‘That’s what you deserve’: Family Member Attempts a Gift Swap During Birthday Party, She’s Humiliated When She Sees What’s Inside the Gift

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Briana Viser • Writer and Editor
May 21, 2024 2:00 PM EDT

Hey there girls. There's something so satisfying about revenge. When you see that someone could use a lesson or two, you can't always wait for divine intervention. Your deus ex machina moment has to come on your terms. 

They say that revenge is a dish best served cold. It can be the trick of a lifetime to catch someone doing something wrong, and expose it to everyone else. Like attracts like, and when you're already acting petty you have to know what's coming to you. Petty revenge only comes after the ridiculousness of something else. Imagine how petty you have to be to pretend like a gift is from you, instead of just buying the gift yourself. What would possess someone to do that? Be the bigger person and buy a decent gift, don't steal someone else's and write it off as your own. Some people just don't have manners.

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    r/pettyrevenge • 12 hr. Frugal-Voyager Attempt Gift Swapping? Get Humiliated
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    Today was my nephew's 13th birthday, and was the day I finally got back at my SIL for her antics. SIL has had a habit of swapping name tags on the gifts with her cheap, last-minute finds, since the gifts were opened when the extended guests had left.
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    She had been successful with a gift I sent over when I was out of town and couldn't attend my nephew's birthday a few years ago, and thought she might try to pull her usual trick. So, I got my neighbour in on this, gave him a box with bright yellow wrapping, and asked him to brag about how he got lucky in finding this super rare Star Wars Lego set while SIL
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    stood near, knowing the gifts will be opened later, when he'd had left. As expected, SIL decided to generously “help set up" the gifts and the decorations. I caught her eyeing the box with the yellow wrapping, and before long, she "accidentally" knocked over a few, quickly swapping the tags.
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    After the party, nephew eagerly tore into the presents. The look on SIL face made me wish we had some reality tv cameras set up for this, when nephew opened the box with the bright yellow wrapping with her name on it, out came a few packs of cigarettes and a box of contraceptives, with a post-it note reading: "HB! You're a man now!".
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    SIL was speechless, and so were the rest of the family. She tried to play it off as a "prank”, and that she wanted nephew to be prepared for adulthood. She was red as a ripe tomato the rest of the night.
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    Edit: A lot of you are asking about how SIL never got caught. Nobody ever found out that she swapped gifts, since she targeted people who were not present at the time of opening. My suspicions only started when it happened to me. I did talk to her when I found about the gift I sent over a few years ago, but she brushed it off as a "mistake" while
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    brushed it off as a "mistake" while arranging the presents.
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    . Severe Assignme... 11h ago If you ever do this again, include nothing but a piece of paper that says "I have been swapping gifts with people for years and have never actually bought anything of value."
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    rianoch ⚫12h ago I would write directly on the paper,can't change that.
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    sophieornotsoph... 12h ago I wish I could see her face in that moment :') I'm proud of you OP! I'm also wondering what hers actually would have been..
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    m.. 12h ago Edited 11h ago That is fabulous! Caught red-handed...hope this makes her think about this day before ever switching tags sgain! Your neighbor is a wonderful co-conspirator!
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    goodbyebluenick ⚫ 11h ago What a piece of work, that SIL. I am sure when someone from out of town sends gift, the swap is easy. In the past, why haven't the true gifters ever stood up for themselves? "I didn't buy that. I bought that!"
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    Numerous Exerci... • 11h ago That is a brilliant prank and way of getting back at her, and I'm sure there is still mileage in to do it again.
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    Suggestions that could be used for the next time could include: A pink doll. A cheap musical recorder instrument. A feather duster. A Cheapskate Handbook
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    dr-sparkle 12h ago Ahhh the sweet sweet taste of revenge
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    Awesomekidsmom · 11h ago Get the whole family in on it, so she doesn't suspect for a few years
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    SamiraSimp 10h ago i'm confused on how this works...no one called her out for taking credit for their gift for years?
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    Elegant-Expert7575 • 8h ago Really great idea. But it didn't need to be at a 13 year olds party. I have all sorts of ick and euw vibes at how inappropriate this is.
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    DiapersForHands • 7h ago You really gotta suspend all your disbelief to think this isn't
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