Today, I was outside searching for "treasures" with my son using small plastic shovels. All of a sudden he starts screaming. He dug up the bones of our old dog. I told him that we had sent him away to live on a farm, I even helped my son write letters to the farm owners. 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, I was babysitting my little cousin when we decided to go outside and have a "treasure hunt" in the backyard. The first thing we found? The bones of her pet dog who had passed away four years ago. FML
Today, I told my daughter that we were going to the beach. Today, my daughter also tried to dig up our deceased dog, who we buried in our back yard last week, so he could come along. FML
Today, I sent my kids to play in the back garden and immediately heard them screaming. We buried our dog last week and last night some animal dug her up and spread the bones and rotting flesh around. The stench was horrendous, the kids are traumatized, and I vomited while reburying the bits. FML
Today, my new dog unburied my old dog and chewed on his bones. FML
Today, I was digging the foundation for what will eventually be my garage. My kids wanted to help Daddy, which means they had a front row seat with their little spades when we unearthed the skeleton of some previous homeowner's dog. Now they won’t stop crying. FML
Today, I took my son for a walk to tell him about the passing of our family dog. As we were walking by the river, Ozzy (our deceased dog) was laying on the riverbank. My son thought he just ran away and we found him. Turns out my husband was too cheap to pay the 100$ vet disposal fees. FML
Today, while I was on a field trip with my son, my husband decided to get rid of our dog without asking anyone. Now I get to pick up the pieces of a broken heart, and he thinks he did nothing wrong. FML
Today, I found a pile of animal skeletons scattered in my backyard. It appears that last night, mother nature decided to rain so hard, that the graves of my childhood pets floated back up to the top, and covered half of my field. I now have to pick all of it up before my dog sees them. FML
Today, my dog died. My parents told me to bury it out back. In the process, I managed to dig up my cat. FML
Today, I realized burying my dog underneath our swing-set was a bad idea. My two sons are now scarred for life. FML
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L4m3r 3
Perhaps you should have buried the dog further down... he must've been awfully close to the surface if your son was able to reach the bones with a plastic shovel.
songstress4life 0
And this is why we shouldn't lie to our kids about dumb stuff. They can handle the truth.
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jerrycurls 1
Poor kid's probably scarred for life...well he might get over it
fgbaby 0
awweee, the poor kid. haha, thats what you get. my parents also did that. they hid like so many animals that they said they sent to live with someone else; when really they burried them in our old yard. then one day the people who moved in came to my door and asked my dad to come and help them take all the dead animal bones out of thier garden. i cried; well this was a long time ago !
horyo 0
Number 12 Said it the best. Don't dig any deeper graves for yourself now.
maiden_girl 5
LMAO!! This is really funny but now you must face the truth. I think it's safe to say children are much better at stomaching the truth than adults tend to give them credit for. He deserves that much.
marycjones 0
Why couldn't you remember where you buried a family pet?! That's so sad. =(
kirches 0
I think this is fake. That being said, I think it would have been smarter to tell your kid when the dog passed away and used it as a chance to teach your child about healthy mourning. You could possibly still salvage a lesson about lies and how sometimes even adults tell them and how they shouldn't do that. It may not be this way for everyone, but my family raised me to feel as if the pets were members of the family, and you don't "send them away to a farm." You hold a little funeral and grieve.
DJLO 0
holy shit. that's traumatizing fo sho.
jessxoxo28 5
that is so ******* scary!!!!!! i would have been scared 4 life finding something like that!!!
yomomma_b 0
your child could have, and should handle the death of a pet. i know it's hard to tell a child their pet died, but it's better than lying to them about it. my five year old child's cat died, after having her for three years (she got attacked by a dog, so it was sudden and unexpected). it was hard to tell her, but it was better than lying to her... atleast she won't find out by digging her pet up, and when she gets older, she'll know that atleast i respected her enough not to lie to her.
Oriina 0
"Today, my mother and I were digging in the backyard with some plastic shovels. I found bones... with the fur still attached. It was my dog. Mom said he had went to a farm. I even wrote letters. FML." Either way, fake FML or not (who burries their dogs that shallow it can dug up like that? I burried my son's dog at least 6 feet), lying to your child isn't the way to go. Don't protect them with a bubble- they'll need to learn death sooner or later. It's hard, but you have to tell them.