December 24, 2024 • 35 mins
In this holiday-themed episode of Internet Friendsy, we dive into the hilariously awkward, cringe-worthy, and downright disastrous gifts that ruined Christmas for some unlucky souls. From a boyfriend gifting his girlfriend therapy sessions (seriously, dude?), to a Redditor stuck with nothing but joke presents, these stories will have you shaking your head and laughing out loud.
We also unpack the chaos of a competitive mother-in-law who turns Christmas dinner into a power play and a fake TIFU story where a sentimental memory book accidentally destroys a relationship.
Tune in for a rollercoaster of holiday mishaps, awkward family dynamics, and unexpected laughs. Can you guess which story is fake?
Perfect for fans of Reddit drama, Christmas fails, and storytelling with a twist! #WorstGiftsEver #RedditStories #ChristmasFails #InternetFriendsy
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Welcome back in
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I say is back everyone don't worry. He's here. Yep. Thank goodness was out of town, but I'm back. Where were you?
I don't
Where'd you go?
You didn't know no, we're to rocky point. You're lying. It's where you're lying
That's why it looks so tan and beautiful. We literally went for two days. Yeah, no Whitney. You were like, I hate you
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They I was believing it. I totally believe that's like well, that's awesome. Good for you guys
One click on pretending baby
Last week we did the
Dugrin show the group who had the fake
Marley. Nope. You lying
I
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Don't think it was me. I think it was you
I hadn't had it in a minute
It was me. So you little Grinch
Humbug that's not the same story. I know it's not like you were trying to go. I just I was just stuck in the middle
Yep, I had the fake if you guessed that on socials, you were right nice this week
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We're doing the worst Christmas
Gift Christmas ever
And let's just jump right in do you want to do on a bat lead off for us ma'am? I would love to I wish you would
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One click no pretending
I'm by the asshole for refusing to make lasagna for Christmas after what my mother-in-law did last year I
30f have been together with my husband Michael 31m for seven years married for three and dating for four
My mother-in-law 58f has always hosted Christmas ever since I've known him
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I've always made lasagna for Christmas and other special occasions
I am essentially the family lasagna maker and I honestly don't really mind since I love to cook and bake however
Last year my mother-in-law decided to make lasagna based off what she saw me doing when she was at my house and a recipe
She got off the internet
I was surprised that she prepared a pan of her own but didn't say anything and even got a small piece
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It did not taste good and it was barely touched whilst mine had almost half gone near the end of the dinner
That infuriated my mother-in-law and she wound up doing a rant about how everyone loves me more than her and I tried to throw
My lasagna in the trash I say tried because it mainly ended up on the floor Michael and I quickly left after that and my mother-in-law has not
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Apologized for it since yesterday
She called me to confirm what I was making for Christmas this year and on her list of things I should make was lasagna
I politely said I wasn't going to make lasagna due to last year's incident and I'd be happy to make anything else
My mother-in-law wasn't as polite and called me vindictive for refusing to make the lasagna over a small mistake
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I just refused again and made my mother-in-law angrier
So she told me that unless I show up with a lasagna in hand
She wouldn't be letting me at the Christmas celebration
My husband says it's easier to just make the lasagna to keep the peace and I shouldn't hold my mother-in-law's mistake
That she made out of anger against her word got to my sister-in-law and brother-in-law from my mother-in-law
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And they're saying I should also make it even if it's just half of what I would usually make so you love lasagna
I love lasagna. So tell us what you think fun fact Joan. He gave us a lasagna the other day. Oh, yes, I think
Was there what was the point in short was it am I the asshole or what did you hear it? I did
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Okay, what was the very beginning? What is the title?
So am I the asshole for refusing to make lasagna for my for Christmas after what my mother-in-law did last year?
I don't think she is she's trying to I like I like it. She's trying to prove a point. So you think okay?
Yeah, I just think like the mother-in-law hasn't said sorry. Yeah, and she threw a fit
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Yeah, so it's like make a point. I would do the same thing to my mother-in-law. I
Would do the same thing hypothetically if I was ever in that situation that maybe I would do that
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That would be hard because we're just kind of hard the mother-in-law was mad because no one was eating this her daughters
lasagna, but everyone was eating like let's say
This is the mom. It was hers. Oh was the mom's it was mother-in-law versus
daughter-in-law and
daughter-in-law one
and like
Hello, that's the thing is like bruh
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The food speaks people are not picking the dish that they like they're not like oh, I like the daughter-in-law better
It's like oh this lasagna tastes better. Well, and she brings it every freaking year
And we know it's good. Yeah, like that's her thing to bring. It's like you can't get mad sweetheart
Like that's like that's a crappy mother-in-law. She was trying to be like oh
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I could do it and I probably could do it better than you like you're not that great
Right, and she literally she had to be planning that for so long imagine the last the last
Christmas dinner. She's like all this attention. She's like they freaking love her
I'm gonna make a better lasagna than this bitch next year
Or she was like I know mine's not gonna be better, but it'll give me a reason to be upset and like freak out
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Okay, so that's already has some bad blood with the daughter-in-law and it's like okay
But that's like a different level of girl right cuz I would not have thought that she would have like plotted out
Like even if it's bad even if mine isn't as good as hers. I can do the pity party
I would just think that she'd be like oh
I'm gonna make a better lasagna than her and then everyone's gonna like me more see that's like the boy
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Yeah, and yeah, yeah like the girl like I
Think you're really competitive then cuz that way sounds psycho. Yeah, I
Like my thing is I'm not gonna try and step up
And compete with someone if I know that they like your sweet potato casserole
I ain't ever gonna make it again. That's your that's yours now. No, I don't want that
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I'll make it. It's yours. I'll make it dude. I say you can have it the sweet potatoes getting those cooked
I did it like three different ways in the oven boiled and in the microwave. I was like or ever
For these things to cook all the way through I when I brought mine. I didn't have enough time and they weren't cooked all the way through
They were like it's crunchy
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Yeah
Everything about that stupid devil guys are crunchy the top
I was over the marshmallow is really delicious other than not really bad
marshmallows and not go wrong
I didn't burn them. Yeah, it's good. Yeah, it's bad. But
Yeah, this mother-in-law sucks like trying to be like I'm gonna make an even better one
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Like you're not that great, honey. Like let me show you it's so weird. That's messed up
And like what is anybody even doing trying to compete with the Kirkland signature? Legenda was on you literally like
Get your lasagna from Costco because it's way easier and it's better probably so good
That's my that's my jam. I
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Know so good
I think
Personally op should get over it and make the lasagna
Yeah, because like mother-in-law stomping around does nothing
There's no reason to be like no not too good
Like you ruined it. It's like no make the lasagna everyone wants it just yeah
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You're good at it. Just make it just bring it and like doesn't matter mother-in-law is gonna be mad either way
I mean the girls. I was no he definitely has some
PTSD though like last time I brought lasagna like I clearly heard lasagna does not make the mother-in-law happy
Well, it's because of the competition. It's because mother-in-law is like cuckoo. Yeah, so do it for the rest of the group
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Do it for the fam. Yeah, literally
Asking her to make it. That's true
Maybe it's another sabotage. I thought you sent her
Different foods and she said I'll do anything but the lasagna
Yes, you sent her a list of and one of the things on the list was her lasagna and the girl was like
All the only I'm not bringing a lasagna, but I can bring so why is
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It's then she was being petty then too. She also had to say it was no all bringing mashed potatoes
She'd have to say I'll bring mashed potatoes
But not lasagna if she got a list
But that's probably what the mother-in-law was expecting her to pick
So the mother-in-law sent her a list of like the exact things she wanted her to bring not like hey pick two
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Yeah, yeah, it was like a legit list of like I want you to bring this this this she was like, okay great
I'll bring this this I'm not bringing lasagna. Is there something else I can bring?
