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Consider this a Wu Tang remix: cash rules everything around your child&#39;s birthday party. When a father asked for cash instead of gifts for his son&#39;s 10th birthday, what he did with the proceeds caused a kerfuffle with his ex-wife. He took to Reddit&#39;s<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AmItheAsshole/comments/116dv13/aita_for_stealing_my_childs_birthday_money/" target="_blank"> &quot;Am I the A**hole&quot;</a> to ask:&quot;AITA for &#39;stealing&#39; my child&rsquo;s birthday money&quot;<blockquote> Last week it was my (36M) son&rsquo;s 10th birthday. We threw a big party for him with lots of extended family on both sides. </blockquote><blockquote> Both me and my ex-wife (35F) have very large families and since my son is older now, I instructed them to gift money rather than lots of toys that he wouldn&rsquo;t use. </blockquote><blockquote> I also thought this would be a good learning opportunity to teach him about financial responsibility. No one had any issue with this and all gave cash. </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><blockquote> The party went well, we all had a great time, and by the end of the day my son had ended up with quite a lot of money. I told him the amount he had and he seemed really excited. We cleared up and I went to pay it in to the bank for him. </blockquote><blockquote> Side note: I&rsquo;m a bit of a collector. I collect vintage cereal boxes and have done since my early 20s. I have amassed quite the collection over the years and it is worth lots. I hope to use part of it to pay for my son&rsquo;s college tuition. </blockquote><blockquote> That evening, I stumbled across a 1963 Post Toasties cornflakes box, which would complete my 63&rsquo; core collection. It was one I&rsquo;d been after for a while but had never been able to buy before, so naturally I was very excited. </blockquote><blockquote> The price was just over the amount my son was given for his birthday. I thought it over and given that this would complete a major aspect of my collection it would boost the value as a whole - I decided to kill two birds with one stone by using this to teach my son about investment and also provide for his future. </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><blockquote> I told my son I had something to show him and called him into my office. I explained that this box was going to go up in value and would pay for his college one day - his birthday present this year. I bought the box and he thanked me. </blockquote><blockquote> A couple days later I received a phone call from my ex, asking for some of the birthday money. </blockquote><blockquote> Apparently, my son had asked for a large Lego set. When I explained that there was no money left and my son knew this, she was furious and is now accusing me of stealing our son&rsquo;s money. </blockquote><blockquote> I don&rsquo;t think I&rsquo;ve done anything wrong as I was just providing for my son and teaching him important life lessons - but AITA? </blockquote>People in the comments were energetic &mdash; you could say they ate their Wheaties.<div className="ad-splitter"></div><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Key-Bit1208/" target="_blank">Key-Bit1208</a> wrote:<blockquote> You used your son&rsquo;s money to buy something that YOU wanted to complete YOUR collection and you are congratulating yourself that you swindled a child by lying to him that it&rsquo;s an &lsquo;investment&rsquo; towards his college degree. YTA </blockquote><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/toxicredox/" target="_blank">toxicredox</a> wrote:<blockquote> YTA. You stole and used your son&#39;s money to complete your collection, then tried to make it into a life lesson about investment. </blockquote><blockquote> Meanwhile, collectibles are not a safe investment - you have no idea if your collection will be worth enough to cover the cost of college in eight years. Even if it it is, what if you can&#39;t find a buyer willing to meet it, OP? </blockquote>OP responded:<div className="ad-splitter"></div><blockquote> As a collector for the past 15 years I have seen the values of items in my collection increase massively and also understand the collecting community very well. </blockquote><blockquote> I have many friends who I know have sold their items at high prices to willing buyers and would not have done this had I not been confident about the future of my collection. </blockquote><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Jenny-Thalia/" target="_blank">Jenny-Thalia</a> wrote:<blockquote> YTA, if you&#39;re too broke to pay for a cereal box, don&#39;t buy a cereal box. You&#39;ve ensured your child got no gifts for his birthday, because you took literally all of his gifts by spending all of his money. </blockquote><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/CrystalQueen3000/" target="_blank">Key-Bit1208</a> wrote:<blockquote> &ldquo;I stole my kids birthday money to buy an old cardboard box, AITA?&rdquo; Yes YTA </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

