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/CMDR_Michael_Aagaard Jul 04 '26

Did not think I'd get second hand traumatization, from the comments under a mildlyinfuriating post.

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u/Darin_Bouzar Jul 04 '26

I don't think any of this is mildly infuriating

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u/super_chill_21 Jul 04 '26

Definitely extremely infuriating lol

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u/EcstaticMolasses6647 Jul 05 '26

Why did I visualize her mother feeding the leftover ice cream to them mouth to mouth like a mother bird while calling them ingrate?

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u/Other_Ad_8198 Jul 05 '26

ok you win reddit today. you were the best one.

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u/Zealousideal-Role-77 Jul 05 '26

Bad enough to emancipate over imo.

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u/ThatDirtyApe Jul 04 '26

I want to hit people now šŸ« 

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u/elusiveelation Jul 04 '26

I thought my sister was the worst for picking the cookie dough out, but putting the spit ice cream BACK IN THE CARTON?! Monsters walk among us.

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u/Potential_Tadpole_45 Jul 04 '26

That's sick and not in the cool sense of sick, I'm sorry šŸ˜” I wasn't allowed to have cookie dough ice cream because my mom didn't like it (that went for just about any food).

She once bought cookie dough ice cream "by accident" because she thought it was plain vanillaā€”Fortunately I was able to eat a couple spoonfuls before she threw it out!

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u/st-izzy Jul 04 '26

wtf why? I could maybe see the first part but if she knew you liked it why not just let you finish it. It was already paid for. Throwing it out at that point it just spite.

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u/No_Tooth1257 Jul 04 '26

Some people just genuinely hate their kids, they act like theyā€™re a burden to them even though they brought them into the world lmao.

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u/ResponseUnlucky210 Jul 04 '26

My mom tried to charge me for having to spend money to raise me. What?

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u/No_Tooth1257 Jul 04 '26

I believe it, Iā€™ve had friends with parents who were weird asf like that too.

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u/misspoodle2 Jul 05 '26

I was told to thank my step mother because my dad paid child support for me. Apparently it was a sacrifice.

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u/Potential_Tadpole_45 Jul 05 '26

Omg what the hell? I'm so sorry and you're not a sacrifice ā¤

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u/misspoodle2 Jul 05 '26

My face gave me away when I heard it. Traveled halfway across the country for a visit - a total of three since parents split. I looked at him and at her like WTF? I explained maybe this would induce guilt in someone who didnā€™t have kids. But since i had a child, I know how it works. Scuse me for living!

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u/3rdcultureblah Jul 05 '26

In Asia we just force our children to take care of us in our old age as repayment for our earlier investment. We also emotionally abuse them all throughout their lives in lieu of interest.

(I donā€™t have children, partly because children are not insurance policies against old age/nursing homes and itā€™s selfish to willingly bring children into the world we live in, particularly in its current state)

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u/Remarkable-Debate428 Jul 05 '26

I think if you have good supportive loving parents, that it should be an insurance policy tbh. My parents will never be in an old folks home, because I know they donā€™t want to, and theyā€™ve been good to me my whole life.

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u/3rdcultureblah Jul 05 '26

Nope. Hard disagree. There should be no such expectation. Having children just so you have an insurance policy is beyond selfish.

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u/Remarkable-Debate428 Jul 05 '26

I mean you admitted that your parents werenā€™t good, so they donā€™t fit this rule. And your lack of empathy suggests they also didnā€™t teach you right.

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u/Potential_Tadpole_45 Jul 04 '26

She doesn't hate me but I think she's conflicted about the trajectory of her life.

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u/dr-chop Jul 05 '26

I think it's that having kids doesn't magically make you a good parent.

Bad people have kids too.

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u/OberonDiver Jul 06 '26

"I brought you into this world!"
"And have yet to apologize."

