UPDATE: Aunt invites her nephew to her 6-year-old son's birthday party without revealing that he was expected to be unpaid entertainment, then roasts him online when he refuses: 'I was never booked, just invited'

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Jesse Kessenheimer • Writer and Editor
Jun 12, 2025 2:00 PM EDT

If a person knows how to shuffle a deck of cards, would you automatically assume they're a magician? If someone knows how to change a tire, are they a mechanic? And if a grown man knows how to make balloon animals, does that make him a clown? No. The answer is no to all of the above, but the entitled aunt in this next story was looking for a cheap way to outfit her 6-year-old son's birthday party.

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  • Assuming her nephew would automatically become the evening's entertainment, the real clown of this event ended up being the Karen who planned it, not the man who refused to work for free. Thinking he'd been invited to his aunt's son's birthday party, this man was excited to bring along a gift, sing a Happy Birthday song, and support the little boy's big day. However, he realized that the only reason she included him in this plan wasn't because he was family, it's because she considered him the closest thing to a Craigslist clown she could find in their family tree. 

    Thanks Auntie, I'll be leaving now…

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  • My aunt invited me to her son's birthday... but I was the entertainment
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  • 1 week ago my aunt invited me to my little cousin's birthday. I assumed it was a casual family get together, so I showed up with a gift. Fifteen mins in, she pulls
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  • me aside and says, "okay you'll start the face painting at 1:30, then make some balloons into animals like dog etc." I literally laughed, thinking she was joking.
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  • She wasn't. She'd told the other parents I was a party entertainer because I used to be artistic in high school. No warning. No offer to pay. Just expected me to work
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  • party like it was my job. When I said no, she called me ungrateful and said I ruined her son's special day. I still can't decide what's worse, her entitlement or the fact that
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  • SandratheSiren As someone who used to do face painting, balloons, etc for parties, this is beyond crazy! For one hour of my services, 1, was $50/hr because those
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  • supplies aren't cheap and you have to spend hours practicing for said party. And that's not even counting if they wanted a costume character, henna,
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  • glitter tattoos, or any other number of services that people usually ask for!! I'm so sorry your saying was being such an entitled j !
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  • Jessalfan24. Invite her to a spa day and tell everyone that she'll be doing the massages.
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  • Update: So, it's been a few days (since the birthday celebration) and... things got weirder. My aunt has been telling the whole family that I refused to help at the party out
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  • of nowhere, like I backed out of some formal contract. My mom called me and was like, "did you really leave them without entertainment?" I had to explain
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  • that was never booked, I was just invited. Then I found out she posted a passive aggressive Facebook status "Some people just don't understand the
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  • meaning of family or sacrifice anymore. SMH." The best part? My cousin apparently asked if I Iwas mad at him because I didn't do the balloon animals. So I had to reassure a 6 year old that I
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  • hired to perform at his bday like a magician on Craigslist. Aunt still hasn't apologized. But guess who just invited someone
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  • else to her daughter's party next month? Not me. I guess they're hiring an actual entertainment this time. Growth, I guess
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  • mcknight92. Sounds like there already was a clown there so don't feel bad OP!
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  • Gloomy-Restaurant-42 It's ironic that the person who expected you to perform like a circus entertainer turned out to be a human cannonball.
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  • CatMom8787 Not your circus, not your monkeys, but you're related to the Idk about anyone else, but I would've commented on her
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  • post. "Aunt Clown, you haven't told the best part of the story. You know, the part where you didn't ask me, you told me I'd be doing it. If you're going to tell stories, just remember to tell the whole thing, not leave parts out."
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