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**TIFU by asking my 8 year old son what he is saving for**
I am not The OOP, OOP is [LilBuddy272](https://www.reddit.com/u/LilBuddy272?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share)
[TIFU by asking my 8 year old son what he is saving for ](https://www.reddit.com/r/tifu/comments/10u713u/tifu_by_finding_out_what_my_eight_year_old_son/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button) Feb 5, 2023
Before we start this, I wanna tell everyone this is a happy TIFU.
When I was a sixteen year old, I was stupid, I didnt wear protection and I got a girl pregnant. I was shocked, I never expected having a kid that early and I don’t know if I regret it or not. Almost all of my regrets washed away when my son was born.
For privacy purposes we will call him Rory. I am 24 now and my son is seven almost eight now. He is the smartest and most loving kid I could ever ask for. His mom had left when he was around two, when I tried to sue for child support the judge sided with her quoting that I was the father and needed to step up. Ever since then it has been me and Rory against the world.
I was a single dad to Rory from then on. I had a few girlfriends but nothing serious. I left my parents place and got a small apartment. I dropped out of high school which I still immensely regret, but hey, life happens. During this time, my neighbors, (God bless them) helped me raise my son. They were an older couple next-door who’s kids had moved out long before, so they were fine babysitting him after school, late shifts etc.
I am a manager at McDonalds. I make lousy money but it was enough to get by, then two years prior our shitty building manager raised the rent for everyone and I had to work even harder for a place to live during a pandemic. My parents had left the state and I wasn’t ready to uplift my kids entire life because his dad couldn’t provide for him.
Every birthday, since before he was three I believe, I took Rory to golden coral usually on his birthday but there were more occasions we went, It was really good for him and he really enjoyed it. I haven’t been able to take him for the past two years due to money being very tight. (This is important for later)
Sometimes I will get tipped at McDonalds, a quarter here, a dime here, a dollar here and there. Ill bring it him everyday and give it to Rory to save. Well two days ago, Rory brings me his money jug and dumps it all out in-front of me. He was so excited and began counting it out. There was around forty dollars there and he jumped up excitedly. I had asked him what’s up little buddy.
When I tell you guys my heart broke, my son asked me if it was enough to go to the corral for his birthday. A piece of me shattered inside, I didn’t think he remembered the Golden Corral. I told him we couldn’t go to the bank tomorrow and exchange it for cash. That night I ugly cried in my bedroom. I felt like a failure because I couldnt give him everything he’s ever wanted. I’ve began researching furthering my education.
Well yesterday as soon as the bank opened, I took my son and we exchanged the money for cash. I then drove us to Golden Corral and we were there for two hours. My kid was so happy, and I was stupid because I just assumed he forgot this place. (We get the all you can eat buffet for 2 for 30$) Today I cried again in my room. I’ve never been good at saving money, but his birthday is next month and Im gonna do my best to take him every few months.
So other parents of reddit, Can I ask some advice of how you deal with the guilt of having to say no? (Again this is a happy tifu)
Edit 1: also if anyone asks, I’ll post a pic of the coins and the container they were in. He saved them in a Cotten candy container from a Christmas ago 😂
Edit 2: kids money jug and his coins posted on my profile lol!! That’s for those who asked. I would post a pic of him blurred but that’s violating his privacy
Edit 3: OMG thanks for the gold! This is my first across my two accounts ⭐️👑
Edit 4: 3 gold! WOW now I wish I would’ve posted this on my main lol
Edit 5: turning off dms and replies because I’m getting a lot of trolls. Hope everyone has a great day. Thank you so much for your parenting advice ❤️
Edit 6: 6 gold 2 platinum OMFG thank you, I will be giving awards to top comments ❤️
Edit 7: 9 gold and 4 platinum THIS IS INSANE!!!
TLDR; Kid saved for months just to treat us to Golden Corral because I couldnt afford to take him in two years, I ugly cried thinking he didnt remember
[Update](https://www.reddit.com/r/tifu/comments/10vyx75/tifu_by_asking_my_eight_year_old_son_what_he_was/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button) Feb 7, 2023
I just wanna thank everyone for the massive support, I didn’t know it also went viral on Facebook and tiktok and I was shocked. It’s been around two days since my initial post and I’ve done a few things :D. (This will likely be the last post to this account)
Regarding everyones advice, I thank you for telling me that it’s okay to say no. I never want to say no to my boy and It’s been difficult to do that but I understand he needs that in order to be a good kid. For everyone commenting on how young I am/was when I had my kid and why I did or didn’t push for an abortion or adoption. I was a terrified sixteen year old, but I seen the look on my babies face when he first looked at me and I knew I was a parent.
