Today, I babysat for two little girls, who wanted to play 'mermaids'. I smiled, and said that I would love to play with them. The older girl laughed, saying "You can't be a mermaid. Mermaids are pretty." 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, at the Mommy and Me dance class that I take my four year old daughter to, the instructor had us do a stretch, telling us to pretend we're mermaids. My daughter said to me, "But you're not a mermaid, you're a whale!" FML
Today, I was babysitting a little girl, and we were playing with dolls. After we fed her babies, we put them down for a nap. After a few minutes, I asked if they'd had enough sleep. She looked at me like I was a freak and said, "Uh, they're not real babies, you know…" FML
Today, I dyed my hair purple. I came out of the salon and a little girl walked past and said, "Wow, you look like a mermaid!", to which her mother quickly said, "No she doesn't, she looks like her parents don't love her." FML
Today, I visited my girlfriend in the preschool she's interning at. She asked me to continue reading The Little Mermaid to her class, handing me the book. After the story, the whole class started to cry. She never told me to sugarcoat the ending and lie, Disney-style. 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 babysitting a one year-old. She'd just learned how to say yes, so if you asked her ANYTHING, she'd say yes. I asked her if she liked vegetables and she said, "Yes!" Then I asked her if I was pretty. She looked at me and said, "NO." FML
Today, two of my friends condemned me for being "narrow-minded", because I couldn't help but laugh at the thought that someone would believe mermaids actually exist. FML
Today, I got fired from a great babysitting job because the little girl said I was boring. FML
Today, I tried to pick up two girls by asking them what time it was. They burst out laughing. FML
Today, I was performing a show about pirates for a youth program. A child started crying because I wasn't a real pirate. A little girl took my defense, saying, "He's a real pirate, his teeth are all yellow!" FML
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Melanie_fml 0
I'd have responded back, "and they have to have boobs, so I guess YOU won't be playing! Now let's play a rousing game of hide n' go seek...you go hide!" And then I'd have started reading a book.
Guiseppi 0
You should have told her that she was adopted.
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Comments (77)
Shiden 3
That's actually false. IF mermaids existed, they wouldn't have hair and they'd be really fat to survive in the colder waters.
angela3825 1
U should have said then how come u can play ? :) haha
newburton13 26
Simple solution. Show them On Stranger Tides.
doglover100 29
I would've told her she was adopted or said that she had to have breasts to play so she couldn't. I like the hide and seek idea where she hides and you don't try to find her.
xRezSynn 15
Kids say the darnest thing. Dw OP you're beautiful :D
Xandriajoy10 18
I'm impressed by the level of maturity going on in the comments. OP said they were little girls. Yes, they should know better and it was a mean thing to say, but they're children. Yet all the 'adults' here seem to think verbal or physical abuse is a great way to deal with it.
dihannasaurus 9
mermaids have boobs too so **** em back.