Today, I went to my kid's band concert. She's 12 and in the advanced team. They were the first ones to play and they were so incredibly bad that I laughed. Really, really loud. I was escorted out of the recital. 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, I was a guest performer for a school orchestra concert a grade above mine. When they called my name, I didn’t hear them, so when they started the song hundreds of people watched me run on stage. FML
Today, I got yelled at by parents of one of my students because their child didn't perform well at their Winter Concert. These are the same parents who told me months ago that I needed to be more lenient by allowing their kids to skip rehearsals. FML
Today, I played in a high school concert. Some alumni of the band were sitting in the audience and were brought to tears. Not because it was beautiful, but because they were sad to see how much the music program had declined since they left. FML
Today, I had my high school piano recital. The entire time I was playing, one of my classmates sitting up front kept booing me and yelling "YOU SUCK" at the top of his lungs. He drowned out the entire song. FML
Today, at a talent show, my band got booed before we even started playing. FML
Today, I was at my class's band concert. Before the curtain was raised, I helped haul the piano to a different spot so a girl who would've had to stand behind it could be seen. I said, "There, now your mom can see you play!" She responded with, "My mom's blind." FML
Today, I went to my son's final band performance. I also have a busy toddler, so I ended up watching most of the performance in the hallway on a tv monitor. In the middle of the awards ceremony, my toddler pulled the fire alarm. Everyone had to evacuate the building. FML
Today, I performed in my school's choir concert. The girl next to me started to pass out, and I grabbed her so she wouldn't hit her head. After we were done performing and the curtains closed, my choir teacher dragged me off stage and said I was getting an F for "creating a distraction". FML
Today, my band got booed off stage. FML
Today, it was the début of the high school musical I was in. When two others and I sang the word "Hell", my mother yelled at us for using that language, while the musical was still going, and dragged me off stage. FML
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Moerighan 23
Wow, way to encourage your kid and her self esteem Dad.
GrannisGoddess26 5
Sounds like you should learn some self control
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Gameoftheombosis 6
YDI. Or maybe it was a blessing since you didn't have to watch the rest
GoddessMadoka 12
As someone that never had any sort of encouragement from my parents about my hobbies when I was a kid: you're a huge ******* asshole, and you probably embarrassed her in front of the entire class. what are you, a teenager? grow up. that's your kid. support her.
GrumpyGrinch 23
F the kids life for having such an asshole parent! "YD to be tarred and feathered!" - yes, and stoned too!
Talis99 26
You laughed at your own kid? What an ass.
darshini_ii 24
You probably hurt your kid. A lot.
ImminentDisaster 12
Depend on what part of this makes it an FML, but I think he really couldn't help laughing and didn't in fact want to scar a bunch of children. I was in a actually in a similar situation once when a was watching an acting performance of this guy who liked me. I laughed the whole way through and I tried to stop myself, but my body just wasn't obeying my brain. It wasn't even that it was bad - he was actually really good - but his character was like eight years old and it was plain hilarious. To add insult to injury I was wearing his hat he'd given me when he was flirting with me. I never did see him after that...
rustybucket 24
This makes me so sad for your child :/
OhYouAreOffended 11
Wow shitty parent, advanced does not mean good. It's to encourage kids to get better while making them feel confident. When I was in elementary/middle school orchestra, each year meant "rising" a rank (beginner, intermediate, then advanced). Shows you never paid attention to your kid and encouraged practice (because she should be practicing atleast 30 mins a day if she was told by her teacher) YDI
Catdragon 40
should have had a vasectomy then
Ruskiy_Cherep 18
I mean you coulda atleast tried to keep it at a chuckle! But I see where you are coming from. Don't label something "advanced" unless it really is. Telling somebody their good at something they suck at doesnt help them. Thats called lying to their face!