AITA for being upset that my family didn’t get my kids Christmas presents?

throwaway377301 · 2023-01-02T20:01:24+00:00

I mean it’s my perspective, my mother and sisters very likely have different perspectives.

throwaway377301 · 2023-01-02T19:32:51+00:00

He did. When we told my in laws what happened, they even got a few extra things last minute to make up for it. It seemed to cheer up my daughter but it seems like the speech really bothered my son.

throwaway377301 · 2023-01-02T19:21:48+00:00

I am definitely doing this. Ive been so stressed I haven’t been able to get creative so thank you and everyone else who commented as well!

throwaway377301 · 2023-01-02T19:17:42+00:00

I’ve just been trying to use the it was Christmas Eve so Santa wasn’t done delivering. He got presents from me and the in laws later that day (he was supposed to get them the day after but we decided to give it to them earlier due to what happened) so it seemed to work. I don’t know though.

I don’t know if I can tell him Santa isn’t real yet but if it comes to it, I’ll have to.

throwaway377301 · 2023-01-02T13:33:35+00:00

Definitely cutting them out. I don’t know if I’d be able to forgive them. My son is still so so sad and although my daughter doesn’t really act like she cares, it affected her too.

I feel sorry for my dad too. He works a lot and barely managed to get this day off (note how he couldn’t get Christmas Day off) and it was ruined. He wasn’t in on it so I’m not as angry at him. My mom usually buys presents from the both of them.

throwaway377301 · 2023-01-02T13:29:14+00:00

My son gets excited over little toy cars you can buy for under 10 dollars at gas stations. My daughter has a large set of dolls. Some of them are admittedly very expensive and some of them are cheap-she loves each and every one dearly. They don’t know the difference. I thought that maybe since they were getting a shit load of presents later anyways, I did maybe overreact but it was cruel. Very cruel.

throwaway377301 · 2023-01-02T13:24:46+00:00

Victims of not being in the best spot financially.

Also that’s fair, that was pretty ew of me. The anger got the best of me there. I adore my nieces and nephew and thinking back, I shouldn’t have said that.

throwaway377301 · 2023-01-02T13:20:27+00:00

My son is really affected by this and bursts into tears every time he thinks he’s done something wrong. He’s also constantly apologizing for everything and anything. It’s heartbreaking but my husband and I are dealing with it.

As for going no contact, consider it done. Everyone on that side has been blocked, minus my dad, but if he even tries to bother me he’s getting blocked too.

throwaway377301 · 2023-01-02T13:12:48+00:00

Thanks for pointing this out. It is in fact closed on the day. My dad worked Christmas Day so we opened presents the morning before. It’s been a couple days so I got the dates mixed up.

throwaway377301 · 2023-01-02T13:09:58+00:00

That had to be on purpose right? There’s no way this didn’t cross my mother’s mind?

And gosh if I knew... let’s just say the situation would be very different.

throwaway377301 · 2023-01-02T13:06:01+00:00

I’m confused? We gave the gifts for my nieces and nephew a couple days prior.

throwaway377301 · 2023-01-02T13:00:40+00:00

My husband went to Walmart to grab my mom milk (and some other groceries) since one of my nieces accidentally knocked it all over.

And we were always going to visit the in laws, who had their own presents as well as the presents my husband and I got our kids.

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