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22nd October 2017
11:58am BST

“Felt for Fred today,” wrote Jeff online. “He got a girl at school some of his mum’s perfume for her birthday only to find out he wasn’t invited to her party,” before adding a heartbroken emoji at the end.
The post was immediately met with support for 13-year-old Fred, with many followers offering advice to dad Jeff on how best to ease the upset.Felt for Fred today. He got a girl at school some of his Mums perfume for her birthday only to find out he wasn’t invited to her party ?
— Jeff Brazier (@JeffBrazier) October 21, 2017
“Tell Fred he’s a lovely young man and I hope I’m not speaking out of turn but I’m pretty sure his mum would be very proud of him for today,” wrote one follower.
Jeff later responded to one comment, saying:
“Sharing his mum in any form is the highest gesture he could offer. It was more a specific numbers thing I think so not to be taken to heart.”It is presumed the gift in question was a bottle of Jade’s trademark Shh perfume. Jade died in 2009 from cervical cancer, leaving behind her two sons – Bobby, now 14, and Freddie, now 13.
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