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Mall Santas Confess The Creepiest Thing A Child Has Ever Asked For
It’s Christmas and that means time to have a chat with Santa.
Have we been naughty or nice? What is on your list?
My mother used to take me to see mall Santa every year. And every year I’d ask for the common superficial gifts.
I always assumed the rest of my peers were asking for the same things. As I grew older I came to find out that was not the case.
People have been asking these mall Santas for things that could get all of us on a Dateline NBC episode.
It seems some kids think Santa is a hitman. That is a request that can keep you up at night.
Redditor SantasCousin wanted to get into some scandalous Christmas tales from all the mall Santas out there.
So they asked:
“People who have been Santa at the mall, what’s the creepiest thing a kid has asked you for Christmas?”
I have a feeling it won’t just be the children indulging in questionable requests and behavior.
Let’s get to some details.
Can I have the Leftover?
“Had a kid ask ‘Santa, what happens to all the dead kid’s toys?’.” ~ marxroxx
“I feel like he just sees a business opportunity.” ~ ReverseTuringTest
Boyfriend Santa Says…
“My boyfriend is a Santa for private events, and has been doing it for over 20 years, so he has a BUNCH of stories.”
“He was doing a private adults-only party, so all of the ladies were being a bit flirty, but nothing crazy. ‘Santa Baby’ started playing and the ladies dragged him onto the dance floor.”
“He shimmies a bit and goes to sit back down when a woman grabs him and starts grinding on him.”
“He tries to get away from her in character (‘What will Mama Claus think?’), but she keeps on grinding and starts to moan.”
“Finally, the hostess notices and gets her away from him, but she kept trying to get to him the rest of the night.”
“The saddest story was definitely when a little kid (4 or 5) crawled into his lap and, with a big, sweet smile, asked Santa.”
“’Can you make my mommy love me?’”
‘My BF has to hug the kid so he wouldn’t see him tearing up and told him that that was a request for a higher power and that he and Mama Claus would pray about it.”
“Kid seemed happy with that response.” ~ nursejacqueline
Bad Elves
“I wasn’t a mall Santa, but one of the elves who took the pictures.”
“We had two Santas: one was narcoleptic and we had to keep waking him up, and the other would bring his own homemade bags of coal to give to the kids who would cry.”
“And we’d have to try to seize all the bags before he started his shift. That was a fun job.” ~ craychel
‘get better and not die’
“Not a Santa, but I remember being in hospitals a lot as a kid with serious stomach issues.”
“I remember asking a mall Santa if I could ‘get better and not die’ once when I was about eight or nine years old.”
“When the mall Santa looked at me sadly and said he couldn’t do that, almost in tears, I asked if my old dog that died as a puppy could be brought back as a zombie so ‘we could both be dead together’.”
“‘And if I could come back as a zombie too so I could stay with my parents so they wouldn’t be sad’.”
“Looking back, that was really creepy and I think I broke the poor guy’s heart.” ~ Emmax1997
For the Menu…
“I wasn’t a mall Santa, but I played one of his elves.”
“I think the worst thing a kid ever asked for was some reindeer sausage. He figured Santa could slaughter one of his reindeer for the venison.” ~ Dubioushonesty
“Ikea in the UK sells, or at least used to sell, reindeer meat its delicious maybe he had some and wanted Santa to bring him more.” ~ homingstar
One Big Kick!
“Not a mall Santa but I was the ‘Best Buy Box’ for a number of Holliday seasons in the early 2000’s.”
“One year we set up a chair where you could take a picture with me. Soon it turned into people just telling me what they wanted for Christmas.”
“Sometimes I’d have a stack of $5 gift cards and I’d give them out randomly.”
“One kid sits down and says he wants to kick me in the crotch.”
“The suit was heavily padded and there was a good 10 inches or so from the bottom of the box to my love spuds.”
“Being 19 and wanting to put on a good show, I said sure.”
“Kid winds up and musters the best kick he had. I played it up even though he actually hit my thigh. I remember everyone thinking it was so funny.”
“I loved the early Holliday seasons working there. Some of my best memories came from those times.”
We had a fantastic management team who were like family.”
“Then it all changed and everything went sour. Such is life, I guess.” ~ mcfuddlebutt
Security for Santa Please!
“Former mall Santa, even bought a professional suit because I hated the one they provided. I got a few creepy stories that involves, college students and adults.”
“Kids: A little girl no more than 5 was screaming bloody murder when it was her turn.”
“Kids get scared of Santa, not that uncommon. Her dolled up mom was having none of her child’s tantrum and the Elves were pleading with her to not put the girl on my lap.”
“She did and at her kid instantly stopped screaming.”
“Just had this look of pure hatred at her mom for the remainder of the photo session.”
“I swear, I thought I was on Candid Camera (before YouTube y’all) it looked so acted out.”
