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)
Twistedmagenta 0
That little girl needs a smack!
CurlyGurlF 6
Wow. Kids just say exactly what theyre thinking! Thats just mean!
Psycho_Babydoll 26
Oh my... I clicked FYL, but kids that young can't make out the difference between truth and subtlety. When I was 4 I asked my obese godmother if she was fat because she ate lots of cakes. Rude, I know, but I was 4- and honest to God, she was and still is to this day a huge woman. But I didn't know any better and what did I get? A spanking and an hour in my room to 'think about what I'd done'. I couldn't figure out what I'd done wrong. At that age it's natural to say whatever pops into your head. You've done well by teaching her the difference between truth or lies, now start telling her about being polite.
loganberrybat 11
Totally deserved - you shouldn't be teaching a child that make up makes women pretty. You should be telling her that it is for vain and fake people to make themselves feel better and superior to other people, when actually natural beauty is nicer to look at than orange smears
ArchaeologyDude1 5
Looooooooool XD
Swiko 11
107, you're awesome and totally correct.
alexforeman21 8
Sorry! Didn't mean to say you deserved it
xxtatumalyssaxx 14
That's why you don't tell kids makeup is to make women prettier. Teach your kids biased and sexist societal standards and you deserve to be called ugly.