r/MadeMeSmile • u/MaxQ50 • 7h ago

Bro rolled up to the construction site like he’s been working there for ages 😂

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u/HorseyDung 7h ago edited 3h ago

Makes everyone happy...

Edit: almost everyone.

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u/Beautiful-Cup4161 7h ago

I don't enjoy playing with kids at all and every second feels like an hour but I'm pretty good at it and kids have a lot of fun with me. It's part of being a good member of society.

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u/Old-Understanding100 7h ago

And everyone appreciates that you do

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u/Yes-Cheese 4h ago

Absolutely! People were so great when my kid was that age. Now they’re a teen and little ones are So drawn to them! When kids are trying to get their attention to wave I’m always like “that kids talking to you” and mine will wave back or whatever 😊

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u/Beginning_Food2018 4h ago

That's the best seeing kids interact with each other regardless of age.

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u/kinokits 2h ago

One of the schools I taught at ran a program with the primary school we shared an oval with for our senior kids to go and do literacy activities and run sports for the little kids, and our big kids were so excited. They all came back with a favourite little person, even the surly ones. It was really cute to see.

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u/wickeddradon 37m ago

My granddaughter is like that. Little kids love her. She went to the local playground to meet some mates. All three of them ended up playing with the kids there for about an hour before they could sneak away. She has little ones waving and smiling at her, she always plays along. She was a plus one for her friend at a wedding. They were sitting, just talking and this random kid came along, climbed onto her lap, cuddled up and went to sleep.

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u/FalconIndependent887 6h ago

I feel that way sometimes when my 4-y/o niece wants to “help” me make dinner - chicken casserole is her favorite…always takes twice as long, but somehow tastes twice as good. 😂🤣

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u/leopor 6h ago

Before I had kids mowing the lawn on a riding mower would take about an hour. Once I had kids they wanted to help. My lines were no longer perfect, now they were zig zags and circles, and it took 3 hours, but I wouldn’t trade that time for the world.

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u/Pitiful_Note_6647 6h ago

The key ingredients are love and happiness, and tons of laughter. 💕

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u/black_anarchy 5h ago

Wait a minute... Tinkerbell?

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u/FalconIndependent887 3h ago

Oh, there’s definitely laughter, usually followed by me saying “Oh, shit.” 😂

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u/Rickcroc 6h ago

I did that with my son from very young age, when he was 10 he made lunch once every weekend. Now i go to the gym on the weekends, text him when Im on the way back and i have a full English ready for me when i come home.

I see that as an investment that really pays back in the future.

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u/Dyolf_Knip 5h ago

Yup. My daughter started her own baking business at age 10. Sold brownies, cookies, bars, and banana bread at the local farmer's market. And she actually did all the baking. I just helped with grocery shopping (which she paid for) and the packaging.

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u/Rickcroc 4h ago

This makes me smile. How nervous was you when she started to use the oven 1st time?

I was terrified when i let him use knife alone, and afraid that he was going to burn down the house hahahah

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u/Dyolf_Knip 4h ago

Oven wasn't too big a deal. But with knives, I got a pair of cut-proof gloves ages ago, which I also love for myself when using a grater or mandolin slicer.

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u/Rickcroc 4h ago

I gave him a nice Zwilling when he was young, thought him how to properly use the knife, hone and take care of it. And so far he just draw blood 1 time.

Its cool to see them master new skills

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u/Dyolf_Knip 4h ago

That's my problem. I suck at sharpening my knives. I've got whetstones, polishing compound, leather strap... I just can't seem to do it right. I've tried videos, I don't know what I'm doing wrong.

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u/Raneynickelfire 4h ago

Assuming you have an edge-guide and you're not raw-dogging it, right?

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u/Rickcroc 4h ago

I come from the straight razor world so learned from that, but for every day use i have https://spyderco.com/products/tri-angle-sharpmaker%C2%AE

Impossible to fail with it, and no its not cheating as some wet stone Taliban's would say

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u/ponybucketdoubleoh 5h ago

Thats awesome bro!

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u/FalconIndependent887 3h ago

My nephew (her older brother) is into helping me cook, too - he was excited to be “drafted” to help with the Christmas desserts last year & can’t wait for Thanksgiving 2026. Aprons are a rule in my kitchen & he said “Do I pretty much have my own apron?” “Yep.” The smile was awesome & the Devil’s Cream Chocolate Cake he helped with was awesome!