“Attempting to talk to the little terror, I asked her what she wanted for Christmas, she looked at me and softly said just above a whisper, ‘for my Mommy to die’.”
“NOPED myself to a break after that one. It was the inside joke for the rest of the mall Santa season, (whispering to each other between kids) ‘I want you to die!!!!’”
“College Students: One rather lonely overweight gal kept getting in line several times a week to get pictures with Santa.”
“I was in college myself back then and I’m pretty sure she was working herself up to asking me out.”
“Extremely shy, awkward and had some hygiene issues.”
“She only paid for one of the photos but the elves remember seeing her throughout the week when I wasn’t on shift.”
“Apparently only got pictures with me.”
“Adults: I was in my 20’s and the perverted things the MILF’s whispered into my ear while sitting on Santa’s Lap were definitely something for the naughty list to be sure.”
“It became so frequent for the younger Santas to get groped, teased, etc…, that the Elves were told to stay close when adults got their pictures taken. Elf security to be sure.” ~ Draidr
Bad Sister
“Not a Santa but was a kid that asked for my sister’s tears in a bottle.” ~ LMNOPede
“Today her tears, tomorrow her soul muahahahaha.” ~ WreakingHavoc640
Not a fan of babies…
“Not a mall Santa, but my fire department does a Santa visit to all the houses in my town.”
“We have a few guys dress up as Santa and we drive around going house to house in the fire engines.”
“One year when I was Santa we go to a house with a married couple and two kids.”
“The woman is clearly pregnant. The daughter, about 10-12, creeped the hell out of me.”
“I asked her what she wanted for Christmas and she looks at her I assume step mom and says dead pan. ‘I want the baby to die’.”
“Jesus Christ, kid.” ~ pokemon-gang
A Kid’s POV
“I remember when I was a little kid, my sister asked Santa for a pony.”
“I was next, so I asked for rat poison… for the pony. 10-year-old me was an edgy little as**hole.” ~ Redpeng11
For a stew or a spell?
“My grandmother was a Mrs. Claus, one year a kid asked for a dead chicken.” ~ memelordsupremelawd
People can be weird—all people, including kids.
And clearly kids are the weirdest.
I couldn’t do this Santa gig.
Or the elves or Mrs. Claus. I’d be turning kids and adults in to the authorities left and right.
I would also certainly have a stun gun on hand.
Geesh… whatever happened to asking for toys? Games? A puppy? Peace on Earth!!
This is more Halloween than Christmas.
Happy Holidays?
Women Discuss What it’s Like Being a Single Lesbian Mom
I can’t imagine how hard it must to be a single parent in this world, especially if you don’t already have, like, a buttload of money stashed away so you can hire a bunch of help.
On top of that, many LGBTQ+ people in this world still face a lot of stigma and difficulty on that front. So try and put yourself in the shoes of someone standing at the crossroads of both identities.
Here are ten anonymous confessions from lesbian women who have found themselves in the position of being single moms.
10. Don’t care
Well, that’s a good start. You do you.
Source: Whisper
9. Seriously?
That’s a pretty childish understanding of how things work, people.
Source: Whisper
8. It’s complicated
Being in an environment in which you’re not comfortable being yourself is very trying.
Source: Whisper
7. Come on out
Enter the dating world, it’s totally fine.
Source: Whisper
6. I made it happen
Good for you!
Source: Whisper
5. Are you out there?
*Cue that heartbreaking song from Fievel Goes West.*
Source: Whisper
4. No idea
But the truth will find its way out eventually.
Source: Whisper
3. Hard enough
Did you check underneath the couch or like behind the fridge?
Source: Whisper
2. Cheater, cheater
Oh. Well. That’s um…complicated?
Source: Whisper
1. Ah heck no
I’ll bet ya don’t though.
Source: Whisper
To all the single parents out there of all stripes – we salute you. You’re doing some really tough work, that will hopefully prove quite rewarding in the long run.
Have you had experiences with this type of dynamic?
Tell us about it in the comments.
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People Talk About Kids’ Movies That Are Actually Dark and Intense
I’m gonna go on the record here: Old Yeller scarred me as a child and I still haven’t forgotten about it.
And I stand by my belief that it’s one of the saddest movies I’ve ever seen in my whole life.
Why do so many movies geared towards kids have to be so dark?
Folks on AskReddit talked about the kids’ movies and TV shows that are actually pretty disturbing.
Let’s get weird!
1. Oh, boy…
“Watership Down was one I watched when I was likely 5 or 6.
It was way worse than I expected.
I don’t know that I have watched it since.”
2. Horrified.
“The Neverending Story .
I showed it to a bunch of preteens a couple years ago and they were far more horrified by the all-egg smoothie Bastian’s dad makes at the beginning of the movie than they were by anything else.”
3. Noir-ish.
“Who Framed Roger Rabbit? is the defining movie of this subgenre.
