The holiday spirit is in full swing, from searching for the right present for each person in the family and making Christmas special for them. Kids eagerly wait for Christmas gifts and yummy meals. Read the story to know why this woman’s kids didn’t receive gifts and what would you do in this situation?
Source: Reddit
I married into a wealthy family. My family is lower middle class so it was quite a change.
I have two kids (6f and 4m) that get more or less anything they want. But they aren’t spoiled.
Anyways, we decided to spend Christmas with my family and the day before Christmas Day (since my dad worked the actual day), my mom called all the kids to the tree for presents and did her usual “you guys were so good and that’s why santa gave you all these things” speech. After that, all of them quickly found theirs but my two kids kept searching and couldn’t find anything. My son was on the verge of tears and my daughter was quiet after the tree was cleared and they were left with nothing.
I asked my mom what was going on and my mom looked at me then at my kids and went “Oops! I thought you knew. We all decided that we weren’t buying them Christmas gifts.”
I asked her why and she said that they get more than they need from me and my in-laws and that they all collectively decided to spend more on those that need it. She looked at my son who had tears running down his face and said “See, look at how spoiled he is, this is good for them.“
She then walked away. I quietly went back to the guest room and packed our things. I then called my husband who had offered to go grab my mom something from Walmart and told him to leave the stuff and come pick us up.
We then left quietly after I let my dad know. He was disappointed but said he understood.
We managed to cheer the kids up and visited my in-laws instead. A while later I got a call from my mother.
She kept asking me why I disappeared like that and said that she was waiting for the stuff my husband was bringing from Walmart.
I told her VERY POLITELY that I didn’t like what she did to my children and that she or literally anyone else could’ve AT LEAST told me. My mom said I was acting very entitled for someone who goes on multiple vacations a year. She then brought up my son crying again. I got pissed and told her that the reason he cried is because of her stupid speech about only good kids getting presents. My mom then randomly said that maybe he isn’t a good kid if he cried like that over not getting toys. We argued back and forth over this but then I ended up saying that she’s very lucky I didn’t snatch back the gifts I bought for my nieces/nephew. My mom just said “the entitlement!” before hanging up.
My sister texted me the same thing and my other sister said that I’m playing the victim when the real victims are them and their kids. My mom sent a similar text as well. Am I Wrong?
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