Lorena
Kapolei, United States
Today, just three days into a much-needed vacation, my 5-year-old daughter has come down with chickenpox. FML
Collection
Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Same thing different taste
BadLuck
Bicester, United Kingdom
Today, four days before Christmas, I discovered a rash on my daughter's shoulder. The doctor took one look and said, "It's chicken pox. Merry Christmas." FML
beya
Canada
Today, I woke up to my five year old son picking off the scabs from his chicken pox and dropping them into my open mouth as I slept. FML
Anonymous
Today, just a day prior to my vacation starting, I learned that my five-day "seasonal fever" is actually due to a blood infection from a bacteria. FML
SirEnigM0nk
Parkville, United States
Better feel like shit than dead
Today, while preparing to celebrate my daughter's second birthday, we all discovered we got a present: COVID. We're all vaccinated, but still feel like shit. FML
Anonymous
Houston, United States
Toilet training
Today, I came down with food poisoning of some sort. After hours of scrambling to the toilet to vomit and empty my bowels, my three-year-old daughter got fed up and is now trying to potty-train me. FML
Anonymous
West Valley City, United States
You're next
Today, after I sent my daughter to her best friend's house for a week, who lives three hours away, her friend's mom got really sick half way through. My daughter came home early because the mom was too sick. Now my daughter isn't feeling well and I just found the mom has the flu. FML
Anonymous
United States
Sorry sweaty…
Today, I had to tell my daughter that she can't go on the cruise with her cousins because she has strep throat. She's been raging and screaming and crying for hours, even accusing us of deliberately making her sick. My heart is just shattered and I don't know how to deal with this. FML
Anonymous
Germs galore
Today, after spending weeks dealing with my 4 year-old's chronic and acute otitis, it's my 20 month-old daughter who has now got it. Its like that every damn year. Oh, and I just got bilateral otitis myself now and need antibiotics. I almost regret having children. FML
perfect timing
Sharing is caring
Today, after a very long, nasty custody battle with his ex, my boyfriend’s kids were finally scheduled to spend the night at our house. Today is also the day my daughter came home with a note from school about the massive lice outbreak on campus. Yup she has it. FML
Anonymous
Bratislava, Slovakia
Obstacles
Today, I'm halfway through of packing my stuff as we are moving to another flat. I discovered that I got chickenpox, which means that I should do no hard physical work. I've got a fever and a headache. It started raining in the morning, so loading stuff to truck is going to be so much fun. FML
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PYLrulz 17
Better getting that around that age, than an older age. Just bad timing. FYL.
micahsmommy 13
Yes because when I was a sick kid I cried for my babysitter not my mommy.
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Comments (187)
devinevine 0
Umm... Have ur wife take care of her?
tika12991 15
Yes. Because it's not like a woman would want a relaxing time on holiday at all. Obviously. :-|
dd1881 11
Should've had her vaccinated
mollyjynxjax 28
Doesn't always work
calbabe96 5
Why would anybody press 'ydi' ?!
lidemocr 0
Because said people are idiotic and over analyze a simple FML. :)
lowshadows 21
talk about bad timing.
mkdelaney 1
There is a vaccination for chicken pox and you chose NOT to give it to your child so now you both suffer the consequences! Your child more than you! YDI
GothInside 6
You don't know that she CHOSE not to have her daughter vaccinated....as a nurse I can tell u the vast majority of children are vaccinated yet MANY still get chicken pox at some point, all of my children included. So check your facts before you go spouting off about things you're clueless about
lowie89 7
The joys of parenthood. :)
lowie89 7
Those who say she should have gotten the vaccine..maybe she did. The vaccine isn't 100% preventable! And you have to go back for more doses of the vaccine so maybe she got her kid one dose but before it was time for the next one she got it
PennyLane27 32
If that's the case, it would be a pretty mild case....
bizarre_ftw 22
Why wasn't she vaccinated?
mollyjynxjax 28
She could have been. It doesn't always work
shawnaishere 14
Hopefully you got yours already as a child. It sucks to get chicken pox as an adult
mollyjynxjax 28
You can get it more than once
cutiesoprano19 4
I'm sure she didn't want it and because ur home isn't it better for her?