40 Times People Had To Deal With Insane Parents Who Felt More Entitled To Things Than Anyone Else
It’s well known that beggars can’t be choosers. But as you probably already know, the opposite happens too.
In the minds of choosing beggars, they feel more entitled to things than the rest of us. While we stand in lines, they go straight, while we pay for a purchase or service, they think they can get it for free. Don’t ask how come it’s fair, because it’s not!
And there’s a whole corner of Reddit dedicated to sharing such infuriating examples, known as the Choosingbeggars subreddit. This time, we take a look into the cases when parents get desperate for things and try to use their kids to gain things free of charge or with a hefty discount. Scroll down through the posts and let us know your thoughts in the comment section!
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The Accusation Of Being Selfish At The End Is Comedy Gold
So You Hate Kids
No, You Can’t Have My Dog
Whether we like it or not, our parents plant mental and emotional seeds in us. These seeds grow as we do. In some families, they are seeds of love, respect and independence. In other families, it’s fear, guilt, obligation and toxic mentality.
So while it may be hard to wrap your head around why exactly some parents use their kids to get special treatment, this often happens with controlling parents. Controlling parents tend to be anxious, paranoid and possessive. They like taking things into their hands and knowing what’s best for their kids. Sometimes that means they don’t allow their kids to nurture their personalities and forbid them from taking interest in things, like playing guitar or joining a soccer team at school.
I Can’t Even Wrap My Mind Around This Story!
What A Weird Person
You know it smells bad already when the entlitled person checked the price of the gifts she received... That would not even cross my mind to check the price of a gift, it is even a Bad thing to do in m'y family ( it is rude to ask the price )
Because people without kids don't need money at all. People with kids deserve to be given all the money in the world in exchage for... uh... having kids.
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Do they not understand the concept of spending limit? Also don’t have kids if you can’t afford them
Wow! The old you don't have kids so keep mine up sob story. Bless it's wittle heart.
Also people without children may have niblings and godchildren
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I'd rather eat glass than ask for that 20 bucks, let alone such an expensive gadget, so embarrassing.
I always love people with kids that somehow think that means they have all the time and money in the world. Work later, you don't have kids. Spend more on me because you don't have kids. I've been without a kid and now have one. Guess what? Our choices of family structure don't entitle anyone to anything.
This is why I refuse to play secret Santa/dirty Santa anymore. I can buy my own Dollar Store crap, thanks.
CaSh PlEaSe! I wAs So RuDe To YoU bUt ThAt DoEsN’t MaTtEr JuSt SeNd Me ThE cAsH pLeAsE!
"Too late. Offer's off the table, and if you keep hassling me, we're going to have a nice chat with HR about harassment."
I'm guessing it isn't since OP has already deleted the post on Reddit...was likely a fake to make fun of the very real and entitled people who show up on those Secret Santa wishlists. Around Christmas, the ChoosingBeggars subreddit has dozens of posts a day from "kids" asking for new phones, laptops, tablets, cars, etc.
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Some people just amaze me. Why do they think they are entitled to YOUR money just because you make more. Maybe the person making less should learn better skills and get a better job. This is why I keep to myself and give anonymously.
It's called a limit for a reason... like a speed limit. It may be 50mph but you are not obligated to drive at that speed. It's not an arbitrary number... it's as high as you are permitted to go.
Spending limit means not past a certain amount. I could spend $20 on a gift and not think twice about it. Stop being so damn selfish.
I can’t believe people like this actually exist. He was nice enough to offer the 20 it’s a spending limit not a spending requirement! She got her gift and should have been happy with that cause I would of just bought her a coffee mug lol
Why do all these people have so much patience? The second she asked for the tablet I would've blocked her.
This person really shouldn't procreate. But alas, I hope the kids do no grow up to be the kind of entitled c*nt this person .
I have to wonder how some of these people were brought up, and by whom.
What is happening here? $50 gift limit? Where the heck do they work that $50 is the limit? Who looks up what gifts cost and then asked for when they feel is the "difference"? And who on earth would agree to give someone said "difference"? This is weird all the way around.
These people be like: Gimme a free phone or ur a self entitled bigot.
