yeah i’ve rewatched that episode a couple times bc i love thomas and angela’s back and forths and good god i was weeping the first time, why would i think listening to it at work was good choice 💀choking back tears while wiping down the line
The second story has a sneaky extra impact too. In the beginning, he says he isn’t a parent to the daughter, then towards the end he goes “when I drop off my daughter”.
I think it's nice that to him she's his daughter but he doesn't expect her to think of him as her dad. He's respecting her distance while still loving her
Maybe I’m a cynic but that whole story post just sounds like guerilla marketing to me. Companies create fake AITA or TIFU stories solely to subtly market products or services and this charity post absolutely reeks of it lol. Though if the guy originally posted receipts of his original donation them I’m happy for it to be false. Edit: Yup! The CEO goes be Vasanta Dasi, but that’s actually the alias of a man called Jeffery Dunam, who has previously created multiple other fraudulent charities under other aliases. One of the funniest was a charity the ‘Prema Food Foundation’, whose donation link literally just linked his personal PayPal lmao. He also claims to have been born in completely different places, one of his profiles states he was born in London, the other Miami. So yeah, seems like a scam that a lot of people have fallen for.
Durring the later part of this video I got a text from my wife letting me know my mother-in-law got her biopsy results back, and she’s cancer free! We were really worried because we all thought the cancer had returned. I definitely was already in an emotional place already because of this video, but that message really tipped the scales. Crying at work.. yay! Lol
It’s crazy how easy it is for anyone to do what happened in the first story, yet people like the first manager are the ones with the power to make the change the second manager chose to make
It always throws me off when we hear the real Angela come out, as opposed to her feral guinea pig persona. But when it happens, it immediately shines a light on how intuitive she is.
When I was a teenager, I knew a 16 year old kid whose 19 year old brother was his legal guardian. The 19 year old made sure the 16 year old went to school, and he worked very hard to make sure his little brother didn't go to foster care. They never discussed why they didn't live their parents, and nobody asked.
“A ps5 can mend most relationships” cut to 2024 where a Reddit post is about a girlfriend smashing a ps4 with years of achievements on it to try to surprise her boyfriend with the new console. THAT WAS THE EXCEPTION TO THE RULE!!!!
the mother and 14 year old son one makes me cry every time i hear it. my dad and his wife used to manipulate me to believe my mom was the "evil" one - the good cop bad cop dynamic. i didn't find out until i was 18 that my dad cheated on every woman he's been with (including the one he's currently married to). how'd i find out? i decided to move in with my dad after his manipulation, and my brother did too. i was dealing with mental health issues and was hospitalized, and my dad came with me and stuck by me the whole time. at one point my dad steps out to take a call from his girlfriend (now his wife). he comes back in and tells me that they are fighting and my brother is moving back with my mom. i was confused, but didn't think much of it because my dad specifically assured me that he didn't cheat on her. my dad calls my brother so i could talk to him since i wasn't able to have my phone at the time, and i answered. my brother is sobbing and yelling at me to come home with him. my brother does not cry. he says "did he tell you what he did? he hired call girls (h00kers) while he was working away." i was so upset. i ended up waiting to move out because my dad and his girlfriend got engaged two days later and i wanted to attend the small wedding in hopes that maybe they could fix things and i liked the school i attended. ended up moving back in with my mom a few months later because i pieced together how my dad treats women (including me) and his wife treated me horribly. two weeks after i moved out my dad and his wife came to visit his mom and my brother and i for Thanksgiving. he shows me a house he said he was thinking of going for. it's 16 hours (a few states) away. his wife tells me a few minutes later that they actually have the house and are moving that weekend. safe to say i cut contact after he didn't visit me or get me anything for my 18th birthday, and didn't come to my high-school graduation, and didn't help me with preparing for college. it sucksssss.
That’s such a sad story, I’m sorry that’s the birth dad you got saddled with. But I’m grateful you have a brother who was on your side and a part of your team.
Most people aren't fit to be parents. That being said, it's not a parent's job to morally educate a child (referring to the video). Their job is to support the kid no matter what and do everything they possibly can to satisfy the kid's wants. If your kid wants to pull pranks like the kid in the story, you support him and don't make him feel like shit and embarrass him. At the end of the day as a parent your blood connection matters more than any moral principle that you have. You take your kid's side no matter what they do because they are your kid. But your dad obviously didn't support you, he cared more about himself. I'm just addressing what you said about the video
@@kimkardashi-un2.051 i like how you didn't answer with an actual argument just a pseudo put down, but I'll explain more anyway When you try and teach/force your kid a morality, you stifle their ability to decide for themselves who they want to be. I say support their wants because that is their way of saying who they want to be. We literally have phrases like "that's how I was raised" which can be good or bad but it points out that change is made harder because of the lack of autonomy in that moral upbringing. If later they regret those wants, that's something they have to live with. We all regret that we did or didn't do certain things, but it's much more relaxing to know that WE made the mistakes and not that the environment around us led us to feel a certain way, do certain things etc that lead us to an action that we didn't really even want. I might tell the kid that I disagree and give them my perspective, but it will be clear to them that I support them no matter what, and that I support them more than anyone else. If I were to embarrass them it would mean I am putting someone else's well being over theirs . My job is to be a supportive advisor and to help them find themselves, and when you force your morality on a kid you're not doing that. It doesn't matter what the moral principle might be, you have to let them decide for themselves without being made to feel that you are going to take someone else's side not theirs. Loyalty really matters in the parent child relationship and the lack of it creates a barrier.
