There’s no bigger heartbreak in the world than inviting all your would-be friends to your birthday party and having no one show.
Now imagine you were 5 years old. Such a painful hypothetical became very real for Brianna Schermann’s little sister Brooke.
Last week Brooke turned 5, a very important milestone to most preschoolers.
https://twitter.com/brianna__so_yea/status/804455452935331848
When she celebrated the big day on Monday, Brianna tweeted that none of Brooke’s classmates showed. Instead of pulling the “It’s my party and I’ll cry if I want to” schtick, which we all would have definitely done in Brooke’s position, she had a great time with her one true friend who came, Bryce.
https://twitter.com/brianna__so_yea/status/805907480362553344
brianna__so_yea/Twitter
brianna__so_yea/Twitter
Just look at how much goober-y 5-year-old fun they’re having!
Brianna tweeted that Bryce was a friend from church and that his family came too.
https://twitter.com/brianna__so_yea/status/806366675557896197
Brianna’s photos of Brooke and Bryce were picked up by Twitter accounts like Common White Girl and Girl Quotes the following day.
https://twitter.com/girlposts/status/806156275994202112
Understandably so, other followers sympathized with Brooke.
this also happened for me. I was turning 8 years old and i invited every girl from my class to my bday party. No one else showed
— tiia likes ricardo (@tiiaaaz_) December 6, 2016
— T (@patheticbratx) December 6, 2016
Dude what the hell is wrong with kids these days? When I was a kid you went to birthday parties no matter what, bc moms made sure
— LC Drawn (@InkedLD) December 6, 2016
— YOUNGDAGGERDICK (@kearuh_) December 6, 2016
@nicoleferens why am I nearly cryin
— Lau (@laurainford) December 6, 2016
They were also really into this being the start of Brooke and Bryce’s “happily ever after,” though I’m not sure why we like to hetero-romanticize the male-female friendships of children.
https://twitter.com/maxzamoraj/status/806159840187973632
@briyanistyles @AimanIshtiaque I hope they date in future and get married😌😌😌😌
— |Wasma Mirza| (@wasma_mirza) December 6, 2016
https://twitter.com/baaabysantoees/status/806058068626636800
They were also incredibly pissed at the parents of the no-shows.
https://twitter.com/Normila_Bear/status/806232162701889541
lemme square the fuck up with those other parents.
— Chelsea (@IfIWereMagneto) December 6, 2016
At least the ending to Brooke’s sad story didn’t come with some over-the-top viral twist. That being said, a 5-year-old’s birthday party of “Burgers with Papaw”-sized proportions would probably be kinda fun anyway.