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This was a couple weeks ago but I still think about it. I 16F had my sweet 16th a couple weeks ago, nothing too crazy and that but my parents and my extended family all came over and we went out to a nice restaurant that my parents had booked. A lot of my family, cousins and nieces and nephews were there so it was a lot of people.
After we ate dinner and it was time to blow out my candles my mom insisted I open some of my presents so I don’t have to carry them home. my aunties, uncles and grandparents gave me my presents, after opening their present and saying thank you and that, My older sister and her boyfriend gave me their present. Inside their box they gave me was a “Will you be my Maid of honour?” card on top of the present, I obviously confused looked at them with a weird expression on my face, my mum came over to look in the box as well and she loudly said “You’re getting engaged” my sister squealed with excitement and told us all about her proposal and how they’re already wedding planning, she said it was the perfect time to announce their engagement since all our family was here.
When my sister asked if I was going to say yes I just nodded and excused myself to the bathroom. No, I didn’t go to the bathroom. I ended up walking out and went to a nearby park, a couple hours passed by and my dad pulled over on the curb and told me to get in with him. I expected him to yell at me but he ended up taking me out for ice cream and we sat at the lake and just talked, when I got home I saw my cake on the counter and my mum got up and started yelling at me about how I wasted money, wasted my families time, my sister and her bf came out and told me how mean I am for doing that to them, my sister ended up saying that my birthday wasn’t as important as her wedding and my mother agreed.
My dad told my sister and her bf to get out and ended up talking to my mom about how they could have checked with me beforehand instead of announcing it. So Am I A Jerk ? Did I Overreact ?
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