He Switched His Wife And Sister’s Christmas Presents At The Last Minute, Giving His Sister The Dyson Airwrap His Wife Had Really Wanted, And Now His Mom And Aunt Are Appalled
This forty-four-year-old man is married and living with his wife, who is thirty-nine. But, back in October, the couple allowed his sister to move in, too.
Apparently, his sister, who is also thirty-nine, was going through a divorce with her ex-husband and needed a place to stay until she got back on her feet.
Now, at the time, his wife was not a fan of this arrangement whatsoever. In fact, he claims that his wife wanted his sister out of the house and told him to figure out some other form of accommodation.
However, his sister was going through a rough time and felt lonely, so she ended up staying with them for the past few months.
Anyway, since the beginning of the year, his wife had been dropping hints about wanting the Dyson Airwrap– the viral hair curler that costs about six hundred dollars– for Christmas. So, back in November, he decided to purchase the gift, wrap it, and hide it in their garage until December 25.
Just a few days ago, though, his sister started wrapping her Christmas presents and asked him what he had bought for his wife. At that point, he revealed how he purchased the Dyson Airwrap, as well as a Gucci perfume.
And at first, his sister was reportedly really excited for his wife. But then, she apparently became pretty sad and was reminded of her divorce.
“[My sister] said she wanted the Dyson hair product too and used to beg her husband to buy it for her, but he never did,” he recalled.
Instead, his sister’s ex actually went on to buy the Dyson Airwrap for his new girlfriend. Yikes.
Inna Vlasova – stock.adobe.com – illustrative purposes only, not the actual person
So, even though he had already purchased and wrapped a pair of shoes as his sister’s Christmas gift, he decided to try and purchase her a Dyson Airwrap, too.
But, after scouring the web, he was out of options. Apparently, the product was sold out everywhere and would not get delivered until well after the holidays.
Rather than just leaving his presents as they were, though, he decided to make a switch. More specifically, he took his wife’s name tag off of the Dyson present and stuck it on his sister’s– meaning that his wife would be getting just the perfume, and his sister would get the shoes and the hair curler.
Then, come Christmas morning, his whole family got together to open up presents. And at first, everyone appeared really happy with what they had received.
Well, that was until he spoke to his mom. Apparently, his mom claimed that his wife’s face looked beyond hurt after she watched his sister unwrap the Dyson Airwrap.
Plus, after revealing that, his mom decided to pry and asked why he had not given his wife the Dyson instead.
So, he ended up just telling his mom the truth and admitting that he thought his wife would be just as happy with the perfume. His mom did not agree with him at all, though, and actually accused him of being a complete jerk.
Apparently, his parents had also wanted to purchase the Dyson Airwrap for his wife this Christmas. And he knew that because they had asked him last month prior to any gift shopping.
At that time, though, he told his parents he was already planning to buy it for his wife. So, his parents never bought it, and his wife ultimately missed out on two opportunities to receive the one present she really wanted this year.
Anyway, since Christmas day, his mom has spoken with his aunt about the whole situation– who now agrees that he is a total jerk, too.
He did try to reason with his family and explain how he would just buy the Dyson Airwrap again for his wife. After all, it’s not like it needs to be Christmas to give his partner a present.
Honestly, though, his mom and aunt think that it is just too little too late and that the gift will not have the same “Christmas magic.”
So now, with his mom and aunt mad at him, and his wife upset, he has been left wondering if switching his wife and sister’s presents at the last minute was a really bad move or not.
Is it understandable why he wanted to make his sister happy during a turbulent period in her life? At the same time, should he have placed his sister’s needs before his own wife’s? Is it ironic that he got his sister the Dyson because her ex-husband never did, and now he is doing the same to his wife? Are his mom and sister right that switching the gifts makes him a jerk?
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