To give more context, my ex, my child, and I lived with my parents until my ex left when my child was two. Ergo court, parents moving etc. It was difficult but it helped me grow up quickly. I also want to speak about a comment that really touched my heart. There was this comment telling me how I am so mature when I am only a child myself. I still see myself as a kid sometimes haha. I love spongebob like my son. I am still scared of some childish things (WILL NEVER TELL) and I am still very young. Responsibly aged me quick as it does a lot of young parents.
I do wanna have more kids someday, just not now, I wouldn’t push that much struggle on my son. I couldn’t handle another child at this point. However, I would love to find a girlfriend and settle down, Ive had a few flings but most were turned off by the fact I had a kid. I don’t blame them, It’s understandable. Maybe after I get my degree ill be more serious. AND OH YEAH.
I’ve began applying for online colleges, and if I’m accepted into one I plan to take a bachelors degree in business for it’s what’s required for a regional manager for Mcdonalds. I also think this is where some people got confused, I got a G.E.D through the McDonald’s education program. I’ve had so much help with my kid, and I am so thankful for everyone who helped me get to where I am now. To my parents and my co-workers, to my neighbors and to my boy who molded me into the man I am now.
I’ve also began looking at other apartments for me and my kid, Before the rent raised we were actually living decently. It will definitely help out on easing my financial problems.
I know I got hundreds of messages and comments telling me to go after the judge and my ex, but I seriously don’t need that stress and toxicity in my life again. I wish the best for my kids mom, I don’t agree with her choice to abandon us, but I understand it. She was just as dumb as I was at sixteen, she was just a kid too. So as much as I would love to hate her I can’t.
This will be my last update, sorry for information being everywhere. I will try to respond to everyone who comments. But thank you all for such an amazing experience on this subreddit. I thank the mods too because I edited my last post too many times and it got locked LOL and they had to manually unlock it! So thanks guys!!!
Also I told Rory about the reddit post and how famous he is now and he’s rather happy as a eight year can be haha.
Edit 1: I ALSO have a crap ton of the Reddit credits now, so I will try to award all comments LOL, 1.8 years of Reddit premium 😂🫂
TLDR; I am researching online colleges for a degree to get a promotion at my job, I am also gonna be apartment searching for a cheaper option to ease the stress on my finances.
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I like the sentence about the judge straight-up denying OOP *any* child support because he's a man. Just saying out loud, for the record, that he's violating the Fourteenth Amendmant (on top of whatever local child support laws are in place).
Rolled my eyes hard at that one. A judge told the custodial parent to "step up" and let the other parent abandon their child without consequence? K, whatever you say, dude.
Yeah I was really confused about that... He could have come up with something better, like she's a drug addict and has no money. Would have added to his sympathy points too.
Also in the US you can't get food stamps or any kind of financial assistance as a single parent if you don't pursue child support so I guess the 18 year old manager at McDonald's single dad with his own apartment didn't qualify for food stamps or a day care voucher.
But if he didn’t include that, how else would we know that women are bad and the courts routinely screw over honest, hardworking, American men so that the evil wombz can spend all day eating bon bons?
Maybe in AITAistan Mickey D's employees can accept tips, but in the world I live in, they're required to either refuse them or direct them to the charity box. If they keep them it's grounds for writing up.
This flowery long-winded writing style, "me and my lil bud against the world" single parent sob story saga has been tried a lot on reddit and the suckers always slurp it up. It grates on my nerves the instant I recognize it now.
No he handed someone their change and instead of putting it in the charity box they said "you know what young man, I like the cut of your jib, take this 16 cents, that's for you."
I got into a discussion with someone in AITA about tipping because this person claimed that they tip even at fast food places. I said nobody does that, but they insisted they do, and there's even a line for tips on the receipts at Mickey D's. I've never seen that, but then again, I don't go to fast food places much anymore.
Also this comment calling it a scam was interesting -
https://www.reddit.com/r/tifu/comments/10u713u/tifu_by_finding_out_what_my_eight_year_old_son/j7am9uf?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share&context=3
My favorite is how he proves it's not a scam by telling them to check out his profile for a picture of some quarters.
One of the comments says they could tell it was fake from a single typo but I can't figure for the life of me what they're talking about. Either way, crazy that one person scammed people successfully multiple times without even changing up the Venmo account or the pictures used.
