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
Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
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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tnicole94 3
Should have gotten the vaccine.
RedHotMom26 3
Suck it up! That's what being a parent is all about! Stop your complaining when you were the one who chose to have children when you started having sex!
steadyrain 5
you deserved that... there's a vaccine against chicken pox, but now both you and your daughter are suffering because you neglected to get her vaccinated..
mollyjynxjax 28
The vaccine doesn't always work. For all we know he DID get the kid vaccinated.
gotseoulx 3
....Oh, dear God. The sheer stupidity of people.. Just to let you know, getting a vaccination doesn't mean you won't get the disease. It just means it COULD PREVENT the disease. I got the chicken pox vaccination TWICE, but I still got the chicken pox when I was 12.. and it was the most terrible two weeks of my life.
fanna_banana89 0
why do you deserve it? because a real mom would say my daughter has chicken pox and i can't relieve her of the pain she is in fml
missalice0306 19
I was the same age when I got chickenpox and I got it during Christmas vacation too. And yes, I was vaccinated against it, yet I still got it. I hope she gets better soon :(
skittyskatbrat 19
Either your daughter is very very unlucky or you decided not to get the chickenpox vaccine. That's the deciding factor between a YDI and an FML on this one.
sighlifeman 12
sigh life man