Her Parents Got Her Husband A Birthday Gift That Cost $5.99, Which Upset Her, Because They’re Generous Gift-Givers
This 31-year-old woman claims that her parents are not in a tough spot when it comes to money. Yet, just last year, they didn’t bother getting her husband, who is 26, a birthday gift.
And even though her parents gave her husband a present this year, it only cost $5.99!
This really upsets her, too, since both of her parents are huge present-givers. Plus, earlier this year, she and her husband got her parents really thoughtful gifts for their birthdays, Mother’s Day, and Father’s Day.
For instance, they bought her mom flights to visit them on her mom’s birthday and Mother’s Day. As for her dad, they got him a Home Depot gift card and a nice pillow.
“My husband is equally as invested in both wanting to do something thoughtful and also financially splitting the cost of those gifts with me,” she said.
Her parents, on the other hand, don’t seem as invested in forging a meaningful relationship with her husband.
They had already canceled plans to visit her and her husband twice over the past year, which was very upsetting, especially for her husband.
“My husband is a traditional Hispanic man, and family means a lot to him,” she explained.
“In his eyes, my family is his family. Although he has a wonderful family of his own as well.”
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It also seems as though her parents give preferential treatment to her younger sister, who is 24, and her sister’s boyfriend.
Both her sister and her sister’s boyfriend have been living with her parents rent-free and not working jobs for years now.
So, she believes that her parents have never stopped coddling her sister, and now, they’re doing the same thing for her sister’s boyfriend.
That’s why, for years, she has tried to figure out how to accept the fact that her parents love her less than her sister.
However, now that it’s not just affecting her but also visibly impacting how her husband is treated by her parents, it’s making her infuriated.
So, she finally decided to stand up for both herself and her husband, sending her parents a carefully thought-out text message.
“I’m hurt about the lack of effort that was put into my husband’s gift for his birthday. Everything we do for you guys, he’s equally as invested in as I am. Then, he just gets left as an afterthought. Just really sad and hurtful how differently we are treated,” she wrote in her text.
Well, to her surprise, her parents actually just left her on “read” and haven’t even bothered to respond to her message.
And now, she’s been left wondering if confronting her parents about the clear lack of effort on her husband’s gift was really the wrong thing to do.
Can you understand why her parents’ behavior is so hurtful after everything they do for her sister and her sister’s boyfriend? Do you think she did the right thing by finally calling them out? How would you have handled this situation in her shoes?
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