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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TNT123 0

Thursday 16 July 2009 19:41

Stupid kid, when i was 11 i knew it was fake....

tigress_roar 0

Thursday 16 July 2009 19:42

That is SO cruel. (And actually, #1 and #226, they try and deliver through the Muggle post service for all-Muggle families.) for those who say the girl is stupid... When my friends and I were that age, we were all hoping for those letters, but to have received one and then be told it was fake - that would be the WORST disappointment.

caligirl89 0

Thursday 16 July 2009 19:42

Your child is really bright?! Howncould she get a letter from hagwarts???

glostik 0

Thursday 16 July 2009 19:45

reply to comment #13: WTF?! I'm 11, you fricken jerk! I'm one of the smartest pre-teens in my grade so, STFU. original comment: Yeah, your kid is obviously slow. I believed in all that Harry Potter wizardry crap when I was 7 or 8. At my school, she would be laughed at. FYL for having a stupid kid. (no offense)

fedex_chan 0

Wednesday 22 July 2009 6:46

The fact that you're claiming to be 11 and are using STFU as well as trying to make yourself sound like you're more than just an eveven-year-old makes me laugh. It reminds me of my little sister when she tries to act all cool in front of me my friends: pathetic, but at the same time it's kind of cute.

0123frick 0

Thursday 16 July 2009 19:45

ok, to all the idiots who say that 11 yr olds should know that hogwarts isnt real: YOU SUCK HAIRY BALLS. wen i was 11 i waited eagerly for my hogwarts letter, I convinced myself untilll i was 13 yrs old that the age was different in the us because i wanted it to be real. yeah, its just a book, but for someone who's 11 its a whole nother world that they wish could be realy even though they know it probably isnt. when her daughter got the letter, she was probably ecstastic because for once, after being told that santa, the easter bunny, the tooth fairy, and probably love is just a myth it was an amazing moment where somehting came true for her in a suck ass world that crushes peoples dreams. im sure before she got it she was prettys ure it was fake, but she always held ont that glimmer of hope that it was all real and something good and appy in her life wasnt a practical joke. OP, this was an amazing idea and you seem like such a great mom. i was not your fault at all that she reacted this way, in a few days shell get over the letdwn and be happytha her mother cares about her that much. all the people who are writing negative comments secretly wish their mom did this.

Lucky19 0

Thursday 16 July 2009 19:58

Excellent gesture on your part. FYL for the reaction, perhaps its just one of her biggest escapist fantasies and it seemed that it was going to come true. She'll get over it, don't worry.

dramakat11 0

Thursday 16 July 2009 20:01

Ok so I don't think an 11 year-old necessarily "should" be able to know such a thing was fake. I'm not judging. But I know that at 11 I loved Harry Potter but I never would have believed that prank for an instant. I understood, as I hope most 11 year olds do, that Harry Potter is a fictional series. I can sort of understand holding a "glimmer of hope" that it's real as #234 said though. Anything's possible... OP: That was a cruel joke to play on your daughter. YDI for sure.

LemonFairy 0

Thursday 16 July 2009 20:02

I get you were trying to do it to be nice, but it's clear you've never been that into Harry Potter OP. I waited for my acceptance letter the entire summer I was eleven. When September first rolled around I did cry. If I had been her I definitely would have been pissed, at least at first. She'll obviously calm down and probably think it's cool in a few days, but as far as I'm concerned she was at least somewhat justified. And for everyone calling the kid stupid and slow: she's not stupid or slow. She has hope. She believes in something wonderful so much in the world that she believes in Hogwarts. I believe in Hogwarts. As far as I'm concerned the only reason I didn't get my letter is because I live in the US and the American schools aren't the best at getting their lists organized, since one of the main witchcraft schools is in Salem, where they had to shut down for a number of years for the persecution. (Despite the fact that, if a muggle did ever find a proper witch or wizard to burn they put a simple flame freezing charm on the fire which gave it a gentle, tickling sensation.) So anyway, tl;dr: It was a good idea, but it backfired. Nobody's fault in the end, though definitely disappointing for her. And the rest of the world commenting: learn about HP. Thanks. (Because 231 is right: they use the muggle post system for muggle-born children, and then a staff member is sent to explain the situation to the family.)

ImaBmyLonurTees 0

Thursday 16 July 2009 20:07

11?! Really!? I think the real problem is ur 11 year old believes Hogwarts really exists. She probably gets teased mercilessly...And anyone who believes it's okay for to still believe in this is dillusional. The older she gets the harder it will be for her to trust u after lying to her like this. Keeping kids in fantasy land is why he so many 13-16 year olds pregnant because no one is teaching them REAL life.