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Family holidays require everyone to come together and grit their teeth at least a little. Otherwise, there’s a good chance the whole thing could implode, ending in bad words and angry gestures.
But one father on Reddit says he couldn’t avoid these tensions, even with his best intentions.
The man’s youngest son had started complaining that a classmate got more gifts than he did, and to prevent a meltdown, he asked his adult daughter not to give her stepson so many Hanukkah presents.
She refused, and their disagreement got ugly.
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Rokas is a writer at Bored Panda with a BA in Communication. After working for a sculptor, he fell in love with visual storytelling and enjoys covering everything from TV shows (any Sopranos fans out there?) to photography. Throughout his years in Bored Panda, over 300 million people have read the posts he's written, which is probably more than he could count to.
Rokas is a writer at Bored Panda with a BA in Communication. After working for a sculptor, he fell in love with visual storytelling and enjoys covering everything from TV shows (any Sopranos fans out there?) to photography. Throughout his years in Bored Panda, over 300 million people have read the posts he's written, which is probably more than he could count to.
Eh, I never believe any of them offhand, I read them as if they were fictional short stories, purely for entertainment value XD I do comment on them as if they were real, sometimes, because other people might actually be in similar situations (albeit less fakey-sounding ones) and might want to discuss what they're going through.
My sister's ex would think this would be right, he has previously given extra presents to his second kid after second kid threw a tanty over first kid getting an extra present due to first kid having an extra aunt that the second kid doesn't have due to the kids being half sisters.
My sister's friend (who lives with us) is near-ish to OP's age and pretty much thinks/acts the same way as OP, so, sadly, there ARE some people out there who are actually like this :x
OP's delusional if he thinks "his heart was in the right place" XD And CERTAINLY Little Chris can have Hanukkah gifts - as long as he converts to Judaism! Otherwise OP needs to tell every single member of Islam that they cannot give gifts to their children on Eid al-Fitr, and OP also needs to tell every single member of Hinduism, Sikhism, and Jainism that they cannot give sweets or gifts to children during Diwali either!
Eh, I never believe any of them offhand, I read them as if they were fictional short stories, purely for entertainment value XD I do comment on them as if they were real, sometimes, because other people might actually be in similar situations (albeit less fakey-sounding ones) and might want to discuss what they're going through.
My sister's ex would think this would be right, he has previously given extra presents to his second kid after second kid threw a tanty over first kid getting an extra present due to first kid having an extra aunt that the second kid doesn't have due to the kids being half sisters.
My sister's friend (who lives with us) is near-ish to OP's age and pretty much thinks/acts the same way as OP, so, sadly, there ARE some people out there who are actually like this :x
OP's delusional if he thinks "his heart was in the right place" XD And CERTAINLY Little Chris can have Hanukkah gifts - as long as he converts to Judaism! Otherwise OP needs to tell every single member of Islam that they cannot give gifts to their children on Eid al-Fitr, and OP also needs to tell every single member of Hinduism, Sikhism, and Jainism that they cannot give sweets or gifts to children during Diwali either!
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