She is an absolute B!tch! Are you serious? You expect a work colleague to buy you an iPad because you refuse to… And I swear if I read the word ‘wazoo’ one more time! She didn’t mean to be ‘abrasive’!! No, she expected him to just do it because she was dismissing him BEFORE HE COULD RESPOND! What an absolute bucket of scum!
I would have stopped responding the second she said she had looked up the gift prices, the other person "didn't spend enough," and asked for the difference in cash. F*ck no. Just no.
But that's... Correct me if I'm wrong but a spending limit is a maximim, not a requirement to meet. Like, isn't the entire point so that people don't go over a certain amount on gifts, and anything below that number is acceptable? I'm bewildered this person even asked for that $20 in the first place
Where do these people exist? I have never in my 53 years come across someone like this! Thank god. Lol
A limit simply means you can't go over it. Any sane person understands this. In our family, we draw names for the adults. Our limit is $25. I found a T-shirt for my BIL that I knew he'd love. It was $16. Neither one of us felt that I "owed" him $9
The jerk: "you didn't reply within 3 mins? Wow." Me: looks at my text string where my last text was from 3 house ago with no response
Researching the gifts and adding them up to see if they reach $50 was bad enough...
Researching how much those things cost to see if they hit $50 was bad enough...
Is it me, or is $50 for office/work secret Santa a lot of money?
What I see here is another opportunity for the weirdly aggressively kidless to pretend that we all have to build shrines to them for their childlessness next to the obviously required vegan shrines. Most people within children are not like this.
As someone who has recently had to spend over 2k in vet bills for their senior pupper, eff off with that "you don't even have kids why do you need money" BS
"On second thought, considering what a jackass you were insisting that I am a bad person, who makes too much money, with nothing to spend it on, you're not getting the $20 now, either. Plus, who does accounting on GIFTS, you idiot? You are now blocked."
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I don't understand these people. If a person has NOT posted the thing up for sale why the f**k would you force them to give it to you, and get angry when they *obviously* say no? I mean, WHAT THE F**K?
Susan Petang from The Quiet Zone Coaching, a certified life coach, told Bored Panda that hobbies give us a release from the responsibilities we all have. “They allow us to blow off steam, grow our curiosity and intellect, and can even lead to career paths that will be joyful instead of monotonous.” Her advice to parents is to encourage their children's hobbies because the lesson that hobbies teach us is one of self-care.
Ah, This Nugget. The Swim Teacher
Cb Tries To Use Their Kid As An Excuse To Get A Supreme Shirt For Super Cheap
Free For A Birthday
She spent money on a tattoo instead of her kid, but he’s the selfish one. Sure
Susan also explained that as our children grow, they slowly start to separate from us. For controlling parents, this may be a particularly challenging time. “From the 'Terrible Twos' to the pains of adolescence, the purpose of the journey is to teach our kids how to be independent, happy, and healthy adults who give something to the world around them.”
However, the life coach warns that if you're making all the decisions for your children, they're not learning how to make decisions for themselves. “You're not going to be around forever to advise and guide them; they have to learn to do it alone.”
Sister Sent Me This... She Was Blocked Immediately After
Small claims court will resolve this, and that's a damn shame. That parent just lost a reliable baby sitter
I Tried To Give Away Two Harnesses That No Longer Fit My Dog. Did Not Go Well
"My Kid Hasn't Eaten Since Yesterday"
Kristen Brown, a spiritual and empowerment author, life coach and mentor, argues that “it is imperative to set appropriate boundaries with those who are draining our energy, disrespecting our lines, minimizing our value or attempting to control all aspects of our lives - even when it's our parents.” No wonder that kids, after growing up with toxic families, choose to emotionally detach from them as they get older.
Sister Asks Me If I Can Watch Her Kid, Then Asks If I Can Come Get Her And Comes Up With Lame Excuse As To Why She Can't Drop Her Off
Is The Sweater Made Out Of $45?
Choosing Mother Tries To Trick Good Guy Neighbor Into Paying Child Support
Can I be at the courtroom? I would love to see how this goes!!
