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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capital_seven 0

Tuesday 28 July 2009 6:24

I hate your kid even more than I hate most children. FYL. Even when I had a HP obsession (at the same age, even), I knew that Hogwarts didn't exist. FGSFDS.

kurtsee 0

Thursday 30 July 2009 3:31

i pee my pants read ing this lolololololololool

Sokai_fml 0

Thursday 6 August 2009 4:44

I'm sorry, but is that second '1' in your daughter's age a typo? If not, wow. She's an idiot. Sorry. I don't know how anyone can find this FML "cute".

Mata_Hari 0

Friday 14 August 2009 5:08

Reading comprehension class is suggested especially for you, #513

CaptainSarcasm 0

Thursday 6 August 2009 5:45

Um if my daughter did that to me I would ground her for being an unappreciative brat.

scateice 0

Tuesday 11 August 2009 2:39

FAKE, no 11 year old would do that unless they had mental problems or are complete idiots Trust me, I know. I'm actually 11 years old.

juicyfruit23 0

Saturday 22 August 2009 7:35

no. plenty of 11 year olds would do that. i would probably would have when i was 11. just because you dont read and have no imagination doesnt mean other 11 year olds dont

scateice 0

Sunday 30 August 2009 4:10

I have plenty imagination and have read the whole saga of Twilight and I wouldn't cry just because of that. She's have to be rlly stuid to think It was acually real and cry about it. She's 11 not 7.

bubblybrooke 12

Thursday 13 August 2009 7:15

what a bitch thing to do. I'd do exactly the same thing if I was that age. don't mess with kids, they'll beatcha every time. bitch.

juicyfruit23 0

Saturday 22 August 2009 7:28

what the hell is with all the people saying how stupid the girl is?!?!?! its the op who is clearly inconsiderate. you really didnt think that she would be upset?!?! when you're 11 and you're in love with a thing like harry pottter.... you know its not real... but you wish with all your heart that it is!!! of course she would get excited when she got an acceptance letter, she wouldnt pause and think through all the details!! when i was 11 i was really dissapointed that i didn't get a letter. even though i knew it was fake. haven't you ever believed in something like that?!?! that was a really jerk thing to do

GypsyGeek 0

Wednesday 9 September 2009 6:45

That's a cute thing to do! How sweet. But she didn't have to throw a tantrum. When I was 11 (9 years ago) I did hope that "maybe I'll get a letter!" but I never did and I remember thinking that if I DID get one, I would know it was a joke or a fake one.

dclover 0

Sunday 13 September 2009 18:33

maybe she had like a little bit of a mental problem..and her mind was a little underdeveloped? its possible..

nice18 0

Monday 14 September 2009 13:29

I don't think the kid is stupid. I think that she knew Harry Potter wasn't real, but when she got the letter, she believed, if only for a minute that it was. Santa is not real, but if we saw a fat guy in a red suit flying some reindeer, we would question his existence even if only a little, before using logic to deduce what actually happened.