Today, I was babysitting some kids and helping them make a poster about insects. They couldn't think of any more insects to add so I suggested a spider, and got told to "not be a dumbass, spiders aren't insects they're arachnids." The girl is six. 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 was babysitting a six year old girl, when I saw a huge spider on the wall. I screamed and told her to stay back. Instead, she walked up to the spider, squished it, and told me to stop being such a baby. FML
Today, I saw a spider. My two year-old knows that I'm afraid of them, but in an attempt to not pass my phobia onto him, I said it was a piece of dirt. Now he thinks that I'm afraid of dirt. I did not think this through. FML
Today, I asked my 8-year-old daughter to kill a house spider for me. I am a 42-year-old man. FML
Today, a large spider climbed inside my lunchbox while my mom was making me sandwiches. She didn't tell me about it until after I got home from school, though, and only because I mentioned a strange aftertaste in the sandwiches. She said she didn't want me to worry over lunch because she knows I hate spiders. FML
Today, while babysitting my nephew, I was looking through a bin of toys, and I saw a fake spider. I picked it up to do a prank with. It wasn't fake. FML
Today, I found out that my kids played around with a bunch of caterpillars they'd found in the yard, then informed me they'd eaten a few. I then had to scramble to Google "Is this kind of caterpillar poisonous?" FML
Today, the 6 year old girl I was babysitting asked me, "Why are you so ugly? Are you an alien? Because aliens are about as ugly as you are." FML
Today, my mom volunteered me to help out at her coworker's 5-year-old son's birthday party. I didn't realize until I got there that "helping out" meant "dressing up as Spider-Man". FML
Today, I was babysitting a 5-year-old girl and we were coloring. She made me a card that was very sweet, so I smiled. She looked at me and went "Don't smile, your smile is really scary." FML
Today, I was with my kids. We saw a tiny little bug and they started freaking out. Trying to show them that bugs are not scary, I picked it up. It bit me and now I have to go to the doctor because my hand is the size of a balloon. FML
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Top comments
FMLenV 0
Haha, that is so sad but so funny.
ryoga 0
She should have slapped you, too.
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Comments (157)
ItecKid 0
Well, YDI for thinking spiders are insects... I mean, seriously, how stupid are you? I'm shocked you were able to figure out how to get on the Internet and post this...
Sinamoi 18
Dude, chill. This isn't the worst mistake that someone could make. I mean, you don't see people getting jumped in the streets for calling a spider an insect. It's not that big a deal.
305alive 0
ur just a stupid boner
islaphippos 0
lmao, fyl. you were just trying to help
macc55 2
fake. kids don't talk like that. and yes, you are retarded
volleyballgirl16 0
actually some kids can talk like that idiot
snackeyg 0
Any idiot knows that insects have 6 legs and spiders have 8.
Guitar_String 0
You deserve it for being an inbred prick who can't tell his Arachnidae from his Insecta.
vanaathiel 13
lol this comment made my day
ASpocksky 0
Wow, so who are the GREAT parents that taught this girl her vocabulary?
neonokku 0
Not many people know that, jeez calm down
DameGreyWulf 1
@19: Bullshit "not many people know that" -- You're taught it AS A CHILD, and it is covered again IN HIGH SCHOOL (unless not everyone has mandatory biology-esque classes). OP is just retarded. YDI
DrMorbid 0
I totally agree with you. People like #27 who say that OP is "retarded" just because of such a small flaw in education are just assholes. I mean do you remember completely EVERYTHING down the very last detail from high school? No, you don't. Everyone has his specialization in life and doesn't need to remember some things. Everyone does a mistake from time to time and anyone who looks down on someone who does such a unimportant mistake and calls him retarded is a moron. OP: This is not an FML, it was just a mistake. It's a WOW to the little girl. She's very smart for her age.
ellbtvsvm 0
Seriously? I mean, who DOESN'T know that spiders are arachnids? Really?
DameGreyWulf 1
I said "taught it AS CHILDREN" as well, then said "again in HIGH SCHOOL" Meaning, it's something that is usually covered regularly. The child is not smart, the child is average, the OP below average. The only people I know who would think spiders = insects, even in just the spur of a moment, are your typical teen twats ("preps" and "jocks").
kukopia 0
Send that little 'dumbass' to bed ASAP. No, give her a coke first so the caffinee can keep her awake til her parents get home. She might know arachnids from insects, but she doesn't know any manners.
irishkid25 0
YDI because you're a dumb girl