Today, I was shopping when I overheard a woman telling an employee that she was buying an iPad for her 5-year-old son. Annoyed, I turned around and ranted about how he should have more age appropriate toys. Then she explained that her son is autistic and will be using the iPad to communicate. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I was at the park with my autistic son when I noticed a teenage girl imitating him by flapping her hands and walking on her toes. Fed up with children mocking my son, I went over and sternly lectured the girl's mother. Turns out, her daughter is autistic too and will be in my son's class. FML
Today, during an hour-long drive, my sister told me she's lost her "faith in humanity", because one of her friends bought his 8-year-old son an iPad. She uses this stupid expression all the time, and I got so pissed off that I forgot to brake at a red light, rear-ending the car in front of us. FML
Today, we got my dad an iPad for his birthday. I had to repeatedly reassure him that he could in fact touch the screen without being shocked. FML
Today, I had to deal with a lady who claimed her son was autistic to try and skip the queue. Even her son was saying he’s not autistic, and she was screaming in his face that yes he was. I happen to be genuinely autistic. Security threw her out, and I was jealous that I didn’t get to do it. FML
Today, after saving up for weeks, I bought myself an iPad. Because mine is better than the one my parents bought my ten-year-old brother, he got pissed and threw it into our pool. I'm now grounded for getting angry and calling him a bastard in the aftermath. FML
Today, on Thanksgiving, I asked my kid what she is thankful for. "My tablet." I had just told her I was thankful for her. FML
Today, I was at work handling the cash register. It wasn't working correctly, so I apologized to the woman I was waiting on for the delay and explained, "The cash register's being a little retarded today." Then I noticed her clearly "special" adult son standing behind her. FML
Today, my mother-in-law visited. She saw my 5-year-old son rip open a chip bag, causing chips go everywhere. She got up in his face and started screaming at him about how he has an "attitude problem". He doesn't, he's autistic and genuinely has trouble with food packaging. FML
Today, I told my son he couldn't have a toy. He threw a fit, looked me in the eye, and screamed, "Daddy's right! You are a bitch!" The whole store was watching. FML
Today, I was interviewing a woman for a job. She told me that she may need days off because of her artistic son. I jokingly replied, "Does he color on the walls or something?" She then stared at me with a weird look on her face. Autistic, her son is autistic. FML
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Top comments
Ugi 27
Why was that any of your business? Y utterly DI
melij99 5
Respect strangers, and mind your own business. Problem solved.
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Comments (145)
fuzzbuck1 4
It was none o your business whether her son was autistic or not
noodleboix 10
Dude...you're a jackass
dinzylou 3
Maybe mind your own business next time!
theandrewdays 2
Why get involved in something that's not your business you judgmental bitch
thebest200 5
So, my 3yr old sister has an iPod touch
slushyslime 7
Who the hell are you to tell others what to do with thier kids and money .
TJ1991 3
Idiot even if he wasn't autistic who are you to judge maybe she wants her son and or daughters to get ahead in life rather than just playing games
iedsrduan 18
I personally don't think they help children get ahead in life. My nephew spends hours playing on an iPad (he's 4), and if you give him something simple to do, or something that doesn't involve a touch screen (say, playing Wii for example, or drawing something) he can't and he gives up and asks someone to do it for him.
mike307 11
YDI mind your own business. And iPads aren't just toys they get used for a lot of important things, like development and therapy for autistic children.
BGSU2012 3
OP, don't worry about all these people telling you YDI. You did exactly what each and every one of them would have been THINKING. Plus u may not have been minding your own business but so many people complain that kids aren't kids anymore like we used to be. Go to iFunny and see how everyone makes fun of/bitches about the "toys" kids have nowadays are the same as what all adults have; smart phones, iPads, etcs. All these people putting you down are fake and they can just shove it!
thew_fml 14
please don't tell me what i'm thinking. i expressed what i was thinking on my own, without your erroneous help
untamable_mare 4
I'm with you on the age appropriate toys. And even if the child has autism, for God's sake, when did we all forget about having pens and paper, and teaching kids to actually WRITE! Who cares if she eavesdrop...free country. if you don't want people to have the opportunity to be in your conversation, then monitor what you talk about in public.