“Just Tell Us”: Joburg Single Man Complains About Friends With Kids After Disastrous Braai Visit

• A Johannesburg man shared a hilarious video about visiting a friend with kids, and the experience was not quite what he expected
• From Paw Patrol on the TV to the braai, the visit had him questioning the friendship entirely
• Mzansi flooded the comments, with many relating hard to every single detail he complained about

A Johannesburg content creator posted a video on 30 March 2026 that had South Africa in absolute stitches. He shared a very detailed and very dramatic account of what happened when he drove all the way from Johannesburg to Pretoria to visit a friend. The friend apparently invited him over for a braai. What he thought would be a chill afternoon with the boys turned into something he was clearly not prepared for. He shared the events that happened with the message:

"If you don't want to be friends with us, please tell us."

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He arrived at the house and immediately heard the chaos from outside. Inside, five married women sat in the living room. Seven or eight kids ran through the house, and Paw Patrol played on the TV.

Things went downhill from there. When he went outside to find the boys, he discovered the toddlers had claimed the camping chairs like little bosses. His friend, the breadwinner and owner of the house, was sitting on a small plastic kids' bike from Shoprite. Isaac said he had driven all the way from Joburg and was now expected to sit on a children's toy.

Then came the braai. He opened the lid, hoping for boerewors and found viennas. His friend explained that the kids were too young for boerewors, so the whole braai had been changed to suit them. Isaac was not impressed, pointing out that he had been eating viennas his whole life and had come all this way for smoked viennas.

His final stop was the bathroom, where he found reminders stuck to the walls telling everyone to wash their hands and not forget to flush. He said that was his sign to go home.

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Watch the TikTok clip below:

Mzansi amused by single man's rant

South Africans could not stop laughing in the comments section on TikToker @isaacmehlape's clip:

@Motso_tlhokgonolo said:

"The fact that you know that song 🤣🤣🤣 you were at the right place 😂😂😂"

@Daniel Godde asked:

"How do you know the Paw Patrol song, my dude 😭😭😭"

@tar 𝜗𝜚˚⋆ reacted:

"The bathroom is full of sentences 😭😭😭"

@Preshla_M shared:

"Chomi, I'm getting married in a few weeks, and I have a single friend who shares the same views with you 😂😂😂 I think you guys should link up and compare notes 😂😂"

@Michante noted:

"He is telling us that it's time to get married."

@Tasha Mukusha suggested:

"To avoid this next time, let's just get married."

@Zama Bishop confirmed:

"As a mom of 3, I can confirm. The children are always on the camping chairs. You sit on whatever is available — stool, floor, brick."

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@Tengie🇸🇿 laughed:

"🤣🤣 Can I laugh. It's my daughter's birthday today, please leave a heart for her ☺️🤣🤣 ngigcoke neskipa sika Bluey 🤣🤣"

@Annina Carpanese asked:

"Did the chomie see this video 😅😂"

@Michante added:

"He is telling it's time to get married."

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Source: Briefly News