Today, I was jogging in my neighborhood when I saw a kid's ball roll over to where I was jogging. I stopped, grabbed the ball for the kid and went to hand it to him. He then yelled, "Stranger danger!" and his parents came sprinting out. I had to explain the story to the police for 30 minutes. FML
Collection
Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I was teaching my 4 year-old daughter about "stranger danger" and how to deal with it. Later that day, we went out and since I didn't buy her a ice cream, she kept screaming "STRANGER DANGER!" A total stranger tackled me until the cops arrived. FML
Today, I was out jogging, when I saw a girl fall off her bike and start crying. I ran over to see if she was hurt. Apparently her neighbour thought I was trying to kidnap her, because he ran out with a baseball bat and threatened to beat me to death if I didn't get lost. FML
Today, I had to chase down and tackle a boy (around 11 or 12) at my workplace after I caught him snatching someone's wallet and trying to quickly sneak out with it. Now everyone thinks I have something against children, even after I returned the stranger's wallet and explained that the little brat is a thief. FML
Today, I noticed a young child wandering out onto a busy street. I managed to grab his arm just as he stepped off the sidewalk and yank him away from almost certain death. My reward was his mother, who was on her cell phone the whole time, screaming at me for touching her child. FML
Today, my toddler bolted in a parking lot, running through lanes of cars, right past a man, and forcing me to drop everything I was holding and catch him. I gave the man hell, demanding to know why he didn't even try to stop my child from running into traffic. He just said, "Not my kid, not my problem." Asshole. FML
Today, my neighborhood had its annual summer barbecue, and I ended up showing a little boy who lives down the street how to hit a baseball. When I gave him back his bat so he could try for himself, he swung it into my shin and yelled, "Tag! You're it!" FML
Today, I was jogging, and I saw a little boy walking. Crying and all alone. Thinking that he was probably lost, I asked to him with my sweetest voice: 'Hi there, did you lose somebody?' He screamed terrified and ran away. This is the second time this has happened to me. FML
Today, I was walking on a path through a park by myself. I glanced at the ground and saw a shadow behind me. Thinking of an attacker, I screamed as loud as I could and began flailing my arms to ward him off. Turns out, it was a jogger. He had to stop due to his uncontrollable laughter. FML
Today, as I was driving to work, I witnessed a kid apparently getting jumped. Being a good citizen, I got out and started yelling at them. I ended up alongside the kid in the hospital. FML
Today, a weird guy approached me and started asking me many questions. I didn't know how to get out of this situation, so I suddenly ran away shouting, "Stranger danger! " I'm 21. FML
Feel like sharing it with the other FML users?
Thanks, your FML was submitted, and will appear in the moderation queue soon!
Top comments
ForestFire0 1
Well, he's safe at least. What a brat. I blame the parents for giving him fear without intelligence.
immafiremylaser 0
That's what you get for being a considerate person.
Add a comment · Reply to
You must be logged in to be able to post comments!
Comments (191)
Ilovelife07 0
what a brat. shoulda helped the ball on its way, into the path of an oncoming bus
slutsstud 0
hahahah.. i'm sorry but thats just ****** up. our society's been ****** up. Now, you can't even go and be a nice person any more?? **** this man! Seriously WTF people? Seriously???????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
tiedyejedi 0
I would have laughed if the poster had started pointing back at the kid and screamed Stranger Danger back at him, then curled into a fetal position and started crying and shaking when the parents showed up.
zouss 0
no good deed goes unpunished
patray_angel 0
In some ways I think the child has been taught to be too paranoid, but I guess I personally would rather my daughter be a little too paranoid than too trusting and end up getting taken by someone. There are some very sick people out there. What I don't get is why the parents called the cops? Why couldn't they have handled the situation themself? Better yet, why wasn't one of the parents outside keeping an eye on the child? To the OP, I guess next time instead of trying to hand a child their toy, try to kind of toss it at their feet. Then again, I can sort of see an FML result from this as well. "Today, I tried to return a child their ball by tossing it to them, because I didn't want the child to scream "Stranger Danger" if I attempted to hand it to them.....I ended up hitting the kid in the face with their ball because they ran towards me just as I tossed it. FML"
RIKANA 0
I'll even say that "No Good Deed Goes Unpunished", and that a life fact. It also happens to be one of my fravorite song from Wiked. RI
stop_whining 0
I'm gonna call BS on this one.
rukusrazor 0
Should've just kicked it the other way.
nesj 0
I'd bet every penny I have that you're a man. Cops would have never harassed you if you were a woman.
Endymion_fml 0
People are far too paranoid. That kid is far more likely to be raped by one of his family than a stranger.