As a widow, that second story hits me in the feels. I'm in a situationship now and for my late husband's birthday, he asked if he could take me out to dinner to celebrate and that really got me ❤😭❤️
The mom in the story is easily the most amazing mother, and honestly so completely relatable. You never realise until you’re living with one or the other parent what sort of people they really are, and how lucky you are to have the actually mature emotionally-sound parent rather than a ‘cool fun’ one. When I was a teenager, and we all lived together, there was a cool dad who took us to the movie theatre and out on trips and to get smoothies or whatever, and the more strict working mom. But already back then there were days where they had such intense fights, my dad would have a whole meltdown over some minor perceived insult or smash stuff or scream or just my mom would have to leave the house, one time he was so angry he was beating down the door yelling about beating my mom up. Every vacation his stress would build up where he had meltdowns too and he’d have to go on his own, or we’d be stuck in a camper with him yelling. Most times my mom would go to us crying how it was all her fault. But back then it was somewhat manageable. Then when we moved back to our own country, my sis went to uni, my mom went to work in a neighbouring country and I was left alone with my dad, in a country i barely recognised and failing my grades and then with a new dog that stressed my dad out even more, he had no job so he’d just laze around. It got extremely bad the way he’d freak out over anything, every day was walking over eggshells/on thin ice, anything could make him erupt and have a tantrum. It was terrifying every night after one time he burst into my room screaming dragging me down the stairs throwing stuff at me. Anyways, point is, I moved in with my mom, and while she was busy a lot of the day, she was the best parent I could hope for, all you need at a young age is stability. I had no real friends and found school tough so I really just needed to get home and have a safe space. And a parent who was actually secure and who had actual self-esteem and a job they enjoyed, who didn’t take their anger out on someone else. If I stayed with my dad I’d be someone else entirely, and I can’t imagine what that kid in the story might’ve ended up like.
How respectful of you to put the gofundme in the desc smoshngrab, you're putting in way more numbers than ur avg smosh comp channel and we appreciate your work 👍
That son of the woman of the shitty ex really needed that experience with his dad tho. Sure its hard to deal with, but he really needed the hard lesson
32:07 that sounds exactly like that one scene from Past Lives, where the guy questions whether his wife would’ve ended up with someone else had this or that happened. And she answers ‘that’s not how that works’. The OP in this reddit story just has so much emotional maturity that even faced with some dipshit comment he responds with wisdom. Of course any circumstance or coincidence might’ve turned out different, your partner might’ve ended up with someone else in some parallel timeline, that doesn’t detract from the love you share with them now
The harsh mother is just the best. We need more parents like her. He will appreciate it when he is an adult. Coolnis not a sign of a good parent. Keeping him accountable for what he did.... THAT'S a good parent. Too many parents are not being parents but their kid's friend and don't have the kid's best interest at heart by trying to be on their level.
The third one actually made me cry. My stepdad would also leave us for days at a time and would fight with my mom a lot, but my mom would check on me or apologize the next day because I'd have to hear it. They recently got divorced and it was the best decision she could have made for sure. I'm so lucky to have my mama, and i tell her that all the time. Im gonna go hug her and tell her I love her because she has been the most amazing supportive mother in the world for me and I am forever grateful to her. Go tell your family you love them if you uave any, even if you're not blood-related. Tell your found family you love them too!
The stepdad one never fails to make me cry. It’s so clear from the way the guy talks he respects his wife’s late husband. It feels like something out of a k-drama.
this episode really made me believe in souls. a person that grew up with abusive parents didn’t learn how to be a good person through them, they just have a great soul to be able to know and accomplish what they did for others.
The last story about the brother really gets me. My parents were never that terrible but I can definitely relate to having to step in as a parent figure, it’s really hard having to give up your childhood so that your siblings can have theirs. It made me think of my brother telling me I’m more of a parent to him than our parents are, and I couldn’t stop crying lol
The number of comments on the go fund me saying they came from smosh is so heartwarming. Not only did Micheal make a big difference with his Reddit post but smosh made a huge difference by posting the TH-cam video.