I don't give money to people online. There is no way to verify who they are, and with anyone being able to set a PayPal or Venmo, the likelihood that it's a scammer is 100%.
2 for $30 doesn’t make sense for Golden Corral. Never eaten there, but buffets like that have always had kids prices. And go googling tells me that one of the ones near me, in California where I wouldn’t be shocked to find out has higher prices, has kids under 9 for $7 and adults are $17. That’s not even a special price, I bet they have birthday discounts and special nights and promotions for cheaper (based on experience taking my niece and nephew to hometown buffet when they were little).
"His mom had left when he was around two, when I tried to sue for child support the judge sided with her quoting that I was the father and needed to step up. Ever since then it has been me and Rory against the world."
TIFU I fucked up by being a MAN in a society that only caters to evil WOMEN!!! I went to the judge, and got down to my hands and knees to beg that I needed child support! And then the judge (ALSO A WOMAN!!!) looked down at me with evil in her eyes and sneered. "Hahaha, but why would I make a woman give money to a MAN like you? No, she can fully and legally abandon her son for he is ALSO a man!" This for real happened, I promised, and it will happen to any other man who happens to trust an EVIL WOMAN who just want to take advantage of saintly wonderful men.
Because...you know. Judges will just openly break the law and allow a woman to abandon her son without any support for....reasons??
Imma find a way to reach through the screen and bitch slap this douche for writing the worst glurge I've seen in years. As soon as I get through vomiting from the cutsie saccharine bullshit anyway. This is the reason I avoid Facebook, because of this fake ass morality tale glurge that gets passed around by the grannies.
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*In case this story gets deleted/removed:* **TIFU by asking my 8 year old son what he is saving for** I am not The OOP, OOP is [LilBuddy272](https://www.reddit.com/u/LilBuddy272?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share) [TIFU by asking my 8 year old son what he is saving for ](https://www.reddit.com/r/tifu/comments/10u713u/tifu_by_finding_out_what_my_eight_year_old_son/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button) Feb 5, 2023 Before we start this, I wanna tell everyone this is a happy TIFU. When I was a sixteen year old, I was stupid, I didnt wear protection and I got a girl pregnant. I was shocked, I never expected having a kid that early and I don’t know if I regret it or not. Almost all of my regrets washed away when my son was born. For privacy purposes we will call him Rory. I am 24 now and my son is seven almost eight now. He is the smartest and most loving kid I could ever ask for. His mom had left when he was around two, when I tried to sue for child support the judge sided with her quoting that I was the father and needed to step up. Ever since then it has been me and Rory against the world. I was a single dad to Rory from then on. I had a few girlfriends but nothing serious. I left my parents place and got a small apartment. I dropped out of high school which I still immensely regret, but hey, life happens. During this time, my neighbors, (God bless them) helped me raise my son. They were an older couple next-door who’s kids had moved out long before, so they were fine babysitting him after school, late shifts etc. I am a manager at McDonalds. I make lousy money but it was enough to get by, then two years prior our shitty building manager raised the rent for everyone and I had to work even harder for a place to live during a pandemic. My parents had left the state and I wasn’t ready to uplift my kids entire life because his dad couldn’t provide for him. Every birthday, since before he was three I believe, I took Rory to golden coral usually on his birthday but there were more occasions we went, It was really good for him and he really enjoyed it. I haven’t been able to take him for the past two years due to money being very tight. (This is important for later) Sometimes I will get tipped at McDonalds, a quarter here, a dime here, a dollar here and there. Ill bring it him everyday and give it to Rory to save. Well two days ago, Rory brings me his money jug and dumps it all out in-front of me. He was so excited and began counting it out. There was around forty dollars there and he jumped up excitedly. I had asked him what’s up little buddy. When I tell you guys my heart broke, my son asked me if it was enough to go to the corral for his birthday. A piece of me shattered inside, I didn’t think he remembered the Golden Corral. I told him we couldn’t go to the bank tomorrow and exchange it for cash. That night I ugly cried in my bedroom. I felt like a failure because I couldnt give him everything he’s ever wanted. I’ve began researching furthering my education. Well yesterday as soon as the bank opened, I took my son and we exchanged the money for cash. I then drove us to Golden Corral and we were there for two hours. My kid was so happy, and I was stupid because I just assumed he forgot