No, thanks. I obviously so what do we think about the husband though?
Like his stance is like dude, just bring a lasagna. Let's just go
Yeah, that's that's the male. He just wants to see his family. Yeah, he's like
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Okay, like I just don't want there to be fireworks at Christmas and your lasagna is good. Please make it. Yeah. Yeah, that's valid
Is there a good way you can support his wife though with this other than just no do it?
Yeah, it's like I mean, it's like
Look if you're gonna choose not to
It's the wrong choice, but well and like we're gonna not gonna let her in Christmas if she doesn't bring it
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Like you kind of have to play by mother-in-law's rules. Yeah, like it's she's kind of got you pinned
so
It's a stick it up and honestly all else fails go to Costco you guys are not ready for this. Please get hyped
Am I the asshole for giving my girlfriend therapy for Christmas?
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Let's freakin go. All right, I am 32 literally my age got my girlfriend F29 six sessions of therapy for her birthday and
Christmas present this year her birthday is December 16th. I couldn't book the appointments myself since it's not my insurance
And she is not my dependent obviously
So I gave her a nice card and inside said I would pay for the amount for six sessions of therapy based on the rates in my area
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I spent a lot of time researching providers that matched your health insurance and
Settle on a general budget that is absolutely up for negotiation based on what provider she ends up liking
We got into an argument when I gave it to her and she is staying with a friend which she has never done before
She's been living in my apartment for five months. She screamed and cried asking if I thought she was crazier if I was unhappy
Which is not the case at all. She's an amazing woman has been getting increasingly emotional over small things and has talked about
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Wanting to consider therapy. I think she would benefit from it because she is under a lot of stress from her job
It's had some bad relationships in the past and over the last few months has gotten increasingly irritable no matter what I do to fix things
I was trying to be thoughtful since therapy isn't something I would want to pay for myself since it isn't a fun purchase
We've been together for over a year and I thought that is what partners do for each other
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She told the friend she's staying with f29 or something that I think she's crazy, which is not true
I'm just not a trained professional and when she complains about work and things. I can't change
I don't know what she wants from me
I can't fix her problems because I'm not doing them to her and they are the same problems over and over
I can't keep track of all the details and developments anymore. It is frustrating hearing the same old things
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I can't fix her shitty co-workers or her bad budgeting since I've never been in those situations
So I wanted to set her up with someone who knows what to do also for the record
I got her another gift she could unwrap on Christmas Day and an additional one she could unwrap in front of her family
It is very nice slash expensive, but she hasn't opened that yet and doesn't know what I got her in parentheses
It is expensive jewelry am I the asshole for genuinely trying to help my girlfriend
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Whoa, yeah, that's a no for me
I feel like that's something like not a bad gift. Okay, not a bad gift first of all, but
maybe
That's so hard because it's like just to be blindsided like okay like I'm all like I'm gonna combine birthday and your Christmas
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And I'm gonna give you therapy
It's just I don't know like on paper. That's terrible
I could definitely see why it would be very offensive like a hundred percent
I could see her not taking it well, but I don't think he's that's all I don't
He is definitely came from a very good place. I think it's from a place of
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maybe
Maybe not like the ultimate best place right, but just like I'm not equipped or
emotionally
Capable of helping you with your stuff, right, but it doesn't sound that major
It's like complaining about work stuff
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And her getting irritable. Yeah, it's like that
I think he's not like emotionally equipped even if it's something so small like I don't think he's like I
Don't think he is the type of person that I can like carry it very maybe he needs help them
Maybe he needs to take a class on how he can help his girlfriend
Yeah, rather than him being like, okay, you need therapy you go talk to somebody else. Yeah, and
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I'll just get to reap the benefits of you being not being amazing here in a bowl. Oh, it's hard
It's hard. Hey boys, please. I don't think it's a bad gift. It might be bad timing
Like maybe January 5th. Okay
Like here's some like I wanted to pay pay for these
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Yeah, you know, maybe we can just like go together to two and then four for you alone. I don't know
I think for a Christmas gift though, that's
I don't think it's messed. I just think it's bad timing. I think it's just a guy being a guy
They've also talked about her going to therapy. She has definitely been open to it
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Oh, yeah, she's expressed that she would maybe want to okay, so I just I just don't think that's like
Here's a card. I
Don't know. I think it's just like
Here's a Christmas for either. I like I think he should just not say there was a present
Yeah, but I want to do this for you like yeah, don't but not for like a present. Yeah, like oh
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So many thoughts so many thoughts. I'm shook that I'm on an island here thinking this guy is the worst human being on the planet
No, not the worst human being on the planet a
Christmas gift think about how much six sessions of therapy is
Think of all the things he could have gotten for her
There's so many problems here. First of all, she's complaining about work
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work and like past relationships like they're in their late 20s early 30s like
You're gonna have past relationships you're gonna have stuff that has happened like it's not like she's like
Melting down and she can't deal with life
It's like the standard baseline of operating. He's like I'm sorry. I can't I'm like sick of listening to you talk about your coworkers
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Here's therapy for Christmas and your birthday
Six six sessions of therapy
Like that's like I mean
Minimum that's $600 minimum, but it's probably closer to a thousand
And it's like the biggest the biggest issue here is that he's like you're in a relationship with this person and these are life problems
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You're like, sorry, but you got to go to a professional talk about your coworkers talk about
Your previous relationships. Maybe that one like fringes it because like, you know people have issues, but
How this made it to am I the devil
Yeah, this guy sounds like he's making a lot of money
Spensive jewelry and one present and she like I could just imagine she has every right
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What on earth would you do if you opened a card and it's like here you go you get to go to therapy six sessions
It would it just depends on the circumstance if we had talked about that I would need it I wanted therapy and I wanted to go and like
blah blah blah
We're like three years in married at that point like I probably think like oh, it's that was so nice and thoughtful
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They're not married. It's one year into dating one year into being together. They're not married yet. They're not engaged
Yeah, like that's a big investment for him. That's why I know like if they don't get married
He's like wow, I just paid for this girl random girl to like get some therapy some guy's wife
You're welcome. No, but oh
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Oh