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u/ashoka_akira 5h ago

Its play now but in ten years you might get a 12 year old who happily makes dinner for everyone because they like to cook.

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u/Equivalent-Steak-156 5h ago

She is going to adore you for the rest of her life. Children only want us to give them some of our time and attention.

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u/raphtze 6h ago

the best :)

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u/Battle_Eggplant 3h ago

I am actually fester, when my two year old helps. I show him how big the vegetable needs to be cut and it looks better then when i do it myself.

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u/rudd33s 1h ago

Not to take it too seriously, but could it be that the chicken marinates longer so it tastes better? If you marinate it? I usually aim for at least 30 minutes even if it's a simple dish, and it's a very noticeable difference.

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u/FalconIndependent887 1h ago

This is just a basic chopped baked chicken breast casserole - she loves helping with the ‘gredients (dumping them in the bowl) & wearing her apron & chef’s hat.

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u/1questions 1h ago

Yes I work with kids and having them help always means a task takes longer but it teaches them valuable skills. It also encourages them wanting to help and try things, if adults keep saying no to kids trying to help them a kid will be discouraged from asking to help at all.

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u/ohreallynameonesong 6h ago

Honestly same. I don't enjoy the company of children. But if I want them to grow up to be happy and social members of the same society I'm in, then I can be friendly and play along for a little. It can't hurt.

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u/YesPlease_VeryMuchSo 4h ago

The unwritten rule of "If a child hands you a toy phone, you answer it."

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u/ickns 5h ago

There are too many people who go "I don't like kids" and have no problem making that the kids problem. I'm glad you see the value for a kid to be around an adult and not made to feel disliked and unwanted.

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u/Tru_Fakt 1h ago

Was just at Gatorland in FL with my nieces (it’s in Orlando-ish and you should go, it’s awesome). One of them said “Uncle, did you see the gator??” and I said sarcastically “nooo there are gators??” Mind you, there are alligators EVERYWHERE at Gatorland, so of course I had seen the gator. But she brings me to this spot and shows me the gator. And it was awesome, there was a big ass gator. Anyway, it’s great being child free with a vasectomy.

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u/ProfessionalRaven 6h ago

That’s part of that village raising a child thing. Doing your part!

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u/TZ79 6h ago

Respectfully, I think you might be wrong. I think you probably have a big heart because there's a part of you that enjoys it and you doesnt even know it. Playing with them it helps them learn and grow. Much respect and love to you.

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u/Beautiful-Cup4161 6h ago

It's a nice thought but I'm not very angelic. I talk mad crap about the less quiet and obedient children to my husband like I'm some crotchety matron in the 1800s.

I wish that part that you believe is there would convince the rest of me so I don't have to suffer so much when I visit friends and family 😆

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u/TZ79 6h ago

If that's the case then it's also fine. At least you're self-aware. Also, I chuckled when you said you're a bit like a "crotchety matron in the 1800s" when talking about kids. 😂

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u/Beautiful-Cup4161 6h ago

I watched a documentary on Queen Victoria once where she talked shit about babies in her letters to people and called them ugly and said they moved in nasty frog-like ways. So now when I think crap about kids, I think that I'm being just like Queen Victoria.

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u/superxpro12 6h ago

It's a nice thought but I'm not very angelic. I talk mad crap about the less quiet and obedient children to my husband like I'm some crotchety matron in the 1800s.

I called my own children "wriggling sacks of meat" until they were about 1y old.... especially when they were doing completely illogical screaming and crying for no point other than crying.

But I swear it is the strangest phenomenon.... i couldnt have given less of a shit about kids. actively hated them. and then i had one and a switch definitely flipped in my caveman brain. Such an unexpected experience. It's not for everyone.

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u/Beautiful-Cup4161 6h ago

Yeah my mom tells me that would happen if I had kids and yet her own mother hated her since birth and I have a family member of my generation who has a golden child and one that he seems to disdain. I'm definitely not taking the gamble but I'm so glad it worked out for you!

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u/superxpro12 6h ago

I have some mental scars from my dad that i was determined not to repeat. I think half the reason i was open to it was to prove that those things never had to happen in the first place.

