16-year-old refuses to donate her chocolate fountain to family friend's wedding after not getting invited: 'If I’m not invited to their wedding, I don’t owe them anything'

Everyone has a prized possession that is priceless to them. For this teenager, it was her beloved chocolate fountain.

It's possible that the 16-year-old might have been convinced to agree to donate her fountain as a gift to her family friend's upcoming wedding. However, the fact that she was practically told outright that she would not be allowed to attend the wedding ended the engaged couple's dreams of getting the fountain for free.

Asking a favor of anyone, even a family friend, does not necessarily mean that this person will want something in return. That being said, they will at least expect some level of generosity, even if it's just a kind sentiment. Yet this engaged couple genuinely thought they could convince a literal teenager to take her prized possession away from her, albeit temporarily, without even letting her enjoy the fountain herself.

They likely thought that the 16-year-old's mother would be calling the shots in this situation. Talk about a naive assumption to make when you're dealing with an easily enraged high school student. Anyone who either has a teenager of their own or interacts with them regularly knows that it takes a lot to get them to do something nice out of the goodness of their hearts. Instead, they are wont to ask what's in it for them.

We don't blame teenagers for acting this way. Most of us behaved this way ourselves. However, the most immature folks in this anecdote are the engaged ones, not the 16-year-old. She was just being a teenager, but they were the ones who thought they could get away with getting their dream chocolate fountain while disregarding its owner's wishes.

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[Am I wrong] for not wanting a family friend to use my chocolate fountain at there wedding [because] I’m not invited?

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Here's hoping that this couple learns something about how to deal with a teenager moving forward. After all, if they have plans to have kids themselves, they might want to pay attention to putting themselves in the young person's shoes for once.
All they really needed to do was make an exception to their arbitrary age rule and invite the 16-year-old from the get-go. If they had considered this, none of this drama would have even happened.
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