22 Deeply Unlucky Parents Who Are Having An Infinitely Worse Time Than You
by Mike Spohr · BuzzFeedHaving kids isn't easy for anyone, so if you're having a tough time right now, remember there are OTHER parents going through it, too, like...
1. The parent who was excited to see their kid's senior portrait in the yearbook until they discovered this:
2. The dad who was helping his daughter move out of her apartment when a LITERAL couch dropped on his head:
3. And the parent whose kid slapped their glasses...right into their flippin' eyeball:
4. The parent who pulled ALL of these disturbingly large ticks off their kids (yay, summer!):
5. And — last one featuring bugs, I promise! — the dad who bought a used minivan, and then, after finding cobwebs in the car, bug bombed it...to discover these giant black widow spiders:
6. The mom who just wanted a cup of coffee...and ended up with just about the nastiest cup possible:
My 7yo son made me a cup of coffee that somehow taste like beef stew.
“Mommy, I put a sprinkle of that brown stuff in it like you”
The brown stuff I use is cinnamon. The brown stuff he used was dry rub seasoning.
I can’t wait for these kids to go to my mama house today.
— Princess | Family Wellness (@themultiplemom) May 6, 2023
7. The parent who trusted their kid to put the pancake syrup away...and then later found this:
8. The parent who went to get a roasted chicken for their family dinner...only to find this woman had cleaned the place out:
9. And the parent who went to get a special candle for their kid's birthday cake...and I bet you can guess how old their kid was turning:
10. The parent who THOUGHT they'd discovered one hell of a cheap lunch to feed their kids...until they got up close:
11. The mom who asked for biscuits and gravy for her Mother's Day breakfast...and after waiting for hours, this is what her family came back from the store with:
12. And the mom who ordered her husband this awesome gift for Father's Day...and then noticed an, um, SLIGHT error when it arrived (Can you see it?):
13. The mom who panicked about the tooth fairy...and then blurted out something she's definitely feeling guilty about:
help my husband who usually does bedtime is out of town & the 8-year-old out of nowhere said he knows we're the tooth fairy because his friend gets $6/tooth and he only gets $2 & the only variable is the different parents & i panicked and said maybe the friend has better teeth
— Vauhini Vara (@vauhinivara) May 9, 2023
14. The mom whose birthday cake showed up like this (the online order form, it turned out, didn't recognize heart emojis):
15. And the parent who tried to order their kid a special birthday shirt...but the damn online form struck again:
16. The parent who realized their kid's teacher...might not be the best:
17. The parents who took their kid with a cut to the ER only to be told "Go home, it's not a big deal"...and then got this bill:
Not a big deal, but a big bill.
18. And the mom who bought their kid a drone only to have it fly into — and get stuck! — in her kid's hair:
19. The parent who put out fresh bars of soap...and then found them like this after their son had at 'em:
20. The parents whose kid ripped apart their friend's antique copy of Homer's Iliad from 1872:
21. The mom who wasn't feeling old...until this happened:
I have the same birthday as my mother-in-law, and my 5yo asked if we’re twins. He’s lucky he’s adorable.
— Mediocre Mom (@MediocreMamaa) May 25, 2023