

Reddit doesn’t only feel for the tween, but for the 7-year-old. This content is not available due to your privacy preferences. And honestly, we’ll be keeping that idea in our back pocket. “OP could’ve done something fun like ‘Hey, there’s a crack, we should take Captain Excelsior to the lab and repair his armor! And then lightly apply some epoxy or something to give him ‘battle scarred armor,'” they said. Then she could have helped her son make lemonade from lemons, as one person brilliantly suggested. Now we want to know what would have happened if this boy hadn’t saved up his money and wasn’t able to buy a present? Would she have “lightly” scolded him about antiquated birthday party etiquette?Īnd why is mom even stepping in if her son isn’t upset about it? And even if he was, that means she needs to have a conversation with him about gratitude, not with the neighbor.

“I’m still a sensitive person,” another said, “but if this happened to me as a kid I’d be devastated and too embarrassed to talk to that kid or go to their house ever again.” “My heart breaks for that kid,” one person wrote. She gives off major Karen vibes, and one user was probably right when they said she is the “sort of person who gives retail workers nightmare.” You are most definitely the a-hole, and the internet doesn’t say that “lightly.” Users have rightfully called her rude, tacky, oblivious, inconsiderate, entitled, belittling, holier-than-thou, judgmental, heartless, and extremely cruel. “SHAME SHAME SHAME ON YOU!!!” said one commenter with the appropriate level of outrage. I talked to him very gently and only explained it to him.” AITA? I genuinely didn’t mean to upset him. “He did replace the gift, but he has stopped coming to play with my son. “Turns out, he bought it with his own pocket money, and he put a lot of thought into it,” OP continued. DUH! We didn’t think that needed to be spelled out to an adult.
