A WOMAN has revealed how she ditched the UK for a cheap country in Africa.
Natalie, originally from the UK, packed up and left with her husband and two sons in tow.
Now , the mum lives in Zimbabwe but comes back to visit her family.
And when she does, she always makes sure to bring something back for her kids that isn’t available in the African country.
Taking to social media, she said: “I live in Zimbabwe and I’ve just got back from visiting my family in England for two weeks without my kids, without my husband and I promised them one thing.
“That I’d bring them a McDonald’s back.”
Although travelling from her hometown of Leicester back to Zimbabwe takes around a day, she was able to collect the McDonald’s and bring it with her.
She said she picked it up before getting to the airport so they would cool down before putting them in plastic bags.
“The London baggage scanner guy pulled the most disgusted face when seeing the McDonald’s on the scanner,” she added.
“I even kept the packaging and got them a barbecue sauce,” she added.
When she finally got home, she put the nuggets and chips in the air fryer to crisp them back up and put them in their packaging.
When her kids came through the kitchen, they legged it over to their rare lunch.
The clip has since gone viral on her TikTok account @ naturallyfakemum with over 89k views and 3,200 likes.
People were quick to share their thoughts on Natalie’s extreme lengths.
One person wrote: “Omg do they not have McDonald’s in Zimbabwe?”
Another commented: “This is on another level of ‘Mum can you bring McDonald’s home please.'”
“Oh bless them, that was brilliant, their cute faces.. Super Mummy,” penned a third.
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Meanwhile a fourth said: “Super grim & dangerous.”
“Are they still alive after eating it?” claimed a fifth.
“Alive and still kicking, 7 days later,” replied Natalie.
Someone else added: “Could you not just keep the packaging and cook some fries and nuggets?”