I cannot deal like yeah, I get where you're coming from Joe. Honestly this girl just sounds exhausting to me
Locate she sounds like every human ever
I don't know many guys that would be doing that unless they were hard
They needed help
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No, I
That's it's like do you not see the evasiveness in it money is not an issue for this guy
So he's just like I I literally just don't really want to hear your problems
So can you go to a professional? It could be the same things over and over again and nothing he does
I know people that like you just want to talk and talk and talk. You don't take advice
Just one event and like I'm one of those people. I don't I'm sorry. I'm not gonna hear it for a few years straight
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And you're not changing anything. They're just in a relationship like it's like all she wants is
Emotional safety and it sounds to me like she just gets stonewalled. It sounds like he's just like hmm
That sucks
We don't know that after a while. I would the fact that he got her therapy for Christmas
Proves that that's how he is because alternatively. Hey, let's have a fantastic Christmas together
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I'm gonna get you lots of nice stuff
And then if therapy is a real issue and you bring that up and you agree on it together
Then it's like hey, guess what like I know your financial situations tough
I want to help you get started in therapy, but it's not your Christmas and birthday gift. Yeah, it's not like here
You go. This is how you're gonna like celebrate this year. I knew you knew you
Like therapy is a gift. There's people out there that like it's not a gift
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it's
It is bad timing a donation a bad decision to donate
It is cherry. Yeah, I
Think that there could be good intention with it
So I'll agree with you guys there that like it's not the worst thing that he wants her to go to therapy. It's that he's like
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He's really just being a boy would be worse if she was fat and gave her a treadmill no
That'd be worse. No, I don't think so just like out of nowhere
She had mentioned like oh like I think I want a treadmill to like get in shape he buys her a treadmill
So that's fine, but if she mentioned
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Like I want I want therapy
I don't know but it wasn't like I want therapy will you will you buy me therapy for Christmas like a
Treadmill is a good is a good gift for a gift exactly, but it's like I I want a puppy for Christmas
I want a jewelry I want
Right kitchen aid I want
Fun things I don't want therapy for Christmas. Yeah, that makes me sad
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Yeah, everyone hates him
Everyone
I said bad gift
No, good good gift bad timing good donation bad time
The one thing that is for sure is that the dude needs therapy to access his feelings because just being there for your girlfriend
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Shouldn't be that demanding especially for things like your work like especially for like oh my co-workers blah blah blah
Yeah, it's like it's and it's not he it's not like he's like I'm so freaking tired of her complaining to me about her life
That I need her to talk to somebody else
He just like yeah
She could she complains about things and like she mentioned that she'd be down to go to therapy
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So like I just think it's better
So this is the top comment
You're the asshole and then it's quoting his thing when she complains about work and things I can't change
I don't know what she wants from me. That's what he said
When she complains about work and thinks that I can't change. I don't know what she wants how many
guilty
Literally guilty complaining to Isaiah about things that he can't change I can't change and he's not telling he doesn't shut down and
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Freak out or whatever. No, and like that's not your gift
You're not getting therapy for Christmas
So the plot twist here is we actually got you guys therapies, but it's couples there. Thank you
I would appreciate that jokes, but we love therapy in this household
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That's not of not lost on us
So the number one comment said she wants you to listen to her vent for a frick sake
Yeah, is that really a foreign concept to you?
Am I the asshole for ruining Christmas and being upset the only gifts I got from my family were joke gifts
That's
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Okay, so background my family likes to play pranks with Christmas and birthday gifts. It's nothing new I
F21 as well as my five siblings from 29 to 37 years old have all been pranked on our birthdays and on Christmas
And usually it's one or two gifts this Christmas though
I was the only person to get all joke gifts for example I unwrapped a MacBook from my brother
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But when I opened it it was just some chocolate which I don't eat
So I gave it away and the MacBook was actually given to my sister inside a bag
She wanted another gift was that I thought another gift was what I thought was a book
I put on my Christmas list was actually just the book cover put on a dictionary when I asked my mom about the book
She told me she gave it to my to my sister
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This went on with each present my siblings or parents had given me AirPods was just a charger block adapter
gift cards were used and had zero balance a
Card with a monopoly money and so on totaling into about 12 joke gifts
I realized I went out of my way to get everyone something they wanted or they liked didn't get anything at this point
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I was bummed so I went to the living room to watch TV with my boyfriend at dinner
They were all talking about how much they love their gifts and when my dad asked why I hadn't said anything about mine
I said there wasn't much to say everyone but my boyfriend laughed and my mom said it was no big deal as everyone else
Also got some joke gifts
I told her every gift I got was a joke gift and that the ones they got was also followed by the real one
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My dad told me I needed to relax as I'm making a big deal about it and I'd have next Christmas to get the stuff on my list
Not wanting to go back and forth
I told my boyfriend I wanted to leave and we could spend the rest of Christmas break with his family
Then go home my family got mad and told me not to go and to just stay because it wasn't serious
I left and put my phone on do not disturb during the drive and by the time we got to my boyfriend's
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Parents house. I had several missed calls and texts from them calling me names like I'm grateful
Sensitive and childish they said I ruined Christmas and made my parents upset because I left the next day
I exchanged and opened gifts with my boyfriend and his family and one of the gifts
I had gotten was the book I wanted the book my mom pretended to gift me
I posted it on my Instagram story and not even zero minutes after posting it
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My sister sent a screenshot of my story to the family group chat and they basically got mad at me for leaving and telling me
I ruined Christmas over some presents
They told me I owe everyone especially my parents an apology because my mom spent new years sad because of my actions now
I just want an outside party to tell me
If I'm the asshole here am I in the wrong for being upset about the gifts and for leaving after reading their messages and
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Sitting on this for a few days. I'm not I'm now feeling like maybe I was upset over nothing and need to apologize to them
No, girl. Oh my gosh
First of all, no, she doesn't need to apologize
Not at all like is it the biggest deal in the world for Christmas like no
It's not the biggest deal in the world, but like when you see everyone else in the circle opening really good stuff
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Right anybody's gonna be affected by that like well, and you also gave everybody a good gift like you
It's like how did everybody just be like oh, I'm getting her the joke like isn't there any coordination?
