By babysitter - 26/03/2009 03:45 - United States

Today, I babysat for two little girls, who wanted to play 'mermaids'. I smiled, and said that I would love to play with them. The older girl laughed, saying "You can't be a mermaid. Mermaids are pretty." FML
I agree, your life sucks 84 447
You deserved it 5 142

Same thing different taste

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I'd have responded back, "and they have to have boobs, so I guess YOU won't be playing! Now let's play a rousing game of hide n' go seek...you go hide!" And then I'd have started reading a book.

Guiseppi 0

You should have told her that she was adopted.

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UGH Sorry I'm taking this out on your post specifically, but I'm SICK of hearing all these stories where people whine about othes calling them fat or ugly. Grow up, and stop caring about what they say! Simple as that. Also, that's just the mindset of little kids. They have their own messed up definitions of beauty. The kids I babysit for all call me beautiful and pretty and say they wanna marry me and crap like that, when I am ugly as ****. Are you nice to the children? Most kids have a higher maturity level than the average adult, in the respect that they see people's beauty as how that person treats them, not if they are physically attractive.

Icalasari 0

X3 Oh, if only they were kids that were, say, over for a little sister's b-day party. Then you could have said, "Then why are you playing Mermaid?"

You should have been like "When was the last time you looked in the mirror?"

They're young and will say anything.

Tell them they'll look like any other zitfaced girl when they hit puberty. ....No offense to any zitfaced girls.

michaelsgirl 0

I would have said "Too bad since I'm a mermaid in real life. I was going to show you my mermaid cave but you hurt my feelings." It's better than calling them ugly back which if they are very young could potentially damage their self-esteem for life. (and since they are just little kids they don't deserve that). You on the other hand are not a little kid, so I think you could move past the insult. Like others said, they don't know what real beauty is at this age. So don't sweat it.

xlildizzle1516x 0

The kids on this site R usually dicks No one can please them..me I've been stalked by a girl half my age..I should make an FML about that.

Yeah, I've had kids I babysat call me ugly before, and say my sister is prettier, little assholes

I would have told her that she couldn't be one either then.