Today, while waiting in line with my 4-year-old son, I had to awkwardly apologize to an African-American gentleman and explain to my son that the man was not made out of chocolate. 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.
Same thing different taste
She's 28 years-old
Today, I was out with my niece at the store. Where we live there aren't many people of color, so it's surprising when you do see someone like that. Anyway, we were shopping and my niece just hysterically screamed, "IT'S A CHOCOLATE MAN EATING CHOCOLATE!" while pointing at a black man eating chocolate. FML
Today, I had to profusely apologize to a woman after my six year old son decided to crawl between her legs at the supermarket, then look up her skirt and loudly ask why she didn't have any panties on. FML
Classic toddler moment
Today, I took my very talkative toddler to a grocery store. As we passed a woman in an aisle, my kid pointed and said loudly, "Mummy, why does that lady have such a funny face?" I had to awkwardly apologize while my face went beet red. FML
Entitled
Today, while I was working at Starbucks, a customer dumped a hot chocolate on me and yelled, saying it wasn't his order. The order actually belonged to a 4-year-old boy with the same name, who started screaming when he didn't get his chocolate. FML
External validation
Today, I was grocery shopping, feeling good about myself, until when I was waiting in line at the checkout, a small kid in his mother's arms in front turned to look straight at me and said, "Ewwwww." FML
Today, I was at a grocery store with my 3 year old son. As I was picking a cereal out, an older man comes over and says, "You should have used condoms. What an ugly boy." FML
Today, while I was working at a supermarket, a kid started to cry in line because he couldn't get candy. Since we have free lollipops behind the desk, I gave him one. His mom complained to my manager and said I was grooming her child. FML
Little shit
Today, my son asked for candy at a supermarket checkout. I said no. He laid on the floor and began screaming as if I'd killed his pet rabbit. Other parents nodded at me in silent sympathy, while strangers judged me with their glares. I bought the candy. He still screamed. FML
Overcompensating
Today, I had to drag my grandmother out of a store because she went up to a black family and started apologizing for slavery. FML
Keep it to yourself
Today, while waiting in line at a store, a toddler behind me was throwing a major meltdown while his father yelled at him, giving me a migraine. I turned to the woman behind me and said, "Can you believe this kid? I feel sorry for his mother." Turns out the woman was his mother. FML
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walker9879 25
I mean, your son is 4. Has he been so sheltered that he has never seen an African American or is it just rare or something? But hopefully the guy didn't think too much of it since your son is little.
imcornelious 15
Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're gonna get.
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imcornelious 15
Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're gonna get.
dante123113 11
Unless you turn it upside-down!
UserError94 18
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Apparently an African American...
PackardBell_fml 19
Forrest Gump is the best movie I have ever watched.
CheekyRaccoon 27
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#40 even though that's not the correct quote, it's "Life WAS like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get".
Sora_McKain 36
But....there's a little map inside the box that says exactly what your gonna get.
CheekyRaccoon 27
I don't understand why all the thumbs down. Did I get the movie quote wrong? If I did, please direct me to the correct one.
yerawizardlizzy 27
For a long time there wasn't a guide to what flavors were in the box, and even today not every box has one. It's a movie quote. Don't be one of those people.
CheekyRaccoon 27
#71 You're wrong, watch it again with decent headphones with a good quality video, then listen very carefully. I'll give you $10,000 if I'm wrong. However I won't have to because it's "was" not "is" and what's correct is my claims.
xMaeLA 24
I think you might wanna get that check ready...
Sora_McKain 36
All silliness (on my part) aside, the raccoon is correct. It's "Life was like a box of chocolates ". And I just had to be one of those people for once. It felt good.
CheekyRaccoon 27
#80 You'd might want to check the quote yourself and be ready to be wrong.
TMO2142 25
doesnt help if you spin it >:)
CheekyRaccoon 27
Thank you #81 & 96. Well to those who were wrong, don't be like dark chocolate. There's no need to be so bitter. I'm off to run from state to state, I don't know why but I just feel like running.
crudeandrudeguy 29
That one word difference in the quote was totally worth arguing about for 10 comments
CheekyRaccoon 27
You seem a bit bitter there mate. Want some chocolates? There ain't no mo dark chowclate peices though, jennay ate them awll.
vampirechick105 4
At the beginning he does say " mama always said life was like a box of chocolates" but that's an indirect quote. The direct quote of Forest Gump's mom would be "life IS like a box of chocolates". Past tense. Says becomes said. Is becomes was. The actual quote would say is, but Forest said was.
vampirechick105 4
Ah, the mandela effect strikes again.
