By polluxdc - 10/01/2014 08:20 - United States - Portland

Today, I joked with a pregnant girl in a state juvenile correctional facility where I work that eating a lot of candy would damage the unborn baby's teeth. Without batting an eye, she responded that she would simply "eat some toothpaste after the candy." FML
I agree, your life sucks 46 114
You deserved it 7 774

polluxdc tells us more.

polluxdc 10

OP here. Yeah, I was joking, they aren't always the most sophisticated of jokes, but it gives one a sense of where the kid may or may not be coming from. The kid, unfortunately, was not joking, and I had to explain a few things to her. Thanx for the comments. For those of you who said stop joking around and do your job...it'd be a mighty dreary place if there was no humor (lame as it may or may not be). It IS a portion of our job. This post was mostly meant as a, "f" all our lives if this is what the future holds.

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Kamon97 23

Should've told her mouthwash works better >.>

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slooby_fml 25

And here I thought Orange is the New Black exaggerated the stupidity

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MrsDruidess 23

well she is locked up and pregnant so she can't be too smart.

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logic368 8

Let us pray that the child does not abhor the taste of peppermint.

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UberNova 18

Let us pray she learns how to properly take care of a child.

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Lavelle1313 11

Let us pray that she learns how to properly take care of herself.

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Damian95 16

Let us pray that she properly learns how to take care of her teeth.

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jojimugo 20

Let's pray that she has any teeth

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BradTheBrony 19

Let us pray that she exists.

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EternalRest 5

^ Somebody always has to screw up a good thread.

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Mauskau 35

Wouldn't eating toothpaste harm the baby in itself? FTbaby'sL

OctoDope 15

47 that made my day and I bet #3 didnt even get it

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October3461 12

There is such a thing as a stupid question and you miss won the award for it.

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coried91 28

I have a horrible feeling she was. A lot of the kids getting knocked up these days are extremely uh, dumb.

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adamo_erebus 26

OP was joking, so I guess the pregnant girl was joking too? I'd hope she was joking.

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truth_teller23 11

Op said "without batting an eye" sounds pretty serious to me.

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jannatanelle 5

or she's quick to think of a sarcastic answer?

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rossdavids 16

Well if she was caught to be put into a correctional facility, you know she isn't going to be the smartest

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MrVorshack 2

YES! That's the most logical answer.

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sexysaltshaker 11

Eating toothpaste. Now that's a fresh idea.

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jerryj 27

Tell her that eating toothpaste would also damage the unborn baby's teeth. She'll probably propose another solution and you can see how far the chain goes!

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ChenEighty 20

Or they can do their job and help, instead of playing a game with a child's life...?

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hickdog 6

Wow...I think it might be called..ummm. oh yeah, humor, that's what it is! Do you think any part of the FML was serious?

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DanielleinDC 33

Let's hope she's giving the kid up for adoption. But a pregnant gal in juvie--you know she isn't going to be the brightest bulb in the chandelier.

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bubblyhayley 16

so judgemental! you dont know enough about her tojudge that she wont be a good mum

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igive 29

Hate to be cynical, but she probably won't. She considered eating toothpaste!

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amayasoma 19

18 - The woman said she would eat toothpaste. How is that a sign of a good mother?

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doodlecloud 26

If it had been a joke then it wouldn't be an FML...besides, no-one said she doesn't have the potential to still become an adequate mum. They just said she's not going to be the smartest a mum could be...

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bethers_ 22

18, she's in juvie. Do you really expect her to be a good mother, toothpaste or not? She may have been involved in drug or theft related activities. I don't think her comment was a joke. She was admitting that she does not care what happens to the child. Babies don't need those kinds of people in their life. 10's got it right with the adoption route.

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truth_teller23 11

Although it seems she's not very smart, it's unfair to stereotype all kids in juvie as stupid. Some of them are actually incredibly smart.

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mrlopez 13

She probably is if you think of it in another way. It's just a way to rebut OP's uncanny comment on her harmless candy-eating enjoyment

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strawberrywine22 30

Jesus, why are you people so judgemental? Being in Juvie doesn't mean they're bad. I got sent there for defending myself when my mother was beating me!

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malheartsnutmeg 20

Sounds like a joke/smartass reply to the OPs joke if you ask me. Why is an FML?

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