It makes a lot more sense once you understand film noir, but what 8 year old is going to pick up on that?
Then the movie is seen purely for the cartoon characters, and this movie is just not about cartoon characters.”
4. Left an impression.
“Toy Story 2 is f**ked up.
Especially the part where Jessie gets left in a box on a hill. Made me scared to give away my toys or even give them all less than equal attention for years, even though I was pretty sure they weren’t sentient.”
5. Have you seen it?
“Disney’s 1979 sci-fi film The Black Hole. It was the first film from Disney to receive a PG rating. I saw this movie in the theater when it was new. I had just turned eight years old.
It’s pretty dark, and I remember the ending was kinda creepy but I wasn’t traumatized by it or anything. It was probably fine for my age but I grew up in a different era. These days it would likely be PG-13.”
6. Messed up.
“The Princess and the Frog.
A character d**s (won’t spoil it) and it’s a very clear d**th. Another is implied to be k**led. Demons/ghosts, voodoo, guns and the implication that the frog will be used as a lifelong blood bag.
The movie is great. I feel like Tiana is an inspirational character for young girls, but I’m not showing this to a single digit age child.”
7. Don’t go in the house!
“Monster House always freaked me the hell out as a kid.
It could just be because I was always uncomfortable with any sort of ghosty claymation-looking movies, but it always made me really uncomfortable.”
8. Not for kids.
“Rango.
Incredible movie, but not for kids. It is animated though.
Also, Ratatouille. Not so much dark but I feel like it connects with people who are in there late-teens/20’s.”
9. Adult themes.
“Mrs. Doubtfire – one of my favorite movies that I find highly enjoyable as an adult.
Robin Williams is the star of the movie, and he’s wearing a disguise, but, it’s loaded with adult humor and themes. Maybe some kids are wise to what’s happening, but, it would be real easy to love Daniel while despising Miranda.
There is even a set of deleted scenes with Daniel getting revenge on the neighbor who called the police on the birthday party, but, even if she was a bit nosy, he was in violation for bringing in animals from a petting zoo, and being excessively loud.
Apparently, the original idea was to have Daniel and Miranda get back together too, but, Robin Williams and Sally Field fought against that ending, because it could give kids who watch it a sense of false hope.”
10. Freaked out.
“Beetlejuice.
Maybe debatable as a kid’s movie but it did have a PG rating and was later made into an after school cartoon series.
It has it all though, decapitated heads, a woman emanating smoke from her neck hole, depictions of s**cide and one F-bomb.”
11. What am I looking at?
“The Garbage Pail Kids Movie (1987)
The KIDS are disturbing looking puppets.”
12. Avoid at all costs.
“Grave of the Fireflies.
It was originally released as a double feature with My Neighbor Totoro as the studio wasn’t sure that Totoro would do well. But yeah, that movie was released for kids.
That first double screening must have been disturbing as all hell.”
13. Nightmares.
“Little Nemo’s Adventures in Slumberland
I had a cousin who was OBSESSED as a child so we watched it a lot.
I still have nightmares about that creepy as black fog overtaking everything around me.”
14. Scary.
“One word…Coraline.
The buttons were creepy, yes. But the creepy thing I got from that movie was how easy it was for people to prey on children. Coraline’s parents weren’t terrible, but they were preoccupied–with things not her.
This caused them to do what they saw as little actions (ignoring her when she wants to play, telling her to go entertain herself, rejecting her attempts to stand out, etc. etc.) that, to her, seemed like really big big actions.
So from her perspective, she’s being wronged and neglected when she’s in a new unfamiliar place far from her old friends and she’s lonely and (as she sees it) feeling unwanted… whilst her parents are too busy to notice. Then this Other shows up–her Other Mother. A creepy stranger who’s willing to fulfill all those roles Coraline’s own parents won’t.
This predatory figure dotes on her, plays with her, gives her gifts and attention and positive feedback–and because of this, she consistently ignores all the little signs that scream GET OUT, CORALINE! She ignores them because she’s young and naive and just desperately wants to be loved and given attention, even at the expense of her own safety.
By the time she realizes she has to get out, it’s too late–she’s trapped, and the Other is willing to do anything to get what it wants from Coraline.
I think Coraline is a cautionary tale for parents and children alike–how the way adults and kids perceive the world is very different, and how predatory people are so very good at exploiting that.”
Okay, now it’s your turn to speak up.
In the comments, tell us which kids’ movies and TV shows creep you out.
We look forward to hearing from you!
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People Talk About the Perks They Enjoyed as Kids Because of What Their Parents Did for a Living
When I was young, my dad had awesome hookups for tickets for sporting events.
We went to hockey games, baseball games, and even a few football games.
It was great!
And I think we can agree that we all had SOME kind of perk because of what our mom and/or dad did for a living.
Let’s see what these folks had to say about this!
