Today, like every other day, my daughter thinks that degrading skinny people is very "non-conformist" and "edgy". This time, though, a slightly slim girl punched her in the face when she accused her of being anorexic. Now people think I gave my daughter her new black eye. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I have discovered that my daughter is struggling with anorexia. When I sat down to talk with her about it, she said it’s because, "all the other kids at school keep calling her fat." She was underweight before, and has now gone to being severely underweight. FML
Today, I discovered my 17 year-old daughter has an eating disorder. When I confronted her, she confessed that she’s doing it because she wants to stay thin, so that her boyfriend doesn’t dump her like her father dumped me for not being thin enough. FML
Today, my daughter turned Emo. FML
Today, my 4-year-old daughter asked me when I was going to be skinny like her daycare lady. FML
Today, I tried to nicely talk to my daughter about her rapid weight gain. Having a family history of weight-related illness, I felt it was necessary. I offered to get thyroid tests, teach her to buy healthy food, and start routine exercise. She told everyone I called her a cow and had fat-shamed her. FML
Today, my daughter admitted that she doesn’t have any friends at her elementary school. When I asked her why, she said it was because whenever she talks to any of the other kids, she gets punched in the face. FML
Today, my 15 year-old daughter got kicked out of her cheerleading squad because she was overweight. I heard one of the cheerleaders say, "She must be overweight because her mom is." FML
Today, my daughter expressed wanting to lose weight so I took her to a licensed dietician nutritionist to get her a healthy eating plan, and even made her an appointment with a personal trainer to get her on track. I walked in on her eating a whole box of laxatives, because "this way is faster." FML
Today, I heard my wife and daughter arguing. My wife took away my daughter's phone and laptop for being disrespectful. My daughter screamed, calling her mom a fat cow. My wife simply said, "Yeah, well you’re gonna look exactly like me when you grow up!" Now they’re both locked in rooms, crying. FML
Today, I was at a restaurant when I heard a young girl telling her father she didn't think she was pretty. When I got up to leave, I walked past her table and told her she was beautiful. Her dad then punched me in the face. FML
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Top comments
olpally 33
Your daughter is a bully. Sit down and have a stern talk with her. She needs to learn some respect. Sorry that she got a black eye, but she deserved it for being like that.
parism143 28
Putting down skinny girls is the same as putting down thicker girls, honestly. They can feel insecure about their weight too. Your daughter was a bitch to point that out. She deserves it, but you don't. FYL, OP.
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Comments (89)
DocBastard 40
If this is what being a non-conformist is these days, then I'm perfectly happy with my kids being normal.
TheDrifter 24
You don't want your children to grow up and start hurling insults at skinny people from a motorized scooter in the Wal-Mart parking lot? How mainstream of you Doc.
False_Stupidity 42
She deserved it. And you should give her a talking to.
ladypunk 8
Shouldn't you be concerned more about your daughter being an obnoxious bully than what people think about you because she got a black eye?
heliophobia 13
Agreed.
caitylynn05 16
No offense, she had it coming. Sucks for you though!
stephers444 17
Your daughter is a bitch and she definitely deserved it. Making fun of people is never cool
apocalyptica_fml 9
Your daughter deserves it. As a skinny person, I can honestly say that it hurts when people accuse me of being anorexic, bulimic, and even of being a binge eater.
Maygen 5
Body shaming at any size isn't cool. Something more "non-comformist" would be seeing the beauty in every body type. Maybe teach your daughter to have respect for other human beings.
glabberfasted 16
It sounds like the deeper problem here is your daughter's issue with herself being overweight. She wouldn't feel the need to bully others if she was happy with herself. Get her some help, OP. And she totally deserved her black eye.
Blink_me26 21
Good on the girl who punched your daughter, she deserved it. Sucks for you though, bit of an extreme thing to assume.
SaintJimmyxx 8
...the reason you're upset about this is because it makes YOU look bad?
Zomg_Okay 27
35 - You'd be upset too if your kid earned a black eye and people decided you did it.