Woman Accuses Her Sister of Trying to Ruin Gift She's Making for Their Mom's Milestone Birthday
Venting on Mumsnet, she explained that her sister "hasn't got time" to write a message and send photos for a family scrapbook
Responses to the post were divided on whether she should go ahead with choosing her own selection of photos of her mom and sister to include in the homemade giftA woman is furious that her sister won't contribute to a gift she's making for their mom.
The woman explained in a post on the U.K.-based forum Mumsnet that she asked everyone in her family to send her photos and messages to include in a scrapbook for her mom's 90th birthday gift. Despite having given everyone months to get the items together, her sister said she can't contribute to the sentimental present.
'Pretty much everyone has, except my eldest sister, who tells me she 'hasn't got time' and that it's a gift from me, and she's already got her gift sorted! 🤦♀️ Kind of not the point!!' the woman wrote.
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She claimed not to be 'that surprised' as her sister has rarely supported her when doing anything similar in the past.
'What I want to do is send her a reply saying she's sort of missing the point, and how hard can it be to send a few photos & a message,' the woman said. 'But - am I right in thinking there's little point!
'She's not stupid. She's doing it to try & sink my idea, simple as that. (She won't - I've got loads of other nice stuff to include!),' the woman continued.
'AIBU [am I being unreasonable] in thinking she's a complete cow??' she added, referring to her sister.
Several commenters advised the woman to choose her own selection of photos of her sister and mom together to include in the scrapbook.
However, others argued that the backstory of her sister and mom's relationship should be taken into consideration for why her sibling may be reluctant to contribute to the personalized gift.
'I'm on your sister's side here. I hate when people turn their gift into a job for me,' one person wrote. 'It's happened several times and I wish I'd put my foot down and said no. It would be different if it was a group effort and everyone had agreed to it before starting.
'She might not think that the gift is the same great idea that you think it is,' the same person added, referring to the woman's sister.
Another said, 'Surely you have some photos of you both to include. Yabu [you are being unreasonable], making an issue of this.'
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A third commented, 'Or it could also be that your sister just thinks that whole photo book thing is a bit naff and doesn't want to contribute. I mean, respectfully, I wouldn't purchase that sort of thing for my mum, and my mum wouldn't really like that sort of thing either, she'd prefer a bottle of Chanel No 5.
'Now your mum might love it and you're clearly excited to do it for her, which is lovely. But if your sister doesn't agree, I don't think that makes her a cow. Just leave her out of it,' they added.
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