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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/ilovegh0striley on 2025-11-23 03:46:01+00:00.
Hello Reddit, I am 16F and to summarize I take an American Sign Language class, my teacher was born completely deaf and his hearing aids only do so little to assist him ( His hearing aids are really outdated), I asked him about volunteering for Deaf/HoH spaces, and he gave me a forum to our schools winter dance, it's an angel tree where we picked out kids to get various gifts, mine was pretty simple just some Lego sets I got a job a few days before so I figured my first check I would be able to get the kid what he wanted ( My mom is pretty unrealizable and were struggling ourselves but I still wanted to help) But now it's the 22nd and the dance is December 4th and I still don't have the funds or will be receiving any for a good while. The dance is connected to a club so maybe If I email him the kid will receive another person to get what he wants? I just feel terrible I wasted my teachers time to rely on getting the kid and a gift and I just can't :( , Plus even when I get my check I will still, but right now we are on Thanksgiving break so I'm afraid the kid won't be getting anything, I really fucked up I just wanted to help out and give them a good Christmas.
Tl; DR: I won't be receiving my first check from my new job for a while, so I won't be able to get the kid a gift.
TIFU Update: Ok thanks for the support I'll be creating a amazon Wishlist with some pretty cheap sets and I'll be picking them up from a nearby store also, I'm going to add some photos to my profiles as proof that this is not a scam.