Today, my daughter left a plate of food in her room for two hours. When I yelled at her about ants, her response was, "But I thought it took DAYS for ants to show up!" I raised this dumbass. FML
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Today, I told my daughter that she wasn't allowed to eat in her room, so she sat at the table and glared at me for 10 minutes while she ate. She's 15. FML
Today, my parents were out and about, leaving me alone in the house. They said they would leave some lunch for me. I couldn't find it. After telling them when they got home, my mom got huffy and showed me that it was in a place I would have never thought to look. She then got even more mad when I was annoyed by this. FML
Today, I told my five year-old daughter that no, she could not have ice cream for breakfast. She retaliated by pooping in the living room and smearing it on the walls. My in-laws, whom I've been trying to impress for ages, are visiting today. FML
Today, I realized why my sister refuses to let me clean her side of the room. She's secretly been trying to revive dead ants. FML
Today, I came back to my apartment to see that my roommate had left out bread, deli meat, and cheese on the counter, so I made myself a sandwich. When she came back, she informed me that she found bugs in the fridge and took out all the food she thought would be contaminated. FML
Today, my teenage daughter insisted it was my job to take down the tray full of empty dishes, because I was the one who had carried it upstairs. Sound logic, so far. Why had I carried the tray upstairs? To serve her breakfast in bed. FML
Today, my idiot daughter has allowed mold to grow in her shower. Her excuse? She thought it was just some “stains” that wouldn’t come out. Yeah, I don’t believe that. I think she knew it was mold and just didn’t care. FML
Today, I asked my lazy daughter to go make her bed. She responded by lighting our garbage bin on fire. FML
Today, my daughter had ice cream while I was napping. She didn't want me to know so she put the bowl in the trashcan and put the spoon in the garbage disposal and turned it on, because she thought it would make the spoon disappear. FML
Today, after it appeared my daughter was throwing away any vegetables in her school lunch, I packed her all vegetables so she would have to eat at least one. Nope! She threw them out and complained to school that "mommy doesn't feed" her. I got a call from the school. FML
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mickymoose1 15
If this is the parenting style you have and the mindset you have I feel sorry for your daughter. To yell at her over a plate that was left for only 2 hours is excessive and unnecessary. Your daughter is going to resent you and you'll have a strained relationship if you continue yelling at her. Rather than yelling at her when she makes a mistake, try talking to her calmly and explaining the reasons why. Then instead of being made to feel like an idiot, she'll feel like she has the knowledge and will understand why she can't do something and will be less likely to do it again in the future. It takes an average of 21 consecutive days to build a habit so you also need to give an adjustment period. So stop your bad helicopter parenting and start parenting with love. Do better.
RichardPencil 32
What? Are you some sort of myrmecologist?!?! How the **** should we know how long it takes ants to find food?
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RichardPencil 32
What? Are you some sort of myrmecologist?!?! How the **** should we know how long it takes ants to find food?
mickymoose1 15
If this is the parenting style you have and the mindset you have I feel sorry for your daughter. To yell at her over a plate that was left for only 2 hours is excessive and unnecessary. Your daughter is going to resent you and you'll have a strained relationship if you continue yelling at her. Rather than yelling at her when she makes a mistake, try talking to her calmly and explaining the reasons why. Then instead of being made to feel like an idiot, she'll feel like she has the knowledge and will understand why she can't do something and will be less likely to do it again in the future. It takes an average of 21 consecutive days to build a habit so you also need to give an adjustment period. So stop your bad helicopter parenting and start parenting with love. Do better.
peterblackmer91 12
What the hell? I think your daughter is right.
raven_of_azarath 35
Right? If the ants are showing up within a couple of hours, you already have a problem.
TeacherTeem 21
Hey “Mom of the Year”, If ants showed up within hours, kitchen would quickly be overrun by ants when preparing big meals like Thanksgiving or Christmas dinners.
slkeithh 14
You have some serious issues. And no, I think you're the dumbass here.
tounces7 28
The other stuff aside, you're calling your daughter a dumbass? You sound extremely toxic, I hope someday she gets the therapy she needs to deal with having had to have you as her mother.
ClickClackClive 3
I think you're massively overreacting and need to chill out. Dumbass.
ClickClackClive 3
hang on!!! you call your daughter a dumbass and your title on here is 'mother of a complete idiot'......... I feel bad for her and can't wait for her to be old enough to move out and leave you behind. how overbearing and nasty are you