For most of my childhood, it was just my mom and I, dad passed away when I turned six, he never cheated on my mom. The biggest things I look back on in shame the most are the times I really mistreated my mom. I was raised spoiled by my grandparents, all of us were but they went more with me and I think at times made it seem like my mom was the bad one. In my teenage years, especially 10th to 12th grade, I was angry a lot. Granted most teenagers are. But I would get into arguments with my mom most mornings for something small and meaningless. But EVERY time we did, I always went to the bathroom during 1st or 2nd period, call her work and apologize to her. I’m 26 now she is still my biggest supporter with my life and job. And I’m gonna preach this with no shame, real men are mamas boys!!
the go fund me story will always get me, and everytime i see it i donate to it. i do love seeing the donations number rise as well as the goal number because it means that smosh is doing its job in influencing. i do wish there was more of this in influuences
The fact that Luke's parents loved his partner so much that even after he was gone they wanted to stay a part of her life and see her move on to finding happiness, even if it was probably painful to reconcile with the fact her new partner was stepping into the empty space Luke's death left behind. Their love is stronger than their grief. I uh. I'm crying a lot.
There’s something about having a person in your life that wants to make you laugh even when you shouldn’t or don’t want to. They are gifts 💗 (talking about Angela)
Last story reminds me of the other story they read about the sister who raised her siblings by being a sex worker. That hit me in the feels just as hard as the superhero brother story. Older siblings like them deserve everything good that this world has to offer. EDIT: actually not sure if smosh did read it or not but it's another tearjerker reddit story
I love a second perspective of that second story too, he feels guilty about being at his lowest and taking this man’s family after he’s passed. But I am sure if this man was looking down on his wife and daughter, and saw the hurt she was going through, he was absolutely pumping his fist in the air and smiling the minute the OP made her smile. I’m sure he just wants his wife and daughter to be taken care of and happy, and this guy isn’t just doing that, he’s also respecting the father who came before him. Just an amazing story
I never get tired of listening to these beautiful stories ❤ My faith in humanity is being restored. The belief that wonderful human beings do exist is enhanced by listening to their experiences. I hope everyone involved in these stories finds inner peace and has a beautiful life (however difficult it has been or may be, especially for the last story).
Update on the gofundme!!! They raised just over 216k and the goal has now been moved to 350k! If you guys can still donate, I would do it! Ik I can’t, but I hope you can/will. Glad they got to where they’re at for this.
Related to the third story, I feel like a lot of self-centered people don't understand the "What if that happened to you?" question because of their self-centeredness, but a good alternate of this is what that story was. Not showing any sympathy to what made her kid upset to show that if you don't show sympathy towards how other people feel, you shouldn't expect others to do the same back to you. A good way of visualizing this was if everyone was that way. If everyone was self-centered and was mean to everyone while also expecting these luxuries like a beach house, nobody would give those luxuries. The mom, and I mean this in a good way, did not show any sign of caring about her kid's frustration with not being allowed to go to the beach house because it forces her kid to see the other side of that coin, and if everyone was like that, including the people he's expecting these things from, he will not get the benefits he is looking for. People should behave like what would be best for them if everyone happened to behave the same way. If they are mean and selfish and they were in a world where everyone is mean and selfish, they will realize quick all of the faults with their mindset and see how it does not benefit them. If they are kind and caring towards others and they are in a world where everyone is kind and caring towards others, all of the benefits they want will be listened to and likely given, including the beach house. I'm glad the mom broke this generational boulder single-handedly and forced the kid to understand empathy
i clicked on a video to listen to while driving to work and thought i was watching “smosh moments that made me laugh” and kept crying this makes so much more sense 😂
Wait what’s that story where the husbands wife died and he is trying to navigate his emotions and then tries to find a new partner. That story sticks to me for some reason plus he had that one liner that just makes me cry by how he beautiful describes his late wife
The last one got me sobbing so bad. This is almost my partner's life story, and one of the many thinhs about him thay never fails to amaze me. It leaves wounds and scars theyll bring long after leaving that scenario and my heart bleeds for him everyday. Hearing someone else go through it, man. Just fucking sobbing.
Totally unrelated but i love when amanda wears accessories that match with her clothes. I feel so seen in her bc i do it too and shes just so cute and an icon
That last Reddit story had me in bits, I'm the eldest of six in a toxic household of emotional, mental and physical abusers, my mom and step-dad. My youngest brother receives most of the physical, besides me and my other brother most of the time when we do upset either my mom or step-dad, which isn't often. I feel like an asshat sometimes because I'm trying to get out and move in with my partner, but as I am, I think about all the hard fights that were caused, some of them caused simply because I have anger issues and cannot stand to watch things like this happen and everyone saying there's nothing we can do, and sometimes it happens simply because of miscommunication. I remember the first time I was physically harmed by my step-dad, I was eleven and he had enough over me and my brother fighting over a video game, this was one of the rare times that I didn't go with my mom and grandfather to visit my grandmother in the hospital... Everyone sided with him. I remember when he came back drunk and him and my mom entered my room and he almost r@ped me... My mom stood and watched and I didn't sleep that night after. I remember the last fist fight I had, we stayed in a hotel, and because of miscommunication he almost hit my disabled grandma, who by the way, raised all of us kids practically, and I stood in the way... I got the blame and we were kicked out, almost ending up on the street. What I'm trying to say is, I can't take it, I have always had a bad mental state because of this and many other things, so I'm not surprised that I wasn't as strong as that brother, but i feel so much GUILT. I feel guilty at the thought of finally being happy and away from all of this, because then my brother takes my place in taking up all my responsibilities. I have sacrificed education, my happiness, and my life outside of the house for everyone because as the oldest with a mother who doesn't do anything, it's hard. And it's also hard when everything I do goes unacknowledged by anyone until I have a big mental breakdown, only for my siblings to call me "the devil" five seconds later and be all over my mom with kindness. I really dunno what to do anymore at this point, and I feel like an asshole
if you go to the gofundme link they have raised almost 200k and from some of the comments make it clear its thanks to smosh sharing the link. thats so awesome!
