Kids: Today, I had no choice but to bring my son to work as a med school...

By Parenting... - 27/08/2013 04:36 - United States - Arlington

Today, I had no choice but to bring my son to work as a med school professor. I sat him in a chair in a corner while I gave a lecture. To my surprise, he added another word to his limited vocabulary, and screamed it out loud with an ecstatic expression on his face. The word is "cancer". FML

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Today, my son's teacher asked him what he wanted to be when he grew up. He put down "unemployed". FML

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Foot meet mouth

By goodjobme - 23/02/2016 06:53 - United States - Torrance

Today, I was at church with some friends and our counselor, who had recently came back from Taiwan. I was born there and love to visit, so I immediately exclaimed, "How lucky!" A few seconds of awkward silence later, he said, "I was visiting my dad who was just diagnosed with cancer." FML

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By Anonymous - 26/12/2015 18:23 - United States - Ridge

Today, I had to take my son to the ER after he badly messed up trying to light his farts on fire. FML

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vucui 21

Tuesday 27 August 2013 12:06

It could always be worse.

ImGucci 8

Tuesday 27 August 2013 12:11

He could have said "AIDS" or "******"

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singer0421 32

Tuesday 27 August 2013 12:36

That's better than if he yelled out ****. I mean, he may recognize the word but not understand what it means.

Ins0mau 20

Wednesday 28 August 2013 1:24

It's funny how in our society, a word that means sex is considered more disturbing than a word that describes our biggest killer of people.

Chubgatti 10

Tuesday 27 August 2013 12:49

Atleast he's learning!

schadenfreud 6

Tuesday 27 August 2013 12:54

pretend he's astrologically inclined

Axipiter 24

Tuesday 27 August 2013 21:48

Best response I've seen for this FML. Well done.

QueenMichael 16

Tuesday 27 August 2013 13:06

At least you don't live in The Netherlands, where that word's a swear.

MidnaLink 33

Tuesday 27 August 2013 16:41

Whoa! Seriously?

LittlestPrincess 21

Tuesday 27 August 2013 17:18

Yes. And yes, it's also shocking for loads of fellow Dutchspeakers.

idiotboy 7

Tuesday 27 August 2013 13:08

Hey man, I would rather have my son saying cancer than ****

Wiz_Of_Oz 17

Tuesday 27 August 2013 13:10

Better than him screaming out an STD, I've got to say. GONORRHOEA!! SYPHILIS! GENITAL WARTS!

perdix 29

Tuesday 27 August 2013 13:11

The funny thing is that the OP's son is 35.

thatnucca 36

Tuesday 27 August 2013 13:45

Hahahaa, that could certainly be a problem...

Cadillac4427 8

Tuesday 27 August 2013 13:38

it could of been worse, such as.yelling "cancer" in room full of patients going through chemotherapy. its not as horrible as you made it out to be.

dinagdotphoto 13

Tuesday 27 August 2013 13:54

I think the age of your son is a very important detail you've left out, OP. Other than that, i don't think you need to worry to much. In a classroom full off college students, a young kid could've picked up words a lot worse than 'cancer'.