Man barred from eating at family BBQ until he does yard work for ex-wife's stepdad, he ditches the cookout after being lured under false pretenses: “I wasn't wanted if I wasn't going to help”

Keeping the kids entertained over summer as a parent juggling work, errands, and house chores can be incredibly difficult. Especially if you want to keep them busy without resorting to too much screentime. As a kid, when I started to get a little too rambunctious for my parents to handle over the summer break, my dad would get me to do yard work. I hated it! Mowing the lawn and trimming the hedges were his favorite things to do, but he got me to spend plenty of afternoons pulling weeds out of flowerbeds.

In our story today, a dad hosts a BBQ as a ploy to get all of his guests to help him in the yard. Because he wasn't transparent about his intentions, our protagonist was not dressed to get down and dirty. However, when he politely declined the invitation to engage in free labor, the rest of the family made it abundantly clear that his presence was not appreciated. 

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