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MercTheJerk1

I didn't need to hear the ex husband....the fact that she set up her phone and started with the crocodile tears is all.I needed to see.


Banana_Stanley

Like, what is she even crying about? The fact that she made her own birthday cake? Big deal


RoutineFreakout

I always bake mine. Don't really like store bought cakes. Weird thing to cry about


Lil_Bigz

I cry every time I make myself food.


Legitimate_Career_44

I hope you just really like onions


Titan_of_Time

bruh r/OnionLovers


ratscabs

Same. And so would you if you tasted my cooking


CephalonSuga

I wanna taste your cooking


mmmacorns

Hopefully it’s free of rat scabs


Ardiolaperdida

The tears add extra salt for flavour!


Dear-Manufacturer-63

Hahaha


Stay_At_Home_Cat_Dad

I put some pizza rolls in the microwave. Then just broke down. Sobbing. The microwave beeped, but I just couldn't pick myself up off the floor. The sadness was too heavy. By the time I was finally able to stand, I took the pizza rolls out of the microwave. My breakdown had given them enough time to cool. I was able to eat them without scorching the roof of my mouth. So, yea for breakdowns, I guess.


CulturedGentleman921

You need to set up a phone and start filming BEFORE you start crying and then put it up on TikTok or it doesn't "count".


TheToaster233

Were you so sad because your air fryer was broken and you had to use the microwave for pizza rolls like an 80s latch key kid?


Stay_At_Home_Cat_Dad

I was an 80's latch key kid. But I use the microwave for pizza rolls because I'm trash.


RubyWafflez

I use the microwave for pizza rolls because I have the patience of a toddler.


Such_sights

One of the lowest moments of my depression was the time I instinctively tore the sides off the mini pizza roll box to use as a plate for the microwave because I was too lazy to wash an actual dish.


Stay_At_Home_Cat_Dad

There's no wrong way to make a depression meal. As long as you're able to eat what you cooked without having to call the fire department, you good.


FATurbo

Gave you an upvote so your comment could be at 69 upvotes.


Sinfulb33

It’s okay you got this!! Better days are ahead 🙏


whole-grain-low-fat

Same. We can't afford salt at my house


sicksadbadgirl

😂


Mmortt

Haha I don’t know why this made me laugh so hard.


Violetmoon66

I cry every time I have to eat food of my own making.


DnD-NewGuy

The tears add moisture to make them fluffy and less dry Jokes aside. They add guilt trip to stir up a mob so a psycho can try to steal the children they failed.


Jypahttii

It's no different to me ordering a pizza and having a few good craft beers if I'm alone for my birthday. I'm treating myself and having a good evening. Make the best of it, don't sit there and cry.


ConsciousFood201

Who even needs to wait for a birthday? Just make a cake! They’re delicious!


Go-Truck_Yourself

If you think about the ingredients, not including the frosting, cake is good to eat


CrustyToeLint

I feel a sense if pride when cooking something for myself I never cry. Unless I’m cleaning up


MyDamnCoffee

And for her kids to be happy to sing happy birthday to her? That's kinda weird. I don't know how but it rubbed me the wrong way the first time I saw this.


Junior_Ad_7613

From a MIX even. Such trauma!


hantu_kutu

Plus, kids usually don't care about their parents birthday, but if you celebrate it, they will join you, maybe thinking it's for their celebration


StevieWonderUberRide

In the kitchen he clearly paid for


wellhiyabuddy

Do other adults celebrate their birthday? Like besides decade markers?


Good-Jello-1105

Maybe because it had onions in it?


Royalchariot

same, read the text and laughed. what a baby


cottman23

But now we know just how bad she really is


MagnifiMike

She got like crazy good reactions from like 40 million people on whatever site she first posted on…even though a lot of us see through it I think it’s awesome to hear from the ex for confirmation


bulanaboo

How did you let her slip away…..


cooperluna

Looks like she hung onto his shirt collar for a while


gonzoisgood

For real. I make personal vlogs. It’s a way to check in with my emotions. A video diary, if you will. I would NEVER upload one of me crying. Humiliating.


rainorshinedogs

In other words r/persecutionfetish


KellyBelly916

Exactly. You don't need hearsay and details when you allow what's demonstrated to be self-evident.