Moreover, pathologies of families are carried through the generations until someone (and it's probably you) decides, "It ends here!!", Kristen argues. “Somewhere in the midst of your dysfunctional family, you knew in your soul this is not right and it desperately needs to change.” This is what she calls a pioneer spirit which drives us to speak up. “You may be the first and only one who ever speaks up. However, your boundary setting could be the very thing to open their eyes to this destructive pattern and heal it once and for all.”
My Buddy Is A Tattoo Artist. He’s Also My Personal Hero
How Are My Kids Supposed To Live Without Juice?!
Give My Son A Marker, But Not A Girl Color
Choosing Beggars: Halloween Edition
All the videos I watched of parents encouraging their children to steal entire bowls of Halloween candy made me sick.
Ruining The Kid’s Day
Beggar Mom Is Insulted That Her Daughters Party Guests Won’t Pay For The Party
She Wanted To Take Her 2 Year Old Daughter To A Marilyn Manson Concert
Christmas Day Discounts For Second Hand Cars??
Why Do Some Parents Act Like They're Doing The Whole World A Favor By Being A A Parent?
Thinking You Deserve A Full Salary For Babysitting Your Own Kids While They Do Schoolwork
Did anyone notice that conservatives went absolutely insane about school being out for Covid? They literally do not want to raise their own children. And that's why their kids always turn out so badly.
Imagine Being Upset Over Not Being Able To Find Someone Who Is Willing To Watch Your Children For Free
My Kids Won't Let Me Sleep.... Send Me A Phone
Don't Let People Know How Much I Am Underpaying Them!
Someone Has To Pay To Watch Her Kid
This Lady In My Local Mom Group Wanting A Room Painted In Exchange For Advertising On Said Mom’s Group Page
I'm Sure That $100 Per Week Will Go Far To Provide The Vegan Organic Food She's Demanding The Babysitter Supply
Apparently Being A Sahm Means You Should Give Away Free Childcare
Make It Fair! Her Kid Is Crying!
I Have 3 Kids To Feed Plz Look My Ahole And Pay Me
But I Need A White One For The Kids...
$80 Cutlery Set Not Good Enough For This Father. Proceeds To Roast His Own Daughter
Parent Asked Their Child's Teacher To Send Restaurant Food To Their Home And Not The School Meals
Then we won't feed him. He'll starve to death and it's all your fault!
$2/Hr For A Full Time (58 Hours/Week) Babysitting Job. Sweet Deal!!
When Monday throws Friday away, maybe Tuesday smacks Monday and Wednesday kicks the hell out of Tuesday and only Thursday remains...and still low pay.
My BF’s Mom Is Coming To Visit Us, And She Suggested We Buy A Mattress, When We Were Offering To Pay For A Hotel For Her And She Could Just Bring An Air Mattress That She Already Owns
Free Babysitter Needed
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Hi, I really want a series 3 Land Rover station wagon, (1976 if possible), must be roadworthy, any colour will do. I can't afford to pay for it but I do have two kids.
My my mate i have one in mint condition in my garage. It’s under a tarp but it works well.
Load More Replies... Ignoring the fact that they're setting an awful example for their children (which is bad enough by itself), I think the fact that these parents are seeing their children as a means to manipulate people to get what they want is a very clear indication of what kind of parents they are.
Exactly. I managed to make it through 20 but got nauseous.
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So often we wonder how we can have so many selfish, unethical politicians devoting their lives to messing up ours. These are the types of people who elect them.
Maybe. A scarier thought is that these people don't even vote, because that would take time, and patience, to do it. So... Who is voting? D: edit: no, I'm not implying voter fraud. Just to be clear.
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Our first year in our apartment we didn't know that there'd be no trick or treaters. Bought tons of candy. We were sad. The next morning we put out a little table with a bowl of candy and a sign inviting our neighbors to have some. My husband worked at 4am and up at 2:30am, we went to bed at 8pm. About 11pm that night we get woken up by someone pounding on the door. I open the door and it's our upstairs neighbor. Apparently we'd run out of candy and she needed us to fill the bowl straight away. I could've killed her. I said no, we were sleeping and shut the door in her face, went back to bed. When my husband opens the door to head out for work he calls me to come see. She took the table and bowl and left us a note. Since we didn't have candy she took what she was "owed". Alrighty then.
