It's fine, I'll walk

By assholedad - 11/02/2015 21:00 - United States

Today, I asked my dad to please shave his awful beard, because I'm a laughing-stock at school for being picked up each day by a guy whose face looks like Bigfoot's ass. He agreed, and 10 minutes later was sporting a pedo-stache. It's going to be a long year. FML
I agree, your life sucks 32 366
You deserved it 11 037
Autumn: Leaves and Laughter
When the leaves fall, the laughter rises. Discover autumn stories as crisp as dried leaves! More…
Previous FML Next FML

Same thing different taste

Next

Top comments

RustlingSoul 26

Is your dad screwing with you? If so, your dad's awesome!

321 3

Comments

weveallbeenthere 30

YDI, maybe, just maybe your dad likes his beard and was tired of hearing you complain.

36 4
devildog562 33

Trying to tell your dad not to embarrass you is a guaranteed way to get him to troll you. Remember that us fathers have been embarrassed many times and have learned how to be a master.

47 1
Cassmoneyyy 15

I never understood why parents would want to intentionally embarrass their child. Embarrassment is a really negative emotion to put on a child on purpose. Especially a young child with low self esteem who is trying to fit in. I never understood it.

4 26
lengi123 18

It's not about embarrassing the kids, it's about making them deal with it and maybe they learn something out of it. If you can't deal with a little embarrassment then you're screwed later in life.

22 1
Cassmoneyyy 15

I understand that, but to me it just seems cruel. In this exact FML, it was completely deserved. The OPs name is "asshole dad" but he was more of an asshole than anything. I guess I feel how I do because the only time my mother embarrassed me was when she was drunk and we were in public. It was horrifying. Not just your typical parental stuff. Thankfully she's sober now and I'm an adult so it's a totally different scenario. I don't know. Down vote me if you must, I just can't feel any different about it.

4 3
Brandi_Faith 33

I understand what you're saying 44. It's one thing for the parent to embarrass the child by simply being who they are or dressing how they dress, in that case the kid needs to get over it. But when a parent purposely goes out of their way to embarrass their kid and the kid doesn't find it funny and is actually mortified, then that can be frustrating and hurtful to the kid. I think it depends on the kids sense of humour, personality, and whether they have lots of friends or not. If a kid is super shy, with low self esteem and no friends, then embarrassing them can be devastating and have a negative impact. But for your average, good humoured, high self esteemed, kid with lots of friends, then it can be funny and not negatively impact the kid or their social standing in any way. Depends on the kid and the situation in my opinion, but I do get what you're saying. And your specific situation was pretty horrible and was probably pretty damaging.

6 2
tdawg91 17

Are you REALLY surprised that your dad is trolling you? I mean, that's a dads responsibility

28 2
Soundslikeothers 15

Anytime you ask a dad to stop doing something that's embarrassing you, he will, only to find something more embarrassing. Lesson learned OP

18 1
Kasanovastar 18

Hey, dad, please change who you are and something you like about yourself so the idiots I'll never see after I graduate feel better. Thanks.

63 2
Brandi_Faith 33

So true. The school years can be so hard and important to a kid at the time, but they don't realize that there is a whole other life outside of school and that chances are they will never see the kids from school again after graduation.

8 2
jcshadow 16

Is he good dad? Does he pick you up everyday and provide transportation, then take you to a home that he provides for you? Then who the hell cares what other people think

29 2
gsam99 20

It pains me that I can't upvote this more than once.

2 1
spookyboy 20

It's ok man your dad isn't you. As long as your dad is enjoying his look it doesn't matter much what people think. It's hard to have a good time at that age and it sucks now but in the future you'll look back and have a kick ass laugh about it with your dad. ?

13 2