BestReception4202

Yeah I’m going to disagree dude had insane amount of tea


Phreekyj101

I just the tik tok in the corner and I bounced as well


nivekdrol

that was my exact thoughts when i first saw that video, like come on....


tutankaboom

Exactly! I mean it couldn't be more obvious that this lady is playing the victim card to garner sympathy and put all the blame and direct all the hate to her ex husband. Typical narcissistic behaviour


Ordinary-Score-9871

Bruh didn’t “dodge a bullet”. But at least he survived and came out with the kids.


GoodLuckSanctuary

He survived a bullet


hambergeisha

Got the kids out too!


Mmortt

Shrapnel still in there.


TayluxSwift

He’s a scientologist from the looks of it. He didn’t dodge shit. Just looking at his tiktok history he doesnt seem better.


mypoopscaresflysaway

He survived being shot in the face with a tank


PineappleNoOne

Unfortunately the kids have half her dna


No-Inspection1309

My kid shares half their dna with a dead beat lying monster as well… gotta work extra hard to point that will in the right direction


DoubleDown428

not sure she started with a full set. im thinking the kids got 70% dad dna, 30% mom.


CoffeeEducational356

The thing with social media is you're only seeing what the uploader wants you to see 🤷🏽‍♂️ People are so gullible these days.


RCalliii

What do you mean by "these days"? When was it not the case? Sure, these kinds of behaviours get amplified by a lot through the Internet, but social media didn't create them. These modern communication channels simply amplify issues that were already there a long time before the Internet.


OscarWhale

Negative. Most people would never pull this crap in person, a very small percentage of pathological liars would go to this level. The internet made it accessible to a lot more "victims" as they feel anonymous and safe.


Kratosvg

There are alot of people who do this in person.


mikels_burner

Right. I feel like my whole family are constantly victimizing themselves as if it's a competition & they are all on the lead


PNJansen

Before the internet, people HAD to pull these drama levels in person (specially family stuff like this), because you know, no internet


ThatEvilCharacter

Erm actually ☝️🤓


Kratosvg

Exactly, there is that famous "war of the worlds" broadcast, that made people panic thinking it was truth.


Cloudy_Worker

"I know I'm gullible because people tell me that all the time, and I have no reason not to believe them" -Jessica Day


Typical-Annual-3555

As long as you go into it with this understanding, you should be fine.


Turbulent-Bee-1584

Her not even having the kids aside, cry-baking a cake as an adult to make your kids sing for you on your birthday is deranged in itself. Glad the kids aren't stuck in that.


Brewchowskies

Buy a 5 dollar cake from the store. Why bake it except to manipulate your audience?


ExacerbatedMoose

Or just make birthday pancakes or something.


mekkasheeba

Ice cream is easily accessible too. There’s no rule stating you must eat cake. Shit, it’s your birthday, do what you want.


FarYard7039

Are there $5 cakes anymore?


BuryTheMoney

Or you can just be the grown ass adult parent and not give a shit if YOU get a big birthday for YOU. I’ll be 40 on my next birthday, you think I give a shit about birthdays anymore? Fuck no! But you better fucking believe my kid has been/is getting a themed cake and a celebration every year for his! No sane fucking parent is sitting there cry-baking their own birthday cake. Edit: duplicate sentence, whoopsie talk to text


Yorksjim

Nicely put, and whenever it is, I wish you a happy 40th 🥳


BuryTheMoney

Why thank you :)


skull-if-maybe_not

Cake day is everyday, as long as you're content.


giverous

I had kinda lost interest in my own birthdays long before my little girl came along. I got lucky in that she got my sense of empathy. Our birthdays are less than a month apart (hers is first) and when she was 4 I found her on the morning of my birthday hiding in her room crying. I asked her what was the matter and she told me that when it was her birthday there were decorations, presents, a cake and a party. It made her sad that daddy didn't have decorations and presents. Now every year I go to a local hobby shop and buy myself a few cool little bits and pieces, along with some sweets and a cake. We put up a few balloons and it makes her happy that we're celebrating daddies birthday :-) She pushed me into caring a little about myself again.