How sad. ..I guess for some. Halloween brings out the demons.
Load More Replies... Some of these are made up but the legit ones are making me feel unwell... overwhelmed by the level of entitlement and sheer audacity of the demands made. They all need a serious reality check...
can't get over how so many parents will try to use their kids as excuse to demand things. well, i guess i just can't understand the audacity of some people in general.
Parents, don't promise your kids things that you don't have, can't afford, and aren't guaranteed to get.
I didn’t even finish the article cause these pissed me off too much…
The beauty of selling something is that I get to choose whom I'm selling to. Too much hassle, not deal. Entitlement, no deal. I can even choose to sell it for less to somebody nice.
I don't actually have any kids, but I have a lot of animals, and they need restaurant meals. Delivered 2x a day. In exchange, I will give you lots of exposure because I am an influencer. It's true I only have 12 followers so far, but don't be so selfish! You should jump at the chance to give us free restaurant meals. Vegan and organic food only. I'll set up a schedule for deliveries starting tomorrow...
While being a single parent can be hard it aint an excuse for being like this!!
I'm a single parent. Sold tickets, cause I couldn't go there with the kids. Can I get them for free? I'm taking poor kids out whose parents can't pay it. You should give it for free. Why don't you pay it yourself then? So annoying. Or 'you're not a good christian if you don't give money to those poor parents. Their kids want a guitar.' Not my problem. They can also eat bread with cheese for a month to save some for a toy. So annoying when they always think everyone has money enough, just like them. Pay it yourself then.
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Teach your kids it's not compulsory to have what they want. Gift can be a five $ thing too. In my family we give odd presents to each other so we all remember who got what.
Most of these people aren't even merely entitled, but also gaslighters of the lowest kind. Trying to screw with people's emotions by using your own kids as a weapon - for shame!
This here is the worst of humanity propagating itself. I can only hope these are not the norm now or ever.
A lot of these come down to "my kid wants stuff and you need to provide it". Anyone remember when childhood meant you had to wait for the things you want? I do.. The people expecting me to give their kid the first foul ball I caught after going to MLB games for more than 4 decades also subscribed to this idea.
Funny thing is, when you don't do that, they just offer you stuff. Aww you're a single mom. Here's a ps2. Our son just got a ps3. Here's a bag of clothes my son doesn't fit anymore. Never asked anyone.
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This sounds bad but I don't have sympathy for the single mom card. My mother was a single mom for literally 12 years with almost no real support. She never pulled that card. She showed up for her kids and worked her a** off for her kids.
I'm thinking there are folks out there that give in to these nasty, pushy people. And it pains me.
This is exactly why I rarely help anyone. There are more of these people in the world than anyone can imagine. Ungrateful, entitled people who think others owe them. I was told by someone that because I have a job and can make more money, that I should give them my entire paycheck so they could have some money. I told them to visit the company's website, as we were hiring for many positions. They said they didn't want a job, they just wanted money and that I needed to give them my paycheck. When I told them no, they called me a selfish a$$ hole. I promptly threw them out of my house.
I gave away an electric lawnmower for free a couple of weeks ago. Someone actually texted me and said, "I'll take the free lawnmower, but you'll have to deliver it because I don't have a car." He lived 40 miles away. It's so deflating when you're trying to help out a deserving person by giving away something you could just as easily charge for.
its just jerks in general and unless I am mistaken other countries might have a few jerks too?
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Hi, I really want a series 3 Land Rover station wagon, (1976 if possible), must be roadworthy, any colour will do. I can't afford to pay for it but I do have two kids.
My my mate i have one in mint condition in my garage. It’s under a tarp but it works well.
Load More Replies... Ignoring the fact that they're setting an awful example for their children (which is bad enough by itself), I think the fact that these parents are seeing their children as a means to manipulate people to get what they want is a very clear indication of what kind of parents they are.
Exactly. I managed to make it through 20 but got nauseous.
Load More Replies... So often we wonder how we can have so many selfish, unethical politicians devoting their lives to messing up ours. These are the types of people who elect them.
Maybe. A scarier thought is that these people don't even vote, because that would take time, and patience, to do it. So... Who is voting? D: edit: no, I'm not implying voter fraud. Just to be clear.