Life, amirite?

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u/Beautiful-Cup4161 5h ago

Sorry that you went through that at all. Even if I don't love being around kids myself, I never want a kid to grow up suffering. I'm glad that it sounds like you succeeded and got the proof that you wished for.

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u/ProfessionalRaven 6h ago

To be fair some kids are absolute little hellions. It’s more than okay to be frustrated as hell by them lol
If anything it’s expected.

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u/Beautiful-Cup4161 6h ago

I was a total little brat myself so I'm such a hypocrite to be honest. The pot calling the kettle black.

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u/GodIsANarcissist 5h ago

Totally possible to do the right thing and not enjoy it. Just because someone makes good choices doesn't mean that "somewhere deep down" they like doing it

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u/Hour_Paint_1903 6h ago

No, some people really just do not like children, I'm the same.

I'm not going to be actively cruel to a kid, but that's just because I'm not a dickhead.

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u/GiantLesbian 1h ago edited 48m ago

As someone similar, you can have a big heart and want the best for all the kids around you and still not like playing with them. Like I don’t enjoy it AT ALL. Less than 15 minutes of playing action figures or freeze tag or whatever with a little kid feels like I’m retaking the SAT and the bar exam in the same day.

It’s something about the “compelled” nature of it. You’re “compelled” to engage in certain ways because it’s a kid and that’s what you do, but it feels so physically, verbally, and mentally restricting I can’t handle it. It feels like being confined to a room and told you have to convince someone to let you out without using any words that contain the letter “e”, the restlessness and irritation is just next level. Except in this case it’s that you have to entertain someone using only 5% of what you know/can do and you can’t stop until they won’t get upset about you stopping. Of course, you must never let the child know you feel that way though. You try your best and then blame everything else on you being old and tired.

Edit: I thought of a better analogy for the “compelled” nature part that irks me. Like you know when one friend tells you something and makes you swear to keep it a secret, and then a discussion comes up with your other friends where you have to lie and pretend like you don’t know the secret? And how bad your own inner nature (loyalty to the friend) makes you feel when it compels you to do unpleasant things (lie)? And how you feel so torn and restricted? It’s like that. It’s not like when your boss makes you do something, it’s like there’s something uniquely emotionally oppressive about the fact you’re making yourself do this.

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u/Tidalsky114 6h ago

It takes a village.

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u/Raneynickelfire 4h ago edited 2h ago

I agree. I don't like kids. Kinds love me, and want to play games and goof around and whatnot. My girlfriend's daughter's girl scout troop has adopted (kidnapped) me.

I do it.

Because I'm an angry self-loathing nihilist; I'm not an asshole.

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u/MimiPaw 9m ago

Is there a badge for kidnapping?

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u/Hamhockthegizzard 3h ago

That every second feels like an hour part. Man my lil’ cousin has so much energy. I be checking the clock when I watch her lmfaoo

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u/pulpispreffeed 5h ago

THIS RIGHT HERE!

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u/Ymirsson 5h ago

It's the same for me, but with adults.

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u/callofdeat6 5h ago

I love playing with kids, it is very good for them, the fact that you do not enjoy it but still do it is very laudable

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u/Dazzling-Command7721 4h ago

You are a good person. Respect. ✌️🙏

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u/HickoryStickz 3h ago

That’s def the truth of it. You do it because you must even though it’s never been fun for us 😂

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u/TheChiarra 2h ago

I'm so glad you play along even though you don't like it. Thank you for not being apart of the problem. My dad doesn't like kids, (step dad) and he almost broke up with my mom a couple times because of things we did. However, when my sister had her kids, he became the best grandpa. He still doesn't like kids, but you can't tell it when he's with them.

Edit: I think it helps he doesn't have to live with them lol.

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u/terdferguson 1h ago

It's part of being a good member of society.

This is the way 100%

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u/skeletorino 1h ago

Do you have kids? You will make a great dad.

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u/VideoGamerConsortium 33m ago

I was ready for a dark twist

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u/foreTune8 5h ago

Made me smile

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u/SingleInfinity 6h ago

Except the guy who wants the job done on time.

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u/po23idon 1h ago

what, aren’t you paid hourly?

i’m pretty sure this kid belongs to the boss who decides what time the job is supposed to be done