Mom Tells Her Grieving Daughter She Was Being a Brat After She Cried About Blowing Out Her Birthday Candles, Wonder If She Is the Worst

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Zara’s “5-year-old niece" blew almost all the candles during the family gathering. With a few left, the mom told Zara to “blow those out.”

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She did, but “she looked angry and started crying.”

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Things got awkward, and everyone tried to comfort the 5-year-old niece and her mom. The mother shared she “talked to Zara and told her she was being a selfish brat and making a scene.”

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Things got awkward, and everyone tried to comfort the 5-year-old niece and her mom.

Later, we learned that Zara was grieving the death of her partner, which was not in the original post, and it angered many Reddit posters.

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