“My daughter is six and hyper after school,” writes Shannon in Jacksonville, North Carolina. “One day, I told her to go outside and play, but she wanted to watch TV.” Later, while cooking dinner, Shannon found this Magna-doodled on the fridge.
After being forced into a similar “bad cop” role, Maria in Long Beach, California found this message from her nine-year-old son on the patio.
Meanwhile, our submitter in Pennsylvania found this in a journal her nine-year-old daughter was throwing away. Interestingly, she says, “There was no ‘I HATE daddy’ written on the next page.”
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#1
park rose
Notewriter number three forgot to mention the invisible ink.
Jun 17, 2010 at 10:47 pm rating: 11
#2
QuarterRoy00
Daddy represent!
Jun 17, 2010 at 10:51 pm rating: 2
#3
park rose
It seems that note three was also written under the tutelage (perhaps forced?) of Foghorn J., I say, Foghorn J. Leghorn.
Jun 17, 2010 at 10:56 pm rating: 7
#4
Parker
I’m impressed that the nine year-old spelled “better” correctly.
Jun 17, 2010 at 10:58 pm rating: 1
#5
debkatz
I think it’s apparent that these little people have big futures at Hallmark cards.
Jun 17, 2010 at 11:10 pm rating: 5
#6
TheOldSchool
Sometimes kids say things they don’t really mean.
Jun 17, 2010 at 11:31 pm rating: 7
#7
Kim
the first 2 don’t look genuine to me. Not sure why I think that. Just a hunch. Maybe I’m wrong.
Jun 17, 2010 at 11:52 pm rating: 4
#8
Canthz_B
We dads get so much love on allowance day, but when our loving children grow up and become successful, they all would like to buy their mom a house, say “Hi Mom” or thank their mother when interviewed.
Jun 18, 2010 at 12:02 am rating: 6
#9
Canthz_B
Dad is loved because Mom has to say no, but there’s a price to pay.
Mother’s Day gift idea TV commercials are run by Jewelry stores and diamonds are pushed as a girls best friend.
Father’s Day gift ideas seem to be run by Sears, power tools and gas grills are the order of the day.
Might as well get on the Fixing Stuff Around the House and Cooking Dinner Express.
Jun 18, 2010 at 12:07 am rating: 6
#10
Nack
You’re not a true parent until your kid has said “I hate you,” or any variant thereof. Then, you’ve done your service in this world!
Jun 18, 2010 at 12:09 am rating: 18
#11
infant tyrone
Frank Zappa quote: If your children ever find out how lame you really are, they’re gonna murder you in your sleep.
Get them involved in writing or art early instead of combat sports or “playing war”and maybe you’ll save your own ass in their teenage years.
I’d much rather have a rage-fueled high-schooler draw down on me with a brush, pen, or piece of chalk than with a gun, knife, or garrote.
Jun 18, 2010 at 12:31 am rating: 7
#12
infant tyrone
Note #3 could be a kid experimenting with logic after getting a fortune cookie slip that said “The statement on the other side is true” on one side and “The statement on the other side is false” on the other.
But, all 3 notes have a bit of sweet and sour about them.
Jun 18, 2010 at 12:36 am rating: 5
#13
Blogmella
For the first two, I’d just write underneath “He’s not your real Dad,” to freak them out.
Jun 18, 2010 at 3:01 am rating: 31
#14
Grimfool Reluctant
Thumb up, but that could, of course, also freak out Dad. Many people, including many males, just do not appreciate Mom-sarcasm.
Jun 18, 2010 at 6:05 am rating: 6
#15
jaywalke
“Dear Spawn:
I love your sister much more than you. You were a mistake.
Love,
Mumsey”
Jun 18, 2010 at 7:49 am rating: 20
#16
doeseatoats
I’ve discovered a note like this in my 10 year old son’s room. It was actually a song, titled “I Hate Mummy”.
I hate Mummy.
I hate Mummy.
(music)
I hate Mummy.
I wish she would never die -
So I could be alone…
(spoken) – in heaven.
I’ve got my precious budding emo in music lessons now.
Jun 18, 2010 at 2:35 pm rating: 18
#17
infant tyrone
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itLmPOtG2Hw
Jun 18, 2010 at 6:22 pm rating: 1
#18
Balefulregards
As I have said to my daughter
“I write about it all, so you can’t catch me with some tell all autobiography.”
And I have a note in which she tells her father he “DOES NOT ROCK” because he failed to OK ice cream.
every kid hates their parents, and every parent hates their kid(s). Then we get over it and move on.
Jun 19, 2010 at 4:01 pm rating: 1
#19
TippingCows
I always thought if your kid hates you, then you’re doing your job.
Unless your kid is in their twenties and thirties – then you probably spent too much time being their friend when they were kids and left them bereft of any sense of how to exist in the Real World.
(not to be confused with the woeful TV show that started the barrage of never-ending CRAP on TV today)
Jun 19, 2010 at 4:10 pm rating: 3
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Jun 20, 2010 at 2:16 pm rating: 0
#21
Candice
My opinion on number three: the daughter was in a loving mood towards her father but it occurred to the her that in the future the two of them would inevitably have differences.
Realizing that in the midst of strong negative emotions she might write something she didn’t mean (based on past experiences), she decided to make her true feelings clear while she was in a more logical state of mind. She knows that the next time she writes “I HATE daddy” on a page it will not be literally true.
She does not intend “the next page” to refer to the page immediately following the one shown above, but rather to a hypothetical page that will almost certainly be created in the future. Not passive aggressive at all! Just a back-asswards way of saying “I love daddy”.
Jun 20, 2010 at 9:01 pm rating: 1
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