His Siser-In-Law Announced That She Expected His Family To Buy Her Expensive Jewelry For Christmas
Have you ever gotten someone a nice, expensive gift at one point in the year and therefore got them something more lowkey for Christmas?
One man and his wife decided not to give his new sister-in-law an expensive Christmas gift since they already spent a lot of money on a sentimental wedding present for her. Now, his brother is furious with him.
Every Christmas, he and his wife like to give their mothers and sisters from both their families a nice, valuable piece of jewelry. He has a new sister-in-law this year since his brother recently got married.
“My family chipped in to pay for his wife’s bridal jewelry,” he explained.
“It was an expensive pearl and diamond set [and] I wasn’t planning to get her anything else other than a few small things for Christmas after that.”
Then, at Thanksgiving, his new sister-in-law announced to the family that she’d like some jewelry with red stones or rubies for Christmas. This was the first time anyone in his family had specifically asked for a piece of jewelry, and he was taken aback.
Because he and his wife had already spent so much money on her wedding jewelry, and because of her attitude, they decided they’d get his sister-in-law something less expensive.
Eventually, they picked out a purse to give her and thought that’d be appropriate. However, things just got more dramatic.
“Things went from bad to worse when my brother stopped by to ‘inspect the jewelry’ because his wife wanted something more colorful than pearls, and she wanted red stone,” he recalled.
Victoria Andreas – stock.adobe.com – illustrative purposes only, not the actual person
“She was coordinating [the] outfit she [would be] wearing on Christmas. My wife left the room after hearing this, and my brother and I had an epic screaming match over his wife and us getting her a purse instead of jewelry.”
After their screaming match, he ultimately decided to get his brother and wife nothing for Christmas due to all the negativity and entitlement. He told his brother that instead of pushing him to get his sister-in-law’s jewelry, he should be getting it himself since she’s his wife.
His brother told him that he couldn’t afford to get his wife that kind of jewelry after their wedding and that he should be doing it because he has a new ‘sister’ now.
Now, his brother and sister-in-law have decided not to go to his parents’ house for Christmas with everyone, and they said it’s because of him. While his mom is upset, she doesn’t want him to feel forced to get his sister-in-law an expensive gift.
Because of the drama, his brother is threatening not to speak to him again until he apologizes. However, he doesn’t feel like he’s done anything worth apologizing for.
Should he apologize to his sister-in-law, or was she overreacting?
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