An embarrassed mum has admitted celebrating her son’s birthday on the wrong day for years.
Emily Vondrachek had somehow got the lad’s big day mixed up and had celebrated the occasion at the wrong date every year.
The Daily Star reports that the mum only realised recently when it was pointed out to her and shared the video on TikTok where other users tried to console her.
In the TikTok video, Emily says: “Here’s a little story to allow all the mums of littles out there to maybe feel a little better about yourselves, here’s a real confidence boost for you (not for me).
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“I just got off the phone with my paediatrician, she’s trying to bill our last visit to our insurance company.
“Per my words, my son’s birthday is the 26th. I am his mother, I know his birthday.
“The insurance company says no, his birthday’s on the 25th.
“I was about to call up my insurance company to let them have it but I thought maybe I should scroll back on Facebook to look at the birth announcement years ago to make sure.
“I just got done doing that, and his birthday is indeed the 25th,” she says, putting her head in her hands.
Sharing Facebook screenshots of her celebrating the birthday, she cringes: “For two years I’ve been celebrating his birthday on the 26th!”
The video has been watched more than 1.6 million times since Emily uploaded it on her @thevondyfamTikTok on Wednesday (January 12) - and it turns out the mistake is pretty common.
One user commented: “This happened to my ex-husband but for over 25 years his mother thought his bday was different for 25+ years.”
A second person wrote: “My sister-in-law called to wish my daughter a happy birthday, I said it’s not today it’s tomorrow! She said no, it’s today! So I feel you mama!”
Someone else wrote: “I got flustered one day when someone said I had a handsome baby boy and asked his name. I said Ron. Her name is Harper. It’s hard out here.”
Another person said: “One year my mother sang Happy birthday to Allison...My name is Ashley. I’m an only child.”