1. Sounds like a good deal.
Cokes for days!
What perks did you enjoy as a kid bc of your parents jobs? My parents ran a computing company and they had a huge computer with a very primitive couple of games I’d play. They also has a coke machine on the honor system and I drank those all the time.
— scott cunningham (@causalinf) May 14, 2021
2. Pretty cool!
Heaven for a kid.
My dad was in the Air Force, and I had a charmed childhood of being able to ride my bike all over base from a really young age because the base was basically a huge gated community – ice cream shop, movie theater, pool, all of my friends.
— Rebecca Fordon (@theFordon) May 15, 2021
3. Bring on the candy!
A dream come true.
My dad sold coffee, so not a lot of kid-friendly freebies. Except he’d go to all the food tradeshows, and trade coffee for candy with all the candy booths, then bring it home for us and it was *glorious*.
— Don’t believe the hyperbole (@Mikevago) May 14, 2021
4. A good perk.
You thanked him later.
Dad was a painting contractor and worked out deal with the local private school to paint the whole building every summer in exchange for sending us there. 15 years total he did this.
— with JustANobody() as rick: (@rickyteachey) May 14, 2021
5. Meeting celebs.
Ice-T for the win!
Dad briefly had a limo company in the early 90s. I got to meet Queen Latifah, Will Smith and Ice-T. I work in the concert industry, so my Kiddo has been backstage and ran into (sometimes literally) all kinds of artists since she was 5. She’ll realize how cool I am one day.
— Demon Time Scheduling Manager (@ItsMeYorkie) May 14, 2021
6. Best of both worlds.
Which one is better?
My dad was a psychiatrist so i got free psychotherapy 24/7. My mom sold tupperware and for years and years i have had the world’s best pancake warm-keeper ever designed. I love pancakes. pic.twitter.com/vfWNknHL57
— John P de New
(@DeNewJohn) May 14, 2021
7. Those fees are waived.
Racking up the late fees.
My mom was a librarian. So I never had to pay any late fees for overdue books. pic.twitter.com/i3HWGAwjQf
— Aaron Wudrick
(@awudrick) May 15, 2021
8. Very cool!
Major bragging rights.
Uhhh my dad worked above a place that programmed Nintendo games and I got to play Mike Tysons Power Punch and the Bill and Ted game before they were released
— Ed Goofup, Jr. (@theschwasound) May 14, 2021
9. Perfect desserts.
Right off the assembly line.
Dad was a mechanic at the Pillsbury mill and plant; he brought home cakes and brownies from the test kitchen as often as he could. Perfect brownies wrapped in white wax paper closed up with masking tape.
— Sassbeard Thee Pyrate (@Sassbeard) May 14, 2021
10. Life in the firehouse.
I bet that was quite an adventure.
My father & 4 uncles were NYC firefighters. We hung out in firehouses, climbed on the trucks, slid down the fire pole & played w/ dogs, who’d often been abandoned at the firehouses, b/c it is a truth universally acknowledged that a dog left at a firehouse will be loved.
— Kathleen Donohoe (@KathleenDonohoe) May 15, 2021
11. Way back in the ’70s.
You could get away with a lot more back then.
I drove around the tunnels of O’Hare airport in a golf cart and went in control tower as a kid in the 70s before security concerns!
— Maura of the Mountains (@mboCOfoco) May 15, 2021
Did you enjoy any perks when you were growing up because of your mom or dad’s job?
Talk to us in the comments!
We’d love to hear from you!
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Times When Kids Really Did Say the Darndest Things
Kids say the funniest things…sometimes…
Like the time 5-year-old Bindi Irwin met her baby brother Robert, and decided that he should be called Brian “for short.”
Well back in January, feminist author @JessicaValenti tweeted about an incident that happened when her child was about that same age:
Whenever I get discouraged and want to quit something, I remember the words of my then 3 year-old after she puked carrots all over the living room floor: "I'm gonna need more carrots."
— Jessica Valenti (@JessicaValenti) January 18, 2021
It was a great metaphor for life, and it spawned a whole thread of users telling funny things that their own children had said.
A lot of users focused on how children don’t pull punches, sometimes being brutal without even meaning to.
Picture book author Pat Zietlow Miller shared a time when her young daughter innocently cut her to the quick:
When my daughter was in kindergarten, she went to play at a friend’s house. She came home and told me: “I love Beau’s mom! She’s so young and pretty and thin!” The unstated comparison was just hanging there …
— Pat Zietlow Miller (@PatZMiller) January 19, 2021
And another user shared her child’s response to her own midlife crisis hairdo.
When I turned 40 I wanted to go blonde. Unfortunately my brunette hair didnt take it well. When my 8 YO daughter got off the bus that day the first thing she said was “I hope you can wash that out”.
— Opal (@PamCamp60217334) January 18, 2021
Kids, man. Brutal, and brutally honest.