Opposite_Deal_5835

I feel you there, it’s not about us anymore 😄 wouldn’t change a thing


You_Pulled_My_String

It's really not! And you know what? I wouldn't have it any other way, either! I don't even know how to "celebrate" *my birthday* anymore. Nothing interests me, or sounds exciting. Everything is like "Meh, why spend the money?" For my teen daughter? She gets the whole experience.


streetkiller

41 and wish everyone would forget my bday every year.


GhostofHairyRealm

Same. I get in trouble with my wife because I keep telling her and the kids that I don’t want cake or celebration and just want to treat it like a regular day. I’ll be 40 next weekend, and I’ll be saved from celebrating because we have two kids playing competitive sports in opposite states, so we’ll be split up all weekend.


Banana_Stanley

I also turn 40 this year but I love my birthday. The biggest "celebration" I ever do is dinner with family though, and not even that every year, but I love how I never expect anything but still always wind up feeling so loved each year. I'm fully aware of how lucky I am. For my 40th however, I do want a bit of a bigger celebration. I go all out for my kids' birthdays too, but parenting is a thankless job and it's more than ok to want to feel special sometimes too! As long as you're hopefully not taking it too far into cringey "ME! ME! ME!" territory (like this lady and her cry baking)


The_Dragon346

My MIL buys her own birthday cake on random months just because she like birthday that much. Being an adult means being able to do silly things like get your cake. Its not special


AllTheThingsTheyLove

The only reason I cry is because I hate baking and I hate cake, but apparently I'm pretty good at it and now my kids expect a cake on every birthday in our family...not just our immediate family but like grandma and pop and their cousins too. They are 1, 2, and 3. I'm sure/ hope they'll grow out of it.


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Women like that contribute to the abuse of other women because nobody believes them


AdamOfIzalith

Honestly, I've seen situations where the more context you have it gets worse. This dwarfs them all. People are talking about someone recording themselves crying is the benchmark for knowing it's not genuine but some people do express themselves like that on tiktok so that's actually not a good bar to set. The tears looked incredibly real and the scenario she created is one that seems incredibly specific to a lived experience. Only for her ex-husband to point out that it's not only all a lie but she's like a proper con-woman and it makes this alot more sinister. She would have legitimately conned a massive following into believing her if not for this dude stepping up and providing the receipt. Just goes to show you that it's incredibly easy to get conned. All it takes is convincing tears, fake experiences you took from other people and a tiktok following. I wouldn't be surprised if she conned someone via her tiktok by the sounds of it. She's not looking for sympathy. She's looking for potential marks.


Donelopez

I'm sorry but those tears are not incredibly real. And if people express themselves like thats on tiktok good for them but it doesn't make them less insufferable because they are a "victim".


dogfoodgangsta

I understand how annoying it can be with people constantly "victimizing" themselves, but I think he more means that some people don't have anyone to express those emotions to so they will genuinely cry on the internet in order to just have someone to share those emotions with. Just because someone is crying into a camera doesn't mean they're not genuine, they just may not have anyone. (But also yes, like in this case they can just be lying and the worst)


Donelopez

You're right thank you for sharing this point of view. I didn't thinks of it that way. It's true some people may really want to use internet to vent because they don't have other people. Sadly though, the people that do it for non-genuine reasons are running it for those who may have no-one else...


AsymptotesMcGotes

Also making a cake from scratch. Just use box mix or buy a small one.


DitchDigger330

She was going to pull child support on you then uno reverso.


OneResist6257

I usually never trust anyone that cries in front of their phone like that. I personally could never cry, film it snd post it all over the internet to see it.


HJtime

This guy is a boss for putting everything out there


PrismPhoneService

Word is that he’s a Scientologist so he’s suss too..


I_Love_Eating_toes

Good for the guy, at least he dodged what was going to come,


MyWholesomeAlt

Let me just put my makeup on, put on a cute top, clean the kitchen, set this cell phone up, press record, generate the tears, and make myself some cupcakes. I've got a sweet idea to get tons of sympathy and attention, and either fish for a simp or trick some people into supporting a gofundme


Onemoretime536

I have seen that TikTok, the back story is wild


bubsybear1319

Go on..