Not like if it's just one or two that's so sad. I hate that for her
I think the worst part of the story is
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They each put a list to their parents and then the parents like would they would wrap it in something like they
Like they had a MacBook for her and they gave it to her sister with a really nice bag. She wanted as well
So it's a two-in-one and then he got she got a chocolate bar with the MacBook
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It makes you feel like yeah, it's like could that have actually happened or families that like
Yeah, yeah, I mean sure
It's just hard my mom and daddy getting every fool. I hope that's fake
No, that's true though. That's like I feel like our Christmas was always so good. It was so fun
My mom I say so badly wanted to be a skater you guys and so my mom freaking had all the guys from the family
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aka Greg shout out Greg our brother in law
Literally make a half pipe for the dude and the kid wouldn't even go down it because he was so scared
But the amount of hours and time
Ever to put that thing was huge into my parents backyard
Joe carried there's there's the building then there's the transporting and then there's the like sick is he ever gonna drop in
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But guess what? I'm a baller. So I'll take the house
He literally I have a video of my say he like has his knee pads and like elbows pads and helmet
I was before
No, you were like 13 12
And yet pillows and blankets all at the bottom of the half pipe
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So that if he fell he would just dive into it and he still wouldn't go bro
It's a I will say is someone that did learn how to drop in it's nerve-wracking the first time it's scary
Would you do it now? I think I would do it now doubt it. I think I would oh it doesn't get any easier
You kind of just have to send it, but it's I will say it's a little easier on a shorter half pipe
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This he made you like a 10 foot. Yeah, it was huge. It's good size. It was big. I'm looking down. Yeah
It's like all right first try
12 hours later, that's that was a pretty good Christmas gift you got though
Yeah, that was almost as sick as the truck the truck was the best I wish I saw have you ever gotten like a joke gift
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I've gotten one where it was like
You the puppy the look remember the dog that would breathe
So I'm a bomb
I was begging my mom to get me a puppy for Christmas begging my mom does not like dogs
Baking begging begging my mom thought it would be funny to get a pretend fake dog that like moves and like
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No, it just breathed. It was like curled up. Oh, yeah, but it would look like it was real. Yeah. Thank you. Yeah
Um, I don't remember all the Jesus. I just remember she totally like pranks me basically
Like she thought it would be like cute and like hey like look
I can't get you this like a real dog
But I got you this dog like you can have this as your old dog
And when I saw I've started screaming freaking out and thinking it was real
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I started crying because I was so grateful
And then I realized it was fake and everyone kind of like started laughing
But then they were like oh, I feel bad actually because like she's devastated and didn't I like I
Literally was sobbing and ran up to my bedroom
Yeah, and mom ended up getting me a puppy after that because she felt so terrible
How long did that dog think it was mulligan and he was there for like a couple months
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That was the last dog we ever got. That was my best friend. This is from my personal favorite subreddit today
I f'd up. I love this one today. I f'd up by giving my friend a Christmas present that ruined her relationship
So last year we did a secret sander with our friend group and I got my friend Rachel Rachel is dating this guy Mike
Who's let's just say not exactly the most well-liked person in our circle
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He's one of those guys who's super controlling and low-key toxic, but Rachel is head over heels for him
So we all just grin and bear it anyway
I was struggling with what to get her then I remembered a conversation we had months earlier about how she loves those
Personalized sentimental gifts. She mentioned wanting a cute photo album for her and Mike
So I figured perfect. I'll make her one
I spent hours pulling pictures off her social media getting them printed and putting them in a fancy leather bound album
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I even left a few blank pages on at the end with little notes like for all our future memories together
I thought it was so sweet and thoughtful fast forward to the gift exchange
Rachel opens the album and at first she looks thrilled
She's flipping through the pages and shows it and showing it off to everyone, but then she freezes her smile drops
And she slams the album shut turns out one of the pictures
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I included was one she had posted on Instagram stories months ago was from before she was dating Mike and in the picture
She's cozyed up with her ex Jake honestly didn't even notice it when I printed the photos
It was a cute group selfie from a trip
We'd all taken Mike who is sitting next to her and noticed immediately
He made some snide comment like wow didn't realize it was that kind of a photo album and things got awkward fast
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Rachel tried to laugh it off, but Mike wouldn't let it go
He ended up storming out of the party and Rachel followed after him the fallout
They had a massive fight that night and apparently Mike accused her of still being hung up on Jake because she hadn't deleted the picture from her phone
Or her Instagram highlights
She called me the next day furious that I'd sabotaged her relationship even though I swear it wasn't an innocent mistake
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They eventually made up but the things have been weird between Rachel and me ever since every time I see Mike
He gives me this smug fake smile like he's just waiting for me to mess up again
And now I triple check every gift anyone I give anyone because I'm terrified of accidentally ruining another relationship
That's crazy
Look don't mind if I jump in here
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Mike needs to grow up because you didn't own this girl her whole life. She had a previous relationship
It's okay that that happened like she didn't know you what are you even freaking out about and like OP?
How bad is it really?
It's a group photo. It was a nice gift and it shouldn't have ended a relationship. That's my take I think Mike's a
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Loser and I think that if it was if this happened and somebody gave you a gift a photo album
And it's like there's a picture of you and like an ex-boyfriend, but it's in a group
Like cool is before we were together like why would I care about that? Like it's it's not like it's not like a hey
This was better time of your life like celebrate that it's like just in there with the rest of the photos
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I'd be like okay cool
Like what like what does that do to me? Why would I care before like you fits before we're together?
Why would it matter? You're so cool. You don't have a jealous bone in your body. It's so cool
I would literally be pissed. Oh, I'd be pretty frustrated
I'd be pissed. How do you miss that?
Like I just think I just think if Marley still had picked like
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If Marley yeah, I've Marley had a picture with her ex like in a photo album
I'd just be like you have a hundred photos. Let's just get rid of this one because
He does not matter in your life
Samantha matters
Right so we can keep the ones with you and Sam, but
This guy doesn't need anything to do with like he doesn't he doesn't have to be in here
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That would like put a spit in my stomach if I saw that I'd be like yeah
She made it
You know it was like the friend made it, you know, yeah, I wasn't ready yet to get like mad
Yeah, I'd be like well we can just ditch this one. Yeah, I will take this one out
You wouldn't be mad really I would like not but the whole point is like it's before I was in your life, right?
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But like you wouldn't feel like kind of gross like or weird like
Why does she still want that pig like why but like why if you put it in it's a different thing
It's disrespectful for my friends to add photos of me and
Because no because they're they are in the picture too. It's like a memory that you guys had before I was in your life
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That's like that
How was that a bad thing and I'm sitting on his lap?
It's like smiling kissing. I mean yeah, like if you're making out with him
I'd be like okay, then that's a more intentional
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If you guys were like if it was actually borderline and appropriate for instance
If the couples were kissing that's a different thing altogether. That's not the same photo. I wouldn't have the same vibe
I obviously that would affect me differently, but it sounds like they're all like huddled together
It's like a group photo you're on a vacation and she's next to him just like yeah, like that's what it sounds like
I'm burning it. Okay, but here's the thing the friends don't like him. They've already clearly stated that
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Yeah, so I think a hundred percent no doubt in my mind the friends saw that the X was in those photos
It was fun memories. They don't give a frick if it hurts Mike's feelings or not
This was my friend when I liked her more with this guy or like this is when we actually had fun memories
And we could go on vacation like let's add this to the photo album
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I think a hundred percent there was no mistake. They put those photos in and they could have absolutely
Left them out. Would you let me keep mine?
