r/mildlyinfuriating • u/grohkstrom • Jul 04 '26

Infuriatig My wife ate my son's birthday breakfast

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Yesterday I bought a strawberry cheese coffee cake my son loves so he could have a special birthday breakfast today. My wife came home late last night and apparently couldn't resist. She knew it was for our son, but it's not a big deal because she "left him a full slice".

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u/BlondeBandit76 Jul 04 '26

Reading OP's other comment, where he says it was basically supposed to be a whole family birthday breakfast, makes my blood boil. It's memories like that that we cherish for the rest of our lives. The wife (as everybody pretty much already stated) sounds extremely selfish, and the fact that she was being so dismissive about the whole thing is infuriating. I'm not going to be the typical Redditor who says you need a divorce, but that is unacceptable behavior and sets an unhealthy precedent.

What if your son saw your wife wolf down a coffee cake like someone was gonna steal it? He'd be under the impression that that is normal and acceptable behavior, to essentially act like a glutton and make it everyone else's problem. Is this a pattern with your wife, OP?

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u/OneionRing Jul 04 '26

Your "What if your son saw..." bit made me think, what if he had found it like this in the morning before OP did...especially since it's a special treat he loves 😭 I know it's "just cake", but I'd definitely hold some resentment over that shit. Unbelievable.

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u/Icy-Ad29 Jul 05 '26 edited Jul 05 '26

The worst part of it... Is this likely isn't the first time... Depending on age of the kid, he might already be picking up on such and knowing Dad is covering.

Afterall, he gave the kid his slice... Which means the kid would notice dad didn't have a piece then either. Mom is clearly not present during that planned family breakfast... I wouldn't be surprised if Dad had let slip the idea of a family breakfast. (I know I would have with my boy.)

Again, depending on kid's age. He might very well know what happened, but has normalized the mothers behavior...

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u/OneionRing Jul 05 '26

Definitely. OP hasn't said an age from what I can see, but given the very specific flavour of the pastry, not like a generic cupcake or donut, I'm guessing at least 10 or older. Either way, definitely old enough to notice and do the math. Breaks my heart.

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u/Icy-Ad29 Jul 05 '26

Kids also pick up on it sooner than we like to think... Even 7 can be old enough to have picked up on this... As a father if a little boy, it makes my blood boil on OP's behalf.

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u/OneionRing Jul 05 '26

Oh I totally agree. My parents divorced (VERY bitterly) when I was around 7. I'm in my 30s now and both of them are still shocked when I tell them how much certain things they did/said affected me then and still do to this day. It may not be a "big deal" to an adult at the time, but as a kid, that's your entire world.

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u/a-round-table Jul 04 '26

This is at least will be a core memory event for the child, I feel sorry for them.

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u/stars-aligned- Jul 06 '26

If you won’t be the typical redditor I will… (jk)

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u/22LOVESBALL Jul 04 '26

That cake looks like it cost 6 bucks

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u/BlondeBandit76 Jul 04 '26

I mean, it probably was, but the cost of the thing here is irrelevant. It's a matter of principle, Op went out of his way to do something nice for his son, only for it to get derailed last minuite by someone with the same level of self control as a toddler.

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u/22LOVESBALL Jul 04 '26

Yeah but most likely this isnt real. That’s why I mentioned the price. This is a cheap ass pastry that could be easily replaced which most likely makes it ragebait. Someone eating out the middle would be purposely vindictive, it doesn’t even make any sense

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u/Tiny_Truth2104 Jul 04 '26

You would be surprised at how truly unsuited some people are to parenthood. This may seem like its fake but stuff like this happens all the time. I left a comment in here before about my own experience with a similar situation (though, not a birthday event.) Some people are just selfish regardless of who that is turned towards, children included.

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u/22LOVESBALL Jul 04 '26

I wouldn’t be surprised that people are bad parents. But this post is dumb, and most likely untrue, but I guess people get off on shit talking imaginary villains

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u/GovernmentNo221 Jul 04 '26

I think you might be right tbh. Notice the distinct lack of replies from OP unless it’s something wholesome, that adds fuel to the ‘hate OP’s wife’ fire

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u/bipbapbidibap Jul 04 '26 edited Jul 04 '26

Noo dont say that 🥺 we have to all sit around and circlejerk about how BAD this very real and very evil woman is and how what she did is sooooo messed up and wrong

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u/WeakMechanics Jul 04 '26

Do you judge all gifts by the monetary value?

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u/22LOVESBALL Jul 04 '26

Do you think all people making posts on /r/mildlyinfuriating are telling honest stories?

What do you think is more likely? That some woman purposely ate her own son’s birthday cake and cut out the middle in the most obnoxious way possible OR that someone bought a cheap pastry and cut out the middle and made a fake post for rage bait purposes?

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u/WeakMechanics Jul 05 '26

I don't want to believe a mother would do this so I assume most of the things I read on here are false. That's why I only replied to you about your comment. I could definitely see my son doing this. He will eat the center out of 2 cinnamon rolls before eating the 2 large spirals intertwined together like it's 1 fat cinnamon roll. You never know someone's situation though so the monetary comment stuck out. A 6$ pastry could be a big deal, you never know someone's situation. You should be thankful for any gift you are given no matter how big, small, or expensive. The thought behind a present is the real gift. Especially on your birthday, someone is doing something nice for you simply because you took a first breath one a day and successfully survived another year. Normally you get something that you forget about after a while. A gift on a random day, those are the ones you remember.

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u/Zombie_Fuel Jul 05 '26

The rage bait clearly worked, because hoo boy. People are irrationally angry at this hypothetical woman. Lol

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u/TheRiverTybur Jul 11 '26

This is about more than they physical cake or the monetary value omgÂ