My daughter, fourth grade. Told me her teacher, upon seeing the broken hoop on the inside of her winter jacket, advised that her mother would be able to sew it back together. My daughter’s response? “Have you met my Mom?
— Alex powers (@ClayDayton) January 18, 2021
Sometimes they’re just trying to be helpful though, like when Heidi Hodges’ daughter overruled her little brother’s kindness.
Ha! Last year I had to go through chemo and lost my eyebrows. I tried to draw on brows but my son (7) said I look pretty without and I don’t need it. I was about to take it off when my daughter (9) said “keep the makeup on. You look like Voldemort without brows.” Thanks kid.
— Heidi Hodges (@hhodges) January 19, 2021
And we all know what it’s like to be seen as the not-fun parent, but I love this user’s response.
My son, irritated at some rule I was enforcing, grumbled, “Daddy is the fun parent.” I gave him the Eye and asked him what that made me then? He paused ever so briefly & then said, “The smart parent.” I told him “Nice save.”
— angelthecellist Is Fully Vaccinated (@angelthecellist) January 18, 2021
I guess it would be way too mean to respond, “I know Dad’s the fun parent, just like your brother is the fun child.”
Yeah, you’re right. Parents have to be the parent, fun or otherwise.
Some of the one-liners parents shared were just hilarious, liked this one from Bonnie Jean:
When my daughter was about 4, she admonished her older brother, who was upset about something: “Sometimes you have to be your own personal armadillo.” We still quote that 20+ years later to mean protect yourself.
— Bonnie Jean (@bonald) January 18, 2021
Use the Force, Luke. Be the armadillo.
I love it.
And you know, it makes sense, because kids just really love animals.
So comparisons to animals are usually a compliment:
My friend took her toddler to see another friends new baby. When she got to see the new baby, she said in her happiest voice, “oh mommy he’s so cute, he looks just like a little pig!”
— Kari MacKinnon (@mackinnom_kari) January 19, 2021
Until they try to turn you into one:
Younger niece (age 3+) looked at her older sister (5+) and said, “Sometimes I wish you were my brother.” Older sister, looked at younger sister, without blinking and said, “Sometimes I wish you were a fish.”
— Noodle (@NudelHalbWeiner) January 19, 2021
Kids, as we all know, also like to eat weird things.
(Let’s hope this isn’t why the 5-year-old wanted to turn her sister into a fish…)
Our goldfish died. When I told my then 5 year old son we had buried it in the garden he burst into tears. I was trying to think of how to explain how all living things die when he tearfully said “I wanted to eat it”
— Terry Dwyer (@TerryDwyerSyd) January 18, 2021
And this kid… The shade.
But I mean, he has a point.
I was in a restroom in London & I heard a mom talking to her young son in the stall next to me, “Mummy said don’t eat the toilet paper!” He replied, “Then why are we even here?”
— bloomswest (@Bloomswest) January 18, 2021
And just… wow.
I would often ask my three year old daughter which things were funnier. “What’s funnier, chairs or tables?” “What’s funnier, hats or goblets?” That kind of thing. One day I asked “What’s funnier, dogs or horses?” And she said “To eat?”
— Raymond Bokhour (@RBokhour) January 19, 2021
Weird eating habits aside, sometimes even the best kids will misbehave.
When my girls were small they got in trouble for arguing not long before bed. My oldest told her little sister from her top bunk, “that’s fine. But just think, my dead skin cells fall on you all night.”
— Dawn Fielder (@fieldersdc) January 19, 2021
As parents, you just have to teach them how to say they’re sorry.
My 3 year old daughter hurt my 5 year old who was crying. I explained to 3 that even when accidental you should apologize properly and mean it. She curtsied and said “I’m sorry, your Majesty”
— Larabell
(@welshlady17) January 19, 2021
Even if it makes you want to bust out laughing.
I was driving in rush hour, frustrated and muttering about how slow we were moving. My then-3 year old suddenly piped up from her carseat, “What’s the matter mommy, are you pissed off about all the damn traffic?”
— Star_Spangled_Banter (@LaurenMeir) January 19, 2021
And when life gets them down:
My wife and I still laugh about our older son, age 5, clearly unhappy about having a younger brother. Came to us, heaved a sigh, and said “My life isn’t turning out the way I thought it would.”
— Chris Bryant (@ChrisBr59990913) January 18, 2021
Teach them to look on the bright side.
(This kid must have been friends with @welshlady17’s little girl.)
I took an overnight trip with my sister’s family many years ago The motel we found was a real dump. My 6-year-old niece looked around and pronounced, “Well, it’s not Buckingham Palace, but it’ll do.”
— Cheryl T. (@G8rgrrlCheryl) January 18, 2021
It’s so true what they say. Kids really do say the darndest things.
What’s something hilarious that a small child in your life has said? Tell us in the comments!