i haven't watched this yet and am hoping it's in here but the story of the mom's son who asked the girl out as a joke and then went into his dad cheating on his step mom and stuff made me cry 😭😭 it was just such a beautiful story YESSS IT IS YAY
I was like "Oh yeah these are really gonna make me cry uhuh".... im crying on the first one smh!!! One human doin one action can make a whole persons life better( and of course it works both ways). This was a good story tho
Story 2: The mom handled it perfectly when disciplining her son. I know that she may be the "evil" one for now, but her son will realize later how to really become a responsible, accountable human being. The Ex and StepM are garbage. They don't realize that they are shaping the future generation, and this is how they treat others (women or anyone in general). It shocks me that the Ex and StepM are guardians of your son.
I'm hoping my brother acknowledges someday the way I protected him like those siblings did BC it does hurt doing all this for him and him just being sexist to me in return. I did all I could and I'm a broken adult now, I'm glad he's safe and happy now, chasing his dreams but I feel like I did it all for nothing, like it was all worthless and I'm still stuck there :/
“A good man had to die for my happiness”
That line sucker punches me every time.
Truly! I watched the original episode only once, but I haven't been able to forget it. The weight of that line is immense.
Hits like hammer the first time. And every time. It's shattering
Gets me every time. 😢
yeah i’ve rewatched that episode a couple times bc i love thomas and angela’s back and forths
and good god i was weeping the first time, why would i think listening to it at work was good choice 💀choking back tears while wiping down the line
The second story has a sneaky extra impact too. In the beginning, he says he isn’t a parent to the daughter, then towards the end he goes “when I drop off my daughter”.
I noticed too!
I noticed too, I had to rewind because it confused my adhd lmao
I think it's nice that to him she's his daughter but he doesn't expect her to think of him as her dad. He's respecting her distance while still loving her
Even better, in the middle he starts saying stepdaughter
:c
Angela going "I like you" to Thomas will never not be hilarious
Its giving u guys are a fun group
the way that angela was there for 5 out of 6 of these 😭😭 not to be a stan but she's the best
She’s a cast member with the same energy as us
@@TieGuyDavid she's y/n for real
Angela genuinely seems like such a sweetheart.
love her sm
It’s ok to Stan, she is an icon
gofundme is currently at just over 196k for anyone wondering! the goal moved to 350k!
Maybe I’m a cynic but that whole story post just sounds like guerilla marketing to me. Companies create fake AITA or TIFU stories solely to subtly market products or services and this charity post absolutely reeks of it lol. Though if the guy originally posted receipts of his original donation them I’m happy for it to be false.
Edit: Yup! The CEO goes be Vasanta Dasi, but that’s actually the alias of a man called Jeffery Dunam, who has previously created multiple other fraudulent charities under other aliases. One of the funniest was a charity the ‘Prema Food Foundation’, whose donation link literally just linked his personal PayPal lmao. He also claims to have been born in completely different places, one of his profiles states he was born in London, the other Miami.
So yeah, seems like a scam that a lot of people have fallen for.
That's awesome. I hope life gets better for them
It's at 216k now so another 20k since your comment :D so wonderful to see the internet coming together like this :D
I checked just now and it’s at 220k! 😊
224k now! I'm considering donating by the end of the year
The amount of empathy, love, kindness, and emotional maturity these original posters have gives me hope for humanity.
yeah smosh rocks.
Durring the later part of this video I got a text from my wife letting me know my mother-in-law got her biopsy results back, and she’s cancer free!
We were really worried because we all thought the cancer had returned. I definitely was already in an emotional place already because of this video, but that message really tipped the scales. Crying at work.. yay! Lol
that’s so amazing!!!!!!! congratulations to your mother-in-law ❤️
Oh my gosh! A few months late, but congratulations!! 🎉🎊🍾
The stepdad who talks to the late dad is so heart-warming, and then Angela comes in like “but what did the dead guy say” 😂💀
Love that every compilation with the GoFundMe story includes a link for it in the description.
The gofundme is now full of smosh shout outs lmao, I love this fucking community
It’s crazy how easy it is for anyone to do what happened in the first story, yet people like the first manager are the ones with the power to make the change the second manager chose to make
I tend to only remember the ones that make me pissed so this was a really nice remembrance of all the wholesome times thanks
When Angela is being sincere, her extreme intelligence lights up the room. Don't get me wrong, I adore Goofball Angela as well.
