Today, my young son and I were in line at Subway. I guess he got bored and started to insult the teenage girl behind us. I tried to get him to stop, but he wouldn't listen. Eventually the girl punched him in the face and left. As my son cried uncontrollably, everyone else there clapped. 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 went to Subway. A lady was in the line with her toddler. The kid screamed in his bid for attention, while his mother and the cashier ignored him, to the point that his voice became a loud screech and the sandwich artist couldn't hear me. I bellowed, "SHUT THAT KID UP!" Silence and glares followed. FML
Today, while working at Subway, a man ordered a sub with avocado. When I told him it was no longer available, he screamed, spit in my face and ran out, pushing over an innocent bystander in the process. FML
Today, my 15-year-old son got so enraged at a fly that kept harassing him, that he ended up slapping himself in the face as it flew by him. This caused him to fall out of his chair, at which point he broke down into a mess of tears, humiliating me in front of everyone. FML
Today, while shopping, my six-year-old son threw a tantrum because I wouldn't buy him a video game. I ended up having to grab his arm and leave the store. He screamed that I was kidnapping him, at which point I was socked in the face and pinned to the floor by three bystanders. FML
Today, while I was standing in line at the store, some guy insulted the girl in front of me as he walked past. She turned around and socked me in the face. FML
Today, I went to the movies with my husband and our 6-year-old son. My husband kept stealing popcorn from the guy next to him, to the point where the guy punched him in the face. The movie was stopped, the police were called, and my son is now inconsolable. FML
Today, my son got a beating. Apparently, he went to a club, waited until he saw a couple of girls pulling a duckface for a photo, then rushed over and threw pieces of bread at them. Their boyfriends, not too surprisingly, didn't appreciate this. I had to drive the idiot home from the hospital. FML
Today, I saw a kid throwing a tantrum in a supermarket. Thinking it was a matter of lack of discipline, I waited for the kid’s mother to come out of the bathroom to tell her how naughty her son was being. I then got to watch her beat her son to the point of unconsciousness. 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
Today, my son trained his little sister to walk up to strangers and whimper: "My mommy punches me." FML
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vanillababy4u69 4
Kudos to the girl!
MURIKKA 11
Not only would I have clapped too, I would've burst out laughing. Your son had it coming.
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Comments (202)
legal371 5
"Young" is probably a 12 yr old. And nice. If the girl had a bf, kids lucky he wasn't there. Woulda done more than just punch him
daringtoride 27
I bet he won't do that again!
BellaBelle_fml 23
Sadly, I wouldn't be at all surprised if he did something like that again.
BlowinChronic 18
I'm not quite sure why there are so many YDI's because OP said she tried to stop him so I am not quite sure what led this to be her fault.
st0815 9
Because "trying" is not enough. If your child starts insulting people you apologize to them and put a stop to it. If you can't do that - sometimes they go into full-on brat mode, that can happen - then you leave with them and punish them later. You don't just say "stop insulting that girl" and keep letting it happen. Just to clarify: discipline is not the same as spanking - there are plenty of ways you can discipline a child like removal of privileges, timeouts, no cookies ...
Ghostlyness 7
She's his mother, there is no 'try'.
RedPillSucks 33
spanking is a form of discipline. Removal of privileges, (no cookies, seriously???) is a belated discipline that takes place well after the incident. At the very least, she should have left with the child instead of letting it happen. The child needed immediate consequences, not something that may or may not happen hours later.
annie_nk 23
133 - Exactly! Spanking (when used correctly) isn't "child abuse" and won't "harm the childs mental development". I've heard both excuses. As long as you aren't leaving bruises, drawing blood or resorting to spanking all the time, it isn't abuse. And it won't stub their mental development or cause them to grow up into serial killers. I was spanked as a kid if I was caught sucking my thumb. I was told many times not to and even got a glove duck taped to my hand to prevent it (among many other ways of trying to get me to stop). So I knew I wasn't supposed to and when I deliberately disobeyed, my bare ass got smacked. I quickly learned to stop and it didn't mess me up in any way.
fireflygirl13 0
You got spanked for sucking your thumb? Omg ur parents were so mean. I feel sorry for you
mojofrizz17 3
There's no "your son deserved it" option.
SarahSB 4
he's HER responsibility. Nobody needs to beat a kid for discipline but seriously......just ****** leave and quit crying about it. Parenting just might be inconvenient sometimes but you don't let that shit happen. Bad mom, no cookie!
Enslaved 38
It's only going to get worse when he gets older. Better nip it in the bud. His brattiness shouldn't have gotten to the point that you couldn't control him and get him to stop. I don't think he deserved to get a punch in the face but hopefully he'll learn a lesson to be more respectful to others.
thetechdude22 0
Can bad parenting be a factor In this? I am 14 and I would never had insulted a stranger, because my mother taught me well
courtneyann211 10
It's a matter of time. Whether you realize you do it or not. Sort of like judging a book by the cover but from a distance they can't hear you
MMcspifter 2
I'm going to go out on a limb here and say bad parenting was the ONLY factor here. I have a feeling the OP would fail to see it that way though. She'll have fun taking care of that delinquent for the rest of his life.
FailingKing 4
HE deserved that
st0815 9
That's true, but OP (not her child) still deserved it.
alfred07 18
How old is your son?
sarahblayke 10
Why would you let your son do that i would not let mine
Epikouros 32
*CLAP CLAP CLAP*