June 14, 2025 at 2:48 am

She Had Just Been By To Drop Her Kids Off At School, But Nobody Bothered To Tell Her What She Was Wearing

by Ben Auxier

@glowup_mum showing off her outfit

TikTok/glowup_mum

You know that dream where you show up to your old school without clothes and have to give a presentation or something?

Some real-life approximation of that was experienced by TikTok user @glowup_mum:

@glowup_mum showing off her outfit

TikTok/glowup_mum

“I’ve just come home, come upstairs and caught a reflection of myself in the mirror. You wanna look at what was staring back at me? I’ve just done the school run, by the way.”

@glowup_mum showing off her outfit

TikTok/glowup_mum

“What? Please.”

@glowup_mum showing off her outfit

TikTok/glowup_mum

“I could literally cry.”

@glowup_mum

From my drafts 🤣

♬ original sound – glowup_mum

There were plenty of ideas about how to handle this.

Strategy 1: Lean Into It

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Strategy 2: Get the Government Involved

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Strategy 3: Academic Relocation

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Strategy 4: Radical Acceptance

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All the other parents were too tired to notice, don’t worry.

At least that’s what you can tell yourself.

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