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A vent about my brother...
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My brother has this thing of buying my mom really pricey gifts at Christmas, and them forcing us siblings to all chip in. I am fine with it as long as it's within reason.
Yesterday at Thanksgiving he said he was going to buy her a new computer. The total cost was $600. I told him I am cutting back this year, and will only be able to contribute $50. He looked angry, but said nothing.
He then goes out and buys it anyway, and then sends me and my sisters text messages asking for $150 from each of us. All of us are mad at him. My son starts preschool next week and it's pricey, my other sister is having a baby any day now, and my other sister is paying for college on her own. I AGAIN tell him $50 is all I'm willing to give.
He gets pissy and says "I don't want your money. I will just tell mom the gift is only from me and it will only have my name on it! You will ALL look bad!"
You do that, jackass. You shouldn't have bought an expensive gift like that in the first place! :::shakes head in disbelief:::
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Re: A vent about my brother...
Exactly what I was thinking! My mom only uses the computer to check her email, and that's it! There were plenty of $300 computers out there.
He is a very selfish person and loves being center of attention. I feel this is another one of his 'look at me!' tactics.
I love my brother because he's family, but he is an a** 90% of the time.
Correct! He makes really good money, so let him eat it. The rest of us have bills to pay.
You hit the nail on the head.
I am hoping he learns a lesson, but he is very arrogant, and may still not care. We all plan to buy mom smaller gifts that mean more to her.
Ugh I'm sorry. Was he not aware that walmart had a laptop for like 198$ ? For email checking it would have been perfect. Then you all could have chipped in.
You should buy your mom something she will really love with the 50$
We do a "secret" santa with our families. That way everyone gets a gift but we can spend more on a special gift rather than 20 little gifts
He was well aware of the less expensive computers, but is all about glitter and gold. It HAS to be expensive.
We do a Secret Santa between us siblings, and lucky me...I happened to get my brother's name this year!
you should get him a 20$ GC to target.
Well the limit is $25, so maybe I should get him one for $10. ;)o
you should get him those 5 target coins and make each one a buck. hahahaha
Ugh, I hate situations like that. Sorry you had to deal with it. But you did tell him before he purchased it that you would only be able to chip in $50, so you shouldn't be concerned at all.
You should give your mom a really sentimental gift, like a special photo of your son.....i'm sure she would love it.
That stinks. I have a sister like that and the rest of us just let her spend her money each year. Our parents know that we have bills to pay. They tell us each year not to buy them anything and to save our money for more important things like our own family and bills. Hopefully your brother will learn his lesson after this year.
Off the topic - When are you going to test? Your chart looks great!
That is pretty douchy. I'm glad your mom doesn't play into the "contest" he thinks he's starting.
I will be testing tomorrow. I am not too optimistic, but we shall see.
Married 08/18/07
BFP 02/15/11 EDD 10/27/11 Born at 35w3d on 09/25/11
BFP 10/13/12 EDD 06/25/13 Born at 37w0d on 06/04/13
BFP 12/11/15 EDD 08/23/16 Early miscarriage
BFP 02/02/16 EDD 10/16/16
