Kids: Today, my 4-year-old brother has a very strict 8:30 PM bedtime....

By minissaussette - 08/04/2016 23:39 - France - Cergy

Today, my 4-year-old brother has a very strict 8:30 PM bedtime. Since I would have to walk past his door to get to the rest of the house, I'm not allowed to leave my room past that time, lest I tempt him to get up too. I can't even go to the bathroom. FML

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By rhplb - 17/05/2016 13:10 - Philippines - Quezon City

Today, I arrived to work at exactly 8 so I could leave at exactly 5, without overtime. I found out later that my brother took my keys with him somewhere and now I can't enter the house until he gets back at 11. FML

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By Alex - 26/03/2009 04:42 - United States

Today, I realized my friends and I should be more careful what we say around my younger brother. I never thought he was paying attention until today. My stepmom told him it was time to go to bed. He responded, "I think it's time for you to suck one." My brother is 4. FML

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By animelover - 25/07/2010 23:21 - Canada

Today, my boyfriend came over while I was babysitting my little brother. He wouldn't stay in bed, so my boyfriend told him,"If you don't stay in bed, the monster will eat you!" I now have to wash my brother's bedsheets, because he was too afraid to get up and go pee. FML

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Law and order

By Anonymous - 01/01/2016 07:03 - United States - Reno

Today, at the age of 20, I still have a bed time. It is strictly enforced by my cat via endless meows if I am up past 11 pm. FML

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By whymyroomthough - 06/08/2014 22:18 - United States - San Francisco

Today, I woke up because of a weird noise. Scared, I turned on my bedside lamp. I saw my older, 17-year-old brother peeing in my bedroom doorway. He was hoping I'd step in it in the morning. FML

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Yeet the kid

By Anonymous - 29/06/2021 16:01

Today, my son no longer tries to sneak in and out of the house at inappropriate times. Now, he just brazenly walks out, ignoring me when I ask where he’s going, then walks back in at like 4 in the morning, and again ignores me because he’s still on his phone to someone. FML

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Supreme Betrayal

By chocobo - 11/07/2018 01:30

Today, I discovered that my family routinely waits until after my bedtime to order a pepperoni pizza, my favorite food. If that wasn't bad enough, I'm 17 and still have a strictly enforced bedtime. FML

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Strange parenting

By Anonymous - 25/01/2023 18:30 - United States - El Paso

Today, for the fourth day in a row, my nine year-old son dragged his feet when it’s bedtime with any excuse he can come up with. He keeps getting up an hour later to tell me a story. No punishment, nothing works. I gave up and offered him $300, yes $300 cash, to go to sleep. He said no and ran to bed crying, saying I upset him. FML

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By Braelynn - 26/01/2011 07:48

Today, my 4 year old cousin is staying overnight. Every time I fall asleep he wakes me up to tell me I fell asleep. FML

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By Angela17 - 24/10/2018 05:00

Today, it's 3:42 a.m. and my son is crying because I won't let him play with his dirty diaper. FML

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gordjess1 19

Saturday 9 April 2016 15:14

Oh that's hardly fair.. Surely you can't be expected not to use the bathroom.

juturnaamo 29

Saturday 9 April 2016 15:17

Why don't you just trade rooms?

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corky1992 33

Sunday 10 April 2016 20:29

I'd do it anyways.

ColdSyrup 9

Monday 11 April 2016 7:21

you could always try sneakily walking past. Depending on how quiet you are it should be a piece of cake

kennedia27 4

Monday 11 April 2016 16:21

If your parents won't let you even go to the bathroom after 8:30pm just piss the bed. They'll get tired of washing your sheets faster than putting your kid brother to bed if he wakes up. Or, option 2, close his door?

fabulousfiasco 12

Monday 11 April 2016 17:40

A four year old should be learning self control, so it is a good exercise for him. A family should not change their routine to such an extent. It is up to the child to adapt to the family and their habits. This rule might be due to the fact that the OP has habitually disturbed the child and now the parents are fed up.

DarthWraith80 8

Wednesday 13 April 2016 5:42

Two Words: Water. Bottle.

randommanwill 11

Thursday 14 April 2016 19:18

Get one of those large construction buckets with the thick lids, use it for bathroom purposes throughout the night, and in the morning, remove the lid and leave it in your parents' room.