So my sister drops off my 3-year-old nephew at my place while she runs errands. No problem, I love the little guy. He’s obsessed with superheroes right now. I figured I’d surprise him with my old Halloween costume: full Deadpool gear, mask and all.
Except… he didn’t recognize me.
At all.
He took one look at me and screamed like I murdered his dog. Full-on meltdown. Ran into the bathroom, slammed the door, and wouldn’t come out for 30 minutes. I tried everything. I even took off the mask and held up his favorite snack like, “Buddy, it’s Uncle Matt.”
He didn’t believe me. Kept yelling, “Go away bad Spiderman!” over and over. That’s when I realized, this dude doesn’t know Deadpool. He thinks I’m some evil Spider-Man variant here to end his short life.
My sister came back to find him sobbing in the tub with goldfish crackers floating around him. Now I’m banned from “surprising” him until further notice.
TL;DR: Wore my Deadpool costume to entertain my toddler nephew. He thought I was a villain and now possibly has trust issues.
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Meh he’ll be fine
Of course he doesn’t know Deadpool, he’s 3!
Next time you wanna bust out the Deadpool gear, ask your nephew if he likes Spider-Man or that’ll be a tantrum in a tuxedo! What other pop culture characters might blow a toddler’s mind?
“some evil Spiderman variant here to end his short life” 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
At that age kids are easily scared. I really hope you guys talked enough with him about what happened.
omg your poor nephew 😭😭😭 lmfaooo. as an aunt who lives for adding chaos to the lives of my sisters kids i can say that he’ll be ight lol and you get to joke about this for the rest of his life now
I’m guessing surprising him dressed as Venom is out of the question?
You FUed. He is THREE
Well now you need to dress up as Spider-Man and let him see you beat the crap out of someone dressed as Deadpool.
Goldfish floating around him 🤣
Maybe wait a couple of years before introducing him to the anti-heroes of Marvel.
Oh no, poor kid! Maybe stick to plain Uncle Matt next time!
Do Swamp Thing next! His parents are already going to be getting a therapy bill, you might as well make it count!
/jk
As a parent, yeah he’ll be ok if not immediately.
Ok random words with random numbers.
Goldfish floating? So he drew his own bath? But not part of the story?
Deadpool is not a superhero most parents would allow their kids to watch. His mouth is enough to earn a hard R rating. They are not kid movies.