Today, I was babysitting a couple of kids. I'd spent time with them before, so I brought my video game console to play with them. I forgot to take it home with me. They soon sold it to another kid for $10. FML
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A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, because money is a little tight, I decided to sell one of my retro video game consoles. The family member that initially gave me it to me saw the ad on Facebook and demanded I give it back to them. FML
Today, I babysat a 10-year-old and we played Pokémon. It was my first time playing, so he showed me. I ended up winning and the kid started crying and told his parents he hated me. They decided not to pay me for the night, and now I'm out of a job. FML
Today, I babysat the neighbors’ evil kids. They dropped them over at my house and I played with them for five hours. After taking the brats back home and putting them to bed, their mother asked me what time I came back to the house. She only paid me for the 20 minutes I was in their house. FML
Today, the kids that live down the street had a yard sale in my yard while I wasn’t home. They sold a bunch of my daughter's toys, which I now have to replace. FML
Today, I was babysitting. Being kind, I went to grab their mail, while their 4 year old ate lunch. He locked me out, wrecked the house, and let me in right when he saw their car two hours later. I didn't get paid. I paid them. FML
Today, I went to babysit eight kids under the age of ten, all by myself. After five hours of Hell, the parents finally came back from the ASU game. I got paid $5. FML
Today, my phone went missing. My 8-year-old son took it to school and sold it for $10. FML
Today, I sold my Xbox 360 on Craigslist. I met the dude at the mall. I gave him my Xbox and a handshake for buying. I left without the money. FML
Today, I was caught stealing a video game. I realized after my parents were called that the case was actually empty. FML
Today, my class got baby dolls for the week to teach us how to be good parents. After school, I went to the store with my mom with the baby doll. When I got home, I realized that I left the baby doll in a shopping cart. FML
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princessbloky 12
Ask the parents to reimburse you for it.
WitEluded 13
Hopefully the parents will get involved and fix it for you. If not, go to the parents of the kid who they sold it to.
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Comments (61)
princessbloky 12
Ask the parents to reimburse you for it.
randomguy76 14
Yes OP may get reimbursed for $10
countryb_cth 38
Umm #1 means OP being reimbursed for the full price of the console that the kids sold not the 10$. Not sure how you didn't understand that.
malcboss38 10
Hope you get it back OP
sstahpp 33
This would make a great Judge Judy episode.
LoyalSatanist666 13
I would beat my kids if they did that,make them apologize,and buy him a brand new console.
KeannaLove 32
Wow...I sincerely hope you never have kids.
ShirtlessWonder 17
Why do you hope he doesn't have kids? Because people are way overly sensitive to stuff like spanking kids now?
ptoka 20
Oh lord, in today's society spank a kid for doing something disrespectful or wrong? Who the hell do you think you are you monster! If I were to do something like this as a kid my parent's would've reimbursed the person and I'd be working my ass off doing more chores for a long time.
halberd 2
They didn't say "spank", 31. They said "beat".
Ashd09 30
I don't know if its just where I'm from or what @38, but we'll say "beat" instead of "spank" sometimes so #3 could have still meant spank.
magnoliabb 14
To the people saying "beat" also means "spank", it doesn't matter. Harming your child to "teach them a lesson" only teaches them to be afraid instead of teaching them not to do a bad thing.
xxsakuraxx 29
Lets see how you feel about that when you are stuck taking care of a kid who is oppositional defiant and has ADHD. As someone who grew up with both and has to frequently babysit a nephew who also has both, sometimes spanking is the only way to teach them or to get them to listen. Some kids just will not listen to you if they don't get spanked. Also, my nephew laughs most of the time. He thinks its funny. Most of the time he will do what he is told next time, though. He is the type of kid where he will push your limits and won't do a thing you say until you stand up to him and show him who is boss. Yelling is not scary unless you follow up with a real threat.
mattzawesome 28
Agree with #1. That's if you can't get it back another way. Ya know, breaking into their home and taking it back.
timaeusTestified 15
They sold the console, though. It's not at the house anymore and OP probably doesn't know where the house is that's it's at now.
SoloAutotunE 17
Did you miss the one part that made this fml an fml?
JCRouzer29 27
Yeah while he's at it, how about they find the kid they sold it to a beat the crap out of him too! That'll teach them to buy deals that're too good to be true
alexanderavatar 24
buy it back for $12 and I guess they didnt enjoy it much
WitEluded 13
Hopefully the parents will get involved and fix it for you. If not, go to the parents of the kid who they sold it to.
BigC_from_Bama 16
Thats a tough one. Parents should reimburse you, but as these things go I wouldnt be surprised if they didn't for some ridiculous reason or another. Better go to the kid it was sold to and get it ftom his/her parents.
Liamj774 36
That's pretty unsnesitive of them
RickySleeves 20
I hope it was just an Xbox.
BoltTheSuperdog 22
That's just not right. It's worth at least $50!