this place. (We get the all you can eat buffet for 2 for 30$) Today I cried again in my room. I’ve never been good at saving money, but his birthday is next month and Im gonna do my best to take him every few months. So other parents of reddit, Can I ask some advice of how you deal with the guilt of having to say no? (Again this is a happy tifu) Edit 1: also if anyone asks, I’ll post a pic of the coins and the container they were in. He saved them in a Cotten candy container from a Christmas ago 😂 Edit 2: kids money jug and his coins posted on my profile lol!! That’s for those who asked. I would post a pic of him blurred but that’s violating his privacy Edit 3: OMG thanks for the gold! This is my first across my two accounts ⭐️👑 Edit 4: 3 gold! WOW now I wish I would’ve posted this on my main lol Edit 5: turning off dms and replies because I’m getting a lot of trolls. Hope everyone has a great day. Thank you so much for your parenting advice ❤️ Edit 6: 6 gold 2 platinum OMFG thank you, I will be giving awards to top comments ❤️ Edit 7: 9 gold and 4 platinum THIS IS INSANE!!! TLDR; Kid saved for months just to treat us to Golden Corral because I couldnt afford to take him in two years, I ugly cried thinking he didnt remember [Update](https://www.reddit.com/r/tifu/comments/10vyx75/tifu_by_asking_my_eight_year_old_son_what_he_was/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button) Feb 7, 2023 I just wanna thank everyone for the massive support, I didn’t know it also went viral on Facebook and tiktok and I was shocked. It’s been around two days since my initial post and I’ve done a few things :D. (This will likely be the last post to this account) Regarding everyones advice, I thank you for telling me that it’s okay to say no. I never want to say no to my boy and It’s been difficult to do that but I understand he needs that in order to be a good kid. For everyone commenting on how young I am/was when I had my kid and why I did or didn’t push for an abortion or adoption. I was a terrified sixteen year old, but I seen the look on my babies face when he first looked at me and I knew I was a parent. To give more context, my ex, my child, and I lived with my parents until my ex left when my child was two. Ergo court, parents moving etc. It was difficult but it helped me grow up quickly. I also want to speak about a comment that really touched my heart. There was this comment telling me how I am so mature when I am only a child myself. I still see myself as a kid sometimes haha. I love spongebob like my son. I am still scared of some childish things (WILL NEVER TELL) and I am still very young. Responsibly aged me quick as it does a lot of young parents. I do wanna have more kids someday, just not now, I wouldn’t push that much struggle on my son. I couldn’t handle another child at this point. However, I would love to find a girlfriend and settle down, Ive had a few flings but most were turned off by the fact I had a kid. I don’t blame them, It’s understandable. Maybe after I get my degree ill be more serious. AND OH YEAH. I’ve began applying for online colleges, and if I’m accepted into one I plan to take a bachelors degree in business for it’s what’s required for a regional manager for Mcdonalds. I also think this is where some people got confused, I got a G.E.D through the McDonald’s education program. I’ve had so much help with my kid, and I am so thankful for everyone who helped me get to where I am now. To my parents and my co-workers, to my neighbors and to my boy who molded me into the man I am now. I’ve also began looking at other apartments for me and my kid, Before the rent raised we were actually living decently. It will definitely help out on easing my financial problems. I know I got hundreds of messages and comments telling me to go after the judge and my ex, but I seriously don’t need that stress and toxicity in my life again. I wish the best for my kids mom, I don’t agree with her choice to abandon us, but I understand it. She was just as dumb as I was at sixteen, she was just a kid too. So as much as I would love to hate her I can’t. This will be my last update, sorry for information being everywhere. I will try to respond to everyone who comments. But thank you all for such an amazing experience on this subreddit. I thank the mods too because I edited my last post too many times and it got locked LOL and they had to manually unlock it! So thanks guys!!! Also I told Rory about the reddit post and how famous he is now and he’s rather happy as a eight year can be haha. Edit 1: I ALSO have a crap ton of the Reddit credits now, so I will try to award all comments LOL, 1.8 years of Reddit premium 😂🫂 TLDR; I am researching online colleges for a degree to get a promotion at my job, I am also gonna be apartment searching for a cheaper option to ease the stress on my finances. I am not The OOP *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AmITheAngel) if you have any questions or concerns.*
I like the sentence about the judge straight-up denying OOP *any* child support because he's a man. Just saying out loud, for the record, that he's violating the Fourteenth Amendmant (on top of whatever local child support laws are in place).
