Messy daughter fights back by humiliating dad

Gaurdian ^ | 3/20/06 | Sam Jones

[mathprof]

An exasperated father has discovered to his cost that cyberspace is not the ideal arena for family feuds. Two weeks ago Steve Williams became so fed up with his daughter's messy bedroom that he built a website featuring pictures of his slothful offspring's lair in an attempt to shame her into action.

But the public humiliation proved a short-lived victory. While it did spur his daughter, Claire, into tidying up her room, it also whet her appetite for revenge. With the help of her father's friends, the 20-year-old business student has now set up a rival website that displays photos of him in a variety of compromising situations.

"All my friends feel sorry for Claire so they're ganging up on me," said Mr Williams, of Whitehaven, Cumbria. "They've managed to dig out photos of me drunk and dancing round with a handbag at a party, and also put pictures of my garage on to show it's not just Claire who's untidy...

Despite the embarrassment, Mr Williams said he had no regrets.

"It started off as a flippant remark, with me saying to Claire if you don't sort your room out I am going to put that pic on the internet," he said. "It had the desired effect. Her bedroom is not immaculate, but it's a hundred times better. My son has started keeping his tidy too. He's living in fear of being outed!

"Claire is absolutely mortified. She has only just started speaking to me again."

Mr Williams' site, www.shameit.com, has proved hugely popular with disgruntled families from all over the world. Nearly 40,000 people have visited the site in its first fortnight.

[RightOnline]

"You have my sympathy. I have FOUR of them, and I get tired of people with compliant children telling me how easy it is to discipline children. :)"

Well.....I'm the father of SEVEN strong-willed children, and they DO follow the rules. The secret is showing them where the "walls" are EARLY. Try it later.........fuhgedaboutit.

[Bommer]

Your ignorance is eye opening. I already said I was going to school, working full time and hardly home. I also paid for ALL my own college.....2 degrees and all the tuition while working. I also worked extra during the summers int he flea market. You are one mean dude.

Then why defend a lazy slob? You critize me for kicking a grown woman out because she was a slob and didn't respect my house. I may be alot of things but a ignorant sucker to a slob leech is not one of them!

[Fawn]

I thought you were generalizing that ALL kids that were 20 were out the door. I thought you were saying that anyone clean, slob, lazy or anything....is out of your house at 20. Maybe we just misunderstood eachother....