LadyKayDee 23
Lol. I'm sure the gentleman understood :).
Rented_eyebrows 18
It probably melted his heart!
DRaffie 18
Can't tell if your making a joke or not :/
Schuyler16 17
I would've had a good laugh about it
nesteremily 31
Well that's not too bad, at least he didn't ask if he was an ape or something like that. I saw someone posted an FML like that once. Kids say the darnedest things!
sturschaedel 27
When my son was little and saw an African immigrant selling our local street magazine, he loudly asked if that man was dirty. "Made of chocolat" sounds really sweet in comparison.
k_cummins 21
When I was three or four I got one of those happy meal barbies McDonalds used to have and she was black. I got upset and tried to wash it because I thought she was dirty.
Flyndaran 10
Being that humans are apes, he would have been insulting to imply the black person wasn't.
dudeutookhrs 24
Hopefully he saw the humor in it and thankfully your son didn't try to eat him
walker9879 25
I mean, your son is 4. Has he been so sheltered that he has never seen an African American or is it just rare or something? But hopefully the guy didn't think too much of it since your son is little.
Setareh23 34
Hehehe, I'm guessing it's a bit of both. That they live in a city that isn't racially diverse, and perhaps won't let him watch tv or use the internet till he's older. Besides, even if he was informed, kids will still find ways to give funny remarks, lol. It's not uncommon for me (who lives in one of the most multi-racial cities in my country) to have kids point at me and loudly exclaim "Look mommy! It's a Chinese lady!" Like you said, they're so young that most don't think to much of it :P
militarybrat 21
Children especially that young generally say whatever they think. And some places don't have a lot of poc.
CLOTHESPlN 17
Back when I lived in MN the highschool I went to was about 99.5% white, or American Asian, and and I think there might have been 2 African American people there, so it could be just where they are currently living?
kirkaygri 18
I'm 25, as a kid I knew one black guy and his mom was white. I lived in a small town, I went to a private school in that small town. Those days, all the black people in our town lived in one area of the town. I don't rememeber hearing and racism from my own immediate family (that came later in high school from other people. Racism is alive in the US today, majorly), it's just how I grew up. Now it's more diverse in our small town but it was mentioned about "those people" moving in, by an elderly neighbor when a black family moved in up the road last week, I don't know what he meant by it, but I'm sure it wasnt good. Nice family, too, they have a little girl my daughter's age, they've played everyday after school, she's very polite. I love to see that in a kid, shows they have good parents.
drayloon 50
When I was like 2, I did the exact same thing, but my mom couldn't speak English well at the time so we jus got off the bus at the next stop lol
lunar999 23
To be fair if it wasn't for TV i'd be screwed. I didn't see a black person in real life until i was about 10 years old.
Weasely 11
"they live in a city that isn't racially diverse" you know people can live places besides cities right? In rural US it seems pretty possible for a kid to grow up and only see white people. I grew up in a tiny town (when I say town I mean 1000 people) and there might have been less than 10 black people living there. In my elementary/high school there were probably like 2-3 black students.
Unenunciable 14
Maybe he has seen African Americans before and he just always thought they were living chocolate people. He was biding his time until his chance finally came :D
Fffhjno_fml 17
In the area I live, I would guess the Black population is less than one percent.
withered 30
I don't think parents who don't care about race would explain that to their children. Probably much more important stuff to teach them and if you don't care about someone's skin you just don't think about teaching your kids about it I guess.
xxcmb3k3xx 21
Good thing he didn't ask to eat the man
TheNewGuy03 29
Black man here. I personally think it would be hilarious if a kid just walked up to a dude and just gave him a massive slurp out of nowhere and be disappointed at a total lack of chocolate flavor.
popularonion 33
That's absolutely adorable! I think anyone would understand that your son meant no harm.
purelymixed 17
Wouldn't that be awesome tho.
Derix 11
Am I the only one who finds this amusing?
Tripartita 45
I don't know; let's put it to a vote! I'm currently submitting it to a website devoted to amusingly unfortunate stories.
NostalgiaFreak9 43
This almost reminds me of an FML from a few years back where somebody got drunk and when he took a political science exam, he answered "Obama is a beautiful chocolate man" for every answer.
kathrynjayney 10
OMG I remember this. Wow we have been around for a while hahaha one of my favs
jonjonguapito 15
aint we old...I also remember this on stuck pixel's funny pics on some exam paper.