Her emotional intelligence and the way she compare things and draws connection between things is really admirable
It always throws me off when we hear the real Angela come out, as opposed to her feral guinea pig persona. But when it happens, it immediately shines a light on how intuitive she is.
Smosh is in its renaissance era and all these comp channels are making it 1000% better
its *rennisance era
Captain America voice* I understood that reference
When I was a teenager, I knew a 16 year old kid whose 19 year old brother was his legal guardian. The 19 year old made sure the 16 year old went to school, and he worked very hard to make sure his little brother didn't go to foster care. They never discussed why they didn't live their parents, and nobody asked.
“A ps5 can mend most relationships” cut to 2024 where a Reddit post is about a girlfriend smashing a ps4 with years of achievements on it to try to surprise her boyfriend with the new console. THAT WAS THE EXCEPTION TO THE RULE!!!!
That's exactly what I was thinking 😂
He did say most, not all
@@IanOPadrick I literally quoted it. It was a joke.
"Most" doesn't mean "all"
@@ZekromAndYugiAndDrago123 it just made me think of the other episode! Fine. I’ll fix it. Sheesh.
the mother and 14 year old son one makes me cry every time i hear it. my dad and his wife used to manipulate me to believe my mom was the "evil" one - the good cop bad cop dynamic. i didn't find out until i was 18 that my dad cheated on every woman he's been with (including the one he's currently married to). how'd i find out? i decided to move in with my dad after his manipulation, and my brother did too. i was dealing with mental health issues and was hospitalized, and my dad came with me and stuck by me the whole time. at one point my dad steps out to take a call from his girlfriend (now his wife). he comes back in and tells me that they are fighting and my brother is moving back with my mom. i was confused, but didn't think much of it because my dad specifically assured me that he didn't cheat on her. my dad calls my brother so i could talk to him since i wasn't able to have my phone at the time, and i answered. my brother is sobbing and yelling at me to come home with him. my brother does not cry. he says "did he tell you what he did? he hired call girls (h00kers) while he was working away." i was so upset. i ended up waiting to move out because my dad and his girlfriend got engaged two days later and i wanted to attend the small wedding in hopes that maybe they could fix things and i liked the school i attended. ended up moving back in with my mom a few months later because i pieced together how my dad treats women (including me) and his wife treated me horribly. two weeks after i moved out my dad and his wife came to visit his mom and my brother and i for Thanksgiving. he shows me a house he said he was thinking of going for. it's 16 hours (a few states) away. his wife tells me a few minutes later that they actually have the house and are moving that weekend. safe to say i cut contact after he didn't visit me or get me anything for my 18th birthday, and didn't come to my high-school graduation, and didn't help me with preparing for college. it sucksssss.
That’s such a sad story, I’m sorry that’s the birth dad you got saddled with. But I’m grateful you have a brother who was on your side and a part of your team.
@@robynnestewart2054 thank you 🫶
Most people aren't fit to be parents. That being said, it's not a parent's job to morally educate a child (referring to the video).
Their job is to support the kid no matter what and do everything they possibly can to satisfy the kid's wants.
If your kid wants to pull pranks like the kid in the story, you support him and don't make him feel like shit and embarrass him.
At the end of the day as a parent your blood connection matters more than any moral principle that you have. You take your kid's side no matter what they do because they are your kid.
But your dad obviously didn't support you, he cared more about himself. I'm just addressing what you said about the video
@@nosedondeelmarsetermina you are actually insane if you have this mindset, please don't ever become a parent I beg
@@kimkardashi-un2.051 i like how you didn't answer with an actual argument just a pseudo put down, but I'll explain more anyway
When you try and teach/force your kid a morality, you stifle their ability to decide for themselves who they want to be. I say support their wants because that is their way of saying who they want to be. We literally have phrases like "that's how I was raised" which can be good or bad but it points out that change is made harder because of the lack of autonomy in that moral upbringing.
If later they regret those wants, that's something they have to live with. We all regret that we did or didn't do certain things, but it's much more relaxing to know that WE made the mistakes and not that the environment around us led us to feel a certain way, do certain things etc that lead us to an action that we didn't really even want.
I might tell the kid that I disagree and give them my perspective, but it will be clear to them that I support them no matter what, and that I support them more than anyone else. If I were to embarrass them it would mean I am putting someone else's well being over theirs . My job is to be a supportive advisor and to help them find themselves, and when you force your morality on a kid you're not doing that.
It doesn't matter what the moral principle might be, you have to let them decide for themselves without being made to feel that you are going to take someone else's side not theirs. Loyalty really matters in the parent child relationship and the lack of it creates a barrier.