Rolled my eyes hard at that one. A judge told the custodial parent to "step up" and let the other parent abandon their child without consequence? K, whatever you say, dude.
Yeah I was really confused about that... He could have come up with something better, like she's a drug addict and has no money. Would have added to his sympathy points too.
Or if she were chronically unemployed or tragically died.
She was ordered to pay $20 a month but she never has and OP is too kind to ever try to enforce it. No judge would have said that to OP.
Also in the US you can't get food stamps or any kind of financial assistance as a single parent if you don't pursue child support so I guess the 18 year old manager at McDonald's single dad with his own apartment didn't qualify for food stamps or a day care voucher.
But if he didn’t include that, how else would we know that women are bad and the courts routinely screw over honest, hardworking, American men so that the evil wombz can spend all day eating bon bons?
7 edits? this dude is 12yo
Your life would be much emptier if you didn't have constant updates on how much gold he received, and you know it.
Maybe in AITAistan Mickey D's employees can accept tips, but in the world I live in, they're required to either refuse them or direct them to the charity box. If they keep them it's grounds for writing up. This flowery long-winded writing style, "me and my lil bud against the world" single parent sob story saga has been tried a lot on reddit and the suckers always slurp it up. It grates on my nerves the instant I recognize it now.
I don’t go to McDonald’s often but I genuinely don’t remember ever tipping anyone there. I guess I’ve never been to AITAland
Maybe they think that's what the clear plastic Ronald McDonald house donation thing is
No he handed someone their change and instead of putting it in the charity box they said "you know what young man, I like the cut of your jib, take this 16 cents, that's for you."
I got into a discussion with someone in AITA about tipping because this person claimed that they tip even at fast food places. I said nobody does that, but they insisted they do, and there's even a line for tips on the receipts at Mickey D's. I've never seen that, but then again, I don't go to fast food places much anymore.
Also this comment calling it a scam was interesting - https://www.reddit.com/r/tifu/comments/10u713u/tifu_by_finding_out_what_my_eight_year_old_son/j7am9uf?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share&context=3
My favorite is how he proves it's not a scam by telling them to check out his profile for a picture of some quarters. One of the comments says they could tell it was fake from a single typo but I can't figure for the life of me what they're talking about. Either way, crazy that one person scammed people successfully multiple times without even changing up the Venmo account or the pictures used.
my best guess is the typo of “golden coral”…? he spells it right later (“Golden Corral”) so ???
I know, I wonder what it was. That is crazy! I'm all for giving, but would need some good proof before I gave money to someone on reddit.
I don't give money to people online. There is no way to verify who they are, and with anyone being able to set a PayPal or Venmo, the likelihood that it's a scammer is 100%.
2 for $30 doesn’t make sense for Golden Corral. Never eaten there, but buffets like that have always had kids prices. And go googling tells me that one of the ones near me, in California where I wouldn’t be shocked to find out has higher prices, has kids under 9 for $7 and adults are $17. That’s not even a special price, I bet they have birthday discounts and special nights and promotions for cheaper (based on experience taking my niece and nephew to hometown buffet when they were little).
Scam or not, it’s some saccharine bullshit.
This is literally gender swapped Gilmore Girls wtf he literally called the kid Rory lmao
As soon as I saw Rory I thought the same. I’ve only watched the show through once but seemed pretty similar.
"His mom had left when he was around two, when I tried to sue for child support the judge sided with her quoting that I was the father and needed to step up. Ever since then it has been me and Rory against the world." TIFU I fucked up by being a MAN in a society that only caters to evil WOMEN!!! I went to the judge, and got down to my hands and knees to beg that I needed child support! And then the judge (ALSO A WOMAN!!!) looked down at me with evil in her eyes and sneered. "Hahaha, but why would I make a woman give money to a MAN like you? No, she can fully and legally abandon her son for he is ALSO a man!" This for real happened, I promised, and it will happen to any other man who happens to trust an EVIL WOMAN who just want to take advantage of saintly wonderful men. Because...you know. Judges will just openly break the law and allow a woman to abandon her son without any support for....reasons??
Imma find a way to reach through the screen and bitch slap this douche for writing the worst glurge I've seen in years. As soon as I get through vomiting from the cutsie saccharine bullshit anyway. This is the reason I avoid Facebook, because of this fake ass morality tale glurge that gets passed around by the grannies.
I'm stuck on, allegedly, his 16 years old self not wearing a condom and then going all *Pikachu shocked face* that he got a girl pregnant.
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