Today, while babysitting a young girl, I put on the movie Bambi, as she told me it was her favorite movie. I didn't know that her parents always skipped the scene where Bambi's mom dies. Despite my attempts to comfort her, she was still upset when her parents returned. Her mom blamed me. 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 hired a babysitter for my two kids for the evening. When I came home, I found her sitting on the floor, crying with a full bowl of popcorn, watching a kids' movie. Apparently, my six-year-old had decided to re-enact every scene from the movie, and she couldn’t take it anymore. I had to hug her and assure her that she was doing a great job. FML
Today, I was babysitting a kid for the first time. She asked if she could watch a movie, so I downloaded Cinderella for her. An hour later, this 10-year-old girl was lecturing me about unrealistic standards of beauty and abusive relationships, and how I suck for liking the movie. FML
Today, I got fired from my job as a babysitter because the movie I showed the kids was "too violent and gave them nightmares." What movie was it? Mary Poppins. FML
Today, the girl I like came over to my house to watch a movie. We had seen pretty much every movie that I suggested, so we ended up watching The Lion King. I forgot how sad that movie is, because once Mufasa died I started bawling my eyes out. FML
Today, while babysitting a girl, I told her to be quiet so she wouldn't wake her little brother. In reply, she told me that she would kill me, wake her brother up to show him my dead body, then draw all over my face. I'm stuck with her for another two hours. FML
Today, I went to watch the Movie "UP." At one point in the movie I got really sad and started to cry a bit. The 7 year old girl next to me noticed and told me to shut and man up. FML
Today, I asked out a girl I like to a movie. She said "I hate babysitting." FML
Today, I visited my girlfriend in the preschool she's interning at. She asked me to continue reading The Little Mermaid to her class, handing me the book. After the story, the whole class started to cry. She never told me to sugarcoat the ending and lie, Disney-style. FML
Today, I was watching Animal Planet while babysitting my 4 year-old niece. A really cute baby bunny came on and I called her into the room, only for her to see it get killed by a Bald Eagle. Now she won't stop crying. FML
Today, I was watching the movie Frozen with my 8 year old daughter. I had seen it before, so I sung along with some of the songs. My daughter put a finger over my lips, said "Shhhhhhhhut the fuck up," then turned back to the TV, giggling. FML
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Rainbowbish 21
They should've told you about the movies so don't blame yourself OP!
Laeffy 19
This reminds me of F.R.I.E.N.D.S
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Comments (80)
HowlingFire 21
I don't understand why some people are voting YDI. The mom should have warned you about certain movies. It's not your fault if the mom never told you she skipped over a certain scene in a child's favorite movie.
amileah13 26
Don't blame yourself op, you didn't know. Maybe the parents should have warned you about skipping that part but don't blame yourself. The parents should have warned you
HonestPie 10
And even then, it's pretty stupid. Protecting your child from watching a children's cartoon death is a bit over the top.
catanita 18
As a parent, when you have someone else taking care of your child you should inform the babysitter about certain things: sleeping hours, what is allowed to eat, skipping scenes from cartoons etc.
Randomouse 11
I think the parents should understand your situation and not blame you for the mistake. It could happen to anyone.
gorgeous_vixen95 12
How can they blame you for something they didn't tell you?
redheadedmonster 24
I wouldn't worry about it too much OP. Kids get over things pretty quickly and it's not your fault the mom wanted to be a bitch because she forgot to tell you they always skip that part. I bet an hour after you left, after the mom fed the kid then she was playing again like nothing happened.
grtfuldeadlovr 27
You should be applauding yourself Op, something is going wrong with the worlds view on many a things.
Mynamewontfi 40
Poor girl for being sheltered like this. imo, kids should know about life and death early on. She would have found out about it sooner or later anyway.
MysteryGuest214 10
This won't be the last time the poor kid finds out her mom misled her.
acertwo 17
This is so not your fault at all but oh my god you destroyed a child's innocence.
Badkarma4u 17
First world problems.
laden_swallow09 35
So what?