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To think if you're going to make a cake for my son's birthday, you don't make one like this!?

206 replies

user1491737694 · 09/04/2017 12:39

I'm guessing it's supposed to be some kind of funny joke but I had a lot of bloody miserable kids who got no cake, especially a very upset 7 year old. All the other parents found it funny (or were just being polite) it was a disaster.

To think if you're going to make a cake for my son's birthday, you don't make one like this!?
OP posts:
GeekyWombat · 09/04/2017 15:10

This is horrible. Can you get your poor DS some cake later?

kali110 · 09/04/2017 15:11

the sugar myth thing was debunked wasn't it?
I'd tell her she was no longer invited to the party.

CorporalNobbyNobbs · 09/04/2017 15:11

I thought it was a cake made to look like watermelon and was wondering what the problem was! It's actually a watermelon!! What a weirdo.

CouldntMakeThisShitUp · 09/04/2017 15:11

dona

her kid is not at fault - she is. i'd send her a boxful of turd covered in glitter for her next birthday.....see if she can accept what she dishes out

BaronessBomburst · 09/04/2017 15:11

What a fucking bitch.
And I really hope this story does make the Daily Fail as she deserves every comment their readers will post about it.
I'd have cried. AngrySad

ThumbWitchesAbroad · 09/04/2017 15:12

I live in Australia and have never seen a birthday cake like that - in fact, several small-child parties we've been to have had ice-cream cake. We have fridges and freezers here... Wink

That sucks mightily, and I speak as one who generally has healthy party food (fruit and veg sticks and limited sweets etc.) - but I still give them a decent cake!

Mysteriouscurle · 09/04/2017 15:13

I think given the fact she promised you cake for your ds birthday and instead turned up with fruit followed by the PA dig I'd be not so slowly fading out of her life until I never saw her again. Which frankly would probably be too soon for a bitch like that

CigarsofthePharoahs · 09/04/2017 15:15

That's terrible! If you're say you're making a cake then you make a cake!
If you're going to mess about with a watermelon then at least do something good. This was made by a friend of mine.

To think if you're going to make a cake for my son's birthday, you don't make one like this!?
FeelingSmurfy · 09/04/2017 15:18

That is absolute shit! It's doesn't even look good, it would have been better sticking the candles in a whole watermelon than in that hack job!

I love fruit, but if someone stuck a candle in some fruit for my birthday I wouldnt be impressed, and I'm an adult!

Her dig also backfired, does she know fruit is full of sugar Wink

I would be showing her and her kids the door and begging someone to go to nearest supermarket for me and buy 2 cakes!

DonkeysDontRideBicycles · 09/04/2017 15:19

she had said that she'd make the cake for his party unsurprisingly you would expect a cake, she must have thought she was being very clever. Meanie.

YouTheCat · 09/04/2017 15:19

What an utter twat!

I hope you tell her what a massive arsehole she is.

ThumbWitchesAbroad · 09/04/2017 15:25

Whoops, missed your latest update - she's an utter bitch for that dig, and she can fuck right off. Angry

KurriKurri · 09/04/2017 15:26

How mean if she is having a dig about his ADHD. She's trying to make some sort of stupid point to you by being nasty to your little boy.

Practice your carving so on her birthday you can present her with a pumpkin fashioned into the shape of a cow.

reuset · 09/04/2017 15:27

She must have forgotten! Christ!

reuset · 09/04/2017 15:28

If she was really having a dig at behaviour then that's just terrible, obviously.

DioneTheDiabolist · 09/04/2017 15:29

So she decided to use your son's birthday party to have a dig? WTAF?Shock What age is she OP? Is she a 14yo mean girl?

DoorwayToNorway · 09/04/2017 15:39

My god. My 7 year old has ADHD as well. If someone did that to him I'm afraid she'd be wearing that "cake". I can imagine most children would struggle to cope with that as a cake, but children with ADHD have huge difficulties figuring out motives or conquneces for the behaviour and attitudes of others. Things like this can have a massive affect on their self confidence. They're usually the children that things happen to and no one knows how things like this can affect them. I'm really upset for you, what a heartless and ignorant thing to do to your poor boy Sad.

Katedotness1963 · 09/04/2017 15:46

Maybe we could all chip in for a drum kit for her child's next birthday...Wink

FixItUpChappie · 09/04/2017 15:51

Bringing a watermelon instead of a cake is rude and lacks emotional intelligence. I hope you've grabbed a cake for your kid to make it up OP

RubbishMantra · 09/04/2017 15:56

Loving Shark Melon. Grin

I was wondering if cake disappointment person had drilled a hole in the melon, inserted a funnel and filled it with vodka, (as per Jamie Oliver). Imagine that with a party of 7 year olds... Worse day ever.

wafflyversatile · 09/04/2017 16:01

For starters the 'sugar equals a bout of hyperactivity' isscientificcalky proved bollocks.

WhatchaMaCalllit · 09/04/2017 16:05

Unless her name is Frances Houseman and she was dying to say "I carried a watermelon" then there must be another reason why she rocked up with this as a 'cake'.

deste · 09/04/2017 16:06

Waffleyversatile, I have always thought that was bollocks too.

user1489179512 · 09/04/2017 16:12

What a stupid stupid thing to do. But your child the best cake ever to make up for this disaster.

user1489179512 · 09/04/2017 16:12

Buy...

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