I Didn't Show Up To My Nephew's Party With The Cupcakes I Said I Would Bake | r/AITA
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🗓️ 5 May 2026
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Summary
In today's AITA story, OP promised to bake cupcakes for her nephew's birthday, but a chaotic morning and a failed batch meant she showed up empty-handed. Her brother exploded, accusing her of ruining the party and embarrassing her in from of everyone. Now OP is wondering if she's the jerk for arriving without the cupcakes she genuinely tried - but failed - to make.
0:00 Intro
0:20 Story 1
2:53 Story 1 Comments / OP's Replies
8:27 Story 1 Update
10:37 Story 1 Comments
13:28 Story 2
16:20 Story 2 Comments / OP's Reply
17:51 Story 2 Update
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| 0:00.0 | Hey Waffle Gang, I do hope you are well. |
| 0:06.1 | My name is Mark and today we're checking out some more Reddit stories. |
| 0:10.0 | And if you do love a Reddit story, why not consider hit the like, subscribe, maybe that |
| 0:14.2 | notification bell too. |
| 0:15.8 | Let's crack on with today's first story. |
| 0:19.3 | Much love, guys. |
| 0:20.6 | Now, today's first story comes from the Am I the Asshole |
| 0:23.1 | subreddit from Live Set 5-847. And it says, am I the asshole for showing up to my nephew's birthday party |
| 0:30.6 | without the cupcakes? I said I would bake. A couple of weeks ago was my nephew Sam's 10th birthday. I love Sam so much. I will probably |
| 0:40.8 | not be lucky enough to have my own son, so I am so happy to be able to know him. But I don't |
| 0:46.0 | have a great relationship with my older brother. He did everything the right way. Good grades, good |
| 0:51.6 | school, good job, good wife. I've always been jealous at how easily |
| 0:55.7 | being normal comes to him. I did not do well in school. Got in a lot of trouble. Didn't finish |
| 1:02.7 | college. I've always picked shitty boyfriends. Basically, every wrong choice you could make. |
| 1:08.6 | Suffice to say, he and I are not on the same page. |
| 1:12.4 | And he doesn't take me seriously. |
| 1:14.6 | But the one thing he does appreciate is that I can bake. |
| 1:18.3 | He asked if I could bake cupcakes for the party in a Spider-Man theme. |
| 1:22.6 | Of course. |
| 1:23.9 | Edited to add that Sam did not know. |
| 1:26.8 | They were going to be a surprise. |
| 1:28.6 | Spider-Man is just his favorite superhero. |
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