My mom is a terrible person, she’s trying to make up for it and one of her gestures was to surprise me with a dinning set (700 dollars). I never asked for one, and my husband and I had just moved so we sold our table, but we had a very specific type of table in mind.
I wear 99% black and most of my things are black. And you guessed it, I want a black table. What did my mom give me- a white table and chairs. I also have a toddler so it’s going to get destroyed. The table wasn’t ugly, but it’s not something my husband and I would have picked out in a million years.
I was literally surprised with the table at my door. My stepdad set it up and everything right from the box. I didn’t have time to react. I was really pissed at my mom and she didn’t respect my boundaries as just days before I told her I didn’t want her help for anything in my life going forward. So, I had an absolute meltdown… like depression level. My husband had to call her and tell her that while we appreciate the gift, we would return it.
While shopping for tables today, I saw the table and looked up the return policy. This particular store has a final sale policy. It broke my heart. As much as I hate my mom for the things she’s done to me, she works so much and never spend time with me/her family, so to know she wasted 700 dollars makes me feel terrible.
I feel like I did something bad and I feel bad for her not being able to return it. We told them the next day we got it, but she took two weeks to take it back, and also never even consulted with me about the table. Like who buys someone a whole dinning set without even asking them if 1)they want one 2) if they like the model. Ahh