Kids: Today, my daughter turned 11. Since she LOVES Harry Potter, I...

By notawizard - 16/07/2009 10:16 - Spain

Today, my daughter turned 11. Since she LOVES Harry Potter, I decided to write her an acceptance letter to Hogwarts. When she saw the letter, she screamed and showed me. When she found out I wrote it, she told me she hated me, started crying, and stepped on my foot. 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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By makeitstop - 04/08/2011 13:41 - United Kingdom

Today, my daughter wouldn't stop yapping on about not being able to register on the new Harry Potter website. The amount of whiny jibber-jabber emanating from her cake-hole made me want to boot her from our family tree, and I had to resort to booze to wash the pain away. I'm a terrible parent. FML

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By obnum - 24/05/2013 12:26 - United States - New York

Today, after months of being pestered to do so, I finally read the first Harry Potter book. I hated it. Upon hearing this, my girlfriend posted the fact on Facebook, where I immediately received tons of abuse and eventual shunning by my friends, family, and coworkers. My girlfriend just laughed. FML

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By yingyang2 - 06/01/2011 02:19 - United States

Today, I have been teaching my 5 year-old step-daughter how to read and write. She came bounding up to me with a piece of paper and said, "look what I did". It was a letter that said "My dad misses my real mommy, not you". FML

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By Anonymous - 28/05/2023 20:00 - Australia

Today, It's been a few months since I started reading the Harry Potter books to my daughter. She told me a list of all her favorite characters. I didn't have the heart to tell her that every single one of them dies by the end of the seventh book. FML

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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 Jill - 15/06/2013 04:19 - United States - Santa Rosa

Today, I was going through my daughter's contacts, except all of them had names from Harry Potter. I found the name "Mom." I was relieved I didn't have some silly name, until I realized it wasn't my number; it was her father's new wife. My number was under "Voldemort." FML

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By whoahshloann - 30/05/2009 23:48 - United States

Today, I was watching Harry Potter. When all the students at Hogwarts started to clap at one point, I started clapping myself. FML

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By Lisa - 16/12/2014 03:38 - United States - Lees Summit

Today, my 5-year-old daughter was asked by her teacher to write a letter to each member of her family to read during the holidays. Her letter to me said, "Dear mommy, come on. You could have done better than dad." FML

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By Anonymous - 11/06/2014 21:38 - Australia - Granville

Today, I took a look at my 9-year-old daughter's diary, thinking it would be full of cute stuff. Instead, it was full of hateful rants against me and my husband, as well the boys at her school, who she called gay because none of them ever hit on her. It seems I've failed as a parent. FML

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pedegg 0

Thursday 16 July 2009 18:40

Okay, everyone seems to be forgetting that eleven year olds ARE idiots. Even if they know the book is fiction, they still WANT it to be real- and if the outside world gives them a glimpse of hope that maybe it's more than fiction, they WILL believe it because they WANT it to be real. I waited for my Hogwarts letter when I was turning eleven. I didn't really think I'd get one, and when I didn't I wasn't crushed, but if I HAD gotten one I'd probably have shit myself. This mother obviously has never been obsessed with something like 11 year olds can be with this book series. That, or she's just a bitch. She should have known better than to have made the poor kid think she was going off to live in a magical world and then taken it away. That's horrible. Just take her to see the damn movie.

mynameisnotjudie 0

Thursday 16 July 2009 16:06

WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT?!?!?!?!?! Ugg I can't even begin to tell you how terrible that is. The poor little girl! An eleven year old really has no way of knowing that was fake because the excitement blinds them ;- )

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ASpocksky 0

Thursday 16 July 2009 19:05

Next time give her a letter from Santa saying she won't get any presents unless she appologizes for that. haha.. wow... fyl.

Herborist 0

Thursday 16 July 2009 19:05

What a dick move. What kind of parent would do this to a child?

av232 0

Thursday 16 July 2009 19:08

wow i can't believe this is getting so many YDIs. FYL for having a pre-teen who believes in wizards, magic, and witches.

TheRealNickB 0

Thursday 16 July 2009 19:09

LMAO! Owned.

pinkpikachu 0

Thursday 16 July 2009 19:13

I wanted it to be real when I was that age!

wtfml0715 0

Thursday 16 July 2009 19:15

i thought it was mean 11 yr olds are still fascinated by the magical world of harrypotter and anyone would LOVE an acceptance letter. so its like taunting her for the fact that its not real and she'll be forever stuck here which sucks

NotReal03 0

Thursday 16 July 2009 19:18

okay i think this was a cute idea but if your daughter hits YOU something is wrong. NEVER should a child hit their parents. That is just horrible parenting. I think the letter was nice, but if your daughter hits you that is just plain wrong.

WalkingGirl 0

Thursday 16 July 2009 19:23

Where does it say that her daughter hit her?

MissNae 0

Thursday 16 July 2009 20:44

Stomped on her toe, that is akin to hitting her.

udumbidiot 0

Thursday 16 July 2009 19:22

when i was eleven i waited all year for MY letter. and 12, and 13. im still waiting. so all the rest of you who say shes stupid, just shut up. its nice to imagine.

olisykes_ 0

Friday 17 July 2009 12:31

Me too! Don't worry. It'll get there one way (:

oh_0_0 0

Thursday 16 July 2009 19:24

Neither have I read all the comments nor do I know the OP's daughter but I can imagine that she can tell the difference between fact and fiction. But getting that letter on her 11th birthday probably made her think the fiction could be true just a little bit, especially if the letter was well made. I think she was really hurt and disappointed when she realized that her mom had written the letter because she felt a little ridiculed. The OP knew how much her daughter loved HP and unintentionally used it to hurt her a little bit. It's just like someone sending your a b-day card that's apparantly signed by your favourite actor/actress/musician/VIP you'd probably believe it for a short time until you find out that a friend played a prank on you. They pretty much used what you love to make fun of you. I think it's neither a FYL nor a YDI, more a "shit happens" cause the OP had good intentions that collided with the fantasy world of a 11-year-old.