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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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
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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fuck_OUR_lives 0
some treasure. : ] i agree with the people who say to tell the kid it was a dinosaur. the kid would LOVE it.
fml_seriouslyfml 0
okay, seriously... there is a reason why we bury bodies 6ft under... at that point wild animals won't dig them up... that goes for pets too unless you put rocks on top or something... i'm surprised another dog or a wild animal didn't wander into your yard and dig it up for you. also, tell your kid the truth now. i'm not gonna rag on you for the lie, i know you don't want to see your kid lose his innocence, but realize that this could be a turning point in your relationship with your kid. if you teach them to lie, they'll think it's okay to lie to you, so come clean now before things get worse and more complicated.
tinkerbell67 0
what the f? thats RETARTED of you. my dog died when i was little and of course i was upset, but i'm glad my parents didn't lie to me. you deserved that one times one hundred.
spacecadet25518 0
Hey everyone's saying it's messed up that you lied to your kid. But what parent hasn't lied to their kids at one point or another? He'll get over it; it's really not a terribly atrocious burden to bear and kids are resilient. It's pretty funny; good joke at parties when he comes of age. Anyway, my parents have a couple of dogs and they're to credit for unconditional love when I'm feeling out of sorts. To bury your pet without some ceremony (even just between you and your wife) and then even forget where you buried him/her seems sort of heartless. My parents held a ceremony for my freaking hamster when I was kid; I didn't really get it bc it was a hamster. But your dog? Dogs are pretty interactive in your life. I love my parents' dogs.
AnneFTW 17
LMAO!! I loved how you even wrote letters to the farm. XD
cartering 0
There is only one pet death I've struggled with getting closure with as a child - that was the pet whose body I was forbidden from seeing. it couldn't have been any worse than my kitten who I saw crushed to death in my own driveway in kindergarten and I was 10 at the time of this cat's death. Hiding the dog's death doesn't benefit your son at all
McLaughlane 0
That should teach you not to lie to your children. They deserve the closure.
julia07_fml 0
ooh omg what did you tell him?
theoldGP 0
lmao either the kid is an awesome digger or really close to the ground. and wow that's a really stupid thing to lie about. just tell him the truth goddamn it. #60 they were trying to keep it from the kid so obviously they wouldn't use a grave marker =/
effedinma 0
Who says 'off to the farm' anymore? Seriously? It's an important life lesson that you prob should have been upfront with. He'll understand.