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What Did You Witness as a Kid That Still Haunts You Today?
Some scars from childhood never quite heal.
And I’m not talking about the physical ones, either. I’m talking about the things we see as kids that we carry with us throughout our lives because they were traumatic and painful.
AskReddit users opened up about what they witnessed as kids that still haunts them.
Let’s take a look at their stories.
1. Whoa.
“My father met my mother when she was very young in a foreign country.
Due to age difference (he was 40, she was 25) they would argue a lot, my mom being young, she wanted to go out a lot and live her life. I walked up into their room once my father trying to suffocate my mother with a pillow. I was around 6 years old.
When my father saw me he completely stopped (he loved me so much despite the problems with my mother), and jumped in to hug me and took me to the other room. She called the police and put a restriction order on him.
To this day my mother says I saved her life, but that image has never left.”
2. What an a**hole.
“I was about six at a party at my dad’s secretary’s house.
He thought it’d be funny to throw me (fully clothed and unable to swim at the time) into the pool and laugh at me in front of everyone. I was so humiliated and embarrassed that my own father would use me as a prop to make his moron friends laugh.
I later found out he was f**king his secretary on the side and is the father of her daughters.”
3. Sounds of pain.
“My mom is a very strict person when it comes to school so when we do bad we get punished heavily.
I remember multiple times when my sister would get an F and would get beaten and yelled at. I still remember the guttural screams of pain when she got hit. I had many sleepless nights of overhearing my sister sobbing and screaming because of my mom.
Happened so much that I got desensitized to it.”
4. Ouch.
“Overheard our dad say to our stepmother, “if I could go back in time and never have those kids I would do, so I could only have your children”.”
5. Scarred for life.
“My grandparents getting it on.
There’s nothing more to be said.”
6. Harsh.
“Being called a “Useless, useless evil child that only gets his siblings in trouble. So weak and frail and useless.”
My Baba said this about me to my Auntie.
It sounds harsher in Russian.”
7. Scary.
“When I was in 3rd grade, my class took a field trip to a history museum in the capital of the state I lived in at the time.
After the tours were over and we had eaten lunch, we piled onto the buses and started to leave. To put it nicely, the capital wasn’t a very nice place, high crime rate, bad roads, worn down houses, that kind of stuff. Anyways, the bus was stopped at a stop light and my friend and I were playing the alphabet game, so we were naturally looking outside the window at the time.
Should’ve just slept the way back, because we saw a guy get mugged and s**bbed right at the crosswalk. Parents and teachers started to freak out, one parent vomited, the bus driver just floored it out of there. Kinda screwed everything up at the school for the next few weeks, the word got out real fast and we had to have an assembly about it.
Occasionally still have nightmares about the whole thing, never found out if the guy ever got medical attention or not, so it’s possible I watched a man die when I was just a small kid. To this day I can’t drive through that city, if I have to get close to it in any way I take a different route.”
8. RIP.
“When I was three my grandma d**d in her sleep and everyone went crazy.
I remember her boyfriend for some reason sneaking me in to see her body and then just sobbing a lot and saying I needed closure.
I wouldn’t call it bad trauma, especially compare to a lot of other things, but decades later I still remember what she, her boyfriend and the room looks like vividly and it comes up in my head sometimes without me even thinking about it.”
9. This is awful.
“I grew up near a highway with a 70 mph speed limit.
One day our dog got out of our yard and ran out onto the highway while I was helplessly trying to call it back. I’ll never forget the sight of it getting hit, going under the bumper and then bouncing between the pavement and the underside of the van. At least the driver had tried to stop.
He got out and dragged the body off the road and just looked up at me and said “he’s d**d” with a kind of half shrug. Nothing more anyone could have said or done after that”
10. A terrible sight.
“When I was about 6 I saw this guy dragging a kid covered in blood over a hill.
I ran inside my house panicked my dad called the cops.
Turned out the guy was mad that this kid beat up his son not sure what happened on other side of hill but he got arrested.”
11. Uh oh…
“Overheard a relative angrily confronting another relative about their homemade p**n tape. as said tape was playing.
I get the shivers every time the memory invades my thoughts.”
12. Sounds like a terrible person!
“My grandmother calling me fat, ugly, stupid and worthless when I was about 5-6 years old.
She’d have long, mocking conversations with her husband, family and even my mother about all that was wrong with me. She never said those things directly to me, she tried avoiding talking to or even looking at me as much as she could, she just made sure I always was close enough to hear her say it.
I have a whole conga line of trauma, but those years of abuse really left a mark. She’s on her deathbed now and I’ll be popping champagne when she’s gone.
It’s “funny”, though: Around the same age, I saw at least two badly damaged bodies (pedestrians hit by a car) and a horse suddenly collapsing and dying in front of my eyes, but had absolutely no reaction to that. 25 years later I still hurt from being called ugly though.”
