Today, my 8-year-old came home from school crying. Apparently her teacher told the whole class to write about how they felt when they learned that Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy weren't real. 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 daughter told my son that Santa is not real. Of course, being a child, he started to cry. My only problem is, my son is 11 and my daughter is 6. FML
Today, my little sister came home crying because someone had shown her a video about the Slender Man. Trying to calm her down, I explained to her that he wasn't real, just like Santa Claus. She looked up at me and said "Santa's not real?" It's been 3 hours, and she hasn't stopped crying. FML
Today, my 8-year-old daughter was throwing a tantrum, and I said "Keep this up and I'll tell Santa to take your presents back." She told me I don't even know Santa, at which point I accidentally blurted that I'm "Santa". FML
Today, my 16 year-old son had a tantrum over me asking him to clean up his room, and decided to tell my 6 year-old daughter that Santa isn't real, and that it was me who bought her presents. My daughter is inconsolable. FML
Today, I was at lunch with my mom and we were talking about how to tell my brother that Santa Claus isn't real. After we finished our conversation, I heard someone crying. Little did I know, two little kids and their parents were sitting in the booth behind me. FML
Today, my fifteen year-old son decided to tell his little five year-old sister that Santa isn't real. She now refuses to talk to any of us and thinks "her whole life is a lie". FML
Today, I took my kids to the mall to see Santa. While waiting in line, my eldest got bored and loudly complained, "I don't know why we're here. Santa's not even real." I don't think any of the kids within a hundred feet took the news very well. FML
Today, on the bus, when I was asking my 6-year-old son what he wanted for Christmas, a stranger came up to us and yelled at him about how Santa Claus is not real, that his "parents are fucking liars" and that he should "never listen to anything one of those fuckers says." FML
Today, I brought my 6-year-old to the mall to sit on Santa's lap. She told him what she wanted and smiled for the picture. When the lady told her that her turn was over, she began throwing a fit, pulling off Santa's beard in the process. This caused all the kids in line to begin sobbing. FML
Today, my older sister forced me to tell my nephews, 8 and 6, that Santa Claus does not exist, because she was recently fired from her job and is too much of a coward to tell them she will no longer give them any Christmas gifts for the foreseeable future. FML
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hessel 13
even worse. my 5 year old nephew had the same experience. his teacher had the same assignment and got the whole class in tears because they all still believed in santa
dragonfyre73 4
My sisters are ten and they still believe, so that was a major bitchmove.
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kiraleann 16
A substitute teacher did that to me when I was that age. If someone did that to my kids I would be pissed. Give that topic to older kids, not the ones that are likely to still believe.
underthesea12 24
What? they aren't real?
d4m4s74 12
My teacher told us at 12. We all already knew. I found out myself when reading a book on Santa (or really the Dutch slightly racist version Sinterklaas) where it was said it's celebrated on the day he supposedly died.
Shleebs 12
Wow. I would say 8 years old is still a reasonable age to believe in Santa. I imagine that was the first and last time the teacher used this particular activity.
Neesalun 20
Do kids even believe at that age?
rachxxo 9
I'm sure many other parents would be complaining as well. Poor kiddies :(
kinsmas 18
I didn't find out until I was 12. Which was shocking because my older brother is an asshat. But I believe children should learn this on their own. Someone (especially outside the family) telling a child that something they believe in isn't real is just unfair. When I found out my mother got me to calm down by telling me the dutch story. And that gifts from Santa is just a way of keeping him alive in our hearts.
fluffywaspluka 7
I want to tell an extreme christian that God isn't real and make him/her cry.
kasmol 16
Look up the story Kicking Hanks Ass on Google. I enjoy sharing that with people who believe in the all-sreing sky father.
SuperMew 22
ALL HAIL THE ALL-SREEING MAN IN THE SKY.
YourMom80 5
That's beyond ridiculous, you need to speak to his/her superiors and then after you've gotten him/her in trouble, go talk to him/her yourself and that's the kind of situation where you're allowed to be the excessively angry parent and totally lose your shit.
Xx_Benny73_xX 12
Ahh..gotta love public school. It's like an indoctrination center to brainwash you to believe what they think.
BrotherPhil 35
That's pretty much any school. If you're really lucky, you'll get one that indoctrinates you into being a nice person without too much if the conformity bullshit.