A WAG has revealed that she lies to her two children about when their birthdays are, for their own good.
Abbie Guy, 26, said that her husband, League 2 footballer Callum, 27, is often away playing for his football team Carlisle United on the day of his children’s birthdays.
However, the pair both want to be their to celebrate Ava, five and George three’s special days, so make up that they are on different days instead.
Abbie and Callum choose a day when they are both not working, and tell their kids it is their birthday, so that they can do something fun and celebrate together.
They said that neither of their kids have yet figured out the lie.
Abbie, a stay-at-home mum, from Nottingham said: “It must’ve been Ava’s second birthday when my husband couldn’t be there because he had an away game.
“That’s when we started it.
“We never wanted him to have to miss out again and we never wanted Ava to miss out on having her dad there on her birthday.
“As they get older, I totally appreciate that we won’t be able to do this forever.
“However, while they’re still so young, we want to make things as magical as we can with the whole family together.”
Abbie said the idea came from her mum, Carla Bentley, 49, who had a demanding job which often meant she could not be there on birthdays.
Abbie said: “So we started to move birthdays so we could all celebrate together – with my mum and stepdad both there.
“It was Ava’s fifth birthday on August 13 – Callum was at work because there was a game so we told Ava her birthday was on the Sunday before.
“On the Sunday, Ava woke up and opened all her presents, we had a big birthday party with 20 of her friends at soft play and a family dinner in the evening.
“Callum’s parents came up to celebrate, she got all her presents and cards – that was her birthday.
“Then on the Tuesday, the day of her actual birthday, we still made the day nice and went out for dinner with my friends.
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“But we didn’t do presents or cards or anything and I didn’t say ‘happy birthday’ or anything like that.”
The couple tend to move their kids birthdays to the nearest day that Callum has off.
Abbie shared the idea on her TikTok account – @abbieguy – and received almost 500k views and 500 comments in response.
She said: “Of course, the video received mixed reactions – but on the most part people were actually fairly positive.
“I had quite a lot of people being like ‘OMG, why have I not thought of this?’ and NHS workers and other people in demanding jobs sharing their experiences, like celebrating Christmas on Boxing Day instead.
“I think people generally understand that a child would rather celebrate their special day with both of their parents if they can.”
Abbie and Callum have “lied” to their children about the date of their birthdays for three years now – and said they will continue to do so for as long as they can.
Abbie said: “Ava and George are still so young – I could tell them it’s December right now and they’d just be like ‘OK’ – dates just don’t really mean anything to them at this age.
“Ava knows her birthday is in August but beyond that, she just wouldn’t know.
“I will 100 per cent keep getting away with it for as long as I can.
“It’s like ‘no harm, no foul’ – I genuinely think it’s the best thing to do so that they have the most magical day.”
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