13. Who was it…?
“Me: Imagine knowing a m**derer
Mom: You do
Me: Who?
Mom: I won’t tell you as you will never look at them the same.
Me: Then why did you tell me?
Decades later and I still haven’t figured out who it is.”
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Was This Person Wrong for Telling Their Family the Real Reason They Wanted to Move In With Their Dad?
This story is a bit of a heartbreaker, FYI…
It involves family, stepparents, stepkids, and a lot of mixed emotions.
Take a look at this post from Reddit’s “Am I The A**hole?” page and read on to see how people reacted.
AITA for why I want to move in with my dad?
“My mom and stepdad are foster parents, but living with foster kids is kind of awful. Nothing against them and I really hope they’re getting the help they need, but it sucks. I was forced into the tiny room, which is fine, but I also cant really leave my room. I cant play music or video games, I always have to let them pick movies and tv shows.
I feel like a prisoner in my own home and I cant speak up about it because then I’m being ungrateful. I know its nowhere near what most kids experience, but I still h**e it.
For months I’ve been begging my dad to let me move in with him. I spend all my time there and it would just make more sense. Logically I know I’ll never be able to – he’s working seventy hours a week living in a one bed apartment. But its fun to pretend.
My mom and stepdad dont seem to understand where I’m coming from. I should be grateful – I have clean clothes on my back and food in my stomach. Whenever I try and explain they never listen and point out how much better I have it.
Anyway, I was talking to my cousin on Monday, and mentioned staying with my dad this weekend. She asked why, and I explained that I just dont like being at home. She asked why and if thats why I want to move in with my dad, and I said yes and explained how I felt. She eventually went home and told her mom (I guess?). Yesterday my aunt pulled up and basically demanded to know what was going on.
I dont know what exactly happened but they got into an argument and my cousin came up to help me pack some clothes for a few days. When we went down my parents accused me of making things up, saying that I had no need to feel the way I do.
My aunt didnt really give me a chance to reply before we left. I went home today to grab some stuff, and they called me selfish, saying I’d created an aggressive atmosphere which wasnt good for he foster kids. I said, “I dont care about the foster kids right now. Why do they matter more than me?”
My stepdad told me to get out and I did. A whole bunch of family has blocked me on socials and my foster sister has been posting about how I’m selfish and only care about my own feelings.
My dad is now clued in, and he and my aunt are both saying that I’m not in the wrong for feeling the way I do, but no one else seems to agree.
So, AITA?”
Let’s see what Reddit users had to say about this…
This reader said that the mom and the stepdad are clearly ignoring the mom’s biological son in this situation.
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Another person thinks the mom and stepdad might be fostering kids just to have some extra money rolling in…
Could be…
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This individual made it simple: the mom needs to put her biological son FIRST.
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And another reader said that this young person is not an a**hole at all and that they deserve to live with their dad where they’ll be taken care of in the right way.
Amen!
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How do you feel about how this person acted?
Were they a jerk?
Or did they act appropriately?
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Is This Guy Wrong For Not Helping His Daughter Pay for College? People Responded.
The age-old battle of who is going to pay for college is still going strong, folks!
And here’s yet another example…
A dad asked folks on Reddit if he is acting like an a**hole in regard to his daughter and her college plans.
Let’s take a look.
AITA For Refusing To Help My Daughter Pay For College?
“I (48m) have three children with my ex. My son “Joe” (24m) and two daughters “Jane” (21f) and “Amy” (19f).
After the children were born my great-grandmother started a small Education fund for each of them that I have now since controlled since her passing.
There weren’t any specific criteria for this fund within the context of the law or Bank policy because of the type of fund my great-grandmother started. I’ve added my own money to fund and my parents have occasionally put in some cash but it was never expected. My ex never put a dime into it but always wanted to have equal control of it and every time I refused she would get upset.
Over the years she’s tried to say that she needed money from the fund for expenses for the kids, citing that the child support I was paying wasn’t enough. I still refused and said that to just send me the bill and I’ll pay for it directly. She didn’t want that and would shut up after I asked how she could be so desperate for money for our kids but refuse to give any details.
Fast forward to when Joe was going to college and I told my son to just give me enough information so that I can pay the school every semester and he’d be good.
My ex tried to convince him to get me to give him all the money so that way he could have his privacy. My son did consider it but decided that he’d rather I just do this for him because he was worried of blowing through the money. I was proud of him.
Jane, however, gave into her mom’s way of thinking and insisted that I just give her the entire fund during her 2nd year. I tried to convince her that this way was best and pointed at how well this worked out for her brother.
Jane just called me controlling and said that I didn’t respect her enough to let her make her own choices. Eventually I relented but made it clear that this was all the money that there was for her for college. That once it’s gone, it’s gone and she was on her own if she needed more.
