A dad selling his kids’ trampoline in a bitter Craigslist ad has gone viral, hailed as a frustrating situation all parents can relate to.
Every parent knows what it’s like to listen to their kids whine and beg to have something that will no doubt never be used or played with.
But occasionally, every parent gives in to the demands—something this dad knows all too well.
The Boston-area dad created a hilarious ad on Craigslist, perfectly titled “My Kids Suck: Skywalker Trampoline with Enclosure.”
Any parent can tell right from the start what this ad is going to be about: the kids begged for a trampoline that they never used, and now dad has to sell it.
Instead of describing the practically unused trampoline in the beginning, the frustrated father uses the description section as a little space to vent.
“They begged. Pleaded. Told me how they’d use it EVERY day. How our house would become THE place to hang out. We had a hot tub. And a basketball court. And a fire pit. And a hammock. But if we had THIS, well, we’d be rock stars. Plus since I ‘messed up their lives’ by moving them here in middle school, I owed them at least this much. God, dad,” he begins.
Then, he admits what no parent ever wants to admit: he caved, even though he knew his worst fears would be confirmed.
The second paragraph begins, “So I caved. And I bought it. And I built it. And that first night they jumped.”
“Then I watched from my window as the summer turned to fall and the fall turned to winter and the flurries came down and the snowmen went up and the rain came down and the flowers came up and spring turned to summer and I watched even still from the window, waiting, just waiting, for someone, anyone, to use that damn trampoline even once more. Oh please, please, just once,” he continues.
His story of the untouched trampoline is almost poetic—and definitely hysterical.
“My kids suck,” he begins his conclusion.
“So after two years of sitting in my window staring out like a creepy old neighbor, I am selling it to make room for gardenias or tomato plants or a stockade jail to house three grumpy teenagers,” he says as the perfect ending to his rant.
Not only is this ad one of the most relatable ads for parents searching Craigslist, but it’s also a great way to subtly tell potential buyers that the trampoline is basically brand new.