Today, while cleaning my son's room, I found an envelope labelled "PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL" under his bed. I opened it, only to find it was a glitter bomb. I couldn't get it all cleaned off myself before he got home. He just said "HAH! Serves you right!" and went to his room smirking. 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, whilst cleaning the living room, I heard snickering coming from my bedroom. My two nephews had found my "play cupboard" and were blowing up condoms like balloons. FML
Today, after threatening my son for weeks that if he didn't clean his room, I would, I went in, equipped with a garbage bag, ready to throw away everything I found, only to discover dozens of empty bottles, two partially empty pizza boxes, Taco Bell wrappers, and cockroaches. FML
Today, I found a baby in a cradle on my doorstep. I was shocked that someone would do this, so I picked it up and uncovered the baby. It was actually a rudimentary stink bomb that went off in my face when I uncovered it. FML
Today, my son dropped a firecracker in my flour storage bin, probably thinking the pop would make flour go everywhere. I guess he’s never heard of a dust explosion because what he actually did was set fire to the flour, causing such a violent shockwave it blew the kitchen window out of the wall. FML
Today, I came home from work and went into the bathroom. I saw a poo on the toilet lid, and thinking it was a trick toy that my son had got to trick me, I picked it up. It wasn't a toy. FML
Today, I had to clean up after the kid who discovered he could finger paint with his poo. FML
Today, I came home from work and found that my son had taken every single one of his toys out and left them on the floor. Plus some goldfish crackers. FML
Today, I received a package labeled “Confidential.” Excited, I opened it in front of my coworkers, thinking it was a PR gift. It was the new toilet seat I'd mistakenly sent to my work address instead of my house. FML
Today, I went into my parents room to empty their wastebasket. Next to it and around their bed, I found tissues that were soaked in an unknown sticky substance. I had to pick them up. FML
Today, I was babysitting to make a few extra dollars. While changing one of the kid's diapers, I turned around to find the other kid gone. I turned back around frantically, only to get poop flung at my face. I guess I found him. FML
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ohjoy15 33
It's really hard to feel sorry for you here when you opened an envelope that wasn't yours. Especially one that said "private and confidential" as a last chance warning. Totally deserved it.
denaeb123 24
This is the biggest YDI i have seen in awhile
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a1_z9 10
While I'm not advocating snooping on your children, 'private and confidential' sounds like something you'd find on a bank statement rather than something deeply personal, maybe his mother thought he'd forgotten about it and wanted to make sure he wasn't ignoring something important.
cm1995_fml 10
Good GOD what is WRONG with people these days?! OF COURSE OP had the right to open the envelope, and the child had NO right to speak to them in that way; he should have been slapped, HARD, for being so disrespectful to someone who helped give him LIFE and provides EVERYTHING for him. FYL OP, and good going, but you need to do that to him to teach. Lesson about respect, and quit cleaning his room and make HIM do it.
MehNameIsJuan 15
I need to try this
ohshootinoregon 4
Firstly, even if this is mail a legal guardian can open their child's mail. Dip-*****. It's a child. Secondly if a ten year old has something called private and confidential I would assume some adult wrote it and definitely check. You kidding me? "What can a child have in an envolope that's you need to see?" ****, some adult could sent him pictures, some suicide note he's present ten for later this night, and std check result
annie3217 7
How would you like it if your son opened up something of yours. Think of it that ewt
Solano2580 24
I love how people say to a parent with a teenager to care for that she deserves it for looking at something like that, it could have been test results or a suicide not, FYL OP, hopefully others see the light of this
limabeans101029 21
She does deserve it. Completely. Just because he's her child, doesn't mean he isn't entitled to a shred of privacy. Even if it was test results or a suicide note, she still had no business opening it. If she was so worried, she should've asked him about it.
o76923 8
In which case, she should have confronted her child to ask about it. Children are tiny human beings that should be respected to at least some degree.
aelitalyoko 14
now we know to have him clean his own room.
Sklinetobe88 11
Serves you right!
labaro19 17
I hit YDI so hard I almost broke my phone
SookyLala 13
YDI