Everything seemed fine up until about a few weeks ago and Jane called crying saying that she wasn’t going to finish because she ran out of money. I asked her what happened and surprise, surprise Jane gave money to my ex. I let her vent and then told her that everything was going to be okay.
That while she may not graduate by a certain time she can still finish school, she’ll just need to apply for grants, scholarships, loans and maybe even take a year off to just work. How I would tell the school how she was on her own so she could get more money
Both Jane and my ex are upset with me, because they expect me to pay for her schooling and that I was being horrible for wanting her to struggle with loans. To me this isn’t about being petty but rather giving Jane a hard lesson.
She wanted to be treated like an adult, well finding your own way is what adults do. Joe agrees with me but, now Amy is being pressured to access her fund to help her sister. Technically, I could help but I’d rather Jane work for it herself.
AITA?”
And here’s how people on Reddit responded to this story.
One reader said that the dad is not in the wrong here and his daughter will learn a lesson from this situation.
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Another Reddit user argued that the girl’s mom was really out of line here and they consider what she did to be “financial abuse.”
Photo Credit: Reddit
This individual thinks that the mom is also out of line and they called the dad in this story a “poor guy.”
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This Reddit user said that the mom here is a total gold digger and is also manipulative.
I think you’re right on the money!
Photo Credit: Reddit
And lastly, this person disagreed with the other readers and said that the dad should not be “bribing” his daughter. Something to think about…
Photo Credit: Reddit
What are your thoughts on this situation?
Talk to us in the comments and let us know what you think.
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Is This Guy Wrong For Not Helping His Daughter Pay for College? People Responded.
The age-old battle of who is going to pay for college is still going strong, folks!
And here’s yet another example…
A dad asked folks on Reddit if he is acting like an a**hole in regard to his daughter and her college plans.
Let’s take a look.
AITA For Refusing To Help My Daughter Pay For College?
“I (48m) have three children with my ex. My son “Joe” (24m) and two daughters “Jane” (21f) and “Amy” (19f).
After the children were born my great-grandmother started a small Education fund for each of them that I have now since controlled since her passing.
There weren’t any specific criteria for this fund within the context of the law or Bank policy because of the type of fund my great-grandmother started. I’ve added my own money to fund and my parents have occasionally put in some cash but it was never expected. My ex never put a dime into it but always wanted to have equal control of it and every time I refused she would get upset.
Over the years she’s tried to say that she needed money from the fund for expenses for the kids, citing that the child support I was paying wasn’t enough. I still refused and said that to just send me the bill and I’ll pay for it directly. She didn’t want that and would shut up after I asked how she could be so desperate for money for our kids but refuse to give any details.
Fast forward to when Joe was going to college and I told my son to just give me enough information so that I can pay the school every semester and he’d be good.
My ex tried to convince him to get me to give him all the money so that way he could have his privacy. My son did consider it but decided that he’d rather I just do this for him because he was worried of blowing through the money. I was proud of him.
Jane, however, gave into her mom’s way of thinking and insisted that I just give her the entire fund during her 2nd year. I tried to convince her that this way was best and pointed at how well this worked out for her brother.
Jane just called me controlling and said that I didn’t respect her enough to let her make her own choices. Eventually I relented but made it clear that this was all the money that there was for her for college. That once it’s gone, it’s gone and she was on her own if she needed more.
Everything seemed fine up until about a few weeks ago and Jane called crying saying that she wasn’t going to finish because she ran out of money. I asked her what happened and surprise, surprise Jane gave money to my ex. I let her vent and then told her that everything was going to be okay.
That while she may not graduate by a certain time she can still finish school, she’ll just need to apply for grants, scholarships, loans and maybe even take a year off to just work. How I would tell the school how she was on her own so she could get more money
Both Jane and my ex are upset with me, because they expect me to pay for her schooling and that I was being horrible for wanting her to struggle with loans. To me this isn’t about being petty but rather giving Jane a hard lesson.
She wanted to be treated like an adult, well finding your own way is what adults do. Joe agrees with me but, now Amy is being pressured to access her fund to help her sister. Technically, I could help but I’d rather Jane work for it herself.
AITA?”
And here’s how people on Reddit responded to this story.
One reader said that the dad is not in the wrong here and his daughter will learn a lesson from this situation.
Photo Credit: Reddit
Another Reddit user argued that the girl’s mom was really out of line here and they consider what she did to be “financial abuse.”
Photo Credit: Reddit
This individual thinks that the mom is also out of line and they called the dad in this story a “poor guy.”
Photo Credit: Reddit
This Reddit user said that the mom here is a total gold digger and is also manipulative.
I think you’re right on the money!
Photo Credit: Reddit
And lastly, this person disagreed with the other readers and said that the dad should not be “bribing” his daughter. Something to think about…
Photo Credit: Reddit
What are your thoughts on this situation?
Talk to us in the comments and let us know what you think.
We’d love to hear from you!
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