Students and Kids: Today, my daughter asked me the difference between "their" and...

By Anonymous - 26/02/2014 21:42 - United States - Northampton

Today, my daughter asked me the difference between "their" and "they're". This is the same child I've been spending thousands of dollars on to send to law school. FML

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Today, my second-grade daughter asked her teacher how much money she makes. FML

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By anon - 16/12/2015 15:28 - Australia - Salisbury

Today, my daughter asked me if we could adopt a child. I said no, since we can't afford to support another child. She then asked me if she could just adopt another dad instead. FML

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By Anonymous - 15/10/2012 10:28 - United States - Richmond

Today, I learned from my daughter's teacher that she has been wearing the same shirt for the past few weeks, ever since we had a fight about how I don't pay attention to her. FML

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Today, my daughter, whom I consigned a credit card for, told me she was in a bit of financial trouble. It turns out that she was trying to pay off her credit card with the same credit card her bill was for, and couldn't figure out why it wasn't working. FML

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By Anonymous - 09/04/2016 13:12 - United Kingdom - London

Today, my daughter and her "friend" kept using crude euphemisms right in front of me, thinking I was too old or too stupid to figure out what they meant. I nearly had an aneurysm when she told him he could put his "pencil" in her "sharpener" next time they studied together. FML

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By Anonymous - 03/04/2024 19:00 - United Kingdom

Today, my daughter is such a greedy idiot. Her ex was voluntarily giving her over £1000 for the kid but she decided she wanted more, and dragged him to child support court. She’s now only getting about £500 and her ex, who formerly had a great relationship with her, now hates her guts. Idiot. FML

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By Amber C - 07/04/2012 03:41 - United States

Today, I realized my daughter has been in longer relationships than I have. FML

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By dumped - 05/06/2011 05:17 - United States

Today, my five year old daughter asked me what a divorce was. When I asked why she wanted to know, she replied with "Daddy wants one. He says you can have me." FML

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Thursday 27 February 2014 5:59

"You're" daughter is going to be fine :)

Bloink 25

Thursday 27 February 2014 6:09

one who asks questions is foolish for five minutes, one who doesn't is foolish forever

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holliepong 8

Thursday 27 February 2014 12:34

Asking is the first step! Maybe she's just not good at language. Think positive:D

evilamoebaattack 20

Thursday 27 February 2014 20:12

Law's not a thing she'll be good at either then.

upallnight11 19

Thursday 27 February 2014 14:08

How is that possible?! English isn't my first language and even I know that shit..

A_Perfect_Circle 12

Thursday 27 February 2014 14:19

Reaching out is the first step to recovery OP!

BrickTamlandLamp 13

Thursday 27 February 2014 14:26

I don't know what to say about this except for the fact that it technically could've been just a small understanding. Maybe the daughter was actually good at law but just didn't know some things in life.

XxRedemption3xX 9

Thursday 27 February 2014 14:31

She's going to law school?...

fricgm 6

Thursday 27 February 2014 14:39

at least she cares OP

Ziggy122 15

Thursday 27 February 2014 15:35

So? Sometimes mathematicians forget basic arithmetic.

aquaticmammal624 12

Thursday 27 February 2014 15:58

It's really kind of sad that my English, which I learned in multiple schools, some of which were not in an English speaking place, is better than many people's English today...

MooseKnuckle5150 13

Thursday 27 February 2014 16:15

They're going to their house because you're not there!

Wowlookatthat 15

Thursday 27 February 2014 16:23

Did you at least explain to her that they're homonyms? and that they sound the same phonetically, but have different spellings to mean different things? or that "they're" is a contraction of "they are?"... that could prove useful. Especially if you taught her what a contraction is. The awfully sad part is that I know thoroughly the meaning and use of the terms and phrases and recognise them unconsciously while writing as to not make many grammatical mistakes. I'm a junior in highschool, I was supposed to take college level English this year.