When My Family stickers go bad?

I was following a car with My Family stickers today. I’m sure you can imagine it. Those stupid things are everywhere. But just in case that is a sample above. Little squiggly line drawings of your family. Custom designed for you to proudly display on your car. 
Gag. Now my obvious annoyance with this probably comes from the fact that it is a little wanky to just have me and Hubby on a my family sticker. Boo to that. But I’m not sure that even if I did have a large family, four cats and nine dogs whether I would plaster them over the back of my car. But if you have them. Don’t go freaking out. I don’t hate your guts. Promise. 
Anyway. That isn’t the point.
My point is I had just come from showing a newly single Dad of two a unit. And it made me wonder, what happens to that my family sticker when the parents get a divorce or the dog dies. I don’t know about you but I have this mental picture of an angry soon to be ex spouse out there with an egg flip scrapping the offending spouse of the car. 
I bet that is what happens. Sticker carnage.  
Or when there is an argument in the house. Them peeling it off and moving it to the other side of the car window. Make it clear to the offending party that they are in the dog house. That would be entirely dependent on if they are decal like and movable. I really hope they are. It would be way more fun. 
Come to think of it. This sticker family thing is growing on me. Bah! NOT.
  

34 responses to “When My Family stickers go bad?”

  1. Do not like Sticker Family stickers – it's just the whole comparison thing that gets me. Mine's bigger than yours!

  2. I did a post on these hideous things a while back lolThe best one was the one on the little car with a P plate that just had a single guy on it. I guess it doesn't always pay to advertise.

  3. Scary things. That one above… I'm not liking how the Dad is pointing the drill at Mum. I can't stand them. Too much an advert for the perfect family, which we all know does not exist. It's smug, on a sticker.

  4. I'm not really a fan of these stickers either… In the beginning when they weren't as popular I thought they were so cute!! Now its not so cute as they are everywhere…

  5. I'm like Leesa – I thought they were cute, until they started popping up on every second car going past!!I do LOVE the idea of them being movable! Too funny!

  6. We wanted some Disney ones when they were brand new. But all over disney they were sold completely out of Dads (and cats too – though we don't care about that). So we didn't get them. But now I gotta know are there hundreds of cars driving around with 2 dads and a bunch of cats? I mean really is the demand for dads higher than the demand for moms?

  7. I never seen these before but what is with the Dad and the drill. Cute but not for my car.

  8. One of my first ever blog posts was about these family stickers and how I hate them so. "Sticker Carnage" HA HA HA! You are so funny.

  9. Yup..hate them too..so *cringe*I actually saw one yesterday that had some animals missing and Dad didn't have a head LOL

  10. God, they have those all over the States too. I should get one with a single mom and 2 kids, with the mom holding up a huge-ass legal bill from her divorce. Maybe a therapist decal to slap on once a week.

  11. They are all over! I'm glad to see I'm not the only person who hates them. Also it looks as though that dad is threatening at the mom with that drill.

  12. I honestly have never seen any sticker families on anybody's cars! But now that I see them… I don't like them either! Geez. Why would you deface your beautiful clean car like that? Or how about those frangipani flowers? Now THOSE I have seen everywhere! One person's car was COVERED in them! Over the doors and the windows and the bonnet. I mean, come on!Blergh.

  13. Firstly – won't have e'm cause no roller derby mums.Secondly – I think there is a market for renegade sticker family… Yes, with therapist, warped images, kids picking noses etc. Whose with me? We could make millions, millions I tell you!

