https://childworld.rocks/forums/forum/horror-stories/feed/ Thu, 14 May 2026 19:36:27 +0000 https://bbpress.org/?v=2.6.14 en-US https://childworld.rocks/forums/topic/clueless-divorced-dads/#post-2989 https://childworld.rocks/forums/topic/clueless-divorced-dads/#post-2989 Sat, 10 Apr 2021 02:43:51 +0000 Peter Panda Back when Child World was around, the internet & ordering products on-line simply didn’t exist in the form they do now.

Almost everyone ended up going to a brick & mortar store.

After Black Friday, it was progressively busy until around noon or so on Christmas Eve.

A few days before Christmas any half-way decent toy was sold out – not to mention any of that year’s hottest toys, which normally lasted on the shelves for a matter of minutes. Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), Super Mario 3, Cabbage Patch Kids, Teddy Ruxpin, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, just to name a few…

Yet there was one group of shoppers who just didn’t understand that – clueless divorced dads. Not every divorced dad was like that – it was usually the ones who resorted to large amounts of alcohol. They would curse & sometimes threaten to get violent – and some would even harass other customers. Employees & customers alike couldn’t wait until the season was over…

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