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Former Camp Counselor Weirded Out After Getting 'Creepy' Letter From A Camper's Dad
The camp, rather smartly, had a rule for all campers and counselors to appear at the camp under an assumed name, to avoid campers and counselors keeping up with each other on social media, which can inappropriately blur lines.
Keeping it real, Croissant Woman began the video:
"I deep-cleaned a little too hard, found something I was told to never share on social media, and so obviously, I'm going to share it with you now [three years later]."
While at camp, a letter was sent to the TikToker, which she assumed would be complimentary in nature.
"The parents would come with the children sometimes when the schools would come. And I guess one of the parents sent the camp a letter for me."
"We thought it was gonna be like a compliment letter because I spent three days with that group. And we had lots of fun."
"But it turned out to be...the most terrible thing I've ever read. So, that's nice."
Croissant Woman began to read the letter, which seemed odd but nice at first.
"This is it. It says, 'Dear [me]. This is [the child's father]. I wanted to let you know that my son had a wonderful time at camp with you as the counselor.'"
"'Personally, I did not go to camp when I was young, so I did not know what to expect. Although having you as a counselor made the experience quite special.'"
"'I think you're a beautiful person...both in appearance and spirit. You seem to have this positivity that affects the people around you.'"
"So far, so good. Kind of weird, but I'm thinking this is a nice letter."
"Then we get a little bit crazy."
But when the TikToker went back to reading the letter, the father made a concerning request.
"'Just before leaving camp, there was something you said that compels me to write to you. You said, 'Have a nice life'.'"
"'In my experience, when people say this, they usually mean, 'I would love to be your friend, but now you're leaving, and we may never see each other again, so have a nice life'.'"
"'I could be wrong, but I'm hoping that I'm right. Because I would love to be your friend. I think my life would definitely be nicer with you being a part of it.'"
"'You told me that your job as a counselor does not allow you to reveal your real name for the security of the children you're charged to take care of...I may be a child at heart, but that world is not meant to protect me.'"
"'So would you please make me happy by emailing me at this email? [Gives email.] Tell me your real name and how I may stay in contact with you.'"
"'Sincerely wanting your friendship,' and he signed it, by hand."
The TikToker disclosed that the camp was aware of the contents of the letter, and a report had been filed, but nothing else had been done about the letter, as far as she was aware.
They'd also demanded that she not post anything about it on social media since she already had a substantial following at the time of being a camp counselor, but since it had been three years and she'd uncovered the letter while decluttering, it seemed like an appropriate time to post.
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Some were uncomfortable with the man's mental gymnastics and questioned his interpretation of "Have a nice life."
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Others were chilled by the letter and saw this as further confirmation for why women are so wary of strange men.
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There are situations where we might meet someone who we would love to stay in touch with, even if we never expected to find a lasting connection in that place, like at summer camp. But an adult reaching out to a counselor they don't even know is alarming.
Not only had the dad taken a kind gesture and twisted it into something that was meaningful for himself, but he'd expected a stranger to expose her real identity, which could jeopardize her safety and her job.
"Making him happy" simply wasn't a good enough reason for that—in fact, it was reason to do the exact opposite.
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Dad Sparks Debate After Leaving Young Son Alone To Sit Between Two Strangers On Flight
But Klement was quickly flabbergasted when a man approached with his maybe-three-year-old son and placed him in the seat in-between the two women, insisted to his son that he would be fine there, and then went to his seat toward the back of the plane.
Klement called suddenly being thrust into an unexpected and unpaid childcare role of a stranger's child "an interesting situation," but over the course of the flight, she had to attend to the child, including making sure that he didn't have any allergies to the in-flight snacks, cleaning his hands when he got chocolate on them, and otherwise keeping him entertained and calm while he was understandably nervous on the flight without his dad.
The TikToker was alarmed, as the dad did not attempt to switch seats or even check on his son.
"I thought he was gonna ask us, like, 'Hey, would one of you guys switch? You know, so I can sit next to my son.' Or you can even talk to the flight attendant."
