AIBU for blowing out my nephew’s birthday candles as a joke

[AliceNotInChains]

My nephews 6th birthday party yesterday. He was struggling to blow all the candles out so I jokingly blew the remaining ones out for him. My sister went on a full on strop over it saying I ruined his moment. AIBU to think she’s completely over reacting?? She ended up relighting the candles for him to “have another go” making it a much bigger deal than it needed to be.

Have you apologized to him yet?

Eh no that’s an arsehole level move. Why would you think it’s ok to blow out a child’s birthday candles. They literally get to do it once a year

Yeah, not your place to interfere.

It was kind of a dick move.

If this was a one opportunity she may be right. But she re-lit them

i I think she’s bang out of order in embarrassing you AND her child.

What an arseholian thing to do to a 6yo op.

A horrid thing to do. My aunt used to do stuff like this, it was because she couldn’t stand not being the centre of attention

Sounds like you were trying to be funny but don’t really understand children? It’s a big deal for him. Apologise and move on

Are you always that insufferable?

Bloody hell, if an adult blew out my child's candles they'd have the most epic nuclear meltdown it would be heard ten streets away. I can't imagine doing something so mean to a child.

If people didn't laugh then it probably wasn't funny, was it? Dick move, to be honest.

That is a level of nastiness that I cannot fathom

Jokes are supposed to be funny.

Not a nice thing to do to a six year old.

You did this to a six year old child?
Whoa.

You were a dick.

It is poor form to blow a kids birthday candles out unless you are also 6 and you share a birthday. It is their birthday you should have let them have their moment in the spotlight.

Fucking horrible thing to do to a six year old

Yep - you are a twat.

I think this is fake but you sound like an attention seeker.

Yes it was a twattish thing to do.

I’m team sister on this one, it was a twattish thing to do OP

As the saying goes, it’s only a joke if everyone involved finds it’s funny.

blowing the candles out on the birthday cake of a 6 year old makes you a knob. You need to apologise.

Just to add nephew wasn’t even bothered, he laughed

You absolute dope. He’s 6. To him, blowing out his candles IS a big deal.