Twitter Is Gobsmacked By The Story Of A Mom Who Found $100K In Her Son’s Room
When you were a young kid in college, what was your favorite summer job? They were a necessary evil that we all needed to endure because we need to pay for school, our books, and our living expenses.
Sometimes they were low key enjoyable, or at least the people we worked with weren't so bad and they made it kind of worth it. At the very least, we made some fun memories that we will later look back and sigh about what it was like to be young...
Recently, A Twitter Story About Someone's Summer Job Has People Talking
If I were a mom and I found $100k in my son's room, I would be a little sketched out, too. But as a reader of this Twitter thread, I'm also sketched out that a mom is cleaning her 20-year-old son's room.
Obviously, She Had Questions
There would be a million things going through my mind about it, and yeah, the first things that anyone thinks of when they see that kind of money are things like drugs or cat-burglary.
But Mom And Dad Got Answers
Apparently, Mom and Dad bullied him into giving them some answers, and that's where the weirdest and most wild ride of an explanation begins. At least, it's a wild ride for someone from the Hamptons, anyway.
It Started As An Innocent Interaction
He was working his job at a local seafood and sandwich restaurant, getting chatted up by an older, richer woman. Pretty much you'd expect as a working person in the Hamptons.
But Then It Took A Turn
Turns out, he's been channeling his youthful good looks into some cold hard cash, and he'd been doing it for quite some time, too. As you can imagine, there were a lot of feelings about this.
Mom Decided She Was Taking Matters Into Her Own Hands
So, it is kind of lame that this guy's mom is so controlling that she's going to take her ADULT son's money, regardless of what he was going to spend it on, and return it all and scold him like a child.
What Are These Women Really Going To Say?
I can imagine these women not even hearing the mom out. They'll probably just tell her that it's none of her business and then slam their heavy, rich-person door right in her face.
But She Wants The Truth
I'm not sure what difference it makes in the end, since she's already decided that she's going to be mad about it. Though, I guess I would want to make sure that my son wasn't selling drugs or stealing for real.
As You Can Guess, Twitter Had Opinions
Some people were saying that he was making some smart financial decisions. We all know how expensive school can be, and he's pretty much got that paid in full for the year.
Others Are Insisting It's His Money
That money is his. He earned it, and it shouldn't matter how he earned it as long as everything was consensual and no one was being taken advantage of in the end.
Some Commented On The Age Difference
If we are honest with ourselves, does the age difference matter that much? I understand worrying about the kind of abuse that comes from a shift in power dynamics, but that doesn't seem to be what's happening here.
What He Didn't Was Unconventional, But Many Think Not Wrong
Many pointed out that what happened here isn't different from a lot of other sexy situations that people don't have as big a problem with, like any of the many online hookup sites.
People Suggested Donating
In a weird twist, some people suggested that they should keep the money, but not let him keep it and instead donate that money to a worthy cause like charity.
Others Said A Shelter
While I can totally support donating money to charity and supporting your community, this seems like a strange way to try and get rid of the money he earned over the summer.
He's The Worthy Cause It Should Go To
College students always need more money than they think they will when they get to school, and this guy went out of his way to make sure he had more than enough saved.
Of Course, There Are People Who Were Upset
People who had performed similar labor before spoke up and let us know how this looked from their point of view, one, of course, many of us can't begin to imagine or understand.
Some People Were Trying Not To Relate
Of course, the questions are going to be asked about how often this must happen! If it happened one time, then it's obviously happened on other occasions, don't you think so?
Others Called It Out
There were a lot of people in the thread who said the story wasn't true and that this was simply a writer trying out a new story idea and seeing if it would land.
There Is Another Thing To Discuss
And that is, why is this woman spreading a very sensitive story about her friends on Twitter, of all places? Doesn't that feel a little bit invasive and tacky, in the end?
Maybe He Should Just Leave
There were other people who were quick to point out that this guy is an adult with a ton of money who should probably just consider moving out and living on his own. Of course, if he did, then he wouldn't have his mom around to clean his room (and maybe that's for the best, all things considered).
