Dad works 3 jobs + extra shifts to buy dress

[left-of-center2012]

(I'm not sure this was the correct decision)

(NEWSER) –
Ricky Smith already works three jobs to support his family, so when his 14-year-old daughter, Nevaeha, came to him with a special request, he wasn't sure he could fulfill it. ABC News reports the Pittsburgh teen had her eye on a two-piece floral dress for her upcoming middle-school dance, but the price tag was just shy of $200,
and her dad was already time-strapped working at McDonald's, Circle K, and Popeyes, sometimes putting in a seven-day workweek.

But Smith was determined to make Nevaeha's dream dress a reality, and so he grabbed extra shifts where he could to save up the money, making the presentation of the dress to her at the McDonald's where he works.

Bringing the dress out to her in a garment bag, Smith played up the scene, telling Nevaeha, "This ain't the dress you wanted, but I hope you like it.'" In a video her mom posted to Facebook showing the big reveal, an unexcited-looking Nevaeha unzips the bag, recognizes the dress, and immediately embraces her father, sobbing. "It's the dress," she weeps. "To see the look on her face it was priceless," Ricky says, per ABC.

Meanwhile, Nevaeha tells CBS This Morning that she's "grateful" her dad found a way to get her the dress, which she wore to the June 15 dance. "I really appreciate how many jobs he worked," she says, adding, per ABC: "I love him and I'm really happy [that] he's my father

http://www.newser.com/story/262698/he-didnt-think-he-could-work-more-for-daughters-dress-he-did.html

Pittsburgh dad works 3 jobs to gift daughter her dream dress

https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Family/pittsburgh-dad-works-jobs-gift-daughter-dream-dress/story?id=56906012

[WhiskeyGrinder]

1. Presenting this as inspirational hides the fact that American capitalism is a hot garbage fire.

[Aristus]

3. Yeah, my first thought was: "This guy works three jobs, and he still can't afford to provide

his family with decent clothes. But hey! As long as those billionaires get their tax cuts!"

[roody]

2. I appreciate my lower middle class parents

Having taught me that I don't need many things that we couldn't afford. We went every summer to Grandma's in Michigan. Along the way were (and still are) many signs promoting the Mystery Spot. We always whined and begged to go. Finally in my early teens, my parents had enough money to go there. After going through, we kids just looked at each other like Really?? That's it? What a waste of money.

[aikoaiko]

4. Sometimes we as parents sacrifice to give our kids a little joy.

It's just what we do.

[FSogol]

5. Not the right decision? He made his daughter happy.

It's only his labor and his money. I'd say he did ok.

[Brother Buzz]

7. Making his daughter happy made him happy

'nuff said

[GeoWilliam750]

6. As a father, this brings a tear to my eye

And she rocks the dress!

Still, we need to work towards a society where an honest man can earn a decent living.

[miyazaki]

8. That's beautiful. nt