Kids: Today, I was babysitting a kid for the first time. She asked...

By Anonymous - 27/07/2013 17:51 - Finland

Today, I was babysitting a kid for the first time. She asked if she could watch a movie, so I downloaded Cinderella for her. An hour later, this 10-year-old girl was lecturing me about unrealistic standards of beauty and abusive relationships, and how I suck for liking the movie. FML

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By Anonymous - 25/02/2011 12:17 - Egypt

Today, I asked out a girl I like to a movie. She said "I hate babysitting." FML

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By Anonymous - 15/09/2014 15:51 - United States - West Newton

Today, I babysat a 10 year old from hell. She kept insulting me, saying I have tiny boobs, that boys must hate me, and that I'm ugly. I eventually got fed up and put her to bed. When her parents came back, she ran out of her room in tears and told them I'd beaten her. They believed it. FML

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By I was just following orders! - 04/10/2018 12:00

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Today, I got home and found my babysitter furious and my 5 year-old exhausted from crying. Normally he chooses to wear Disney princess dresses but today his grandma came for a visit, saw what he was wearing, told him he was bad, and forced him to wear trousers. I’m ready to kill the bitch. FML

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By JackieD - 25/08/2014 18:05 - United States - Bellevue

Today, I was watching the movie Frozen with my 8 year old daughter. I had seen it before, so I sung along with some of the songs. My daughter put a finger over my lips, said "Shhhhhhhhut the fuck up," then turned back to the TV, giggling. FML

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By Anonymous - 05/06/2009 13:20 - United States

Today, I went to watch the Movie "UP." At one point in the movie I got really sad and started to cry a bit. The 7 year old girl next to me noticed and told me to shut and man up. FML

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By anonymous - 01/05/2016 17:59 - United States

Today, I had to deal with a snobby rich woman who asked me to cure her daughter's "unhealthy obsession" with playing outside instead of watching TV with the rest of the family. She called me a liar when I said playing outside is a normal thing for a 6 year-old child to do. FML

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By Anonymous - 10/08/2014 18:12 - United Kingdom - Ilminster

Today, I babysat a 6-year-old boy for the first time. When I said it was his bedtime, he just screamed "Eat a dick!" at me. I was so shocked, all I could do was leave him be. When his parents returned, I had to make up an excuse for why he was still awake and watching TV, to save my pride. FML

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Sir_Loin257 4

Sunday 28 July 2013 3:00

How is cinderella unrealistic? She drives a pumpkin seems perfectly realistic to me

lilhellian 26

Sunday 28 July 2013 3:16

17, So she can't have a personal opinion that is "correct" unless it follows your opinion? Hell at 10 years old I think it pretty smart she can comprehend that.

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buddy51 23

Sunday 28 July 2013 3:08

Sounds like the 10 yo has a more mature social conscience that you do, OP. Shame on you for reinforcing 1950's based cultural stereotypes....

Kazeran 9

Monday 29 July 2013 3:10

This

djinnyf 12

Monday 29 July 2013 21:44

This is not right either... If the kid is using her brains, she can watch all kinds if things, and talk about her feelings afterwards... Repression is never a good thing....

imonkeyface 9

Sunday 28 July 2013 3:08

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graffitied_love 20

Sunday 28 July 2013 3:31

Not Disney movies: Just Disney's version of Cinderella. In the Brothers Grimm's' story of Cinderella, her step-sisters are equally as beautiful as her, there are 3 balls instead of just 1, birds help her instead of a fairy God mother, she walks to the ball, she loses a golden slipper, and her step-sisters cut off part of their feet in order to fit into the gold slipper. These are just a few differences from the Brothers Grimm's version, not even considering cultural differences in different countries.

flashback.miss 28

Sunday 28 July 2013 3:37

@ 24--> + 1

ottokat 15

Sunday 28 July 2013 6:07

Exactly! And in The Brother Grimm version of Goldilocks, the bears torture and kill her. Disney really skewed the real stories into something girly, cute and boring. Except for Mulan, the Disney Princesses/Girls are generic and do actually spread a false image. I for one will never understand why Cinderella after the ball is somehow prettier than she was before just with fancy items.

katamine 17

Sunday 28 July 2013 14:39

I've never liked them personally! I always thought it was just really unrealistic and boring

FaygoAndMiracles 18

Monday 29 July 2013 10:21

@55: Beauty and the Beast is pretty good, too. It takes them possibly months or years to fall in love, and, while she is pretty, she isn't over-the-top, and she cares about things besides finding the perfect man.

ottokat 15

Tuesday 30 July 2013 1:53

Very true. And The Princess and the Frog is a good one, too.

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Sunday 28 July 2013 3:09

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syki 22

Sunday 28 July 2013 4:36

She's 10, not a goldfish.

Enslaved 36

Sunday 28 July 2013 4:54

Goldfish are very stupid animals, with a memory span of just 5 seconds. It takes only 4.5 seconds to read this question. Could a goldfish answer this question?

ImAFaker 29

Sunday 28 July 2013 5:28

A goldfish wouldn't be able to watch the movie. Or remember it to complain about it.

graceinsheepwear 33

Sunday 28 July 2013 6:26

45, as someone who has raised goldfish, that is a misperception. I have known goldfish to remember a trigger at least a day later. Also, goldfish on the whole hate answering questions.