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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/SouthDragonEsq on 2026-01-21 02:20:44+00:00.
My sister was making lunch for us while I was hanging out at her house (dinosaur chicken nuggets) and I wanted fries, so I decided I'd my nephew to the store with me so that my sister could get a few minutes of quiet.
The particular store I took him to is a part of a shopping center that had at one point had a Toys 'R' Us, which has long since been shut down and replaced with one of those kids sports centers. I love telling him stories about 'back in my day', so I told him all about the big toy store that used to be here but closed down years before he was born. Something I thought was harmless conversation.
I start hearing sniffling and quiet whining, so I look in my rear view mirror to see this young man crying his eyes out. Over a store that doesn't really exist anymore. And he was crying like he had just got scolded, so I tried to comfort him and tell him it wasn't his fault and that they just made bad business decisions, and that his mom and I still want to find a real toy store to take him to one day.
Then we bought fries and cookies, that made him feel better.
TLDR: Told my nephew about a shut down toy store, causing him to mourn something long gone.