No one comes to 11 yr olds B-day party, Leafs+NHLers step up

[Number8]

Nobody is saying anything against the players, what they and the Leafs are doing is amazing. At the same time, how exactly would they react in this situation? They had no choice but to do something beyond just tweet a birthday message. The father tagged a couple of them so if they didn't reply and do something they'd look bad.

Probably no choice but it goes with territory.

I would not have done what the father did. However this is a ten year old kid in a crappy situation. Either he has no friends (or crappy ones), he has a father who uses him as internet fodder, or both. My heart breaks for the kid, regardless of the truth.

My point is just that a bunch of players did something nice of their own volition (regardless of whether they felt they had to or not). No skin off our backs to smile and say “Gee, that’s nice” or do nothing at all.

Kid has a rough situation, either way.

 

[Number8]

Reminds me of when I tell my mom something is probably fake, and she responds with "who cares, it's a nice thing!". Not the point...

bunch of suckers.

I think your Mom is a smart lady. The internet could learn a lot from her. “who cares, it’s a nice thing” — not the worst words to live by.

Particularly as most of this sort of stuff matters not one iota in our lives. Better to heed your Mom’s advice and sometimes believe in good rather than automatically assuming the worst.

And no, I’m not suggesting we all give our bank details to a widowed Princess who emails us Out of the blue!

 

[Mickey Marner]

Does nobody RSVP anymore?

 

[MikeK]

Does nobody RSVP anymore?

Exactly what my Wife said. Either nobody committed to being there or everyone bailed. Either way, the youngster had a crap Bday and good on the team for stepping up and making this kids whole life. He'll talk about this for the rest of his life.

I don't get where there are so many cynics on this topic. Like I said earlier, regardless of how it all went down it's stilla nice story and good on the players for stepping up.

 

[snag]

Cool the players stepped up.

But if I had a friend who was a Leafs fan I wouldnt go either

 

[A1LeafNation]

Seems like a lot of the ppl who didn't show up to the kids bday made an appearance in this thread.

Good on the Leafs, and the rest!

 

[Cassano]

Poor kid was probably forced to attend leaf games as well.

 

[Frank Drebin]

Lmao, what a parent. Hey world, here is a picture of my child who was just humiliated and hurt that no one showed up to his birthday party.

Social media, I swear

 

[zizbuka]

I think the kid didn’t have any friends and the parents set this up on purpose. Lol. Wouldn’t surprise me if most of that is true.

Self reflection?

 

[Jozay]

Im glad that all those people wished him a happy bday. Hope it made his day special.

But its so weird to me that his dad would post this.

 

[Frank Drebin]

And btw I agree with you. Little kid doesn’t deserve birthday wishes. I’m not a birthday wish machine. Too good for that ****.

Oh the virtue, see the virtue

 

[zizbuka]

Reminds me of when I tell my mom something is probably fake, and she responds with "who cares, it's a nice thing!". Not the point...

bunch of suckers.

Some apples do roll far from the tree........

 

[Frank Drebin]

All joking aside, it’s truly amazing.

People should imagine for a moment that this story is exactly as reported.

Maybe a lonely awkward boy invites people for a bday party and no one shows. Father broadcasts his picture and sad state of affairs on social media (awkward and maybe exacerbating problem). Some players and celebs take a moment to do something nice (and alleviating problem 1 and 2 somewhat — or a lot).

Then a bunch of internet jockeys piss all over it by saying it’s not true (and, yes, the kid will see the nice responses AND the piss taking) casting a negative shadow on some good coming out of an overall crappy situation regardless of the actual truth.

We wonder why some people go off the rails in life. And to what end? Who cares what the real story is — beyond something nice happening.

Society reaps what it sews.

People go off the rails because of reactions to social media posts, or because their fathers publicize the worst day of their young lives?

 

[cajmonkey]

Or for all we know, this kid could be a total *******

Maybe there’s a reason nobody wanted or wanted their kids to go?? Ever think of that??

Imagine if he's a bully or always bragging about stuff and now has a whole bunch more ammo to use at school.

"Did the PM wish YOU a happy birthday? Didn't think so, loser!"






Come at me bros.

 

[Chips]

Not to mention the fact that dad just friend-shamed his own kid......like, "hey internet, no one came to my kid's birthday party. Here he is in a depressing empty room, looking like he just finished crying."

I don't think I'd want my picture taken if I was the kid in that situation, maybe that's just me though. I don't have any kids so I can't attest to the lengths some parents would go but this does seem a bit much.

You know, i kinda had that feeling. Like I mean he made it public and IDed himself so its like telling the internet his son has friend issues? Like i was thinking the last thing i would want to do when i had that occur was to announce it to the world.

This is my thought too every time I see one of these. Does this kid really want to go viral for not having any friends? Sounds awful.

Most of the public will forget him, I can’t imagine any embarrassment will last. But even still, having zero friends is about the worst feeling you can have. Maybe literally the worst. Maybe having some friends to help you through embarrassment is better than having no friends in total obscurity. Desperate times call for desperate measures.

I think some kids are just shy and it doesn’t necessarily mean they have some big issue. As for the other kids, sometimes they aren’t necessarily mean but simply go about their lives and don’t realize a classmate is that sad, because of his shyness. It can be a wake up call, if even just a few kids rally around him, he’s better off.

 

[Number8]

People go off the rails because of reactions to social media posts, or because their fathers publicize the worst day of their young lives?

Could be either to be honest. Neither is good.

 

[Frank Drebin]

Could be either to be honest. Neither is good.

The outcome is great. Happy for the poor kid.

Like you, I would not put my kid on display like that however. It will likely make him a bigger target of bullying.

 

[MetalheadPenguinsFan]

Imagine if he's a bully or always bragging about stuff and now has a whole bunch more ammo to use at school.

"Did the PM wish YOU a happy birthday? Didn't think so, loser!"






Come at me bros.

 

[tfong]

Most of the public will forget him, I can’t imagine any embarrassment will last. But even still, having zero friends is about the worst feeling you can have. Maybe literally the worst. Maybe having some friends to help you through embarrassment is better than having no friends in total obscurity. Desperate times call for desperate measures.

I think some kids are just shy and it doesn’t necessarily mean they have some big issue. As for the other kids, sometimes they aren’t necessarily mean but simply go about their lives and don’t realize a classmate is that sad, because of his shyness. It can be a wake up call, if even just a few kids rally around him, he’s better off.

Oh yeah totally, I had what would be prescribed as a rough childhood for sure and can empathize with the kid. That being said I mentioned we are kind of looking at it from a microscope type situation so we're obviously analyzing aspects of what happened. I think in terms of what the Leafs did its great PR though.

 

[Mark Stones Spleen]

Or it was all a scam so he could meet Marner and Tavares and get free Leafs tickets and the kids birthday isn't even until March

Where did you see that his birthday is in March?

 

[ElLeetch]

surprise twist: nobody showed up to his party because he is the school bully.

 

[Beville]

Definitely a feel good story that

 

[NeverBeNormal]

I hope some team does the same for poor ol' Kip Drordy.

 

[End on a Hinote]

When nobody showed up to my birthday my mom told me she'd message the Canucks.

I told here that I invited the Canucks!

 

[Dr Pepper]

Maple Leafs meet Kade Foster, 11-year-old boy from viral tweet

Leafs flew his whole family to Toronto, he'll be at the game tonight.

Wonder if they'll get the whole arena to sing happy birthday to him.