Geek: Today, in an attempt to get my son to stop playing Call of Duty,...

By failureparent - 21/03/2011 01:25 - United States

Today, in an attempt to get my son to stop playing Call of Duty, I threw his Xbox controller out the window. He was so desperate, he followed it. His bedroom is on the second floor. My son has 3 broken ribs, and no future. FML

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By Marjorie - 13/07/2012 17:08 - Canada - Toronto

Today, I'm sitting in the ER with my eight-year-old son. He broke his arm after jumping out through the second story window. He was too impatient to walk to the ice cream van pulling up outside. FML

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By GamerGirl - 30/01/2010 15:17 - United Kingdom

Today, I caught my boyfriend cheating so I broke up with him. As revenge he threw my PS3 and XBox out of the window when I wasn't in our house. I got those consoles out of the spare money my three jobs had brought in - the same three jobs I had to get because he refused to get a job of his own. FML

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By Anonymous - 29/11/2010 19:09

Today, my girlfriend threw my X-box out the window, because I asked her how much she weighs. FML

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By epicfail - 28/05/2011 06:45 - United States

Today, my boyfriend convinced me to sneak out. As I was climbing out of my 3rd floor window, he got a text and moved the ladder. Now I'm in the hospital with two broken ribs. FML

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By Anonymous - 19/09/2023 22:00

Today, I found out why my son has been working out and taking martial arts classes. It was so he could beat his stepbrother up and put him in the hospital, as revenge for stealing his secret cash supply, over £4000. I'm too old and too tired for this. FML

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Monday 21 March 2011 8:42

...WOW. That's some serious addiction right there. That boy needs therapy. Seriously though OP, you don't need to go that far. You can RROD an XBox 360 just by looking at it the wrong way. I should know -- I own one. -_-

marinus_fml 19

Monday 21 March 2011 8:39

My dad doesn't know I have an xbox. He'd do the same thing hahaha. So I only play when he goes away on business trips which is regular enough anyway.

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Horde 8

Monday 21 March 2011 11:46

What can I say? Duty Calls :]

smileeee_fml 0

Monday 21 March 2011 11:46

Go your son ! i love cod

fizzypop14 3

Monday 21 March 2011 11:48

put the controller in a bee hive then his hands will be too swollen to play.

rattusrattus 18

Monday 21 March 2011 11:58

... The controller? Jesus. I've always had 3-4 controllers for my playstation, and they've been kinda abused, and only one stopped working, ever. And he could always walk downstairs and fetch it. Or are xbox controllers so fragile they break easily and possibly require fainting couches? Also: get your son a bigger variety of games. Playing CoD all the time isn't good for you. One needs to enjoy and absorb a variety of titles.

stevenmx86 7

Monday 21 March 2011 11:59

Ydi.. Wtf? You're the parent, learn to take charge.. There's an easy way to make him stop, ground him from it.. It'll work better than throwing the controller at the window.. Typical parent of today...

KVKdragon 26

Monday 21 March 2011 12:02

you seriously need to get him therapy. I know it can be addictive to play video games but your son's actions were ridiculous. controllers can be replaced anyways and it's clear he needs to stop playing so passionately if he's going to jump out of a window to save a mildly expensive controller.

spaboolly 26

Monday 21 March 2011 12:03

I wonder where he gets it from.... Why don't you try talking to him? Or spending time doing something together? Answering his addiction with destruction isn't going to get either of you anywhere. Although jumping out a window is a little extreme, it woudn't have happened if you had some parenting skills.

lostfaithinpppl 19

Monday 21 March 2011 14:27

^^^ I want to like this comment 1000 times, but I'll settle for 1. YDI, OP.

QWERTYCommander 5

Monday 21 March 2011 17:55

Exactly! you could spend some time with him, OP. But nope, you just throw his shit out the window and whine about how he has no future. Father of the year material right there.