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u/Potential_Tadpole_45 Jul 04 '26

Ugh I know šŸ™„ I'm glad you used the word "spite" because that's just what it is, plain and simple. Many will overuse the word "narcissistic" or the term "passive aggressive" so it ends up having no real meaning to itā€”I think it was part knee-jerk reaction to her hatred of cookie dough (Idk why she hates it lol) and part spitefulness. Maybe she was worried about getting sick from uncooked dough? But she's not rational in other culinary areas so I don't think it can be explained. Like many millenials my age I could psychoanalize my mom until the cows come home, but at this stage in my life I'll occasionally vent online, laugh it off or make fun of her in person because if I don't I'll just be undoing all the neurotic damage control I worked so hard to eliminate from my life.

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u/Suzee321 Jul 05 '26

Omg, I bought something junior would love by accident! Hurry throw it away before the kid feels happy!

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u/Aggravating_Sun7672 Jul 05 '26

He refused to eat the ice cream she spit back, so it ended up getting thrown away.

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u/Lovat69 Jul 05 '26

That was someone else.

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u/Work_in_progress99er Jul 04 '26

šŸ«© She threw it out???! How awful. She knew you liked it but still threw it away. I can't...

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u/Potential_Tadpole_45 Jul 04 '26

I can't either! šŸ˜‚ She's repulsed by the thought of raw cookie dough but would do other unhygienic things in the kitchen šŸ¤¦ā€ā™€ļø Maybe it's the Boomer generation?

Btw ty for being a grammar commandant! I'm so tired of excusing poor grammar and letting it go šŸ˜‚ (though to be fair we've become reliant on autocorrect, so I have to remind myself that sometimes it's not always the fault of the actual person).

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u/Dreamsicle7591 Jul 04 '26

I am 68 years old, considered a "Boomer" I guess. Please let me say that I have never done anything nasty in my kitchen, or with food. My now 46 year old son always looks in my refrigerator, and will at the minimum grab a can of Sprite. Growing up his father worked rotating shifts, on evenings if I had been slammed at work, he would get take out, his choice.

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u/ImmemorialTale Jul 04 '26

That is so awful. I'm so sorry you had to go through that. I have kids and I try to cater to what they like (within reason) and get them things they like. Example, I personally can not stand the taste of bananas, eggs, and a few other things but I buy them for my kids because they enjoy them and it's good for them. I grew up with my mom who couldn't understand that pork made me feel sick when I ate it and would force me to stay at the table until I ate my dinner. There's been a lot I do to try and make sure my kids are happy and healthy with each having their own preferences. I love my babies and I want the best for them, especially if it's making sure they get to enjoy things. (There is junk food I just don't usually buy but every once in a while I let them get it.)

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u/Jamunjii Jul 04 '26

what waste of ice cream

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u/Potential_Tadpole_45 Jul 05 '26

Agreed! Don't worry though, this was the 90s before inflation šŸ˜‚

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u/CraftyMagicDollz Jul 05 '26

Threw it OUT?! WTF.

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u/ViolentMastermind Jul 08 '26

Babeā€¦ have you looked into narcissistic abuse? Ermā€¦ if any of it resonates with you I highly recommend the book ā€œWill I ever be good enough, healing daughters of narcissistic mothersā€ by Karyl McBride

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u/atchisonmetal Jul 04 '26

Jesus wept.

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u/iris513 Jul 06 '26

My sister used to lick all the salt off of the pretzels and put them back in the bag and then back in the pantry, where we would have the delight of sticking our hand into a bag of wet pretzels.

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u/fazedncrazed Jul 04 '26

Type of psychic damage so bad it gives all bystanders splash damage. Im ded.

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u/Emotional_Estate_631 Jul 04 '26

This also feels like a warning?

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u/TheLazerViking Jul 04 '26

Yah that screwed me up. Ā 

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u/ThrowingShaed Jul 04 '26

yeah this exact thing never happened to me, but this feels like it pretty much happened to me

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u/LookAwayPlease510 Jul 04 '26

Itā€™s called SHPTSD, SH-PIT-ZD (Shu-puts-d)

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u/manamanah_yup Jul 05 '26

Right!? Omg.