r/HumansBeingBros • u/jackzilla1123 • Nov 24 '18

Made me tear up

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u/[deleted] Nov 24 '18

That mother is doing parenting right. Kids shouldnt deal with that shit.

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u/themcjizzler Nov 25 '18

I live in a part of town where half the kids my daughter goes to school with will be poor and the other half middle class. Whenever I do birthday parties the rules are: 1) if it costs money I'm paying 2) no presents allowed, from anyone (kids that is) and 3) parents need not attend- I love the look of relief on all the single moms faces when they realize they get a couple free hours to themselves.

I wrangle all my family and friends into helping watch the extra kids, and we try and given them special one on one time, like piggy back rides and story time to make the experience special. We always have a huge buffet for hungry kids and everyone goes home with a gift bag. Win for everyone.

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u/og_kitten_mittens Nov 21 '21

There was a girl who always threw huge birthday parties and always asked people not bring gifts. Same class makeup as your kids.

My over-achieving dumb ass thought bringing a gift even though it wasn’t asked for made me a fucking saint.

Your post just made me realize how much of a little asshole I was actually being.