My mother-in-law took away the gift she gave my daughter, 9, as she said we’d spent too much, so I took revenge
A MAN was so furious with his mother-in-law for withdrawing the present she bought for his nine-year-old daughter, that he took back the designer bag he bought her.
The bloke explained that family have accused him of being “petty” after taking his revenge.
The mother-in-law thought that the nine-year-old already had too many presents so took back her gift.
Taking to Reddit, he said: “This year I got a new job that has been paying me very well. Therefore, for this Christmas I decided to splurge on everyone.
“In particular, I spent a lot of my money on my nine year old daughter and she deserves in 100 per cent.
“She has been pushing herself in school, helping around in the house without being asked, and always being the kindest soul you’ll ever meet.”
But he said that when his mother-in-law saw the presents under the tree she disapproved of how much was being given to the young girl.
He said: “She started saying that a nine-year-old did not deserve that many gifts and she would be taking away the gift she bought my daughter so that my daughter wouldn’t be too spoiled.
“I told her that was unfair especially since my mother-in-law promised my daughter a doll for Christmas and my daughter was looking forward for it.
“My mother-in-law said let it be a lesson to my daughter that in life she cant get all things she asks for.”
He said he was annoyed about this, but his wife told him to let it go.
She said that if her mother had bought the gift she could do whatever she liked with it and the mother-in-law agreed it was ‘her right’.
He said: “I decided to remove the £500 designer bag I got my mother-in-law, the thing I knew she wanted the most, and kept a £33 robe instead.
“Once my mother-in-law opened her present she was disappointed asking if that was all from me, because everyone else got increasingly more expensive gifts from me.
“And I said yes and apologised if I disappointed her but we cant always get the gifts we hoped for.
“After this happened there was tension all day and once everyone left my wife was furious that I bought everyone things way more expensive than her mother.
“I explained that I did by her mom a £500 designer bag but decided against it once she took away the gift she bought my daughter.”
He said that his wife called him “petty” but his sister encouraged him to stick to his guns and return the bag.
Fellow Redditors were quick to jump in and share their opinions.
One person said: “You need to sit your wife down and have a serious talk. Your mother-in-law punished your daughter as a proxy for imposing her values on you. Your daughter is innocent in all of this.”
Another said: “Get a refund for the bag and buy a doll for your daughter.”
A third said: “I hate those ‘might as well learn now’ or ‘might as well get used to it.’
“Why deliberately impose trauma, hardship, disappointment whatever, just because one day it will happen naturally.”
Another said: “Just adding this probably seems reasonable to the wife, who probably grew up with that level of cruelty.
“Return the bag. Then talk with your wife – you might want to exchange her, as well, but I’d suggest marriage counselling first…”