Father's Day took an unexpected turn for one unfortunate dad, after he was accused of cheating after Funky Pigeon sent him the wrong Father's Day card - leading his partner to smash his TV, laptop and phone into smithereens.
Darren Wilson, 52, was due to receive a card in the post from daughter Darcy, 22, ahead of this weekend's celebration. But a production error caused the card company to put the wrong card in the envelope addressed to the dad-of-six.
Instead, Darren received a card with a young baby on which read 'Happy 1st Father's Day Pops! XXX' which also happens to be a nickname his own children call him.
Partner Kerry, 44, opened the card addressed to Darren and instantly thought her boyfriend had cheated and had a new child.
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The £2.29 card inside read: "To the best Pops!
"Happy 1st father's day of being my pops and many more to come! The moment I set eyes on you I knew I had the best pops there could ever be! I hope you have the best day ever!
"I really love having cuddle with you, you make me feel so loved! Lots of kisses and cuddles. All my love Summer-Rae xxxxxxxx".
Thinking he had cheated, Kerry smashed his TV, laptop and personal phone when she couldn't get through to Darren.
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Operations manager Darren, from Bexleyhealth, London, said: "It arrived Monday morning addressed to me. I was at work when my partner opened it. She is a bit paranoid as 15 years ago, I was a bit of a naughty boy. But I've changed now.
"And there it was. A card with a little boy or a little girl on it, no older than six months with 'Pops' written on it.
Kerry said: "I'm a bit embarrassed now if I'm honest. As soon as I saw the word 'Pops' on it I thought it was definitely for him. Our kids call him that and Darren calls his dad that too. The way I saw it it was just too much of a coincidence for it not to be.
"I was just full of anger and tears. There was a mix of everything going on. I have trust issues anyway as there's been cheating on both sides. I just thought 'Oh God not again' and what with it being a young baby it must have happened recently.
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"I'm a recovering alcoholic and I'm burying my brother on Friday so my head has been all over the place. I went to get his phone to check messages but it was locked with a password so I ended up smashing it.
"I was calling his work phone but couldn't get through. I was even tempted to go down to the office to confront him but my friend talked me out of it. None of this is an excuse anyway.
"It wasn't until I saw the email from Funky Pigeon that I realised it was a genuine mistake. It was a massive misunderstanding and I'm embarrassed about how I acted. We've made up now."
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A spokesman for Funky Pigeon said: "We really appreciate how important Father's Day is for our customers and we do our very best to make things right for our customers.
"We would like to sincerely apologise for this error; it resulted from a human mistake which was immediately rectified.
"We have contacted our customer to apologise for the inconvenience this has caused and have reissued the card correctly along with a full refund and will also offer a gift from our popular gift selection range."
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