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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fnool 0

Thursday 16 July 2009 20:12

YDI for allowing your crotchspawn to grow up deluded and idealistic.

thelonelylurker 0

Thursday 16 July 2009 20:13

Apologize by telling her that Santa is not real. But yea... educate your child in reality please.

csd_fml 5

Thursday 16 July 2009 20:14

Ugh. Whoever bashes the daughter seems to forget that, even if she's 11, she's still just a kid. She may well know it's a fake book, but if it was something she really wanted and it looked like it was happening, of course a more optimistic child will believe it! Nothing wrong there... if my mom had done that when I was a child I would have been shocked, and yet I might have believed it simply because anything is possible after all and I wouldn't have imagined my mom doing something as pointless as writing a letter of admission to a school that doesn't exist. OP, sure it's good to give gifts based on her interests, but this is kind of a joykiller really... next time maybe you should just give her some HP stickers or video game? As a prank it's fine, but not as a birthday GIFT. So I know your heart was in the right place, but still YDI.

Ianslilgoofball 0

Thursday 16 July 2009 20:45

She's 11. Not a baby. She should be grateful her mother would even think to personalize a birthday present. I know lots of parents who don't do that, or don't even give presents to their kids. The mother wasn't crushing her dreams. It wasn't a prank either. The girl's old enough to discern reality from fantasy. Even if she was hoping with all her might that it was real, the reaction was uncalled for. She should feel grateful that her mother put throught into a present for her. TO OP: You should ground that brat until she can grow up.

themoonglows 0

Thursday 16 July 2009 20:19

Wow... I put something similar to this up and it was rejected... except when it happened to me, my sister tried to kill me... with the wand my parents gave her I hate mods

Rajaion 0

Thursday 16 July 2009 20:21

YDI: Hogwarts doesn't admit muggles :P Neh, it really is a difficult decission: for one, she's old enough to know Harry Potter isn't real, BUT... hey, everyone has their illusions, even if they know they can't be done. So yeah, sort of FYL.

bishoprsv2 0

Thursday 16 July 2009 20:27

I think your child is seriously ill. 0.0 Hitting her over the head with a history book should knock some sense into her.

lolwatlol 0

Thursday 16 July 2009 20:32

You are a horrible parent, by that age your daughter should already know the difference between reality and fiction. I just hope you dont have a kid that likes videogames or we'll see you on the news blaming them when he does something stupid. Learn2parent

Amkii 0

Thursday 16 July 2009 20:32

Wow, this... gave me mixed emotions. I thought it was a nice and cool gesture on your part, so I was happy for a second. Then it pissed me off when your daughter reacted like that. It made me sad that she found out it was from you; but she'd be even more sad if she got it and didn't realize it was fake, and thought she could go (but then of course, couldn't). Mostly, it made me puzzled as to why your daughter would think Harry Potter and Hogwarts are real. I still have mixed feelings about this...

Travestie616 0

Thursday 16 July 2009 20:36

Dude.. that's the meanest thing I've ever heard of. You should have just bought her a replica wand or something. Seriously.. that's just cruel. If my mother had done that to me, I'd never speak to her again. There are some things you don't use to mess with peoples' heads, and this is definitely one of them.

disadvantage 0

Thursday 16 July 2009 21:01

Yeah, maybe if you're an idiot. How is she "messing" with her daughter's head? It's like buying your kid who's really into lord of the rings a replica of the one ring or something. It's a neat little novelty item. Unless the kid's a retard he wont think it's the REAL one ring. How can you even defend such ridiculous and obnoxious behaviour?

LemonFairy 0

Thursday 16 July 2009 21:42

Lord of the Rings takes place in Middle Earth, which does not exist in our current universe. Hogwarts is located in an undisclosed location in the European countryside. One does not exist, one does. Plus, the One Ring was destroyed. Ergo, logically in any universe One Ring = not possible. Hogwarts = possible. (Because any muggle who comes across it is going to be obliviated, which could be a reason why there are no muggle accounts. As far as I'm concerned there's nothing but non-believers to prove that Hogwarts doesn't exist, so I will continue to believe. Just like I will continue to warn people not to stand under mistletoe, because it's often infested with nargles.)

intrepid00 0

Thursday 16 July 2009 20:38

You deserved it for having a retared crotchfruit that can't understand Harry Potter is Fiction. Better keep her away from the boys if she's that gulliable.