  14. I once saw a collection of those family stickers that went… Dad, ?, three kids and a dog. There was an actual question mark amongst them. Hmm… what happened there?? Perhaps it was more like an ad for his RSVP profile. G

  15. I am your newest follower. I love your blog. We don't like the stickers either.http://www.airplanesanddragonflies.blogspot.com/

  16. Georgie – that must be where all the dad stickers went!! They are out chasing '?'s!

  17. So love this! I see these stickers all the time {especially in the school car park} and I have been tempted a few times to get them just to freak people out!!!Then I thought that maybe if they were behind me and saw my stickers and counted out the nine figures I would need to get that maybe they would have an accident and crash into me or count the stickers and drive really fast next to me to see if we really do have nine in our bus!As you can tell I have spent way to much time thinking about this. I am not getting them and now that I feel that way I don't like them at all.I have often wondered what people do when a family splits up? I have yet to see one with a man or woman half ripped off {not that I want to see that} anyway…moving on…loved your thoughts. Naomi x

  18. I assumed your name last name would be 'Suger' considering the name of the blog. Now I'm coming to the realisation (yes, it has an 's' not a 'z') that it's probably more likely due to your poor spelling and punctuation. Geez, this is one painful blog to read…

  19. Anonymous, Oh goodness, I couldn't agree MORE, sorry it's so difficult for you, please feel free to stop reading. Go now! Save YOURSELF. Funny story, I totally spelt SUGAR wrong. You were spot on! Haha.

  20. It really is the new frangipani, yes? And wow, anonymous, got nothing better to do with your day?

  21. Hate them too…saw one on a van the other day with two men,a cat & a dog…maybe that's where all the missing Dad's are?

  22. As a mother of 4 in a large car, i LOATHE those stickers. They also seem to detail their sports or instruments, yes, agreed, wanky!! Is it a badge to childbirth or something?? They are usually purchased as a fundraiser, but i just don't like them!! So glad someone else is on the same page as me, love Posie

  23. Love this, hate the stickers. And Anonymous…the store called, your family sticker couldn't be completed as they ran out of 'wanker dad' ones…they'll let you know when more come in…. :-)

  24. Love it! oh and @ Tania…love it too! lol

  25. People like anon are the reason I moderate my comments. >.< And I have a statement in my "About Me" which directs people on how to close the window if they hate it that much. What happens to the stick figure families when the kids grow up? I mean, the one with Mom, Dad, and children….then a baby…do they change out the stickers as their kids age? Or do they just rebuild their family on a new car? I had never thought about divorce though….hmm. Something to ponder.http://perpetuallyashley.blogspot.com/

  26. Problem sorted people. I just found this site and i'm still cracking up. http://www.creepyuncle.com.au/category/7

  27. I couldn't agree more about the stickers! I hate them, I think they are another status symbol or cry to "look at me", up there with the stickers from the private schools people are sending their kids to!! Though I do have a soft spot for the two mum and the two dad families! Yes I'm a contradiction.

  28. Go to http://www.creepyuncle.com.au for "alternative" My Family stickers.

  29. omg…I might just have to go get me some now!!! and i'm going to put hubby and animals on the other side.baaaahhhhaaaaaabaaahaaaaa..but seriously I did see a funny one other day..was a person hanging from a hangman noose and said F#$% my family!! haha

  30. not a fan myself…but i like these!www.theotherfamilysticker.com

  31. not a fan myself…but i like these!www.theotherfamilystickers.com

  32. I was researching for a rant on these stickers and saw this post as the 5th result, and have come back for a read now I finished writing it. So glad to see I am not alone in my dislike! They make me uber stabby. Smug on a sticker about sums it up. But then I also feel conflicted because it's probably just nice family focused people sticking them on … it hurts my head LOL

  33. When I see those stickers, all I can think about is how much money the inventor made! :) Most people have that common/ popular something that they dislike. I'll be brave and give you a little list out of my HUGE list of common things that I dislike. *Flower stickers or ANY stickers on cars, *tattoos picked straight out of tattoo book, *curlz and comic sans font, *glass splash backs in kitchens, *face-book updates on what you ate or are about to eat, *conversations about AFL,*shows like COPS, Repo, Jail house???…Ummmmmmmmm…… oops, where did all my friends go? :)

  34. I loathe these too! I have seen ones with the babies with a halo on top, have you? I'm sorry but dead baby stickers on cars are DISTURBING!

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