Today, I drove 12 hours with 6 screaming little girls. They were arguing about things that should've been in the Lego movie. They watched it 4 times. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, we were going to Disney World all the way from North Carolina. After 12 hours of driving, my kids started fighting and complaining. My husband finally said, "If I hear you guys one more time we're turning around and going back home." They annoyed him once again, and we actually went home. FML
Today, I left for a fifteen-hour drive with two guys who won't stop talking in a Yoda voice. Sick of this nonsense, I am. FML
Today, while on holiday in Melbourne, I begged my wife to take a day off from yelling angrily at our 4 year-old. A few hours later, she was cursing and yelling in front of gathering onlookers because he didn't want to go inside LegoLand. FML
Today, I had to sit in between two boys on a two-hour bus ride. They were watching a movie and each of them had shared an earphone. They made me hold the phone up so both of them could see the screen. FML
Today, at the crack of dawn, I started a 700-mile road trip with my three children. So far, I've stopped four times, settled several arguments, cleaned up spilled yogurt and melted silly putty. 130 miles down, 570 to go. FML
Today, I was babysitting a kid for the first time. She asked if she could watch a movie, so I downloaded Cinderella for her. An hour later, this 10-year-old girl was lecturing me about unrealistic standards of beauty and abusive relationships, and how I suck for liking the movie. FML
Today, I went to watch the Movie "UP." At one point in the movie I got really sad and started to cry a bit. The 7 year old girl next to me noticed and told me to shut and man up. FML
Today, I went to see Ghostbusters: Afterlife. A family talked through the whole movie, phones on, watching YouTube videos, totally interrupting the experience. FML
Today, I was watching the movie Frozen with my 8 year old daughter. I had seen it before, so I sung along with some of the songs. My daughter put a finger over my lips, said "Shhhhhhhhut the fuck up," then turned back to the TV, giggling. FML
Today, I was shut in a boiling hot room with six children: a ten year-old who kept shouting; a belligerent seven year-old; two five year-olds who thought hitting me was funny, and two two year-olds who wouldn't stop crying. Their parents were just outside, laughing away, ignoring me. FML
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I see future film screenwriters.
DestinyNiya 33
12 hours!? Woah. You're brave, OP.
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Jxv 15
Turn up the music :)
cjwayy 22
I actually watched it for the first time yesterday... I thought it was kinda dumb.
slimblack 26
I hope you didn't write this while you were driving!
kaylaaa01 11
We just did 14 hours. My little brother and sister screamed the whole ride too. I can't imagine 6.
JackyDain 6
drive into incoming traffic
magikarpsmurfs 19
Everything is awesome!
an3ph 20
I have a couple screwdrivers you could use as earplugs. Seriously, that kind of torture is unconstitutional.
drayloon 50
Oh my G-O-S-H
Binda33 4
Next time you should tell them about the Quiet Game. I used to play this with my girls when they were little. Whoever is the quietest in the car for the longest gets first pick from our Happy Box at home (which may contain pretty hair clips, pencils or even lollies etc). It's GREAT incentive to be quiet in the car. Worked for me till mine were teenagers!! Also games like the number plate game where you see plates and make up phrases using the same letters, and older games like Eye Spy. Car time is also an excellent time to give kids talks that they normally won't sit still for. It's great to have a CAPTIVE audience! :D
grunt_fml 17
I am sorry for you, OP, something like this is definitely some kind of torture. I don't have kids, but I have a niece which I occasionally drive around, sometimes along with some of her friends. Fortunately I don´t have a DVD player in my car and I made it clear that, although I have a nice repertoire of children songs by now which I use to sing with my niece, in my car children songs are not allowed. The kids seem to like this rule, since usually they demand to hear "the loud music" right after climbing into my car and usually spend most of the time headbanging happily to Clawfinger, Volbeat, Disturbed and the like. And for some reason Blind Guardian is particularly popular, don´t ask me why. (Of course I would never play the music as loud as I would when driving alone, for those who might worry. I would never harm my niece with loud noise!)