I had heard from my sister that my niece is really interested in trying to do some overseas traveling between high school and college. I'm making decent money and honestly don't have much to spend it on, so I decided that I would splurge on a big Christmas gift and pay for my niece and a friend to take a 1-2 week trip to Europe over summer or whenever that kind of travel is possible again. Since you can't put a trip in a box under the tree, I wrapped up a travel guide book as her gift and figured that I'd explain the idea to her after she opened it and we could plan specifics later.
Well, she opened the thing, and before I could say a word she scoffed, rolled her eyes, and informed me that a travel book is a lame gift. She then went on a rant in which I learned that I am a) too lazy to come up with a decent gift and b) so greedy that even though I make way more money than her parents, a $15 guidebook is still my idea of a sufficient gift.
After hearing all of this, I wasn't about to go through with the original idea of giving this girl a trip, so I just said "okay, you're right, sorry " and we all moved on. So now instead of having an all expenses paid trip to Europe, she has nothing but a guidebook and a belief that I legitimately just randomly decided to buy her a Lonely Planet guide as a Christmas gift for no reason. And I guess I saved a good $5K+ with one bratty rant.
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Good for you, would be even funnier if you told her but that probably wouldn't go over well
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I hope this is true
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So did your sister know that her daughter had her gift rescinded?
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6/10.
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Decently crafted...
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This story makes me sad on a few different layers.
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joeshmoe1600 wrote:
Good for you, would be even funnier if you told her but that probably wouldn't go over well
I’d at least tell your sister.
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cool story bro
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The best gift for her would be a lesson in manners.
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Wow I hope this is true. Well done. She got what she deserved (nothing, basically). You made the right call. The brat would not even appreciate the fact you got her a trip. She would just go ham on insta taking pics the whole time and not even enjoying the moment. All about clout and likes.
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Why didn’t you reveal what you were planning on giving her and then rescind it? You could have done it in a polite, but very disappointed way.
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oldschoollrc wrote:
Decently crafted...
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kids are all ungrateful slugs wrote:
Nieces and nephews get nothing from me. They have enough crap they never show any interest in. Next year get her a diet book as white girls get fat early to see days. Oh and tell her what your plan was. Haha.. kids suck. Go buy yourself a trip to Europe and send her pictures. Go to Amsterdam and indulge in some space cakes.
I'd be my life that this poster doesn't have kids.
OP. I'm also willing to bet your story is entirely made up but the post above explains why it was so well crafed. 8/10. -
tried to be the nice uncle wrote:
I had heard from my sister that my niece is really interested in trying to do some overseas traveling between high school and college. I'm making decent money and honestly don't have much to spend it on, so I decided that I would splurge on a big Christmas gift and pay for my niece and a friend to take a 1-2 week trip to Europe over summer or whenever that kind of travel is possible again. Since you can't put a trip in a box under the tree, I wrapped up a travel guide book as her gift and figured that I'd explain the idea to her after she opened it and we could plan specifics later.
Well, she opened the thing, and before I could say a word she scoffed, rolled her eyes, and informed me that a travel book is a lame gift. She then went on a rant in which I learned that I am a) too lazy to come up with a decent gift and b) so greedy that even though I make way more money than her parents, a $15 guidebook is still my idea of a sufficient gift.
After hearing all of this, I wasn't about to go through with the original idea of giving this girl a trip, so I just said "okay, you're right, sorry " and we all moved on. So now instead of having an all expenses paid trip to Europe, she has nothing but a guidebook and a belief that I legitimately just randomly decided to buy her a Lonely Planet guide as a Christmas gift for no reason. And I guess I saved a good $5K+ with one bratty rant.
I'd give you 1 out of 10 Rojo!!!! Yeah sure, a niece is going to open a present and immediately call it a lame gift???? If this were true, your Sister sucks at being a Mom, I mean really sucks and you must be a moron for an Uncle. My daughter is 21 and a College Senior. You couldn't pay her to say something like that.
So then, you and your Family were born in a barn and have zero basic human being skills or you are just site shill, it's one or the other. -
Would be funnier if it actually happened.
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4/10
It would have higher ratings in a different year.
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rojo wrote:
kids are all ungrateful slugs wrote:
Nieces and nephews get nothing from me. They have enough crap they never show any interest in. Next year get her a diet book as white girls get fat early to see days. Oh and tell her what your plan was. Haha.. kids suck. Go buy yourself a trip to Europe and send her pictures. Go to Amsterdam and indulge in some space cakes.
I'd be my life that this poster doesn't have kids.
OP. I'm also willing to bet your story is entirely made up but the post above explains why it was so well crafed. 8/10.
I think it was assumed the OP doesn't have kids. That's why he is spending the money on his niece. No parent has ever said "I'm making decent money and honestly don't have much to spend it on". -
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oldschoollrc wrote:
Decently crafted...
We have some real storytellers on this forum.
It’s a depressing place to call home, but once you’ve been here for 10 years it’s kind of hard to get out. I operate under the belief that everything I read here is fiction, and you all would do well to take a page out of my book. Letsrun is simply another form of cheap media that is easy to consume in place of being productive with ones life. -
1/10. Giving way too much credit.
Also, could they have written the thread title any worse?