As a widow, that second story hits me in the feels. I'm in a situationship now and for my late husband's birthday, he asked if he could take me out to dinner to celebrate and that really got me ❤😭❤️
I love how the people who worry the most about parenting ends up being great parents
The mom in the story is easily the most amazing mother, and honestly so completely relatable. You never realise until you’re living with one or the other parent what sort of people they really are, and how lucky you are to have the actually mature emotionally-sound parent rather than a ‘cool fun’ one.
When I was a teenager, and we all lived together, there was a cool dad who took us to the movie theatre and out on trips and to get smoothies or whatever, and the more strict working mom. But already back then there were days where they had such intense fights, my dad would have a whole meltdown over some minor perceived insult or smash stuff or scream or just my mom would have to leave the house, one time he was so angry he was beating down the door yelling about beating my mom up. Every vacation his stress would build up where he had meltdowns too and he’d have to go on his own, or we’d be stuck in a camper with him yelling. Most times my mom would go to us crying how it was all her fault. But back then it was somewhat manageable. Then when we moved back to our own country, my sis went to uni, my mom went to work in a neighbouring country and I was left alone with my dad, in a country i barely recognised and failing my grades and then with a new dog that stressed my dad out even more, he had no job so he’d just laze around. It got extremely bad the way he’d freak out over anything, every day was walking over eggshells/on thin ice, anything could make him erupt and have a tantrum. It was terrifying every night after one time he burst into my room screaming dragging me down the stairs throwing stuff at me.
Anyways, point is, I moved in with my mom, and while she was busy a lot of the day, she was the best parent I could hope for, all you need at a young age is stability. I had no real friends and found school tough so I really just needed to get home and have a safe space. And a parent who was actually secure and who had actual self-esteem and a job they enjoyed, who didn’t take their anger out on someone else. If I stayed with my dad I’d be someone else entirely, and I can’t imagine what that kid in the story might’ve ended up like.
How respectful of you to put the gofundme in the desc smoshngrab, you're putting in way more numbers than ur avg smosh comp channel and we appreciate your work 👍
That son of the woman of the shitty ex really needed that experience with his dad tho.
Sure its hard to deal with, but he really needed the hard lesson
I love that Angela was there for so many of these
19:30 the cut back to Angela laying on Amanda is comedy gold there haha
32:07 that sounds exactly like that one scene from Past Lives, where the guy questions whether his wife would’ve ended up with someone else had this or that happened. And she answers ‘that’s not how that works’. The OP in this reddit story just has so much emotional maturity that even faced with some dipshit comment he responds with wisdom. Of course any circumstance or coincidence might’ve turned out different, your partner might’ve ended up with someone else in some parallel timeline, that doesn’t detract from the love you share with them now
The harsh mother is just the best. We need more parents like her. He will appreciate it when he is an adult. Coolnis not a sign of a good parent. Keeping him accountable for what he did.... THAT'S a good parent. Too many parents are not being parents but their kid's friend and don't have the kid's best interest at heart by trying to be on their level.
The third one actually made me cry.
My stepdad would also leave us for days at a time and would fight with my mom a lot, but my mom would check on me or apologize the next day because I'd have to hear it. They recently got divorced and it was the best decision she could have made for sure.
I'm so lucky to have my mama, and i tell her that all the time.
Im gonna go hug her and tell her I love her because she has been the most amazing supportive mother in the world for me and I am forever grateful to her.
Go tell your family you love them if you uave any, even if you're not blood-related. Tell your found family you love them too!
Absolutely incredible with that last guy, and his siblings. They know, they saw, they supported him. I was bauling through that whole segment
The stepdad one never fails to make me cry. It’s so clear from the way the guy talks he respects his wife’s late husband. It feels like something out of a k-drama.
The last one hurts bad
That brother deserves a freaking gofundme page.
this episode really made me believe in souls. a person that grew up with abusive parents didn’t learn how to be a good person through them, they just have a great soul to be able to know and accomplish what they did for others.
"This is better than WAP pizza" 😂
The second story should be a movie or smthn would have the whole world crying
i hope they do more wholesome/feel-good episodes more often, they're the only ones i consistently rewatch in their entirety lol
heck yeah thank you for the content as i anxiously await smosh's next reddit stories video. cheers!
The last story about the brother really gets me. My parents were never that terrible but I can definitely relate to having to step in as a parent figure, it’s really hard having to give up your childhood so that your siblings can have theirs. It made me think of my brother telling me I’m more of a parent to him than our parents are, and I couldn’t stop crying lol
"Where do all these freshly sliced onions keep coming from?"
The one about the dead husband always makes me cry like that one kid with big glasses a wobbly ass lip
The number of comments on the go fund me saying they came from smosh is so heartwarming. Not only did Micheal make a big difference with his Reddit post but smosh made a huge difference by posting the TH-cam video.
I’m not joking, there’s soooo much in that amazing mother story that I think it could genuinely make an arthouse limited series… it’s incredible.
Now the goal is at over 190k, smosh fans and reddit people are amazing!!
