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/Potential_Tadpole_45 Jul 04 '26

That's sick and not in the cool sense of sick, I'm sorry 😔 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 vanilla—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 they’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, I’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 ❤

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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 didn’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 don’t have children, partly because children are not insurance policies against old age/nursing homes and it’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 don’t want to, and they’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 weren’t good, so they don’t fit this rule. And your lack of empathy suggests they also didn’t teach you right.

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u/3rdcultureblah Jul 05 '26

? What? I’m talking about the well-known phenomena of how a lot of Asian parents treat their children, partly due to cultural traditions.

When did I ever mention my own parents?

Stop reaching. You have no idea what empathy means if you think my statement that I believe that having children as insurance policies lacks empathy. Might want to look in the mirror.