The author of the post has a 4YO daughter who had her birthday party a few days ago
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The girl’s grandparents and her aunt’s family were also invited to the party
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The aunt’s husband quite unexpectedly brought her a gift, a big and apparently expensive ride-on car
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The birthday girl was happy but it was quite visible that her little cousin also wanted to have such a car
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So just two days later the author’s sister asked her to take the gift back – for her own daugter, and the author just said a flat out no
If we believe the words of the Original Poster (OP) – and we have absolutely no reason not to believe her – then her daughter “Maddie” recently turned 4. And on this occasion, the parents threw a party, where the OP’s mom, her stepdad, brother, sister “Liv” and her husband “Stephen” were also present. Oh yes, there was also the niece of the author of the post, five-year-old “Callie,” who in many ways initiated the current situation.
So, all the party participants, except Stephen, stayed at the OP’s house the night before. And it was Stephen, as it turned out, who was responsible for picking a gift for Maddie. The guy arrived and brought a large motorized ride-on car – quite expensive, apparently. At least the original poster noticed how surprised her sister was at this choice of gift from her own husband.
Maddie, of course, was incredibly happy, but her cousin clearly also desired the same car. We can’t say for sure, but it appears that the OP is more well-off than her sister’s family. In any case, two days later Liv called back to her with a quite unexpected request. According to the woman, her daughter really wants that very car, but her parents don’t have enough money to buy another one right now.
As a result, the mom could not find anything better than to demand the gift back for her own daughter. And if Maddie has already fallen in love with her new car, then her mother could always buy her a gift herself. Apparently, Liv did not think that in this case there would be no birthday present from her family at all…
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“I don’t know exactly all the ins and out here, but for some reason a not very good picture emerges in the family of this woman’s sister,” says Irina Matveeva, apsychologist and certified NLP specialistfrom Odessa, Ukraine, to whomBored Pandareached out for a comment about this particular case. “A mother who believes that it is acceptable to take away her own gift from her niece just two days after it was given, a daughter to whom this was not explained in any way, and a father who gave his niece an expensive gift, but is not ready to do this for his own kid. Doesn’t it seem strange for you? It seems to me.”
“But the one I also feel sorry for in this situation is actually her niece, who saw a gift from her dad to another girl, and then probably faced the parents’ refusal to buy her the same. I think family therapy is needed here to avoid more serious problems in the future,” Irina presumes.
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