25-year-old daughter refuses to contribute $500 to mom's ‘family gift’, which turns out to be a new car for her 28-year-old brother: ‘She just assumed we’d all go along with it’

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Dec 23, 2024 6:00 AM EST

Sometimes, you never know your sibling is the golden child until your parents spell it right out before you. That's not very jolly, but that's the way things roll on this website.

One of the worst things a parent can do is lie to their children and go under their noses to ensure that their agenda is fulfilled. Instead of being transparent with the kids, they decide to withhold information that might affect their kids' decision-making.

In this next story's case, a mom expects a blind contribution of $500 from her 25-year-old daughter under the guise of a "family gift". The daughter is in the process of saving money thanks to a new job she just landed, but she is still recovering from prior financial instability. Even knowing this, the mother insists that her daughter make the contribution—that it will all be well worth it. She just failed to mention it'd be worth it for her older brother and the money is going toward a down payment on a new car (that he could afford himself). Scroll to read.

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