"I'm still thinking, I cannot believe his dad has not come to check on him. To say, 'Hey, are you good?' I don't know, I thought this was so weird."
Even at the end of the flight, the father had nothing to say to Klement or his son.
"Fast forward to the end of the flight. I'm waiting with the kid until his dad comes through the aisle. And when his dad gets there, and me and the kid tell each other goodbye, the dad says nothing to me."
"Nothing. And I'm thinking...Here's the thing. I was happy to make this kid calm and comfortable. And I was just shocked he didn't say anything?"
"Even like 'Thank you for asking about the food and drink.' Or 'Thank you for waiting with him,' or 'Thank you for just making his experience when he was scared, he was scared to be sitting between two strangers.'"
Klement found the whole situation to be incredibly "odd."
"I'm not even a parent yet but I can't imagine just leaving my kid on a pl—.even if I'm on the plane. Going rows back and not even asking to switch seats?"
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Fellow TikTokers were furious on Klement's behalf that the father dumped his responsibilities on her, likely because she's a woman.
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Others agreed and were alarmed by what else might be going on in the child's life.
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While TikTok was relieved that Klement was willing to help the child and make sure he was comfortable and safe, they were concerned about the father's role in his life and how much the child is or isn't being cared for.
Without even being a parent, Klement asked all the right questions to make sure the boy was properly cared for, and she did all the right things to get him through the flight, but this absolutely shouldn't have been necessary.
Not to mention the fact that the father did not communicate at all, especially to say thank you to Klement for her efforts.
Jesse Watters Dragged After Adding Another Mind-Boggling Rule For 'Real Men'
But in Watters' world, that's overdoing it—effeminate, even.
On Wednesday's broadcast of The Five, the conservative Fox host claimed:
"Men don’t wave simultaneously with both hands.”
“We wave with one hand, not both hands at the same time."
The show's co-host Greg Gutfeld went one further and said, smugly:
“Men don’t wave at all, Jesse.”
To which Watters declared:
"We salute."
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Yes, this conversation happened on Fox News, and here's proof.
Honestly, are we surprised?
Watters also mocked Walz by referring to him as "Tampon Tim," a moniker Republicans used after the Minnesota governor signed a 2023 education law that included a mandate allowing public schools to provide free menstrual products to students from 4th through 12th grades.
The hashtag #TamponTim began circulating on the internet the day after Walz was officially named former Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris' VP pick in the 2024 election.
Watters laid out more rules of manhood, warning his fellow hosts that men should be "just funny" and "not that serious."
He continued:
“You don’t eat soup in public. You don’t cross your legs, and you don’t drink from a straw."
"And one of the reasons you don’t drink from a straw is because the way your lips purse. It is very effeminate."
"And [Walz’s] excuse was, ‘I was drinking a milkshake.’ Again, you shouldn’t be drinking a milkshake. Milkshakes are for kids.”
The internet wondered if Watters was okay.
Watters' masculinity rules came after Walz responded to Fox News criticizing him for drinking milkshakes using a straw.
He tweeted:
"There’s nothing weird about Jesse Waters secretly enjoying a bowl of soup alone in the dark."
Earlier this week on Gavin Newsom's podcast, Walz talked about Fox News' apparent misogyny and obsession with Walz's masculinity while he was on the 2024 campaign trail with Harris.
"We buy their frame on these issues of sexuality, you know, but their whole thing was is that they spent all their time, these guys on Fox News, [saying] that 'Walz is gay, he's not masculine, you know, he doesn't coach football the way he should," said Walz.
He continued:
"There's misogyny in here that's happening."
"Not that I spend much time thinking about this, and it just baffled me how much time they spent trying to attack me, that I wasn't, like, masculine enough in their vision."
The former high school football coach added:
"I saw Fox News did, like, a couple days because I used a straw, and I'm, like, 'Hell, man, what am I—how else do you drink a milkshake?' type of thing."
"But they focused on it obsessively, which I think again is their obsession, their weirdness."
Real men using both hands to wave may be "effeminate" by Watters' standards of masculinity, but this isn't?
Just sayin'.