It's again
This is all like
Circumstantial because if that happened and you're like opening it up and I like walk into the room and the it's like open to that photo
I'd be like single day. Are you like are you like just
Reminiscing like what is this if it's just in the photo book that your friend gave you for Christmas
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It's like not a big deal unless it's made into a big deal. That's what strikes me, right?
Yeah, well
I think it's big deal. Well, let us know thanks. Thanks for listening ladies and gents. We love ya
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Follow along and let us know which one you think is fake. That's the whole point in case you missed it
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And enough friends young three
two three internet friends
Nope never will be
I
Welcome back in
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I say is back everyone don't worry. He's here. Yep. Thank goodness was out of town, but I'm back. Where were you?
I don't
Where'd you go?
You didn't know no, we're to rocky point. You're lying. It's where you're lying
That's why it looks so tan and beautiful. We literally went for two days. Yeah, no Whitney. You were like, I hate you
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They I was believing it. I totally believe that's like well, that's awesome. Good for you guys
One click on pretending baby
Last week we did the
Dugrin show the group who had the fake
Marley. Nope. You lying
I
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Don't think it was me. I think it was you
I hadn't had it in a minute
It was me. So you little Grinch
Humbug that's not the same story. I know it's not like you were trying to go. I just I was just stuck in the middle
Yep, I had the fake if you guessed that on socials, you were right nice this week
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We're doing the worst Christmas
Gift Christmas ever
And let's just jump right in do you want to do on a bat lead off for us ma'am? I would love to I wish you would
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One click no pretending
I'm by the asshole for refusing to make lasagna for Christmas after what my mother-in-law did last year I
30f have been together with my husband Michael 31m for seven years married for three and dating for four
My mother-in-law 58f has always hosted Christmas ever since I've known him
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I've always made lasagna for Christmas and other special occasions
I am essentially the family lasagna maker and I honestly don't really mind since I love to cook and bake however
Last year my mother-in-law decided to make lasagna based off what she saw me doing when she was at my house and a recipe
She got off the internet
I was surprised that she prepared a pan of her own but didn't say anything and even got a small piece
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It did not taste good and it was barely touched whilst mine had almost half gone near the end of the dinner
That infuriated my mother-in-law and she wound up doing a rant about how everyone loves me more than her and I tried to throw
My lasagna in the trash I say tried because it mainly ended up on the floor Michael and I quickly left after that and my mother-in-law has not
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Apologized for it since yesterday
She called me to confirm what I was making for Christmas this year and on her list of things I should make was lasagna
I politely said I wasn't going to make lasagna due to last year's incident and I'd be happy to make anything else
My mother-in-law wasn't as polite and called me vindictive for refusing to make the lasagna over a small mistake
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I just refused again and made my mother-in-law angrier
So she told me that unless I show up with a lasagna in hand
She wouldn't be letting me at the Christmas celebration
My husband says it's easier to just make the lasagna to keep the peace and I shouldn't hold my mother-in-law's mistake
That she made out of anger against her word got to my sister-in-law and brother-in-law from my mother-in-law
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And they're saying I should also make it even if it's just half of what I would usually make so you love lasagna
I love lasagna. So tell us what you think fun fact Joan. He gave us a lasagna the other day. Oh, yes, I think
Was there what was the point in short was it am I the asshole or what did you hear it? I did
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Okay, what was the very beginning? What is the title?
So am I the asshole for refusing to make lasagna for my for Christmas after what my mother-in-law did last year?
I don't think she is she's trying to I like I like it. She's trying to prove a point. So you think okay?
Yeah, I just think like the mother-in-law hasn't said sorry. Yeah, and she threw a fit
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Yeah, so it's like make a point. I would do the same thing to my mother-in-law. I
Would do the same thing hypothetically if I was ever in that situation that maybe I would do that
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That would be hard because we're just kind of hard the mother-in-law was mad because no one was eating this her daughters
lasagna, but everyone was eating like let's say
This is the mom. It was hers. Oh was the mom's it was mother-in-law versus
daughter-in-law and
daughter-in-law one
and like
Hello, that's the thing is like bruh
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The food speaks people are not picking the dish that they like they're not like oh, I like the daughter-in-law better
It's like oh this lasagna tastes better. Well, and she brings it every freaking year
And we know it's good. Yeah, like that's her thing to bring. It's like you can't get mad sweetheart
Like that's like that's a crappy mother-in-law. She was trying to be like oh
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I could do it and I probably could do it better than you like you're not that great
Right, and she literally she had to be planning that for so long imagine the last the last
Christmas dinner. She's like all this attention. She's like they freaking love her
I'm gonna make a better lasagna than this bitch next year
Or she was like I know mine's not gonna be better, but it'll give me a reason to be upset and like freak out
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Okay, so that's already has some bad blood with the daughter-in-law and it's like okay
But that's like a different level of girl right cuz I would not have thought that she would have like plotted out
Like even if it's bad even if mine isn't as good as hers. I can do the pity party
I would just think that she'd be like oh
I'm gonna make a better lasagna than her and then everyone's gonna like me more see that's like the boy
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Yeah, and yeah, yeah like the girl like I
Think you're really competitive then cuz that way sounds psycho. Yeah, I
Like my thing is I'm not gonna try and step up
And compete with someone if I know that they like your sweet potato casserole
I ain't ever gonna make it again. That's your that's yours now. No, I don't want that
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I'll make it. It's yours. I'll make it dude. I say you can have it the sweet potatoes getting those cooked
I did it like three different ways in the oven boiled and in the microwave. I was like or ever
For these things to cook all the way through I when I brought mine. I didn't have enough time and they weren't cooked all the way through
They were like it's crunchy
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Yeah
Everything about that stupid devil guys are crunchy the top
I was over the marshmallow is really delicious other than not really bad
marshmallows and not go wrong
I didn't burn them. Yeah, it's good. Yeah, it's bad. But
Yeah, this mother-in-law sucks like trying to be like I'm gonna make an even better one
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Like you're not that great, honey. Like let me show you it's so weird. That's messed up
And like what is anybody even doing trying to compete with the Kirkland signature? Legenda was on you literally like
Get your lasagna from Costco because it's way easier and it's better probably so good
That's my that's my jam. I
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Know so good
I think
Personally op should get over it and make the lasagna
Yeah, because like mother-in-law stomping around does nothing
There's no reason to be like no not too good
Like you ruined it. It's like no make the lasagna everyone wants it just yeah
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You're good at it. Just make it just bring it and like doesn't matter mother-in-law is gonna be mad either way
I mean the girls. I was no he definitely has some
PTSD though like last time I brought lasagna like I clearly heard lasagna does not make the mother-in-law happy
Well, it's because of the competition. It's because mother-in-law is like cuckoo. Yeah, so do it for the rest of the group
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Do it for the fam. Yeah, literally
Asking her to make it. That's true
Maybe it's another sabotage. I thought you sent her
Different foods and she said I'll do anything but the lasagna
Yes, you sent her a list of and one of the things on the list was her lasagna and the girl was like
All the only I'm not bringing a lasagna, but I can bring so why is
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It's then she was being petty then too. She also had to say it was no all bringing mashed potatoes
She'd have to say I'll bring mashed potatoes
But not lasagna if she got a list
But that's probably what the mother-in-law was expecting her to pick
So the mother-in-law sent her a list of like the exact things she wanted her to bring not like hey pick two
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Yeah, yeah, it was like a legit list of like I want you to bring this this this she was like, okay great
I'll bring this this I'm not bringing lasagna. Is there something else I can bring?
