Today, my dad thought it would be a good idea to show my 5-year-old son a documentary about Hurricane Katrina. My son is now terrified of hurricanes. We live in Utah. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, my 14-year-old son was terrified of going into the water near our house, because he was scared of having his leg bitten off by a shark. We live by a lake. I tried explaining why it couldn't happen, but he just cowered behind a beach towel. FML
Today, I had to explain to my boyfriend that a tornado is not the same thing as a hurricane. I couldn't convince him, and he still won't talk to me. FML
Today, my dad watched the news and decided to start preparing for Hurricane Sandy by buying $300 worth of long-life and canned food. We live in Australia. FML
Today, my mom's intense fear of tornadoes caused her to break into the bathroom, drag me off the toilet while I was changing my tampon, and drag me to the basement with my pants around my ankles to join my father, brother, and my brother's best friend. FML
Today, we had a tornado warning and I told my parents I loved them, just in case. My dad just said, "See you in Kansas." FML
Today, I took my kids to the beach. My autistic son decided it was a good idea to pretend he was drowning. I tried to tell onlookers he was fine and not to worry. My son popped out of the water and laughed hysterically at them. FML
Today, in Tennessee, it stormed like crazy due to Hurricane Harvey. I brought my boyfriend home safely to his parents' house, but it rained harder once we arrived, so I started to wait inside. He's an adult but has a curfew, so they kicked me back out into the storm. FML
Today, at the beach, my son was screaming and crying because the sand was burning his feet. I told him to put on his sandals. He got mad and threw them in the ocean, then started crying harder when he realized they were gone. He's now hiding under the bed in the condo and is refusing to come out. FML
Today, while watching TV at my mother's house, a tornado warning came across the screen. After being in the dark, nasty basement for half an hour, my mom realized she was watching a recorded show, and that tornado warning was for 2 weeks ago. FML
Today, my parents left me several frantic voicemails early this morning about the hurricane, totally in a panic that I wasn’t safe. I called them when I woke up and told them I was fine. They were actually angry that I wasn't in the eye of the storm, because they “worried for nothing.” FML
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TomeDr 25
When it was 2012 and there was all that Mayan calendar prophecy nonsense going on, my very young daughter heard kids at school talking about it and got very frightened. I told my ex about her fears and asked him to talk to her. The idiot instead showed her the disaster movie about it! She was so freaked out, I ended up making an appointment with our pastor to calm her down!
AmbrosiaFan 19
Hopefully ya both mentioned how the hurricane would lose all that power coming over the land, show him a map of where the hurricanes did the most damage (shorelines) vs in landlocked states...
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AmbrosiaFan 19
Hopefully ya both mentioned how the hurricane would lose all that power coming over the land, show him a map of where the hurricanes did the most damage (shorelines) vs in landlocked states...
abfab5300 13
Yeah I think a 5-year old is going to follow that geological analysis just fine and completely deduct his fears away.
bloopaloop 27
5yr olds are smarter than you think
AmbrosiaFan 19
My four year old understood it just fine, honey. Explaining quite simply that the hurricane loses power when it hits land, and loses even more as it comes inward, alleviated his fears quite easily. didn't even need to get into detail.
Dodge4x4Ram 46
I was recognized for helping those in need in that event. One of my highlights in the military.
RichardPencil 32
Ya never know with climate change.
TomeDr 25
When it was 2012 and there was all that Mayan calendar prophecy nonsense going on, my very young daughter heard kids at school talking about it and got very frightened. I told my ex about her fears and asked him to talk to her. The idiot instead showed her the disaster movie about it! She was so freaked out, I ended up making an appointment with our pastor to calm her down!
Aphrodite 20
can’t lie, he probably did it to spite you.
Kristoffer 35
I hope you don't live in Hurricane, Utah.