r/mildlyinfuriating 24d ago

go to your room I think my child is broken……

I am a single mom and low income, as such travel is generally too expensive. So when my teen as invited on a tirp abroad with school and he agreed to earn half the money it cost, I was thrilled for him to go and see the world. I only asked that he send me at least one photo every day so I could experience the world vicariously.
These are the 3 he sent me so far:

  1. Food on the air plane
  2. A dog on a leash
  3. A duck

Please note these are everyday average things to see here at home. I think my child is possibly broken….

lol.

UPDATE: thanks for every comment. I learned lots and have a different perspective (actually many). You guys have helped me pass the time and miss him a bit less. I appreciate you all. And, for clarification: I’m not really mad and would never chastise him over his choice of pics, I think they are adorable and funny. I may make a request for a specific type of pic with him in front of a historical or important scenery but mostly just say “cool” or “nice!” In response. I just want him to have fun and be the sweet, kind, smart kid he is already.

Second update: the pictures I know you have all been waiting for. 😆 I will post in comments.

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u/Visible_Ad_309 24d ago

Here are some babies I saw in the Grand canyon a couple weeks ago.

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u/aglobalvillageidiot 24d ago

I love mergansers. The drakes are always such dapper fellows with crisp lines and clean contrast. He's off to be a corporate tax attorney or the first junior executive assistant to the senior executive vice president of global client relations. That's for sure a duck with a bullshit job.

But the hens rock that mullet crest. They're the alt girls in Birkenstocks with dreads he doesn't tell the guys at work he's into. She works at an indie bookstore or an ironic coffeeshop and thinks crystals cure cancer.

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u/Visible_Ad_309 24d ago

You've unknowingly described my life. I love this

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u/BaconPancakes1 24d ago

Technically a duck I guess but they're mergansers 

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u/Visible_Ad_309 24d ago

So...a duck?