No, thanks. I obviously so what do we think about the husband though?
Like his stance is like dude, just bring a lasagna. Let's just go
Yeah, that's that's the male. He just wants to see his family. Yeah, he's like
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Okay, like I just don't want there to be fireworks at Christmas and your lasagna is good. Please make it. Yeah. Yeah, that's valid
Is there a good way you can support his wife though with this other than just no do it?
Yeah, it's like I mean, it's like
Look if you're gonna choose not to
It's the wrong choice, but well and like we're gonna not gonna let her in Christmas if she doesn't bring it
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Like you kind of have to play by mother-in-law's rules. Yeah, like it's she's kind of got you pinned
so
It's a stick it up and honestly all else fails go to Costco you guys are not ready for this. Please get hyped
Am I the asshole for giving my girlfriend therapy for Christmas?
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Let's freakin go. All right, I am 32 literally my age got my girlfriend F29 six sessions of therapy for her birthday and
Christmas present this year her birthday is December 16th. I couldn't book the appointments myself since it's not my insurance
And she is not my dependent obviously
So I gave her a nice card and inside said I would pay for the amount for six sessions of therapy based on the rates in my area
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I spent a lot of time researching providers that matched your health insurance and
Settle on a general budget that is absolutely up for negotiation based on what provider she ends up liking
We got into an argument when I gave it to her and she is staying with a friend which she has never done before
She's been living in my apartment for five months. She screamed and cried asking if I thought she was crazier if I was unhappy
Which is not the case at all. She's an amazing woman has been getting increasingly emotional over small things and has talked about
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Wanting to consider therapy. I think she would benefit from it because she is under a lot of stress from her job
It's had some bad relationships in the past and over the last few months has gotten increasingly irritable no matter what I do to fix things
I was trying to be thoughtful since therapy isn't something I would want to pay for myself since it isn't a fun purchase
We've been together for over a year and I thought that is what partners do for each other
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She told the friend she's staying with f29 or something that I think she's crazy, which is not true
I'm just not a trained professional and when she complains about work and things. I can't change
I don't know what she wants from me
I can't fix her problems because I'm not doing them to her and they are the same problems over and over
I can't keep track of all the details and developments anymore. It is frustrating hearing the same old things
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I can't fix her shitty co-workers or her bad budgeting since I've never been in those situations
So I wanted to set her up with someone who knows what to do also for the record
I got her another gift she could unwrap on Christmas Day and an additional one she could unwrap in front of her family
It is very nice slash expensive, but she hasn't opened that yet and doesn't know what I got her in parentheses
It is expensive jewelry am I the asshole for genuinely trying to help my girlfriend
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Whoa, yeah, that's a no for me
I feel like that's something like not a bad gift. Okay, not a bad gift first of all, but
maybe
That's so hard because it's like just to be blindsided like okay like I'm all like I'm gonna combine birthday and your Christmas
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And I'm gonna give you therapy
It's just I don't know like on paper. That's terrible
I could definitely see why it would be very offensive like a hundred percent
I could see her not taking it well, but I don't think he's that's all I don't
He is definitely came from a very good place. I think it's from a place of
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maybe
Maybe not like the ultimate best place right, but just like I'm not equipped or
emotionally
Capable of helping you with your stuff, right, but it doesn't sound that major
It's like complaining about work stuff
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And her getting irritable. Yeah, it's like that
I think he's not like emotionally equipped even if it's something so small like I don't think he's like I
Don't think he is the type of person that I can like carry it very maybe he needs help them
Maybe he needs to take a class on how he can help his girlfriend
Yeah, rather than him being like, okay, you need therapy you go talk to somebody else. Yeah, and
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I'll just get to reap the benefits of you being not being amazing here in a bowl. Oh, it's hard
It's hard. Hey boys, please. I don't think it's a bad gift. It might be bad timing
Like maybe January 5th. Okay
Like here's some like I wanted to pay pay for these
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Yeah, you know, maybe we can just like go together to two and then four for you alone. I don't know
I think for a Christmas gift though, that's
I don't think it's messed. I just think it's bad timing. I think it's just a guy being a guy
They've also talked about her going to therapy. She has definitely been open to it
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Oh, yeah, she's expressed that she would maybe want to okay, so I just I just don't think that's like
Here's a card. I
Don't know. I think it's just like
Here's a Christmas for either. I like I think he should just not say there was a present
Yeah, but I want to do this for you like yeah, don't but not for like a present. Yeah, like oh
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So many thoughts so many thoughts. I'm shook that I'm on an island here thinking this guy is the worst human being on the planet
No, not the worst human being on the planet a
Christmas gift think about how much six sessions of therapy is
Think of all the things he could have gotten for her
There's so many problems here. First of all, she's complaining about work
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work and like past relationships like they're in their late 20s early 30s like
You're gonna have past relationships you're gonna have stuff that has happened like it's not like she's like
Melting down and she can't deal with life
It's like the standard baseline of operating. He's like I'm sorry. I can't I'm like sick of listening to you talk about your coworkers
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Here's therapy for Christmas and your birthday
Six six sessions of therapy
Like that's like I mean
Minimum that's $600 minimum, but it's probably closer to a thousand
And it's like the biggest the biggest issue here is that he's like you're in a relationship with this person and these are life problems
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You're like, sorry, but you got to go to a professional talk about your coworkers talk about
Your previous relationships. Maybe that one like fringes it because like, you know people have issues, but
How this made it to am I the devil
Yeah, this guy sounds like he's making a lot of money
Spensive jewelry and one present and she like I could just imagine she has every right
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What on earth would you do if you opened a card and it's like here you go you get to go to therapy six sessions
It would it just depends on the circumstance if we had talked about that I would need it I wanted therapy and I wanted to go and like
blah blah blah
We're like three years in married at that point like I probably think like oh, it's that was so nice and thoughtful
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They're not married. It's one year into dating one year into being together. They're not married yet. They're not engaged
Yeah, like that's a big investment for him. That's why I know like if they don't get married
He's like wow, I just paid for this girl random girl to like get some therapy some guy's wife
You're welcome. No, but oh
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Oh