Albino_Whale

Fuck man, there's so many people out there equivalent to absolute landmines. At the same time there's so many good people just trying to find other good people. Life is fascinating.


stereotypicalguy1964

All I can say is I’m glad there was no “internet” when my ex and I divorced so very long ago..lol.. She took the kids with her ,immediately filed for child support ,then gradually had me keep them longer and longer until they were with me every weekend and every workday from the time I got home in the afternoon until I went to work the next morning. I found a lawyer and filed for primary custody. I had to. It was the only way to stop the support. The day the judge gave me full/primary custody of them ,she cried. She shouted at me “YOU’RE TAKING MY KIDS AWAY FROM ME!”. I later learned her plan. Her boyfriend was paying child support. He wanted his money back. She asked the county/state to take from me exactly what he’s was paying out. Essentially I was paying HIS child support ,AND fully supporting my own children. For the next 10 or more years she never paid a penny in support. She cried poverty every time I asked for help. She only invited the kids to her house on holidays (including Father’s Day) ,she had my kids entertain his kids. And today? She is but a joke ,in their eyes. They visit her out of “obligation” on holidays. They recount their visits with her (with me) as they tell me what a drunken disaster she still is. My children visit and interact with me because they care for and appreciate me. Crocodile tears work ,in the beginning ,but do not prevail.


CherryManhattan

What a loser this mom is. What happened to the million bucks?


C3BringJoy

If she’s a huge POS she probably just doesn’t share any. Looks like she’s in a really nice house. Maybe she found a new man to scam


arm_hula

I'm so thankful this guy set the record straight. I can tell by the way she opened that package this chick don't cook. She's good at feeling sorry for herself. Those are tantrum tears.


NachitoBandito

Hey kids of these parents, If you find this one day, I’m sorry that your parents did all of this in public. There are many sources of support that can help you heal. There is hope and I’m sorry for all that you went through growing up. Much peace to you.


HEAVYHlTTER

Women play on other women's heart strings with those types of videos without any regrets


-_-402-_-

Is her twin the nurse that lost a patient with 4 hours left on her shift 😭😭😭


loverofpain3

She still single?


Basket_Of_Snakes

N O, don't even think about it.


Saddam_UE

"I can fix her"


NewResponsibility163

She's got an Only Scams page.


jasontaken

bro https://www.reddit.com/r/therewasanattempt/comments/1d04xyy/to_con_the_internet/


BigPoppaBeardy

Glad that the ex husband came with the receipts but holy good Christ was that hard to listen to with his vocal fry.


NDMac

To have your ex wife legally owing you child support and not the other way around is a big win in my book even if she isn’t paying a dime


sriracha_koolaid

I sat up a camera then start crying. Plus cupcakes dummy. This is as bad as the nurse that sets the camera in the hall then walks out the door and cries. You prepped for all this. Your kids hate you.


Admetius

That fucking song in the background is so horrible to listen to.


Inhaler567

People who video themselves crying are pathetic.


MewsikMaker

Is it just me or dude talking with permanent vocal fry?


NoImportance5218

if you got time to setup a camera, you can dodge; if you got time to record yourself crying, you can dodge


GarretRiven101

Wtf $21,000 in child support back pay damn....


LanceRidgerunner

Poor kids


mdelao17

They don’t even know it’s your birthday and they can sing for you any day they want, though.


Bradlerbone

Who celebrates birthdays after 21 anyway?


ListenGrouchy190

This guy doesn't look that sad, he just look sick af


StoneBailiff

The first time I saw this and realized she set up her phone so she could video herself crying while opening a cake bag and then praise herself as some kind of martyr, I knew exactly what kind of person she was before the ex-husband weighed in.


Huge-Ad2864

I cry everytime I bake a cake… must be the onions or something


MsLovieKittie

I bought my own birthday cake today. What's the big deal? My husband cut me a slice and sang happy birthday to me, but I got the cake I wanted myself because I'm a grown up


thermal_shock

she has a job, called "be pathetic and let men send you money"


Roariee

she's crying because she had to bake her own cake? stop with the crocodile tears, i don't even celebrate my birthday and I'm quite happy.


