Scrappy, I'd be livid. Not even consulting y'all about it is crappy. They sound like spoiled kids, really.
Rapid strep negative, they're culturing for strep and testing for flu.
Right, there comes a point where you have to either move on, or just buy yourself a Klingon costume and go with it.
Xander ,'Same Time, Same Place'
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smonster - Jan 10, 2011 11:07:11 am PST #12777 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
beekaytee - Jan 10, 2011 11:08:38 am PST #12778 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant
aww, a cruise is nice of you! but we'd really rather have X..."
This, at which point the kids could have decided if they wanted to shift their gift.
Wow. I'd faint dead away before doing something like that with such a lovely and generous gift. Now, given my motion sickness issues, I would have as humbly as possible suggested the alternative, but NEVER a demand like that. Just. wow.
beekaytee - Jan 10, 2011 11:09:19 am PST #12779 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant
quick healing ~ma, smonster!
Shir - Jan 10, 2011 11:17:10 am PST #12780 of 30000
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
What everyone said, Scrappy. If they were my parents, I'm not sure if I'd be mad - but I'd probably be hurt by their reaction.
brenda m - Jan 10, 2011 11:17:21 am PST #12781 of 30000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Dana--yes, they have. First, FiL wanted a new Mustang and asked us to cosign for him, which we didn't.
This just makes it worse - it's doing an end run around something they already know you don't really want to support.
erin_obscure - Jan 10, 2011 11:22:59 am PST #12782 of 30000
Occasionally I’m callous and strange
smonster, i hope your throat clears up quickly. that's just miserable.
Scrappy, another vote for "insanity." Who buys their own gift and then guilts their kids into paying for it? That's extremely rude.
beekaytee - Jan 10, 2011 11:27:13 am PST #12783 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant
This just makes it worse - it's doing an end run around something they already know you don't really want to support.
brenda makes an excellent point.
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Jan 10, 2011 11:31:42 am PST #12784 of 30000
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
Agree on the rude, Scrappy. Disliking a gift is one thing, but the demand-making sounds horribly irritating.
Burrell - Jan 10, 2011 11:32:40 am PST #12785 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Ugh Scrappy. I cannot imagine my parents ever doing something like that.
Cass - Jan 10, 2011 11:46:05 am PST #12786 of 30000
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
I say it IS rude and he is not overreacting. What say you?
Hugely rude. I'd be livid.
Not that I wouldn't have just sent the check this time but I'd be really wary of doing anything nice in the future that could be warped. Grrrr.