Today, I watched my daughter squealing with delight in front of a video game. Beating a boss? Slaying an adversary? Completing a quest? Not at all. She was chasing birds, making them fly away, then starting all over again as soon as they landed. She's 19. 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 7-year-old daughter has been hopelessly stuck on an easy puzzle in her favorite video game for a week now. Today, she excitedly told me that she'd figured it out. The solution to the puzzle? No, she’s figured out how to look up a walkthrough on the internet. FML
Today, I wanted to spend some time with my daughter, since I work all the time and hardly ever get time off. She wanted to play Minecraft, so played it with her. Have you ever been killed over and over in a video game by an 8 year-old? I have. FML
Today, my boyfriend bought yet another video game and played it all afternoon. Unlike me, our parrot is taking this situation rather well - for the past two hours he's been repeating, over and over, "EA Sports, it's in the game." FML
Today, I was playing a video game that required me to hunt a few animals. My mom walked in, saw what I was doing, then went into her psycho vegan mode and started yelling at me. She basically grounded me for "murdering" pixels on a screen. FML
Today, I walked in on my son teabagging his sister over a video game. FML
Today, my 12-year-old son played QWOP on my laptop. Half an hour later, he virtually destroyed it in a fit of rage. FML
Today, my mom found a new favorite game. I recently broke up with my boyfriend of a year and still have not been able to find a job (months after graduating college). Due to this stress I cry easily, her game? Seeing how many times a day she can make me boo-hoo. FML
Today, I received more affection from my wife in a video game than I ever have in real life. FML
Today, my mom told me that I needed to manage my spending better. This is the same woman who will log onto Candy Crush Saga, play a level and not come remotely close to beating it, and then blow $20+ on it to complete it. She got just a tad angry when I pointed out this hypocrisy. FML
Today, my 7-year-old daughter made a new game: hitting me in the groin when I'm not expecting it. She hunts me in the house, hides around corners, and behind furniture to ambush me. She'll even do it if she catches me napping. I'm a grown man living in fear of a little girl. FML
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Top comments
Firewilf99 0
Sounds like a great time to me and I'm a huge gamer.
Monnlight 12
I find the little things amusing at times
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Firewilf99 0
Sounds like a great time to me and I'm a huge gamer.
Monnlight 12
I find the little things amusing at times
tanman230 10
if you gamed you would understand that sometimes you're bored and the dumbest thing in the game will occupy you
Chris_1163187222 15
Leave her alone shes having fun
Ashley Reay 4
From an early age my father made deprecating observations like this about me to people in front of me. It led to crippling low self-confidence, a hatred of my dad, and increased escapism to books and video games. Maybe spend time building a relationship with your daughter than rolling your eyes at her might be beneficial.
CoriCat 25
Me
Kavka 17
I think I know what game this is, and chasing birds actually was a quest for it