‘I was crushed, the comments were insane,’ says mother of three as she is trolled for Christmas food hack to save money

A mum has been left shocked after being brutally trolled for sharing a money-saving holiday hack.

Ellena is a mother of three and is enjoying her summer holidays in Cyprus with her children for five weeks.

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But being on holiday for so long would stretch any budget, with Ellena trying out some money-saving tricks to keep costs down.

She decided to share one of the tricks in a video on his TikTok page, but he couldn’t have predicted the response he would receive.

In the clip, she was seen buttering bread and stuffing it with cheese, turning it into sandwiches.

“Mommy hacks if she’s staying in a hotel with kids,” she wrote over the top.

“My girls don’t eat breakfast, it’s too early for them, so… I bring a breakfast container to make sandwiches for the day.”

She then placed the sandwiches in the container and added some cucumber slices and extra pieces of cheese.

“Ordered for lunch!” she added, although she stressed that the sandwiches should not be left on the heat for too long as the cheese will melt.

People quickly weighed in on the video in the comments, saying, “The driest sandwiches ever – no filling on the edges or corners.

“Poor children!

“Why can’t you make a decent sandwich?”

“This is so cheeky,” said another.

“I could never do it,” commented a third.

As someone said, “I’m so grateful I can buy things.”

To which Ellena replied: “We have been on vacation for 5 weeks!

“As you know, children eat every 2 minutes!”

But the rude comments continued, prompting Ellena to issue another response in a separate video.

“Wow, guys!” she began.

“I was slaughtered for taking a container for breakfast on vacation.

“The comments were insane – just because I take a breakfast container and fill it with sandwiches and other little things for my kids in the morning.”

Ellena added that the trick she shared was to take the container for breakfast – and not make the sandwiches.

“I’ve been slaughtered for the way I put cheese on bread and people can call me names and talk about me because I’m making my kids a sandwich,” she raged.

“‘Poor children, poor children’ – they’ve been on holiday here for five weeks!”

Taking aim at the trolls, she continued: “It’s crazy how you think you can bring us down moms.

“You don’t know how we are parents, so don’t even go on my TikTok and try to comment if you don’t have anything nice to say – because it’s really not cool to put people down.”

She concluded by turning the camera around to share the incredible view from her hotel room.

And people in the comments of that video quickly offered assurances to Ellena, with one writing: “I thought it was a brilliant idea!”

“Don’t mind, darling – all mothers with young children do the same,” insisted another.

“Ignore these sad people, darling, and enjoy your vacation,” urged a third.

As someone insisted, the trolls were probably just “jealous.”

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