I cannot deal like yeah, I get where you're coming from Joe. Honestly this girl just sounds exhausting to me
Locate she sounds like every human ever
I don't know many guys that would be doing that unless they were hard
They needed help
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No, I
That's it's like do you not see the evasiveness in it money is not an issue for this guy
So he's just like I I literally just don't really want to hear your problems
So can you go to a professional? It could be the same things over and over again and nothing he does
I know people that like you just want to talk and talk and talk. You don't take advice
Just one event and like I'm one of those people. I don't I'm sorry. I'm not gonna hear it for a few years straight
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And you're not changing anything. They're just in a relationship like it's like all she wants is
Emotional safety and it sounds to me like she just gets stonewalled. It sounds like he's just like hmm
That sucks
We don't know that after a while. I would the fact that he got her therapy for Christmas
Proves that that's how he is because alternatively. Hey, let's have a fantastic Christmas together
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I'm gonna get you lots of nice stuff
And then if therapy is a real issue and you bring that up and you agree on it together
Then it's like hey, guess what like I know your financial situations tough
I want to help you get started in therapy, but it's not your Christmas and birthday gift. Yeah, it's not like here
You go. This is how you're gonna like celebrate this year. I knew you knew you
Like therapy is a gift. There's people out there that like it's not a gift
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it's
It is bad timing a donation a bad decision to donate
It is cherry. Yeah, I
Think that there could be good intention with it
So I'll agree with you guys there that like it's not the worst thing that he wants her to go to therapy. It's that he's like
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He's really just being a boy would be worse if she was fat and gave her a treadmill no
That'd be worse. No, I don't think so just like out of nowhere
She had mentioned like oh like I think I want a treadmill to like get in shape he buys her a treadmill
So that's fine, but if she mentioned
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Like I want I want therapy
I don't know but it wasn't like I want therapy will you will you buy me therapy for Christmas like a
Treadmill is a good is a good gift for a gift exactly, but it's like I I want a puppy for Christmas
I want a jewelry I want
Right kitchen aid I want
Fun things I don't want therapy for Christmas. Yeah, that makes me sad
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Yeah, everyone hates him
Everyone
I said bad gift
No, good good gift bad timing good donation bad time
The one thing that is for sure is that the dude needs therapy to access his feelings because just being there for your girlfriend
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Shouldn't be that demanding especially for things like your work like especially for like oh my co-workers blah blah blah
Yeah, it's like it's and it's not he it's not like he's like I'm so freaking tired of her complaining to me about her life
That I need her to talk to somebody else
He just like yeah
She could she complains about things and like she mentioned that she'd be down to go to therapy
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So like I just think it's better
So this is the top comment
You're the asshole and then it's quoting his thing when she complains about work and things I can't change
I don't know what she wants from me. That's what he said
When she complains about work and thinks that I can't change. I don't know what she wants how many
guilty
Literally guilty complaining to Isaiah about things that he can't change I can't change and he's not telling he doesn't shut down and
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Freak out or whatever. No, and like that's not your gift
You're not getting therapy for Christmas
So the plot twist here is we actually got you guys therapies, but it's couples there. Thank you
I would appreciate that jokes, but we love therapy in this household
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That's not of not lost on us
So the number one comment said she wants you to listen to her vent for a frick sake
Yeah, is that really a foreign concept to you?
Am I the asshole for ruining Christmas and being upset the only gifts I got from my family were joke gifts
That's
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Okay, so background my family likes to play pranks with Christmas and birthday gifts. It's nothing new I
F21 as well as my five siblings from 29 to 37 years old have all been pranked on our birthdays and on Christmas
And usually it's one or two gifts this Christmas though
I was the only person to get all joke gifts for example I unwrapped a MacBook from my brother
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But when I opened it it was just some chocolate which I don't eat
So I gave it away and the MacBook was actually given to my sister inside a bag
She wanted another gift was that I thought another gift was what I thought was a book
I put on my Christmas list was actually just the book cover put on a dictionary when I asked my mom about the book
She told me she gave it to my to my sister
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This went on with each present my siblings or parents had given me AirPods was just a charger block adapter
gift cards were used and had zero balance a
Card with a monopoly money and so on totaling into about 12 joke gifts
I realized I went out of my way to get everyone something they wanted or they liked didn't get anything at this point
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I was bummed so I went to the living room to watch TV with my boyfriend at dinner
They were all talking about how much they love their gifts and when my dad asked why I hadn't said anything about mine
I said there wasn't much to say everyone but my boyfriend laughed and my mom said it was no big deal as everyone else
Also got some joke gifts
I told her every gift I got was a joke gift and that the ones they got was also followed by the real one
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My dad told me I needed to relax as I'm making a big deal about it and I'd have next Christmas to get the stuff on my list
Not wanting to go back and forth
I told my boyfriend I wanted to leave and we could spend the rest of Christmas break with his family
Then go home my family got mad and told me not to go and to just stay because it wasn't serious
I left and put my phone on do not disturb during the drive and by the time we got to my boyfriend's
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Parents house. I had several missed calls and texts from them calling me names like I'm grateful
Sensitive and childish they said I ruined Christmas and made my parents upset because I left the next day
I exchanged and opened gifts with my boyfriend and his family and one of the gifts
I had gotten was the book I wanted the book my mom pretended to gift me
I posted it on my Instagram story and not even zero minutes after posting it
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My sister sent a screenshot of my story to the family group chat and they basically got mad at me for leaving and telling me
I ruined Christmas over some presents
They told me I owe everyone especially my parents an apology because my mom spent new years sad because of my actions now
I just want an outside party to tell me
If I'm the asshole here am I in the wrong for being upset about the gifts and for leaving after reading their messages and
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Sitting on this for a few days. I'm not I'm now feeling like maybe I was upset over nothing and need to apologize to them
No, girl. Oh my gosh
First of all, no, she doesn't need to apologize
Not at all like is it the biggest deal in the world for Christmas like no
It's not the biggest deal in the world, but like when you see everyone else in the circle opening really good stuff
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Right anybody's gonna be affected by that like well, and you also gave everybody a good gift like you
It's like how did everybody just be like oh, I'm getting her the joke like isn't there any coordination?
