'My grandpa finds it hilarious': Granddaughter asks all nine cousins for photos to make custom phone case for their Grandpa’s birthday gift, but after no response from three cousins, she replaces their spots with images of her dog, sparking family tension

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Emma Saven
Oct 16, 2025 8:00 AM EDT

This granddaughter sought revenge in the form of 'cuteness overload' and her grandfather wasn't mad about it! We cannot say the same for her cousins, however! After this granddaughter decides she wants to buy her amazing grandfather a cute, personalized gift from all nine of the cousins, she asks all of them to send pictures of themselves to get printed onto a phone case for him. Simple and sweet, just like grandpa! 

However, after three attempts at reminding her cousins, three of them never got around to sending the images. So instead of begging them, she knew exactly how to fill their spots on the phone case! What's one this just ask lovable as a grandchild? Yep, a dog! She took the funniest and most irresistible pictures of her doggo and pasted them on top of where their three faces were meant to go! You snooze, you lose, and their grandpa deserves a phone case full of love and gleaming puppy-dog eyes! Grandpa found it hilarious, but those three cousins…not as amused.

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  • Now the tension has spread throughout the family as her aunts and uncles are telling her parents that their kids deserve an apology for being ‘left off’ the gift! Why should she have to chase down people to do something that would take 0.1 seconds to send through? If they couldn’t be bothered to do so, that shouldn’t be a reflection of her, now, should it? At least the upside is her grandfather has hilarious pup-pics to look at whenever he picks up his phone, that sounds pretty perfect to me!

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    Grandfather opening up a birthday gift
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    AITA for replacing pictures of my cousins with pictures of my dog

    My grandpas birthday was a couple weeks ago. 6 weeks before his birthday, I texted all of my siblings and cousins (there's 9 of us) and told them to send me a picture of themselves within the next 4 weeks so I could put it on a phone case for our grandpa's birthday.
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    2 weeks later I sent the text again, saying I needed a picture of them and anybody that chooses not to send a picture will be replaced by a picture of my dog.
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    I had 3 cousins tell me to screenshot something from their instagrams. I didn't respond. I sent a text out the day before I put in the order saying anybody that did not send a picture of themselves in the next 24 hours would be replaced by pictures of my dog.
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    The same 3 cousins never sent pictures. Their spots have my dog in a sombrero, my dog at the pumpkin patch, and my dog in a chicken costume.
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    They came over for my grandpas birthday and saw him open his new phone case. They saw that their pictures weren't on the case and got mad at me for not picking something off their instagrams like they told me to.
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    I said that I sent 3 reminders to send me a picture with a clear warning that anybody that did not send a picture would be replaced with a picture of the dog.
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    They knew exactly what would happen. My grandpa finds it hilarious but their parents are telling my parents that I kept them off the phone case on purpose and they want me to apologize.
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    AITA for replacing them with pictures of my dog because they never sent me a picture?
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    MysticalWeasel NTA, and Grandpa finding it hilarious is a win; also, who paid for it? Did you pay for it yourself, or did others chip in?
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    OP Fickle_Collar2459 I paid for it
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    Communication Mean158 Context: was this a group gift or just from you with having all of them on it in mind? It really wont change my mind but some people may need that context. NTA. Dont be a lazy team project person and get angry when youre not on the final product.
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    OP Fickle_Collar2459 It was from me. I just thought he'd like having all of us on the phone case.
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    elevenohnoes NTA they have no right to complain, they knew exactly what would happen if they didn't make a small amount of effort because you told them exactly what you'd do if they didn't. Show their parents your messages, this is entirely on your cousins. Your ahole status may change if don't show us the dog photos though!
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    Dog in a sombrero
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    OP Fickle_Collar2459 I mean this in the nicest way possible, but I have a pretty weird looking dog so I think pictures of him would be identifiable.
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    elevenohnoes Fair enough. No pet tax for you this time!
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    OP Fickle_Collar2459 Yup. I've been told he looks like a possum, a bat, a cat, and a squirrel. He's very cute in his own way, just very weird looking.
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    Hawaiianstylin808 Grandpa liked it. That's all that matters. NTA.
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    NTA Your_Daddy_1972 You gave them plenty of warning and told them exactly what would happen if they didn't send. Yeah you could've screenshot something on their socials, but they didn't want to make any effort so they didn't need to be on the gift
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    SalaudChaud This story has many elements I enjoy: an earnest narrator, lazy cousins, a picture of a dog in some kind of headgear, and a laughing grandparent. Your lazy cousins and the hand- wringing relatives can kick rocks. NTA!
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