Today, I went to the store with my 4 1/2 year old daughter. When we got to the cosmetics aisle, she asked what make-up was for, I told her it was to make women prettier. My daughter then told me it was a good thing I wear make-up because I was ugly and that I might scare off my husband. 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 took my daughter to a makeup store at the mall to get foundation to match her skin. The woman behind the counter scoffed, rolled her eyes, then called me a Karen when I asked for a manager. My daughter is 7 and I was getting makeup to match her elf ears for a costume we were making. FML
Today, my 6 year-old daughter saw me putting on makeup and asked, “Mommy, are you trying to look less tired or more alive?” FML
Today, I was taking the subway to school. I was applying some makeup when I noticed a little boy watching me. When I was finished I heard him whisper to his mom, "I thought make up was supposed to make you pretty." FML
Today, I told my 8 year-old daughter that she looks a lot like mommy. Now she won't come out of her room because she thinks she's ugly. FML
Today, I met some guys from my dad's workplace. They told him what a pretty daughter he had, to which he responded, "Nah, it's just shit-loads of makeup." FML
Today, my six-year-old son told me my makeup looks like his grandmother's did in the casket. FML
Today, I helped out with makeup at my daughter's high school play. As one girl walked past, I told her that she'd smudged pink lipstick all up the side of her face. Turns out it was a birthmark. She cried in the dressing room for half an hour. FML
Today, I was with my four year-old daughter when we met an elderly, rather wrinkled woman I know. My daughter looked at her for a while and then asked, "Why doesn’t your skin fit your face?" FML
Today, feeling very self-conscious about my looks, I told my mom I felt ugly and wished I could be as beautiful as her. She only said, "Yeah, I'm pretty, I wonder what happened to you." FML
Today, I took my very talkative toddler to a grocery store. As we passed a woman in an aisle, my kid pointed and said loudly, "Mummy, why does that lady have such a funny face?" I had to awkwardly apologize while my face went beet red. FML
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sallybobally 0
YDI for imposing patriarchical notions of beauty to a little girl
Megan36 3
**** you douche
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Comments (108)
ambrz 0
ouch gotta love kids honesty... or hate it lol
hippo23 0
wow they probably didn't mean it. it's just a kid. but poor u tho!
icy716 0
children soeak the truth...listen to her and keep the makeup on
Megan36 3
**** you douche
BeautifulChaos27 37
maybe the child is used to seeing her mom with make-up on 24/7 and just thinks she looks weird/different without it??
sweetpea129 0
haha! gotta love kids and their honesty..
NOVAgal 0
Aww, they are honest but I'm sure your pretty!!
wazdog 4
Didn't you just contradict yourself?
null_fml 11
No, one can be honest but incorrect.
mcgugs 0
uhhh nope. you can honestly believe something that may still be incorrect. work it out.
BeeSkwaird 0
Her pretty what?
ItisMyOpinion 0
You stole that from me...
4NK8 0
awesome
qwerty3210 0
OWNED
babybubz 0
LOL kids are so brutally honest ... I love it
iris1012 5
yes, more people should take note from kids and be more honest instead of being fake
maskedman 9
no one should be brutally honest. people thinks it's so great to be mean as long as they say, "I'm just being honest." it's only good if you are tactful or diplomatic while telling the truth.
saaaammmmm 0
I don't think she was being malicious. I've said worse as a small child. I once told my grandmother that "it was nice not having grandpa around." This was on the day of his funeral and my mother was flabbergasted. I merely thought grandpa was on a vacation. Grandma understood my thinking and had to agree with me. Grandpa had been a real hard ass when he was alive.
babybubz 0
sometimes people need to hear the honest truth ..in a brutal way. some people go overboard with it of course.. but there's definitely nothing wrong with it ..especially coming from a child who means nothing by it.
nigranathan 0
kids say the darnest things!
Crush89 0
hey some people look ugly even with the makeup. don't be get too sad
maskedman 9
don't worry too much about it. if she wasn't scared of your ugly face then I doubt your husband will be.