A Woman And Her Sister-In-Law Have A Shouting Match Over Designer Bag

A woman’s in-laws demand that she apologize for purchasing a designer bag for her daughter.

The Backstory

For Maria’s parents, hard work and financial responsibility were values they strived to instill in their children. “Both my children have part-time jobs, if they want something, they need to save up their money to get it as this way they would appreciate it more,” Maria’s mother said.

Because 18-year-old Maria has shown her parents that she’s financially responsible and has been doing well academically, her parents decided to surprise her with a designer bag that she’s always wanted as an early graduation gift. She was extremely grateful.

However, at her grandfather’s birthday dinner, Maria wore the bag and the night took an unexpected turn. “Last weekend we went to my father-in-law’s birthday dinner at his house,” Maria’s mother said. “Maria wore her bag, we didn’t think anything of it. My sister in law and niece [who is also 18 years-old] attended as well.”

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Trouble Ensues

The incident escalated when Maria’s niece took her designer bag and locked herself in the bathroom. Maria’s mother said that her sister-in-law “refused to tell her child to open the door and give Maria her bag back.” In the end, Maria’s father had to pick the lock in the bathroom and pry the bag away from the niece.

The situation became even more heated when Maria’s sister-in-law accused her of “flaunting” her designer bag in front of her niece. “She calls me an a** for letting my daughter ‘flaunt’ her designer bag in front of her daughter,” Maria’s mother said. The tension further escalated when Maria’s mother-in-law suggested that Maria and her family should have bought a designer bag for her niece so that she would have something to relate to.

After the incident, Maria’s mother said, “my mother-in-law and sister-in-law have been contacting my husband demanding that we apologize, and that if Maria wants to wear expensive stuff around my niece, [we need] to make sure we have one of whatever that is for my niece as well since we’re “so well off”.”

Despite their best intentions, the incident served as an important lesson for Maria’s family about the potential implications of financial decisions. As Maria’s mother said, “We wanted to do something nice for her,” but in the end, it may have sent the wrong message to the other family members.

What do you think? Are Maria’s parents in the wrong for gifting her with a designer bag?

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