Bless you for linking that gofundme in the description
For most of my childhood, it was just my mom and I, dad passed away when I turned six, he never cheated on my mom. The biggest things I look back on in shame the most are the times I really mistreated my mom. I was raised spoiled by my grandparents, all of us were but they went more with me and I think at times made it seem like my mom was the bad one. In my teenage years, especially 10th to 12th grade, I was angry a lot. Granted most teenagers are. But I would get into arguments with my mom most mornings for something small and meaningless. But EVERY time we did, I always went to the bathroom during 1st or 2nd period, call her work and apologize to her. I’m 26 now she is still my biggest supporter with my life and job. And I’m gonna preach this with no shame, real men are mamas boys!!
I think it's required for Angela to be apart of every emotional Reddit story now, lmao
the go fund me story will always get me, and everytime i see it i donate to it. i do love seeing the donations number rise as well as the goal number because it means that smosh is doing its job in influencing. i do wish there was more of this in influuences
The son and mother one makes me cry every time😭
Damn man, i'm at work and your making me tear up. Love how Angela reacts, most genuine.
The stepdad called her his daughter at the end of the story.❤❤❤
The way I cried throughout this entire video
Ooh perfect, i was already in my feels
Just having Angela there means emotional chats 🥰 Love love all her inputs and ofc everyone showed so much effort in giving their opinions. 😊
The fact that Luke's parents loved his partner so much that even after he was gone they wanted to stay a part of her life and see her move on to finding happiness, even if it was probably painful to reconcile with the fact her new partner was stepping into the empty space Luke's death left behind. Their love is stronger than their grief. I uh. I'm crying a lot.
There’s something about having a person in your life that wants to make you laugh even when you shouldn’t or don’t want to. They are gifts 💗 (talking about Angela)
Thank you for this! I always like when they slide in one wholesome story among the crazy and shitty ones
As of today, the gofundme is at $220,000 out if $350,000!!
The fact you added the gofundme link. You're so sweet
This was such a beautiful episode.. gave me so much hope… loved it!!! thank you guys!!! I really needed it!!
Last story reminds me of the other story they read about the sister who raised her siblings by being a sex worker. That hit me in the feels just as hard as the superhero brother story. Older siblings like them deserve everything good that this world has to offer.
EDIT: actually not sure if smosh did read it or not but it's another tearjerker reddit story
I love a second perspective of that second story too, he feels guilty about being at his lowest and taking this man’s family after he’s passed. But I am sure if this man was looking down on his wife and daughter, and saw the hurt she was going through, he was absolutely pumping his fist in the air and smiling the minute the OP made her smile. I’m sure he just wants his wife and daughter to be taken care of and happy, and this guy isn’t just doing that, he’s also respecting the father who came before him. Just an amazing story
I never get tired of listening to these beautiful stories ❤
My faith in humanity is being restored. The belief that wonderful human beings do exist is enhanced by listening to their experiences.
I hope everyone involved in these stories finds inner peace and has a beautiful life (however difficult it has been or may be, especially for the last story).
Update on the gofundme!!! They raised just over 216k and the goal has now been moved to 350k! If you guys can still donate, I would do it! Ik I can’t, but I hope you can/will. Glad they got to where they’re at for this.
Thank you for sharing the gofundme link ❤❤
tysm for this compilation i was rlly in need of a good cry lol
This is gonna sound silly but I almost teared up at the story of the guy pissing his pants😭
I shouldn't have watched this at work. I started tearing up and now my co-workers are worried about me. XD
Angela and Amanda’s incredulous expressions are so me.
Related to the third story, I feel like a lot of self-centered people don't understand the "What if that happened to you?" question because of their self-centeredness, but a good alternate of this is what that story was. Not showing any sympathy to what made her kid upset to show that if you don't show sympathy towards how other people feel, you shouldn't expect others to do the same back to you.
A good way of visualizing this was if everyone was that way. If everyone was self-centered and was mean to everyone while also expecting these luxuries like a beach house, nobody would give those luxuries. The mom, and I mean this in a good way, did not show any sign of caring about her kid's frustration with not being allowed to go to the beach house because it forces her kid to see the other side of that coin, and if everyone was like that, including the people he's expecting these things from, he will not get the benefits he is looking for. People should behave like what would be best for them if everyone happened to behave the same way. If they are mean and selfish and they were in a world where everyone is mean and selfish, they will realize quick all of the faults with their mindset and see how it does not benefit them. If they are kind and caring towards others and they are in a world where everyone is kind and caring towards others, all of the benefits they want will be listened to and likely given, including the beach house.
I'm glad the mom broke this generational boulder single-handedly and forced the kid to understand empathy
THE GOFUNDME STORY MADE ME CRY LAUGHING HOW INCREDIBLE IS THIS STORY
I don't even want to continue with the last one. Ugh It is hitting way too close to home.. I teared up instantly
amanda mouthing "FOURTEEN" when they learned the son in "the most amazing mother" AITA-post was only 14 years old
197,000 IS INSANE. IM SO GLAD THAT GOFUNDME WENT CRAZY. Also shoutout this channel for putting the link in the description
Thank you Michael (:
i clicked on a video to listen to while driving to work and thought i was watching “smosh moments that made me laugh” and kept crying this makes so much more sense 😂
I love that Angela was in all but one of these stories❤
the GoFundMe is now almost at 200k, the world is amazing
☹️ why u gotta make me sad
I feel like that story about Bangladesh was written by Michael freaking Scott
Not the way this popped up and I got the notification for Sword af going podcast only for season 2 lmao :,,)
That last story is making me BAWL.
