Today, I took my son to the playground and watched him have fun. Minutes later, I was being shoved around and called a pedophile because I was there alone with no wife. By the time I convinced them I was innocent, my son was bawling. 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, a woman accused my husband of being a pedophile because he was at the playground with our daughter alone. To make matters worse, our daughter punched the woman in the face, so now she's pressing charges. FML
Today, I got pushed around by several suspicious mothers in a playground. I just wanted to sit down and rest my feet while I waited for my wife to finish her shopping across the street. FML
Today, my child was refusing to leave the playground. I had to pry her, screaming and crying, from the monkey bars. I then realized I had been assaulting someone else's kid. FML
Today, I took my child to the park. Having been there an hour, another mum came up to me and we started talking. She then told me that one kid had been harassing her children, pointing to my child. When she asked which one was mine I pointed to a random kid. It was hers. FML
Today, I got yelled at and called a pedo by a mother after I sat down in a swing next to her daughter. I was too embarrassed to tell her that I'm a 20 year old who really does enjoy swinging in my spare time. FML
Today, my boyfriend and I went to the local park for some romantic time together. By the time we left, I'd been called a pedo and a cradle robber, and been given several dirty looks. I'm 31. My boyfriend is 30 and just very baby-faced. FML
Today, I went shopping with my two sons and my wife. We got separated after a while, and I spotted my son in the video game section of the store. I snuck up behind him and playfully slapped him on the back of the head. The kid turned around and it wasn't my son. His mom was none to happy. FML
Today, I took my kids to the park. I saw my daughter playing with a kid who looked familiar. Turns out he was my ex’s son, whom I haven’t seen in years. I thought it was cute they played so well together, until my ex’s new girlfriend came over, screaming that I was trying to use my kid to get to her man. FML
Today, I took my four year old son to the playground. When it was time to go, he squirmed out of my arms back to the jungle gym. Not being the type of mother to put up with bad behavior, I swatted his rear and told him we had to go. That's when I realized I'd just spanked the wrong child who was wearing the same coat as my son. FML
Today, I was at the mall with my girlfriend's family. Her 7 year old brother told me he was feeling sad, so I tried to give him a pat on the back, but it turns out he had a bruise there. He yelled out "don't touch me there!" In the middle of the mall. Now her parents think I'm a pedophile. FML
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Top comments
WCARlover 35
It's such a sad and messed up world when a father can't take his own child to a park without being accused of something so horrendous.
Cwizer 17
Some people really need to mind their own business.
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Cwizer 17
Some people really need to mind their own business.
TheCookieComet 23
now if we didn't mind our own business then constipation. was coming up with a joke but it wasn't coming out.
TheCookieComet 23
excuse my lame attempt to be funny
KitchKraft 21
That's really true but you need to think, what if he really was a pedophile? If people had minded their own business then that child could have been in danger. Maybe it was okay for them to wonder but they were just very inappropriate about it.
HairIsEverything 15
Am I the only one wondering if this was Pleonasm? and because of the pedophilia remarks and actions of others he used his cunning wit and went with "pledonasm" as the username? You go Pleo! No longer commenting but instead shining through with FMLs. I'll feel like an ass if I'm wrong. FYL and possibly FML
badluckalex 23
that threadjack level is over 9000
Senorangelo 10
I don't understand how long can it take to convince someone that you're not just watching kids. "my kid is there" is more than enough and it takes less than 2 seconds. If the assholes don't believe, ask them to call the police then sue then for harrasing you.
oreoeater 21
#80 Well you see, there's this thing called lying that many humans indulge in and thus most humans have trust issues with strangers
WCARlover 35
It's such a sad and messed up world when a father can't take his own child to a park without being accused of something so horrendous.
Arwen_Evenstar 37
Yep. Honestly, it's a sad old world where a man can't like seeing children playing without it being twisted. The media has everybody not trusting anybody.
gracehi 33
I'm guessing single fathers aren't very common in India? That might explain people's suspicions. Still ****** up though.
anniemeece 23
Seriously, this FML has been stuck in my mind the last few days because it's just so sad and worrisome. :(
alitairi 18
wtf, I hope you shoved back. how does a man alone equal pedophile?
Slasher2977 19
Feminist group probably at the park
oreoeater 21
I'm not sure shoving back would have done much good
Brandi_Faith 34
The worst part about this FML is that it says "them," meaning more than one guy was shoving him around. That just makes this fml sound more painful. Makes me cringe.
CuriousYel1ow 13
They were women I'm sure, assuming feminist.
wildgenius 13
That's not necessarily true. .
Ilikepie82479 20
There is a much better way of handling that than just pushing someone around... At least ask the kid if he's okay before you go pushing people around
tournamentdecide 33
You might want to take another look at the FML, dude.
Maycontainnuts 17
What 4 said makes sense to me.
lovepoohbear 19
#4 meant that the people shoving the OP should ask the kid if he knew the OP before just assuming OP was a pedophile. Then they would've known that the OP was the boys father and not just some random dude at the park watching kids.
oreoeater 21
#24 what do you mean?
Grenith 21
And people wonder how the Salem witch trials happened. this kind of unfounded hatred.
PharmacyJoe 13
See, I always thought it was because of epilepsy and mushrooms. :c
cakefete2 31
Double standards. I'm so sorry. I work at a daycare, I know the feeling.
meliodafool_ 15
'Tis the way of the world, I'm afraid.
guiltnazan 23
Yeah, I'm terrified to go into my field. I'm graduating this semester as a social worker, and I want to specialize in children, because I've always loved kids and have a natural talent for understanding them and calming them down. But I know that there will be people who will throw accusations my way for being a male working with kids. Good to you man
cutycat136 28
They say girls can be treated unfairly, but in all reality guys can't do some things without being judged and treated unfairly either. I'm sorry OP. People need to learn to get all the facts before acting on things they just assume.
DoomedGemini 38
Both men and women have to deal with inequality. Women had the most do they were and are still focused on, but there are people who are trying to fight for equality on both sides.
LastResort318 14
Women don't have the most to do...
ColonelCusswords 24
Do you have a pedo stash large glasses or a creepy smile? If so, that might be a problem
cheeeksss 29
Like your picture..?
ColonelCusswords 24
yes
kdm_km1 19
Time to shave the molestash bro.
thejokingguy13 12
If only people could get there heads out of their asses
iiTzNeeNerz 26
Seriously though! It's hard to see things from their point of view because unfortunately people like us can't shove our heads that far up our asses.
oreoeater 21
I assume their view would be quite the stinker