It would seem: it’s always nice when they throw a surprise party in honor of our birthday. However, sometimes such a gift can ruin not only the whole holiday, but even relationships with loved ones. For example, when unwanted guests are invited to a celebration without our knowledge …
A 26-year-old Reddit user shared a story that happened to her during her birthday celebration. The girl’s relatives gave her a surprise party, but everything did not go according to plan due to the fact that the parents decided to take advantage of the celebration for personal gain.
The fact is that the husband of the author of the post, Adam, has been chained to a chair for two years already – immediately after the honeymoon, he got into a serious accident and received serious injuries, due to which he lost the ability to walk.
Of course, the life of the couple after that changed dramatically. Now the girl has to spend most of her time caring for her husband. However, she assures that she is still happy and she has never been visited by thoughts of leaving her beloved.
But the girl’s family thinks otherwise. Her parents are convinced that building a family with Adam only prevents her from realizing her own plans. The fact that her chosen one was not welcome, the girl’s mom and dad began to show openly – he was no longer invited to family events.
“What’s more, my mom tried to set me up with her friend’s son James by inviting me to dinner with him and giving him my number. I said it wouldn’t work because I love Adam and will take care of him for the rest of my life if I have to,” she says.
James sarcastically asked if Adam could afford such an expensive gift.
To protect her marriage, she told her parents that she would no longer see them if they continued to interfere with her relationship with her husband. The mother apologized and did not invite James for several months. However, later she could not restrain herself … The parents threw a surprise party for their daughter, although they knew that she planned to celebrate the day she was born at home with her husband.
At first, the heroine of the story did not feel the catch. “I was delighted. I asked if I could bring Adam so we could celebrate together. But they stopped me and said that my brother would bring him himself. At that moment, the doorbell rang, standing on the threshold … James, ”the heroine shares.
According to her, she was completely at a loss, because she did not understand why he was called, but tried to remain calm and even accepted a gift from him – a piece of jewelry. However, after James scathingly asked if Adam could afford such an expensive gift, the girl returned the box.
“They insisted that I take a gift, but I grabbed my bag and said I was leaving,” the author of the post explains. The mother did not want to let her daughter go and asked her to stay, but the girl insisted on her own, saying that it was wrong and ugly to invite James to the party.
After the failed holiday, relatives wrote to the birthday girl that it was she who showed disrespect to the guests. They stressed that the girl would still have enough time to celebrate her birthday with her husband.