The mother of the little girl said that her daughter was excited about New Year and wanted to stay up to watch the Time Square ball drop in New York on TV to welcome 2020. The 6-year-old was ready with the party hat on and noise maker to blow when the clock struck twelve. Her mother also revealed that her daughter had been looking forward to the New Year’s countdown ‘all day and night’. She was pretty excited about it.

The 25-year-old mother confessed that she didn’t want her little daughter to be awake and stay up all night as she wanted to party with her friends and get wasted. She said she didn’t want her daughter to see her and her friends getting drunk and partying. So, she made a plan that could give her daughter the joy to welcome the New Year the way she wanted and also not come in the way of her party.

Her mother played a video on YouTube of the ball dropping from 2018 New Year’s Eve. Everyone in her party started the countdown and pretended that it was the year 2020. They all screamed Happy New Year and blew their noise makers. This made her daughter very excited. All this happened 4 hours before the real New Year. After the celebration, her mother tucked her into her bed and her daughter went to sleep with a smile on her face.

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The mother now confessed that she was feeling like shit for tricking her daughter. She then posted it online on Reddit to ask whether she was wrong in doing such a thing. There was a divide in opinion. Some people criticized her for prioritizing drinking over spending time with her daughter while some supported her by saying that she didn’t need to feel guilty.

One person wrote that sending the little girl to bed so the woman could get drunk with her friends is kind of messed up. Another person also agreed and called her out for getting drunk while she had a child to take care of.

Some people also defended her by saying that everyone deserves to party even if that person is a parent and also the child was not harmed. Another person wrote that it was kind of sweet. Even though she tricked her daughter, she created a moment and experience for her in which she participated and felt included and special. The mother also made sure that her daughter had adequate sleep.

One person wrote that even she was sent off to bed or was told that she was not old enough. She also wrote that she admired the idea and might steal it for her kids when they are 6. Some people supported her by saying that not all tricks were bad. Santa Claus, surprise parties, Halloween, masquerades are just a few examples.

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