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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vanaathiel 13

Thursday 16 July 2009 17:02

For all you people going on and on about how stupid the daughter is, you sound pretty stupid yourself...she's a little girl! Its called having an imagination! OP, hopefully you made it up to her by taking her to see the new movie!

Fop 6

Thursday 16 July 2009 17:21

You're not a little girl at 11. That phase is over at 8, 9 or even 10 depending on the person.

MissNae 0

Thursday 16 July 2009 20:36

You say it finishes at 8, 9 or 10 depending on the person, but it definitely over by 11. You are an idiot. An 11 year old should definitely still be a little girl.

babybarb 0

Thursday 16 July 2009 17:03

You're a horrible, horrible person. YDI

eidoobaeikooc 0

Thursday 16 July 2009 17:03

Poor you.. really.. that's gotta hurt.. But she's just a little girl everyone ...

senordude 0

Thursday 16 July 2009 17:03

FYL for having a daughter that likes Harry Potter :[

fireandice92 0

Thursday 16 July 2009 17:04

I was the biggest fan at age 11 and I sent myself a letter on my birthday. (There was this email thing you could sign up for) I knew it wasn't real, but I still pretended at that age.

leagan66 0

Friday 17 July 2009 3:24

oh my gosh can you still do that? I`m 15, and i would LOVE to have that! If it`s still going can you post the link to it?

Abirys 0

Thursday 16 July 2009 17:07

Lol FYL if my parents did that for me I would have been thrilled but I. Would've known it was fake ....

jjenniferr05 0

Thursday 16 July 2009 17:13

I don't get why She DI, Seriously, at the age of 11, a girl should be clever enough to realise its fake. I mean c'mon.. The books are films too now, its a fiction film. It was a nice gesture, a bit of a joke for her, And the kid completely over-reacted. At 11, i knew santa and all that wasn't real, plus unicorns bla bla blaaa.

bella_brasil 0

Thursday 16 July 2009 17:16

Wow i can see most of you haven't been around all different types of 11 year olds. There are the ones who spazz about that stuff and those who actually know it's not true. Relax, you don't deserve it. She'll grow out of that phase.

alwaysalady 0

Thursday 16 July 2009 17:16

I would be dissapointed. I'm 21 and I still think my letter got lost in the mail. However I did find a site that will make letters for your child, but I had it made with my name instead.

Fop 6

Thursday 16 July 2009 17:19

All the people saying the OP deserves it: Why? Do you honestly expect an 11 year old to act like a 5 year old? Maybe you want the "adult" year to be 30 too? Saying that the kid did NOT overreact kinda indicates that you want to raise your own children to believe movies are real until the age of 11. I don't.