'When it came time for gifts I got everyone something but her': Woman gets petty revenge on partner's entitled mother by not getting her a Christmas gift

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Ben Weiss • Writer and Editor
Dec 25, 2022 8:00 AM EST

Whatever happened to "you get what you get and you don't get upset?" This woman's potentially future mother-in-law was incredibly rude after the past two Christmas gift exchanges. What was she expecting this time around?

 

This thread, which was posted to Reddit's r/TrueOffMyChest subreddit, should hopefully speak to those of you on this Christmas day who have to deal with ungrateful family members, rude tantrums, and the kind of passive-aggressive behavior that can accompany Holiday gatherings. We salute you all for just trying to stay above the fray, and we can live vicariously through this Redditor, who decided that enough was enough. If this mother seriously thought the past two gifts were "some tacky little trinkets bought from Target" when they were actually very thoughtful attempts at getting in her good graces, then Monster-in-Law has truly forfeited her right to a decent gift. We hope that none of you have had to deal with BS like this during your gift exchanges. Keep scrolling below for the original post and the best comments, and feel free to share what Christmas-related drama you've been dealing with this year! For more, check out these horrid Christmas decoration fails. 

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    Font - r/TrueOffMyChest Posted by u/PhobiaAccount 12 hours ago I'm not getting my partner's side of the family anything for Christmas, and his mum is furious - and I'm enjoying the drama. 4 My partner (24m) and I (23m) have been together for three years, for the first two years we went to his family's house for Christmas.
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    Font - Me and his mum didn't hit it off well when we met, I'm not sure what happened but she immediately didn't like me. We didn't see her much after the first meeting though so I never really had a chance to make it up to her until Christmas. I didnt know her well so I found (what I thought was) a pretty minimalist necklace with green agate - it was just the right shade to be what my partner said was her favourite colour. I thought she liked it at first until later on in the year after I met up
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    Font - which is super expensive for some people - but as someone who lives paycheck to paycheck it kind of sucked. My partner asked his mum why she wanted to throw it out though and she said she just wouldn't have worn it. Fine, whatever, maybe I got her style wrong. It was her gift and she could do what she wanted with it I guess. She gave me an Iron Maiden shirt that year that was way too small and an odd choice becauseif you saw me your first thought would definitely not be metalhead (I wear
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    Font - So for the second Christmas I put in effort to get to know her beforehand. I talked to her sister (my partner's auntie) and found out she grew up in the same home town as me and she missed it a lot, but because it was a ten hour drive away it wasn't somewhere she could visit easily. I brought this up to her next time we met up and she and I talked about the town and started to get along more - in particular though she mentioned how much she missed the smell of our town. There was a macade
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    Font - have a friend who makes candles so I commissioned two custom candles - a macademia, whiskey, and vanilla candle, and a salt, eucalyptus and wattle candle. I was so excited for her to open them on Christmas, and when she just said "Oh. That's neat." and put them to the side. Thankfully for my ego, her sister was way more excited about them and even made her light them while we sat out back. My partners mum just ended up just handing them off to her after we left, and the Aunt called us to
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    Font - So this year I was planning (as a christmas/birthday combined gift) to pay for half of a trip away to our home town with my partner and his dad paying the other half. It was going to be a week long set on her birthday, with hotels, drinks, food, and travel included - all up around $2000 though at the time we only had paid around $1000 for the travel and hotel bookings. I saved up all year for this, cause I REALLY want her to like me, cause I love my boyfriend and we're going to be togehte
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    Font - week ago she came over to have lunch with my partner, and he told me he had come over to tell me not to buy her any gifts because she didnt want "some tacky little trinkets bought from Target." So my tacky little holiday was cancelled two days later and I've used my half of the refund to buy my partner some Lego that he always wanted but could never afford as just a general gift cause he puts up with me and I love him. Its going to get here in a month so I've been thinking about giving it
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    Font - On Sunday we had an early Christmas, because it was the only time my partner's Grandmother would be in town. When it came time for gifts I got everyone something but her - and she looked upset when she realised but didn't say anything. She pulled my partner aside and asked why she didn't get anything and my partner told her what her gift was going to be and that it was already refunded like she asked. She started crying (sort of? mostly yelling and crying noises with no tears) and threw t
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    Font - She's been calling us for the past three days trying to get me to change my mind, and no one but her mum is on her side. I'm a very petty person, and its been a genuinely fun time answering her calls lately. We're having a second Christmas lunch for my partner's dads side of the family this Sunday and I'm definitely looking forward to it.
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    Font - sweetpotato37 - 9 hr. ago If someone consistently treats you like rubbish then it's only natural to stop trying to make an effort with them. 395 Reply Share
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    Font - minerva3930. 9 hr. ago Your presents were very thoughtful. Mother in law sounds unstable. You did the right thing. 281 Reply Share
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    Rectangle - . invomitous-rex - 5 hr. ago This level of pettiness is something I can only aspire to. Keep doing the Lord's work sister 126 Reply Share
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    Facial expression - MakeYuCream - 5 hr. ago I am a very petty human as well so I am a fan of your style. Keep it up
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    Font - dialpo7 4 hr. ago Hahaha,looovee this. She played around and found out. Also love your absolutely justified pettiness, I hate ungrateful people like her and I am living vicariously through you
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    Font - stacie_draws. 2 hr. ago I'm so glad your partner backed you up and rubbed it in her face that she was the one that asked for nothing. Save your time and energy for people who matter.
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    Font - ToweringGnome 2 hr. ago . It's always shocking to me when people reveal themselves to be so blatantly tacky. Imagine thinking you're too fancy for "cheap trinkets" (which were actually very thoughtful gifts) and just...saying it? Anyone with the smallest amount of class would graciously wear a necklace given to them even if it was the ugliest piece of shi Or put out the candles even if they were gross. She's an embarrassment and I'm glad you're having fun rubbing her nose in it.
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    Font - Whimsywynn3 . 2 hr. ago It doesn't even sound petty it sounds like basic healthy boundaries to not pay 1000 for someone who consistently treats you terribly.
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