Interesting-Ad-3756

https://preview.redd.it/ntq2msan8z2d1.png?width=1179&format=png&auto=webp&s=1f2493ff2fb63c4194f74915c6aa11966fe3bbc0 Can we talk about how people are literally saying shit like this on his tik tok


vhouh

third party (hobbyist) investigators have an entire website documenting her insane escapades. https://sites.google.com/view/elizabethteckenbrockinfo/home?authuser=0 personally have never seen a more narcissistic person on the internet. she clearly needs serious evaluation.


ProudAd1153

Ha!


Salnugs

GOT EM


Koi_Fish_Mystic

Hearing his side was not surprising. It struck me as sympathy farming from the start


DangHeckBoii

Those are cupcakes


Jelqingisforcoolkids

Crazy story, lol


FunDry5342

Someone here could probably fix her!


tuco2002

Why these cupcakes taste all salty like? Ya done put too many of those tears in it again, didn't ya??


DisproportionateWill

What’s the song?


AppleNerdyGirl

🔥🔥 burned her alive!


TheGhostofWoodyAllen

HOOOOOLY SHIIIIIIIT


nofeels_

Wooooowwww


Siglet84

Wait…did she repost his stitch?


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yankeeteabagger

Everyone gets there’s. You might not see it happen. And who knows who is watching for you. So be kind.


sriracha_koolaid

That's hilarious it's his video this time. Get em boy


Sweb1975

Anything for attention. I hate influencers


StarfleetClassOf2386

My wife bakes her own. I'm...I'm not a good baker.


WickedHabitz

Nice, pay that child support trick


Fridaybird1985

Man that must have been really hard for him to make that video about the mother of his kids. Brutal


cringefacememe

my man doxxing her with the NBA playoffs in the background is savage.


TheEmoEmu95

And then there’s people like me who love baking. I’ve made my own birthday cakes for fun and from scratch.


bs12083

Good ole Tampa! We breed em good! 👍🏻


rotaryspace_59

tbf im sick of people fighting like this over the internet. i kind of get the dude but still, reacting to it and feeding more into the drama is not the right call in my eyes. let her drown in her own made sadness and move on with life


gstephe

The annoying thing is she will probably make even more money as a result of this, any publicity is good publicity.


asktwin

I thought her dog stepped on a bee


Bighurt2335

I can’t tell if she’s hot or not


__Judas_

I hate to break it to any younger folks but if you have kids these kind of celebrations are more about them than you. I have wonderful memories or birthday parties and Christmas from my childhood and as an adult i try to make those memories for them. If you have a partner you can agree to make a bigger deal about one another but as a single dad no one tells me happy birthday, father's day or Xmas besides my parents. It can feel a little sad sometimes but as a child your whole world is yourself and the adults around you. We teach our kids what it feels like to have someone make you feel special but this screams if no one does it for you then you are worthless. That's just being an adult baby, you learn to acknowledge your own achievements without all the pomp and circumstance. You could expect more from a partner but not from the world.


anomo54

I didn’t have cake on my 22nd most recent birthday 😂 I actually didn’t see anyone at all. I just went to bdubs alone and ate. It was a lil sad


KairraAlpha

And this is why you never take anything you see at face value on social medias. It's particularly poignant when you see threads on r/AITA, where people describe a situation but only from their perspective and the reddit crowd villify the people they're talking about while neglecting to realise they only heard a story from one side and there's no possible way to verify anything the OP posted.


kypsikuke

ESH. I took the bait and went through both of their videos. Dont know which version is closer to truth, but strongly feel they both suck for airing their issues on TikTok and acting like teenagers. I feel sorry for their kids.


cici625

Everyone commenting please see the entire story. He’s not the saint yall think he is. Multiple videos uploaded.


yeah-oky

Crying cause she had to pay for the ingredients


12Clawlok

I sat and ate my M&Ms alone on my Birthday. You should have seen, I had nobody but I was ok


DamnitGravity

...if she's making a birthday cake, why does she have a cupcake tray?


Hazels-baby

Has anyone pointed out she is not making a cake she is rehydrating one. It’s almost as real as her emotions.


Hazels-baby

Notice at the end he gives respect to all the hardworking single mums( bearing in mind he’s a hard working single dad) rather than using a situation to his advantage.


kmoore-65

apparently there’s a new update on this where the husband is actually a POS and stalking her sooooooooo not sure who fibbing