Miscellaneous: Today, my 50-year-old dad was in a foul mood after taking an...

By thanksad - 23/08/2013 01:38 - United States - Cerritos

Today, my 50-year-old dad was in a foul mood after taking an online test that put him in Slytherin house instead of Ravenclaw where he "belongs" because he's "so smart". FML

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By PissOffPottermore - 13/09/2012 14:31 - United States - Oak Lawn

Today, I was called into my son's school because he had got into a fist-fight with another pupil and I had to take him home. He clammed up about the reason behind the fight, until I finally managed to coax it out of him: the other kid is in "Hufflepuff" and he's in "Ravenclaw." FML

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Grown-ass man

By Anonymous - 03/02/2022 05:59 - Canada - Ottawa

Today, my 61 year-old father snatched a letter from my hands and threw four different fits because he misread it four different times, then yelled at me for "not reading it properly." I had to explain it to him. FML

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Cocobananas

By Phil - 14/04/2022 10:00

Today, my father was cussing loudly because he lost at a Clash Royale game. He then blamed it on me for not sending him cards, and threatened to delete me from all his social media accounts. Dad, I love you, but you're downright insane. FML

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By Anonymous - 18/10/2014 19:29 - United Kingdom

Today, my 9-year-old daughter was acting out and wouldn't do her homework. I told her that if she didn't study, she wouldn't get her acceptance letter from Hogwarts. She looked into my eyes, straight through to my soul and said, "Hogwarts isn't real, retard." FML

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Booksmart

By Anonymous - 04/04/2024 09:00 - United States

Today, my dad accused me of being illiterate when I used a word he'd never heard of, saying it sounded like lazy slang, and that it wasn't a real word. He then yelled at me for being a "smartass who's always right" when I read aloud the definition from his 1978 copy of Webster's dictionary. Guess he's not enthused. FML

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Witches Brew

By Hellassi - 09/07/2021 00:01

Today, my stepmom burned all my Harry Potter stuff. Apparently, Harry Potter is the "Devil’s plan to corrupt good Christian children" and "That shit is make believe anyway." What did my dad ever see in this evil witch? FML

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By Anonymous - 13/08/2009 23:29 - Canada

Today, I found out that 15 years ago my father threw out my college acceptance letters so that I could stay home and take over the family's funeral home business. FML

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My dad, the gold digger

By Anonymous - 29/12/2022 03:00

Today, I was telling my dad how I turned down some guy, but when I mentioned the guy's name my dad was like, “Oh, you mean the son of my old friend, studying computer engineering, genius, real future ahead of him, and you think you can do better than him? What’s wrong with you?” FML

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Bully

By ninjawhat1337 - 25/05/2009 04:14 - United States

Today, I told my dad that I was going to sleep over my friend's house this weekend with a few other guys to play Dungeons and Dragons. He responded with, "Oh, back in my day, me and my pals used to pick on the kids who played Dungeons and Dragons." FML

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By Anonymous - 02/11/2011 14:43 - United States

Today, I overheard my dad telling his work buddy that he's disappointed in his kid. I assumed he meant my brother, for flunking out of school. He meant me, for quitting sports to focus on my studies. FML

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Friday 23 August 2013 9:16

your dad is awesome....

MsConfusedd 27

Friday 23 August 2013 9:16

Fhl seriously, everyone knows Slytherin is where all the dark wizards come from!

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ananas99_fml 10

Sunday 25 August 2013 11:47

HARRY POTTER RULES MUGGLES!

LilChasie 2

Sunday 25 August 2013 17:26

Best dad ever

at0micmin3r 23

Monday 26 August 2013 12:52

Sounds like pops needs to get out more!

RKD 23

Tuesday 27 August 2013 20:25

Your Dad rocks! Slytherin is the best, everyone knows! LOL, I thought I would get the same but got in Slytherin, thank God, Slytherin is the house I hoped to get but never dared to hope to get in, any house woulda been great EXCEPT Gryffindor!

Bludmagnus 13

Sunday 1 September 2013 10:48

That is because many "smart" people have very low standards of ethics, the bad rap that Slytherin gets. Other than that, your dad is a dope.

SingingFarmGirl 14

Friday 25 October 2013 23:49

Old has nothing to do with it... you are just depressingly out of the loop. I pity you for not knowing the wonderful global phenomenon of Harry Potter.

silentxninja 13

Sunday 12 April 2015 3:09

That's super awesome that your dad is a fan of Harry Potter! I totally wish I had more friends who were interested in Harry Potter. J.K. Rowling is seriously a literary genius.

TheDoctorBadWolf 5

Monday 27 July 2015 5:00

Every house can have smart wizards. It just depends on what trait of yours you put first. Take hermione for example. I'm a Slytherin, and I'm the nerdiest science geek you'll ever meet