Load More Replies... Our first year in our apartment we didn't know that there'd be no trick or treaters. Bought tons of candy. We were sad. The next morning we put out a little table with a bowl of candy and a sign inviting our neighbors to have some. My husband worked at 4am and up at 2:30am, we went to bed at 8pm. About 11pm that night we get woken up by someone pounding on the door. I open the door and it's our upstairs neighbor. Apparently we'd run out of candy and she needed us to fill the bowl straight away. I could've killed her. I said no, we were sleeping and shut the door in her face, went back to bed. When my husband opens the door to head out for work he calls me to come see. She took the table and bowl and left us a note. Since we didn't have candy she took what she was "owed". Alrighty then.
How sad. ..I guess for some. Halloween brings out the demons.
Load More Replies... Some of these are made up but the legit ones are making me feel unwell... overwhelmed by the level of entitlement and sheer audacity of the demands made. They all need a serious reality check...
can't get over how so many parents will try to use their kids as excuse to demand things. well, i guess i just can't understand the audacity of some people in general.
Parents, don't promise your kids things that you don't have, can't afford, and aren't guaranteed to get.
I didn’t even finish the article cause these pissed me off too much…
The beauty of selling something is that I get to choose whom I'm selling to. Too much hassle, not deal. Entitlement, no deal. I can even choose to sell it for less to somebody nice.
I don't actually have any kids, but I have a lot of animals, and they need restaurant meals. Delivered 2x a day. In exchange, I will give you lots of exposure because I am an influencer. It's true I only have 12 followers so far, but don't be so selfish! You should jump at the chance to give us free restaurant meals. Vegan and organic food only. I'll set up a schedule for deliveries starting tomorrow...
While being a single parent can be hard it aint an excuse for being like this!!
I'm a single parent. Sold tickets, cause I couldn't go there with the kids. Can I get them for free? I'm taking poor kids out whose parents can't pay it. You should give it for free. Why don't you pay it yourself then? So annoying. Or 'you're not a good christian if you don't give money to those poor parents. Their kids want a guitar.' Not my problem. They can also eat bread with cheese for a month to save some for a toy. So annoying when they always think everyone has money enough, just like them. Pay it yourself then.
Load More Replies... Teach your kids it's not compulsory to have what they want. Gift can be a five $ thing too. In my family we give odd presents to each other so we all remember who got what.
Most of these people aren't even merely entitled, but also gaslighters of the lowest kind. Trying to screw with people's emotions by using your own kids as a weapon - for shame!
This here is the worst of humanity propagating itself. I can only hope these are not the norm now or ever.
A lot of these come down to "my kid wants stuff and you need to provide it". Anyone remember when childhood meant you had to wait for the things you want? I do.. The people expecting me to give their kid the first foul ball I caught after going to MLB games for more than 4 decades also subscribed to this idea.
Funny thing is, when you don't do that, they just offer you stuff. Aww you're a single mom. Here's a ps2. Our son just got a ps3. Here's a bag of clothes my son doesn't fit anymore. Never asked anyone.
Load More Replies... This sounds bad but I don't have sympathy for the single mom card. My mother was a single mom for literally 12 years with almost no real support. She never pulled that card. She showed up for her kids and worked her a** off for her kids.
I'm thinking there are folks out there that give in to these nasty, pushy people. And it pains me.
This is exactly why I rarely help anyone. There are more of these people in the world than anyone can imagine. Ungrateful, entitled people who think others owe them. I was told by someone that because I have a job and can make more money, that I should give them my entire paycheck so they could have some money. I told them to visit the company's website, as we were hiring for many positions. They said they didn't want a job, they just wanted money and that I needed to give them my paycheck. When I told them no, they called me a selfish a$$ hole. I promptly threw them out of my house.
I gave away an electric lawnmower for free a couple of weeks ago. Someone actually texted me and said, "I'll take the free lawnmower, but you'll have to deliver it because I don't have a car." He lived 40 miles away. It's so deflating when you're trying to help out a deserving person by giving away something you could just as easily charge for.
its just jerks in general and unless I am mistaken other countries might have a few jerks too?
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