Today, after twelve straight hours of work, my fourteen year old son surprised me with a broken window and a cracked TV. He said, "I was swatting away a fly." 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, my son tried to swat a fly with a hammer. Our apartment walls are now littered with dents and holes. FML
Today, my 15-year-old son got so enraged at a fly that kept harassing him, that he ended up slapping himself in the face as it flew by him. This caused him to fall out of his chair, at which point he broke down into a mess of tears, humiliating me in front of everyone. FML
Today, my son broke a window at school playing football. Not only did he break one, he broke the other window next to it. His excuse? He tried making it look like a bird flew in one way and flew out the other. I have to pay $800 to fix it. FML
Today, my wife asked our 17 year-old son to clean his room. Following up, he lied to his mom and said it was clean. After rechecking his room, he began to throw things and I returned to find holes punched in the walls. I went and patched the holes, after which he immediately kicked more holes. FML
Today, after my 14 year-old son brought home six Fs on his report card, we decided to take away all his video games and sell them. He screamed for hours, then went into the kitchen and started smashing glasses against his head, "until we brought back his games." FML
Today, my 12-year-old son played QWOP on my laptop. Half an hour later, he virtually destroyed it in a fit of rage. FML
Today, my 3-year-old broke his glasses, clogged the toilet with Hot Wheel cars, and covered the whole house with Cheerios. All in a matter of roughly six minutes while I was putting laundry away. FML
Today, my thirteen month old son woke me up at 6AM on my day off, by punching me in the eye. FML
Today, our work computers are down so I've been trying to fix it via my home computer for 3 days. My 12-year-old son took one look at the screen, changed 2 settings on a drop down menu, and the problem was fixed. My 12-year-old is better at my job than I am. FML
Today, my son nearly burned the house down with a lighter and an aerosol. His excuse? He was killing a massive spider carrying an egg sack. My wife hates spiders so she refuses to punish him and gave him £20. But sure, dear old Dad will spend money replacing the wallpaper and curtains, no problem. FML
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Fuaaad1994 31
With a hammer?
I_Like_Dogs 28
Yeah, kids these days have no respect for the parents who work hard to get them a nice fly. No, they just swat it away.
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Comments (51)
Fuaaad1994 31
With a hammer?
extrasnipes 22
No the question is did he kill the fly?
missambitious 21
I was thinking more along the lines of a baseball bat.
arano 29
I believe this is a reference to another FML where the parent came home to holes in the wall from the kid trying to swat a fly with a hammer.
Miss_Chevious 37
If only the bee had landed on the kid's head before everything else...
paravoz 30
what bee?
az1z_official 17
Was it fly guy?
enxhi96 21
Ungrateful kids suck
I_Like_Dogs 28
Yeah, kids these days have no respect for the parents who work hard to get them a nice fly. No, they just swat it away.
koganti 18
#23 That was well said.
Aspen_Grace33 27
What was he using to swat the fly?! A hammer? Fyl indeed, but he is plenty old enough to work the cost of the new window and TV off!!!
alyssabp 8
In some places 14 isn't even old enough to get a job...
Kittyphysics 21
he could still do yardwork for neighbors and friends. any little odd jobs, at least to help cover the cost. a little honest work is good for the soul, and it will help teach him both caution and responsibility. sorry op. that sucks.
TonierShadow 19
Timmy what I am about to do to you is gonna hurt you more than it did that fly.
MrSassypants 34
That's no excuse for breaking a window and the television. But if it was a spider on the other hand...
xKrisSmoove 21
If it was a spider, the son should get in even more trouble for not doing more to kill the spider.
MrSassypants 34
Burning the house down is probably the least you could do when seeing a spider.
hellnosucka 27
he takes his swatting seriously.
karbiee 15
how the hell does swatting a fly cause that much damage?
False_Stupidity 42
Maybe he was swatting it with a baseball bat?
Misha93 15
Tell him you're swatting a fly on his behind.
ThePaperDragon 31
What was he using to swat this fly?