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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Comments (98)
mookie10 14
Were they femanazis??? Or just dumb adults either way give them a reason to shove you, deck em in the face. Show your kid who is the man!
fmlsams 27
Not to feed the trolls or anything, but I have to say that OP giving his son an example of violence as an example of what a "man" should be, is pretty much the worst response to this whole situation.
TisAPenguin 16
Sexism at its finest. I'm terribly sorry this happened to you OP.
thatcoolguy123 14
When women do this, nobody cares. When men do this, all of a sudden the police are called, charges are pressed, a court date is scheduled, and you're thrown in jail. Right. Society in a nutshell.
fmlsams 27
People can be unbelievably closed minded. I'm sorry that happened, OP, but kudos to you for being a good father!
mandy_2480 21
My husband wouldn't answer the door alone on Halloween for this reason. He had to take our daughter with him to the door or asked me to answer it. Shame.
NOTaDISTRACTION 17
If feminists say there is no sexism against men show them this, just another example on the long list
ShadowGenius 12
I'd rather be called a pedophile wrongfully than be raped or forced to live a shitty life. Feminism is more than just gender shaming if you research further than 9gag.
MzZombicidal 36
If someone says there's no sexism against men they're not a feminist. They're an idiot who mislabeled themselves and make the rest of us look bad.
missmootoyou 4
#44s profile picture is that of a man, not a famous one, so it's probably he is a man and understands this.
NOTaDISTRACTION 17
Ok #44 I did, I did some research, and here's the facts: women get custody of children in a divorce 80% of the time, and in some states the mother is automatically given preference. Another fact, every American MALE, (not person, but man) in between the ages of 18 - 25 have to sign up for the draft, which means they could be put into the military at any time without their consent. Last fact for today, on average women get put in prison only half as often as a man who commuted the same crime, there are so many examples of things like this, look it up.
thejonac 21
honestly those people were just being sexist and judgemental don't let them get in the way of you being a great dad :)
Debussy_ 6
Wow, as if only women can be parents. I hope this doesn't stop you from taking your son to the playground or anywhere else nice.
SheTheOtaku 21
And this, my dear friends, is sexism. Real, gross, sexism towards men. OP, I'm sorry you had to go through that and now that you have to explain to your son what the heck happened and why. You can report that to the police though, as it was assault and you can get some sort of closure out of that. I hope you can explain this to your son in a way that doesn't make any future problems, stay safe.
figgity83 15
Dude that sucks and I feel ya, can't relate but as a stay at home dad during the day i will say it is unfair how we are treated. I can appreciate people trying to protect but damn get the facts straight first.