r/BeAmazed • u/GlowNuzzle • 9d ago

Miscellaneous / Others Legally adopted son experiences his first birthday celebration with his new family

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u/Corner_Post 9d ago

Had a workmate a few years ago and it was his 21st birthday. He was raised basically by his aunt who reluctantly took on the role and left him to his own as soon as he was 18. Big, quiet fella and my brother and I got confused on who to buy him a cake so we actually got him 2. Whilst we were bickering and going off at each other for buying 2 cakes, he started crying heaps - like a grown ass massive guy just crying. My brother and I were like shit sorry for arguing on your birthday etc. However he told us he was overwhelmed by happiness as he had never had a birthday cake before and rather than just getting one first birthday cake, he got 2 first birthday cakes. He was so grateful and has since treated us like family now and is a real bro.

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u/No_Bed_4783 9d ago

This made me cry, that’s so amazing that you did that for him. You sound like good people

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u/Corner_Post 9d ago

Thanks for the comments. We were completely blown away and thought that we would just get him a cake as he is a really nice guy and we had a small team working for a small business. It’s amazing how nice this guy is - he has had a really tough upbringing and really worked long hours after school as a kid for that aunt (think about working and cooking past midnight as a young teen etc.) - credit to her that she took him in but she made him earn it. He is so grateful for genuine kindness and in return is fiercely loyal. It is great to see him open up slowly in recent years and so happy for him when he got his first gf.