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 ;- )

Comments

frizzylizzyizzy 1

Wednesday 23 June 2010 14:51

Yeah, she should've known better, but that's still pretty mean! Getting a kid's hopes up like that, I'd be REALLY mad too!

saralyyn 0

Tuesday 29 June 2010 7:56

I'm sorry (not) but I am 11 and wouldn't even fall for that. Your daughter must believe in that tooth fairy shit. And a asshole.

KatKatastrophe 0

Wednesday 18 August 2010 12:15

holy shit. seriously. your kid is retarded.

manda_baby_rawr 4

Wednesday 25 August 2010 7:57

...I never even thought about getting an acceptance letter to hogwarts when I was 11...I kinda had a life... jussayin

iRobynM 0

Monday 30 August 2010 13:57

Ok, let me set everyone straight. She is ELEVEN! She may not know the difference yet! Calm down, and stop call little girls retarded. It's really weird. OP, it was a nice gesture, I agree. But you shouldn't have done it. What seems nice and awesome to you, is a dream crusher to your little girl. You gave her all this hope, that she was going to Hogwarts and she would get to meet Harry Potter, and Dumbledore! And you snatched it away. It's like when you have one of those amazing dreams, where you go to your dream vacation spot, and then wake up. Are you happy when that happens? I don't think so. YDI. And all of those people out there, calling this poor little girl who had her dreams crushed, a retard, you should be ashamed of yourselves. She was given her dream, then it was taken away. No one would like that. No matter what age. You all need to grow up, and let kids be kids. OP, it was a mistake. I get it. But don't be going all "FML FML FML FML!!!" to everyone. Your daughter is the one who is in emotional pain right now. You deserve a daughter who hates you having a tantrum, and a hurting foot. What did you think was going to happen? She would just be sitting and waiting for Hagrid to show up? Whatever way it ended. you still had an upset daughter. Learn to be a mom, and just get her tickets to see the movie, instead of crushing her dreams.

cadbury1987 0

Friday 3 September 2010 12:22

#547, very thoughtful post. I agree. I wanted Hogwarts to be real when I was 11, too!

honeybunches88 5

Thursday 2 December 2010 23:36

I have no idea what you all are talking about. I'm 19 years old and I still completely believe in Santa. The idea of St. Nick was not to deceive children or to trick them; he was simply made up for the fun of it. I would hate to share Christmas with any of you who *claim* that Santa does not exist :)