Internet Slams Temple Flower Seller's Son Who Forced Her To Buy iPhone After His 3-Day Hunger Strike

The craze for iPhones among gadget enthusiasts has always been high. To get hold of the updated models and spend most of their savings, there is so much people have been doing to purchase this luxury phone. Recently, a video of a temple flower seller being compelled to buy an iPhone for her son after he went on a three-day hunger strike demanding the expensive phone has emerged on social media. The occurrence triggered an elaborate debate among social media users.

The viral video shows the flower seller and her son standing at a cell phone store with a bundle of cash, looking to purchase an iPhone. On being asked about the sudden purchase, the mother explained the situation, which convinced him to buy the luxury item. She stated, “I sell flowers outside a temple, and my son hasn’t eaten anything in three days because he wanted an iPhone for himself.” The woman added that she consented to his demand and gave him the money to buy the phone. However, she requested that her son earn the same amount and return it to her. The mother expressed, “I am happy but I want him to earn and bring back the money.”

The video was shared on various prominent pages on social media where most people called out the son for spending his mother’s hard earned money on a phone. A caption on one of the posts on X stated read, “Too much love will always destroy children. Parents should know where to draw the line. This is harsh but no parent deserves children like him.

A user slammed the boy, saying, “Shameful!!! Mom should have hit him with slippers instead of money and let him starve. These selfish buggers will not hesitate to sell their own parents for their greed.”

Many others sympathised with the unconditional love of the mother. One person stated, “Feel sorry for the mother, her expression tells it all !!” while another wrote, “Parents like her deserve respect and gratitude.Children like this, who are raised with no sense of responsibility or respect, often grow up to abandon their parents in old age homes when they’re no longer useful to them.”

An individual also suggested, “Never buy any phone which is higher than your half month of pay.”