraft??
Elizabeth Burley 22
It's not like its some M rated horror game. He's just using his imagination to make a world of his own. He's fine playing at 6 and I'm sure he's supervised.
MariahJoy97 16
What the hell is wrong with a 6 year old playing Minecraft? I feel sorry for your kids.
Warp1978 15
Yes
idragosani 17
Why not?
Elizabeth Burley 22
That is so cruel. Your son just wants to use his imagination to make his own world in a rather harmless game(it's on of my favorite games and I'm 27!) This is one of the many reasons why I left the church after high school(I was Catholic). I'm sorry OP, I hope he gets better. And I hope your father in law betters himself also. Hang in there!
Chazzster 32
OP, If you and your family are not religious, just explain that granddad is superstitious and that superstitious are just made up and not real. If you and your family are religious you have to explain that granddad is wrong and that God gave us a mind and imagination to use and that there is nothing wrong with using them to create things of beauty and use. Then make sure that nut job is never around your child unsupervised again. He’s an idiot who fears what he does not understand. That’s bad enough, but dumping those fears on his grandchild is not OK.
RichardPencil 32
Just trade in your Minecraft stuff for The Sims. I'm sure your fanatic father-in-law will be appeased.
Gamer_299 4
Im gonna assume you're religious OP. people like your father in law is the reason i stopped believing in God. it seemed like everything God wanted me to lined up with the church raising money. im talking about dont buy video games or a movie or a new car instead donate it to us. i realized one day we never see where that money goes, for all i know it could have gone into the priests pocket. i also stopped believing because one of the priests in my city was arrested for sexually assaulting young boys. so i left the church and haven't gone back. its easier not having to worry about whether or not the action i will be causing will send me to hell. instead i think is this illegal, if not im good.
raven_of_azarath 35
By that logic, anything creative is a sin. Movies, books, video games, etc. I say go to FIL’s house and “confiscate” all his sinful belongings to “save his soul.” But maybe I’ve just been spending way too much time on the petty side of Reddit.
JasonThorn 23
It's certainly better than MY idea - paying the FIL a visit and beating the crap out of him while telling him to ask God to save him. I am aware this shows a streak of hostility, but I have NEGATIVE chill on adults who want to traumatize children.
alex_jaguara 33
What would he have said if he saw your son play Black and white?
idragosani 17
Tell him JRR Tolkien, also a very religious person, believed the exact opposite and that creating our own worlds was a special power God gave us all.
BurnInDemonFire 39
He's good. We don't burn kids. We only burn jerks. Like me.
coius 23
Better than my dad telling us we mean nothing to god and having religion being the factor in custody battles. Look up “LeDoux vs. LeDoux”. JW vs Catholic. Thats some ****** up shit right there and at 35, it’s still ****** me up.