Not like if it's just one or two that's so sad. I hate that for her
I think the worst part of the story is
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They each put a list to their parents and then the parents like would they would wrap it in something like they
Like they had a MacBook for her and they gave it to her sister with a really nice bag. She wanted as well
So it's a two-in-one and then he got she got a chocolate bar with the MacBook
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It makes you feel like yeah, it's like could that have actually happened or families that like
Yeah, yeah, I mean sure
It's just hard my mom and daddy getting every fool. I hope that's fake
No, that's true though. That's like I feel like our Christmas was always so good. It was so fun
My mom I say so badly wanted to be a skater you guys and so my mom freaking had all the guys from the family
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aka Greg shout out Greg our brother in law
Literally make a half pipe for the dude and the kid wouldn't even go down it because he was so scared
But the amount of hours and time
Ever to put that thing was huge into my parents backyard
Joe carried there's there's the building then there's the transporting and then there's the like sick is he ever gonna drop in
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But guess what? I'm a baller. So I'll take the house
He literally I have a video of my say he like has his knee pads and like elbows pads and helmet
I was before
No, you were like 13 12
And yet pillows and blankets all at the bottom of the half pipe
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So that if he fell he would just dive into it and he still wouldn't go bro
It's a I will say is someone that did learn how to drop in it's nerve-wracking the first time it's scary
Would you do it now? I think I would do it now doubt it. I think I would oh it doesn't get any easier
You kind of just have to send it, but it's I will say it's a little easier on a shorter half pipe
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This he made you like a 10 foot. Yeah, it was huge. It's good size. It was big. I'm looking down. Yeah
It's like all right first try
12 hours later, that's that was a pretty good Christmas gift you got though
Yeah, that was almost as sick as the truck the truck was the best I wish I saw have you ever gotten like a joke gift
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I've gotten one where it was like
You the puppy the look remember the dog that would breathe
So I'm a bomb
I was begging my mom to get me a puppy for Christmas begging my mom does not like dogs
Baking begging begging my mom thought it would be funny to get a pretend fake dog that like moves and like
(27:57):
No, it just breathed. It was like curled up. Oh, yeah, but it would look like it was real. Yeah. Thank you. Yeah
Um, I don't remember all the Jesus. I just remember she totally like pranks me basically
Like she thought it would be like cute and like hey like look
I can't get you this like a real dog
But I got you this dog like you can have this as your old dog
And when I saw I've started screaming freaking out and thinking it was real
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I started crying because I was so grateful
And then I realized it was fake and everyone kind of like started laughing
But then they were like oh, I feel bad actually because like she's devastated and didn't I like I
Literally was sobbing and ran up to my bedroom
Yeah, and mom ended up getting me a puppy after that because she felt so terrible
How long did that dog think it was mulligan and he was there for like a couple months
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That was the last dog we ever got. That was my best friend. This is from my personal favorite subreddit today
I f'd up. I love this one today. I f'd up by giving my friend a Christmas present that ruined her relationship
So last year we did a secret sander with our friend group and I got my friend Rachel Rachel is dating this guy Mike
Who's let's just say not exactly the most well-liked person in our circle
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He's one of those guys who's super controlling and low-key toxic, but Rachel is head over heels for him
So we all just grin and bear it anyway
I was struggling with what to get her then I remembered a conversation we had months earlier about how she loves those
Personalized sentimental gifts. She mentioned wanting a cute photo album for her and Mike
So I figured perfect. I'll make her one
I spent hours pulling pictures off her social media getting them printed and putting them in a fancy leather bound album
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I even left a few blank pages on at the end with little notes like for all our future memories together
I thought it was so sweet and thoughtful fast forward to the gift exchange
Rachel opens the album and at first she looks thrilled
She's flipping through the pages and shows it and showing it off to everyone, but then she freezes her smile drops
And she slams the album shut turns out one of the pictures
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I included was one she had posted on Instagram stories months ago was from before she was dating Mike and in the picture
She's cozyed up with her ex Jake honestly didn't even notice it when I printed the photos
It was a cute group selfie from a trip
We'd all taken Mike who is sitting next to her and noticed immediately
He made some snide comment like wow didn't realize it was that kind of a photo album and things got awkward fast
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Rachel tried to laugh it off, but Mike wouldn't let it go
He ended up storming out of the party and Rachel followed after him the fallout
They had a massive fight that night and apparently Mike accused her of still being hung up on Jake because she hadn't deleted the picture from her phone
Or her Instagram highlights
She called me the next day furious that I'd sabotaged her relationship even though I swear it wasn't an innocent mistake
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They eventually made up but the things have been weird between Rachel and me ever since every time I see Mike
He gives me this smug fake smile like he's just waiting for me to mess up again
And now I triple check every gift anyone I give anyone because I'm terrified of accidentally ruining another relationship
That's crazy
Look don't mind if I jump in here
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Mike needs to grow up because you didn't own this girl her whole life. She had a previous relationship
It's okay that that happened like she didn't know you what are you even freaking out about and like OP?
How bad is it really?
It's a group photo. It was a nice gift and it shouldn't have ended a relationship. That's my take I think Mike's a
(31:20):
Loser and I think that if it was if this happened and somebody gave you a gift a photo album
And it's like there's a picture of you and like an ex-boyfriend, but it's in a group
Like cool is before we were together like why would I care about that? Like it's it's not like it's not like a hey
This was better time of your life like celebrate that it's like just in there with the rest of the photos
(31:42):
I'd be like okay cool
Like what like what does that do to me? Why would I care before like you fits before we're together?
Why would it matter? You're so cool. You don't have a jealous bone in your body. It's so cool
I would literally be pissed. Oh, I'd be pretty frustrated
I'd be pissed. How do you miss that?
Like I just think I just think if Marley still had picked like
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If Marley yeah, I've Marley had a picture with her ex like in a photo album
I'd just be like you have a hundred photos. Let's just get rid of this one because
He does not matter in your life
Samantha matters
Right so we can keep the ones with you and Sam, but
This guy doesn't need anything to do with like he doesn't he doesn't have to be in here
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That would like put a spit in my stomach if I saw that I'd be like yeah
She made it
You know it was like the friend made it, you know, yeah, I wasn't ready yet to get like mad
Yeah, I'd be like well we can just ditch this one. Yeah, I will take this one out
You wouldn't be mad really I would like not but the whole point is like it's before I was in your life, right?
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But like you wouldn't feel like kind of gross like or weird like
Why does she still want that pig like why but like why if you put it in it's a different thing
It's disrespectful for my friends to add photos of me and
Because no because they're they are in the picture too. It's like a memory that you guys had before I was in your life
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That's like that
How was that a bad thing and I'm sitting on his lap?
It's like smiling kissing. I mean yeah, like if you're making out with him
I'd be like okay, then that's a more intentional
(33:45):
If you guys were like if it was actually borderline and appropriate for instance
If the couples were kissing that's a different thing altogether. That's not the same photo. I wouldn't have the same vibe
I obviously that would affect me differently, but it sounds like they're all like huddled together
It's like a group photo you're on a vacation and she's next to him just like yeah, like that's what it sounds like
I'm burning it. Okay, but here's the thing the friends don't like him. They've already clearly stated that
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Yeah, so I think a hundred percent no doubt in my mind the friends saw that the X was in those photos
It was fun memories. They don't give a frick if it hurts Mike's feelings or not
This was my friend when I liked her more with this guy or like this is when we actually had fun memories
And we could go on vacation like let's add this to the photo album
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I think a hundred percent there was no mistake. They put those photos in and they could have absolutely
Left them out. Would you let me keep mine?
It's again
This is all like
Circumstantial because if that happened and you're like opening it up and I like walk into the room and the it's like open to that photo
I'd be like single day. Are you like are you like just
Reminiscing like what is this if it's just in the photo book that your friend gave you for Christmas
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It's like not a big deal unless it's made into a big deal. That's what strikes me, right?
Yeah, well
I think it's big deal. Well, let us know thanks. Thanks for listening ladies and gents. We love ya
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And enough friends young three
two three internet friends
Nope never will be
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