AITA? Dad's weird investment has ex furious; 'you stole our son's birthday money'

Consider this a Wu Tang remix: cash rules everything around your child&#39;s birthday party. When a father asked for cash instead of gifts for his son&#39;s 10th birthday, what he did with the proceeds caused a kerfuffle with his ex-wife. He took to Reddit&#39;s &quot;Am I the A**hole&quot; to ask:&quot;AITA for &#39;stealing&#39; my child&rsquo;s birthday money&quot; Last week it was my (36M) son&rsquo;s 10th birthday. We threw a big party for him with lots of extended family on both sides.  Both me and my ex-wife (35F) have very large families and since my son is older now, I instructed them to gift money rather than lots of toys that he wouldn&rsquo;t use.  I also thought this would be a good learning opportunity to teach him about financial responsibility. No one had any issue with this and all gave cash.  The party went well, we all had a great time, and by the end of the day my son had ended up with quite a lot of money. I told him the amount he had and he seemed really excited. We cleared up and I went to pay it in to the bank for him.  Side note: I&rsquo;m a bit of a collector. I collect vintage cereal boxes and have done since my early 20s. I have amassed quite the collection over the years and it is worth lots. I hope to use part of it to pay for my son&rsquo;s college tuition.  That evening, I stumbled across a 1963 Post Toasties cornflakes box, which would complete my 63&rsquo; core collection. It was one I&rsquo;d been after for a while but had never been able to buy before, so naturally I was very excited.  The price was just over the amount my son was given for his birthday. I thought it over and given that this would complete a major aspect of my collection it would boost the value as a whole - I decided to kill two birds with one stone by using this to teach my son about investment and also provide for his future.  I told my son I had something to show him and called him into my office. I explained that this box was going to go up in value and would pay for his college one day - his birthday present this year. I bought the box and he thanked me.  A couple days later I received a phone call from my ex, asking for some of the birthday money.  Apparently, my son had asked for a large Lego set. When I explained that there was no money left and my son knew this, she was furious and is now accusing me of stealing our son&rsquo;s money.  I don&rsquo;t think I&rsquo;ve done anything wrong as I was just providing for my son and teaching him important life lessons - but AITA? People in the comments were energetic &mdash; you could say they ate their Wheaties.Key-Bit1208 wrote: You used your son&rsquo;s money to buy something that YOU wanted to complete YOUR collection and you are congratulating yourself that you swindled a child by lying to him that it&rsquo;s an &lsquo;investment&rsquo; towards his college degree. YTA toxicredox wrote: YTA. You stole and used your son&#39;s money to complete your collection, then tried to make it into a life lesson about investment.  Meanwhile, collectibles are not a safe investment - you have no idea if your collection will be worth enough to cover the cost of college in eight years. Even if it it is, what if you can&#39;t find a buyer willing to meet it, OP? OP responded: As a collector for the past 15 years I have seen the values of items in my collection increase massively and also understand the collecting community very well.  I have many friends who I know have sold their items at high prices to willing buyers and would not have done this had I not been confident about the future of my collection. Jenny-Thalia wrote: YTA, if you&#39;re too broke to pay for a cereal box, don&#39;t buy a cereal box. You&#39;ve ensured your child got no gifts for his birthday, because you took literally all of his gifts by spending all of his money. Key-Bit1208 wrote: &ldquo;I stole my kids birthday money to buy an old cardboard box, AITA?&rdquo; Yes YTA 

Consider this a Wu Tang remix: cash rules everything around your child&#39;s birthday party. When a father asked for cash instead of gifts for his son&#39;s 10th birthday, what he did with the proceeds caused a kerfuffle with his ex-wife....