Today, I went to visit some family out of state for my niece's birthday. I couldn't think of what to get an 8-year-old so I got her a Barbie doll. Everyone else got her money, iPods, game consoles, etc. When she got to mine she asked "how do I turn it on?" Then threw it away when she couldn't. 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, my 8 year-old niece gave me back a Fluttershy plush I gifted her 4 years ago. When I told her it was a gift from the heart, she insisted on exchanging it for something of equal value. FML
Today, my 3 year old kid wanted to do something nice. I told him he could pick up some of his toys. He washed my new Iphone instead. FML
Today, my teenage daughter faked a suicide because I bought her a Samsung instead of an iPhone for her birthday. FML
Today, I took away my 8-year-old daughter's toy for throwing it too many times. She then said, "I need a beer." FML
Today, I found an old toy that I gave to my daughter several years ago. It was still unopened, and long forgotten, so I decided to re-gift it to one of my friend's children. My daughter immediately remembered her "favorite" toy and started crying inconsolably. FML
Today, my son turned 8. We watched as he unwrapped a $55 Nerf gun, extra 'bullets', new shoes and a school bag with his favorite TV character on the front and a action figure inside. As he finished he looked me straight in the eyes and says, "That's great ma, but seriously what'd you get me?". FML
Today, I bought my niece a huge stuffed teddy bear for her birthday because I wanted to be the cool aunt/uncle. She hugged it, smiled, and then immediately hugged the gift bag instead, because apparently it made a "funny" crinkly noise. I have officially been defeated by packaging. FML
Today, my 8 year-old adopted daughter told me she wants me to take her back so another family can adopt her because I don't give her enough toys. FML
Today, my 14 year-old daughter is so selfish that on her sister's birthday, she found the present, assumed it must be for her, opened it, then destroyed it when she saw it was frozen Anna and Elsa dolls because she hates Frozen. Her sister loves Frozen, and hasn’t stopped crying over Anna’s severed head. FML
Today, I threw a pillow at my 8 year-old cousin while play-fighting. She gave me a look, then muttered, "You don't have any girlfriends and the girls that talk to you probably have no taste." FML
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GingerNinja7 17
Kids these days are so ungrateful, it makes me sick
kaosps2 11
Give her an empty box next year.
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PhishloverA 14
You should've called her parents and asked what she's into
Megan639 16
That is so rude. I was raised to act excited even when I got a gift I hated.
amykins11 6
How did the parents react? My 8yr old would be in so much trouble if he behaved like that... He loves toys and art stuff..like a normal non spoiled kid...
jem970 19
I would be just happy to see you and be glad that you came and saw me since you live out of state. Kids are very ungrateful. I was always taught that even if you dont like the present still be happy and thankful to get one.
RavenCheyenneC 12
Kids are so spoiled these days and so ungrateful! I didn't even get a PHONE till I was a freshman in high school!
Pandasawr 10
Kids these days are spoiled!!
User90210 5
Well atleast you only spent $10.
Skarkie321 18
When I was eight, I would've killed for Barbies!
Taurus_ChicKa 37
This makes me both sick and pissed off. When I was eight, all I wanted were Barbies and baby dolls. None of this fancy electronic shit existed, and if it did, I didn't know anyone who had it. I work at our newspaper office and typed up all the Santa letters. Majority of them asked for iPhones, laptops, iPods, etc. Kids are too young to be mature/responsible enough with those things. They aren't toys and shouldn't be treated as such. Not to mention they aren't cheap. Kids are too spoiled these days. They DO NOT need laptops and cell phones. I fear for future generations because of how spoiled this one is. And of course parents just get their kids these expensive gadgets without thinking twice about it. I can't even begin to summarize my utter disgust for this generation and our future.
kate3101 15
Exactly - that stuff didn't exist. If it had, you'd probably have wanted it. Our great great grandparents used to play with a stick and a hoop in the street. Should we have been content with that?
Llama_Face89 34
113- an iPhone is still not todays equivalent of a skip it or GameBoy when I was a kid. At least it shouldn't be.
blankjack 6
It is called evolution..and you really wrote something that long? Here is a thought - if a child starts using a computer at 8, how good at computers can he/she be when 20? Maybe better than most of us will ever be?! That's not a bad thing
EvilUndead 9
152, becoming good with computers early might be a bad thing, because technologies keep evolving too quickly. So device your kid gets "good" at 8 might be forgotten when he/she is 14. This isn't that useful. And got/devil help you if your child gets interested in programming. Programming isn't for everybody, and at the age of 30 he/she might look back and wish she spent her time doing something else.
Ameel_fml 19
People always read FMLs like this (about ONE child) and assume that the entire generation is going to hell. Barbies still sell well, there are still children who don't own the latest iPod or iPhone, and it's really not that unusual or "bratty" for a kid to own a game console. Hell, even in the 90s I didn't know many kids who didn't have at least one game console or a bunch of CDs or Did people here really spend their childhoods playing outside with nothing but sticks and rocks? I loved playing outside as a kid too...but I also loved watching TV and playing video games. I also didn't like Barbies much, so I guess that makes me bratty and selfish? And don't people realize how technology-based out society has become? 8 years old isn't too young to have a computer or the latest iPod (and I wish people would stop saying "I didn't have an iPod when I was little!" iPods didn't even exist when you were little! I bet you had a walkman or a CD player though!) Hell, waaaaay back in the early 90s computers were starting to enter class rooms and people's homes, and my children were learning to touch-type at the age of 7. And I'm glad they did, because they now have computer and typing skills that many people their age don't. And guess what? They also aren't brainless, bratty zombies too! TV and technology didn't destroy them....just like Pokemon didn't destroy the 90s generation....CDs didn't destroy 80s generation...and rock n roll didn't destroy the 50s generation. Every generation turned out fine, and will continue to turn out fine.
Dreamcatcher02 12
It is disgusting how children these days no longer appreciate anything but are selfish brats.