Wait what’s that story where the husbands wife died and he is trying to navigate his emotions and then tries to find a new partner. That story sticks to me for some reason plus he had that one liner that just makes me cry by how he beautiful describes his late wife
I wasn't expecting this one... My eyes are all welled up with tears from that first story 😂
7:30 I haven’t seen that guy since Vine wow they look great especially in that shirt
Guys!! The go fund me has reached over 200K!!! And a lot of the comments mention Smosh lmao
The last one got me sobbing so bad. This is almost my partner's life story, and one of the many thinhs about him thay never fails to amaze me. It leaves wounds and scars theyll bring long after leaving that scenario and my heart bleeds for him everyday. Hearing someone else go through it, man. Just fucking sobbing.
Totally unrelated but i love when amanda wears accessories that match with her clothes. I feel so seen in her bc i do it too and shes just so cute and an icon
last one broke my heart :(
“It sounds like something from The Office”
LIKE SCOTTS TOTTS DONT LITERALLY EXIST
Scott’s Tot’s is what I was thinking of the whole time listening to the go fund me accident 😂
8:01 can confirm, my boyfriend did buy his father a ps5 as a peace offering when their relationship first started to heal again
Beautiful video.Im familiar with some of these posts from the original videos thanks for sharing
WARNING!!! Do not listen to this episode while driving 😭🩷😭🩷
That last Reddit story had me in bits, I'm the eldest of six in a toxic household of emotional, mental and physical abusers, my mom and step-dad. My youngest brother receives most of the physical, besides me and my other brother most of the time when we do upset either my mom or step-dad, which isn't often. I feel like an asshat sometimes because I'm trying to get out and move in with my partner, but as I am, I think about all the hard fights that were caused, some of them caused simply because I have anger issues and cannot stand to watch things like this happen and everyone saying there's nothing we can do, and sometimes it happens simply because of miscommunication. I remember the first time I was physically harmed by my step-dad, I was eleven and he had enough over me and my brother fighting over a video game, this was one of the rare times that I didn't go with my mom and grandfather to visit my grandmother in the hospital... Everyone sided with him. I remember when he came back drunk and him and my mom entered my room and he almost r@ped me... My mom stood and watched and I didn't sleep that night after. I remember the last fist fight I had, we stayed in a hotel, and because of miscommunication he almost hit my disabled grandma, who by the way, raised all of us kids practically, and I stood in the way... I got the blame and we were kicked out, almost ending up on the street.
What I'm trying to say is, I can't take it, I have always had a bad mental state because of this and many other things, so I'm not surprised that I wasn't as strong as that brother, but i feel so much GUILT. I feel guilty at the thought of finally being happy and away from all of this, because then my brother takes my place in taking up all my responsibilities.
I have sacrificed education, my happiness, and my life outside of the house for everyone because as the oldest with a mother who doesn't do anything, it's hard. And it's also hard when everything I do goes unacknowledged by anyone until I have a big mental breakdown, only for my siblings to call me "the devil" five seconds later and be all over my mom with kindness.
I really dunno what to do anymore at this point, and I feel like an asshole
Oh this is so awesome
if you go to the gofundme link they have raised almost 200k and from some of the comments make it clear its thanks to smosh sharing the link. thats so awesome!
207,775 now !
they're at 216,595 now, thats so awesome!!!
Michael Scott DOES promise a bunch of kids that he’ll pay all their college tuition. Then he did have to walk back on it.
i haven't watched this yet and am hoping it's in here but the story of the mom's son who asked the girl out as a joke and then went into his dad cheating on his step mom and stuff made me cry 😭😭 it was just such a beautiful story
YESSS IT IS YAY
I was like "Oh yeah these are really gonna make me cry uhuh".... im crying on the first one smh!!! One human doin one action can make a whole persons life better( and of course it works both ways). This was a good story tho
Story 2: The mom handled it perfectly when disciplining her son. I know that she may be the "evil" one for now, but her son will realize later how to really become a responsible, accountable human being. The Ex and StepM are garbage. They don't realize that they are shaping the future generation, and this is how they treat others (women or anyone in general). It shocks me that the Ex and StepM are guardians of your son.
The Bangladesh story makes me so misty eyed
I'm hoping my brother acknowledges someday the way I protected him like those siblings did BC it does hurt doing all this for him and him just being sexist to me in return. I did all I could and I'm a broken adult now, I'm glad he's safe and happy now, chasing his dreams but I feel like I did it all for nothing, like it was all worthless and I'm still stuck there :/