A mom broke hearts on TikTok when she shared the devastating news that her son was all alone during his own birthday party when “literally zero people showed up.”
In the video on TikTok, user @dawners86 said all 22 kids invited to JJ’s sixth birthday party were no-shows.
She also shared heartbreaking details that her son was left playing in the park by himself with decorations and cupcakes set up for the party.
The mom explained that COVID-19 restrictions had been lifted in her area and that the party was hosted outdoors to ensure safety, but nobody from JJ’s class showed.
“So we’re sitting at the park for JJ’s birthday party, we got everything ready, his party started half an hour ago,” the heartbroken mom said in the voiceover describing the situation. “He had literally zero people show up for his birthday. My poor little man.”
A mom takes to TikTok, documenting her dismay that no one came to her son’s sixth birthday party.@dawners86/TikTokIn the video’s caption, JJ’s mom wrote, “Sorry the video is shaky…I am so upset for this poor guy. He deserves better. He’s amazing.”
Since posting the video on June 20, it has amassed more than 543,000 likes and more than 20,000 comments with many viewers sending birthday wishes, sharing similar situations that happened to them or their children, and offering to send JJ gifts.
However, the mom has refused the gifts, saying that the offers are “greatly appreciated,” but asked that they instead be sent to children’s hospitals. She also insisted that JJ wanted to spend time with friends, not receive gifts, but that the “outreach has been phenomenal.”
The heartbreaking video went viral on TikTok with thousands of viewers sharing similar stories, sending JJ birthday wishes and offering to send him birthday presents. @dawners86/TikTokShe later went live on TikTok hosting a virtual birthday party for JJ where almost 30,000 viewers joined at some point.
Although JJ and his mom were in better spirits after all the support, that isn’t always the case.
In 2018, an Arizona mom shared a photo of her son sitting alone next to a partially eaten pizza when none of his 32 guests showed up to his sixth birthday bash. The photo went viral, but Sil Mazzini later claimed that she regretted sharing the photo of her son.
“Honestly, I would love to go back in time and not have sent that message,” Mazzini said. “We don’t want all the attention. We didn’t do this for attention or for gifts or anything. I did it in the moment but I wasn’t smart. I was upset. That’s it.”
