Today, I caught my 7 year old sister poking a dead bird with a stick, causing maggots to start coming out of the bird's sad little body. I was horrified and threw up. She won't stop mocking me for being a "sissy". 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, my daughter was playing outside. I was watching her from the window, and I saw her pick up a dead bird. I ran outside to grab her. As I picked her up and started scolding her, she tried to scratch my face. In the attempt, her hand went straight into my mouth. FML
Today, my 7-year-old daughter came up to me in a noisy mall and said "boo-boo" pointing to her hand. Not paying enough attention, I kissed her hand to make her feel better. She grimaced and said "No dad, bird poo." FML
Today, I discovered the source of the vile stench in my room. My daughter had "saved" a bird from our cat and put it in a box under my bed, hoping to nurse it back to health. She forgot about it, leaving the corpse rotting in there for who knows how long. FML
Today, I insulted my younger sister's hamster. She then smashed me with a stool. FML
Today, after we finished making my 6 year-old daughter a net to catch an injured baby bird, when she went out to catch it she witnessed a stray cat catch and eat it. FML
Today, I found a tiny, featherless baby bird. I knew it was impossible, but I tried to keep it alive through the day. Before I could get it to the wildlife center, it died, and when I got all choked up over it, my mom started laughing at me and saying how "weak" I was. FML
Today, my sister stopped by to visit me with her pet bird in tow. She asked me to hold the animal while she went to the toilet, and put it on my shoulder. It promptly shat on my only clean shirt and tore away a good deal of skin from my hand when I tried to get it off me. FML
Today, I finished off the last of the BBQ chips in the house. When my 6-year-old sister found out about it, she started screaming, then pulled down her pants and peed on the kitchen floor. My parents, after witnessing the whole thing, bitched me out for upsetting her. FML
Today, I was driving my 7-year-old daughter to school, when out of nowhere a bird smashed into the windshield. Instead of screaming or being traumatized by the gore like me, my daughter started laughing, eventually calling the bird a "stupid bastard". FML
Today, I woke up to several dead snails and worms all over my bed. I guess that's what my little sister meant yesterday when she said I'd be sorry for not letting her play on my phone. FML
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Top comments
Tripartita 45
Ah, the worms will finally have their revenge on the early bird!
ArtemisRwill 22
She's just curious. It sucks though that she has a stronger stomach than you.
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ArtemisRwill 22
She's just curious. It sucks though that she has a stronger stomach than you.
thatsdndn1 19
Ur sister is a little sociopath
Mauskau 36
When I was around the same age I picked a dead bird up by it's wing. Some kid down the road started screaming and accusing me of trying to throw it at their house, so I dropped it, on their car windscreen. I wasn't a very nice kid.
fakedsincerity 32
Nah, #19. Kids are curious about death and stuff like that. As long as they're actually not killing/hurting animals themselves it's not that unusual or worrying.
kingdomgirl94 29
Plus I don't think she understands the full implications if the maggots. It's not just bugs on the dead thing (probably what she thinks) it's the dead thing being completely rotten within and being maggot filled that's disgusting to OP, who can process what's being seen better.
death32 6
thts freakin halirous
LexiD19 26
Ah, childhood
scarlet22ashley 19
Ehh, its just a weak stomach dont worry. This could be good for your sister, it means she could easily be a doctor or nurse :)
may14th 26
What a wonderful thing to read before going to sleep. Now I'm going to have nightmares of maggots.
r0se_bud 7
so i guess we are just going to ignore the sociopathic red flag here?
JPBlaze1301 7
What do you mean. Its not a bad thing, it just means she is curious and not afraid.
may14th 26
It would be more sociopathic if she killed the bird herself.
r0se_bud 7
yes and i agree with that but shes 7 years old happy to poke a dead animal with a stick. i just feel as though a 7 year old girl would be more inclined to cry over a dead animal rather than poke at it..
catherinecas 30
^that's a wee bit sexist. When I was that age I had been helping my dad clean the birds he killed for at least 2 years.
KhaleesiDannie 26
When I was a kid I had a way stronger stomach for doing and seeing nasty stuff and did terrible things to bugs I guess death and gross things associated with it don't mean that much when you're that young
fakedsincerity 32
Same. When I was a kid I was really interested in dead things and how they decomposed and now I cry my eyes out over dead animals. Kids are weird and more curious than upset about death, often. Especially if they haven't had a relative die and haven't faced loss/death personally. As long as they're not causing pain and stuff to animals it's pretty common and not a sign of sociopathy or any other disorder.
writerchic85 26
I guess I'm a sociopath because I used to play with worms and bugs and when my uncle took me fishing I played with the dead fish. Grew up to be a writer by the way.
oyeh 19
I agree with #23, when I was 7, I used to collect and play with ants, and when I was even younger, my aunt showed me a rat she dissected for her university thesis. The six year old me thought that was the coolest thing ever. For the record, I'm a girl. On the other hand, my eight year old male cousin cries at the sight of blood, so it all depends on the person. Not everyone experiences childhood the same way.
sweetpotato301 7
It's not sociopathic in itself (or at all really). Killing/hurting animals during childhood is a sign that the child might go on to want to hurt people though.
Tripartita 45
Ah, the worms will finally have their revenge on the early bird!
dorothy675 15
Well I mean, she's not wrong.
vampirechick105 4
That's what I was thinking!
wheresmymary 22
Serial killer in the making
tranced_ 45
more like cereal killer :p
Tripartita 45
Because she caused the OP to lose her breakfast? I like it.
tranced_ 45
you turned my simple pun into a meaningful comment.. how cool is that ! :)
ccameron12 21
I don't blame you. That's gross
tranced_ 45
and how old are you op?