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
No Commissions
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
Idk maybe ask her if she’d do it? Some people don’t offer help because they don’t think you need it. Most people aren’t mind readers. My aunt is watching my baby when I work in the office and I had to ask her to do it. She didn’t offer because she thought I had it covered already.
I almost never go out of my way to offer help but when asked I almost always say yes
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It happens to sahmoms a lot. People think that bc I'm a sahm I should watch their kids for free. "But you're already watching yours, what's one more kid?" Um, sorry, I decided to have my kids and take care of them. I did NOT decide to have YOUR kid and take care of them.
It's a slippery slope, first, it's before and after school, then it's "I'll be late, I want to get xyz on my way home." to I need some "me" time, so can you feed him til I return home?--had a neighbor like this.
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Oh, I know the answer to this one: it's because the second we do something for your kid, it becomes a role that we must endure forever. We actually start to hate you and your kid, because you take and take and give nothing back. We have to change the way we live our lives to include your kid and it takes a toll. There is no way out of it once we start, and in the end, it destroys our friendship. So, your neighbor is keeping the lines straight, because she's already learned this. Raise your own damn kid, she owes you nothing, and you don't get any participation in deciding what inconveniences her.
How about she asks the next-door neighbour if she can do this, instead of waiting for her to make the offer. After all, she's the one wanting help. What's wrong with asking?
Right?! She's upset over something she never even asked.
Load More Replies... Has she offered to help pay her neighbors' bills since her neighbors are down an income and she's got a full time job?
If she’s a stay at home mom, the family probably has enough income that she can afford to be one, meanwhile you have no idea if the working parent is a single parent and is struggling to make ends meet so having to hire a nanny is a strain.
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And when have u offered to take her kids on a weekend day so she could have a break. SELFISH
I wonder if this woman's ever offered to do her neighbor any favors. Somehow, I think not.
Um no. Yes, I've watched kids for free being a stay at home mom. This is next level tho. This would make the neighbor responsible for her kids constantly. No matter if kids are sick, appointments, or whatever. Then how about when working mom takes her sweet time getting home? "Oh I'll just stop and relax here and then go home" she'll get groceries kid free too, while sahm has a kid all the time. I just see so many problems with this.
Also "putting the kid on the bus" (which takes 2min) is VERY different than watching them for 45min beforehand every day!
Her complaint is BS, yes. But, I do wonder if, when I was little, if my parents paid our neighbors to watch me. I doubt it. But, lots of things are different now. Starting when I was 7-8yo, (‘60s), I stayed alone if I came home after school or if my folks went out for the evening. Our neighbor might check to see that I made it home & I knew to call or go there if I had a problem, but it was up to me to get my homework done &/or get my butt into bed on time. (Or, at least to pay enough attention to get the tv turned off or my book stashed and pretend to be asleep by the time they got inside. If I cut it too close, I could always turn the tv on and pretend to have gone to sleep in front of it.😄)
That neighbor/friend already knows what will happen if she volunteers, even once without being asked, to help this woman out.
I'm gonna make a guess here: she knows you suck all the oxygen out of the room and doesn't need that in her daily life......
Have you even asked her? I know for a fact that I am not the kind of person to propose something like that if the other person could do it themselves.
Yeah ... I know some people like this out-of-the-house-working mom ... I work from home and live close to the school my kids go to. Some parents expect me to be readily available to drop their kids off at the same sports practice my kids goes to, just because I work from home. Uhmmmm ... no, we can make a deal, but YOU also take time off work to drop 'em off, just like I do!
I think she should ask the person if they would watch the child for payment than for free. Sounds like she is spending money on a stranger when a good friendly neighbor could do this paying job....
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.
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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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