Money, Kids and Clothes: Class - FML

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By Anonymous - This FML is from back in 2009 but it's good stuff - United States

Today, my five year-old daughter came up to me and asked, "Mom, why are we so poor?" I replied, in a sweet motherly tone, "Honey, we're not poor." She then asked, "Then why do you dress like we are poor?" FML

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turtlellama 0

Sunday 17 May 2009 9:48

What kind of friends does this girl have?

thattickles 0

Sunday 17 May 2009 9:52

ouch, she's starting off early. i only started questioning if we were poor when i was 15. and we are, but really it doesn't matter. show your kid there are better things in life than money.

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turtlellama 0

Sunday 17 May 2009 9:48

What kind of friends does this girl have?

omglyktotally78 0

Sunday 17 May 2009 9:51

YDI for not buying nicer clothes for your family.

jasonsexcema 3

Sunday 17 May 2009 9:52

i understand your daughter.... my mom dresses really frumpy for her age & my whole family is embarrassed by it, i have been forever, but she's too sensitive for us to say anything. she has a great figure, she just can't dress it! she thinks it's the seventiies most of the time!

thattickles 0

Sunday 17 May 2009 9:52

ouch, she's starting off early. i only started questioning if we were poor when i was 15. and we are, but really it doesn't matter. show your kid there are better things in life than money.

tiptoppc 19

Monday 26 June 2023 1:24

My Wife grew up poor. It can be really traumatising when kids go days without eating. She still has tendencies and food security anxiety issues, even at the age of 27. Money may not be everything, but homeless with no food can make a huge impact and issues relating to it can be traumatising.

acertijo 0

Sunday 17 May 2009 9:54

ohhh :| what was she thinking XD

VegasMade702 0

Sunday 17 May 2009 10:04

ohhh wow. kids are brutally honest. time for some new clothes....

Jojul 0

Sunday 17 May 2009 10:04

Oh gosh, don't you just love and hate kids for their insensitivity?

neverland_fml 0

Sunday 17 May 2009 10:07

OUCH. Either your wardrobe hasn't been updated in a while or your kid is a little piece of superficial shit. Either way, she shouldn't be so selfish to think that money is everything in the world. Time to sit her down and teach her that she's wrong to think clothes and money are everything.

elmangy 0

Sunday 17 May 2009 10:07

you should've said because you're old. my mom likes dressing and doing her own thing. she was hot when she was younger, but now...

teentee401 36

Friday 25 July 2014 4:45

WTF are you saying?

24788 6

Sunday 17 May 2009 10:08

Kids expect too much when they're young.

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