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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Fall
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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Comments (249)
brytonhansen 19
Your son is a genius.
CaroAurelia 12
YDI. If your son's anything like me, the fact that you were snooping without just cause (like, suspecting he's on drugs or suicidal or something) probably ruined his trust in you. Also, did it not occur to you that his just "happening" to have a "PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL" letter under his bed was put in place to tempt you into opening it to see if you'd snoop? That seems a little suspicious to me.
annarcheer 19
YDI for snooping.
maharb01 17
why would anybody label something they didn't want seen private and confidential? YDI for thinking your son was that stupid, he totally mind ****** you
Garnetshaddow 30
No way you did not deserve that. Privacy is really important to a lot of people. Double YDI because there was a trap in the first place! I doubt there would have been one if you didn't regularly do things like that.
PSYqualiac 17
I did stuff like that because I was suspicious, but saw pretty soon that I was wrong. Anyhow, I agree with ya.
CaroAurelia 12
Oh, yeah, #9, I'm SUCH an ungrateful little bitch for feeling that my trust in my mother is irreparably damaged because she invaded my sacred privacy* for no reason and now acts like it never happened, like I'm stupid enough to forget that. What a terrible little daughter am I. *I'm very introverted and have a lot of things I keep to myself not because they're "bad" (au contraire, actually; they're either harmless or actually good and impressive) but because I like having things only I know about or things I decide who knows about. Seriously, get off your high horse! I pity your kids!
Garnetshaddow 30
I know exactly how you feel. I'm extremely introverted. I really need my space so I have somewhere to decompress. Knowing that people have been through my stuff creates a lot of anxiety. I was like that as a kid too, but kids don't know how to express that they're introverts. It's really hard.
fitup77 16
I got the point. I worded my comment incorrectly. Sorry if it was offensive to anyone.
Noreason89 6
chill
PSYqualiac 17
#32 I am the same as you. I'd rather control the distribution of my personal information, not have whoever know... I let my parents know almost anything if asked, but they respected me and trusted me. #9/#39 That wasn't bad wording. That was sheer stupidity. Don't try and cover that up. You made a statement that was a bold affront to ALL people everywhere who thinks a basic sense of privacy is required to trust people. Don't be upset you're being called out on it. Own up to it and apologize to each person who calls you out on it saying the truth: you weren't thinking.
dumpless 13
You tell em
thejonac 21
you really shouldn't have invaded his privacy
RobinGoodfellow 47
That really, really does serve you right. I'm delighted. You should see the grin on my face.
myanichole 22
"While I was cleaning my sons room" why can't my parents do that tf
PSYqualiac 17
Cleaning is a euphemism. A parent cleaning is just an excuse to snoop in many cases. You can usually figure out which cases.
NakedandAfraid 14
thought for sure it was gonna be ****