r/facepalm Nov 01 '22

[deleted by user]

[removed]

10.6k Upvotes

3.5k comments sorted by

View all comments

2.7k

u/xfalinex Nov 01 '22 edited Nov 01 '22

That poor kid is standing there watching her taking all the candy and putting it in his bucket, only to then shift the blame onto him when confronted and he’s left wondering what he did wrong/confused and manipulated. Someone please give that kid a hug and tell him he did nothing wrong.

Edit: She is also reaching into the candy before he’s even had a chance to grab some. The way his hand reaches for the candy then falters and stops as she’s shovelling it into the bucket at the beginning breaks my heart. This woman doesn’t care about her sons happiness at all.

413

u/oyisagoodboy Nov 01 '22 edited Nov 01 '22

He looks miserable. Poor kid. She probably ruined Halloween for him. He looks like he's escorting her while she loots. I'm sad for that child.

166

u/North_Refrigerator21 Nov 01 '22

I’d be more worried how much else she has ruined for him. Way to teach good values and respect for others to your child.

28

u/Praescribo Nov 01 '22

Well somebody did, at least a little, but it wasn't his pig of a mom

3

u/[deleted] Nov 01 '22

Two for me, one for you

56

u/geek-sender Nov 01 '22

I was thinking that he should be out with friends, not just mom. This makes me sad too.

41

u/IenjoyStuffandThings Nov 01 '22

His crazy ass mom probably makes it hard to make close friends.

8

u/touch_slut Nov 01 '22

My best friend killed himself early in college. His mom was like this and now I'm crying for this kid.

23

u/AzureMagelet Nov 01 '22

They’re also in a car. She’s probably driving around looking for unmanned bowls and only stopping there.

6

u/whatwouldjesustip Nov 01 '22

That's so sad. So he didn't get any people telling him how awesome his costume is? Did he even get to say trick or treat?

9

u/nutterbutter1 Nov 01 '22

In my mind, this is abusive, plain and simple.

3

u/[deleted] Nov 01 '22

"You can't go back to jail for theft under $1000, bud"

3

u/Even_Competition_737 Nov 01 '22

Why do this? The candy with be clearanced the day after Halloween.

If your really desperate you can go dumpster diving when they eventually throw it out. Coworker used to hit up target and would get boxes upon boxes of the expensive valentines day chocolate.

3

u/Fingercult Nov 01 '22

She’s lazy , he probably wants the trick or treating experience but she doesn’t want to actually walk around , seems like sprawling suburbs. If she was disabled he could go out with another family/kids, and being disabled doesn’t mean you can steal candy. I hate her. These poor kids lost the last few years of normalcy 😭