To never speak to my parents again after this Christmas present?

[MissHooliesCardigan]

My DPs bought DH and me a penthouse for Christmas. However, it's only got 6 bedrooms and is in Kensington. I specifically said Mayfair and at least 8 bedrooms.
I don't know how they could do this

Show her this thread MissHoolies , let her see what MN thinks of her, maybe then she'll stop being so flippant and feel shame!

Gracious heavens, they only spent £15m on your main present?

No, I must have misunderstood.

That miserable offering was a stocking-filler, wasn't it?

What did they give you as the Real Deal?

Leave the bastards.

It's shocking, isn't it? If their budget only ran to that, they would have been better just giving it as a gift token, allowing the OP to put it towards something she actually wanted. Instead, they fob her off with something shoddy and act as if they were the injured party! Pathetic.

Why didn't they just give you the cash? In an envelope huge trunk?

At least the scales have fallen from your eyes now, OP. You won't get fooled again. That's one mercy.

Have you tried the gift swapping thread op? I have a goat I could swap with you. You will have to travel to it's country of location to recover it, but don't worry I have a photo of it on the accompanying card from Dpils.

OP your DPs clearly don't understand the meaning of Christmas. I'd normally say go nc in these circumstances, but it might be worth giving them the opportunity to redeem themselves on your next birthday. Stay strong

I've been crying my eyes out all weekend about this, I just don't understand how any parents could be so horrible.

I'm trying to look at this from an impartial point of view would be weeping into my glass of cristal if my parents had shafted me like this over Christmas

Have you compared how many gifts your siblings received in comparison to you? This I think is HUGELY important. That is assuming of course, there were other gifts, which I expect there were. If said siblings received more then you, then I believe it's your parents passive aggressive way of highlighting the fact they love your siblings more then you. In which case you need to cut contact before they can cause anymore upset.

If your siblings got the same amount/value of gifts, then your DP must have panic bought the apartment putting in minimum effort. Which is pretty awful too.

High five for taking the gift sets back, I would have done the same in your shoes. Also, as hard as it may be, try and think of the inheritance you'll receive in due course as clearly your parents are wealthy and afterall, an inheritance is your God given right and makes you in no way grabby or entitled regardless of what anyone else may say I think this will help heal some of the wounds and hurt you're feeling at this difficult time. And meanwhile you can build a pintrest board of amazing things you'll lavish your inheritance on.

Stay strong. You're doing so well ((very unmumsnetty hugs))

Good -and comforting - point, Snow. There will be more in the pot inheritance-wise, because of OP's parents meanness now. That is a consolation.

"I've been crying my eyes out all weekend about this, I just don't understand how any parents could be so horrible."

Well, I've been shaking and crying. I haven't slept a wink. MissHoolie was my first thought on waking this morning and I rushed to the thread for an update to check on her wellbeing.
Not that I'm saying I care more, or anything. But I clearly clearly do.

Actually... She hasn't been back to the thread for a while

She's clearly too distressed to return, Metallic - and who can blame her? Given the type of property she's been "gifted" for Christmas, she's effectively homeless - she's probably trying frantically to research her options as we speak. And with the dearth of housing in London, who knows where she may end up?

Exactly better, the poor woman could end up being re located in Belgravia.

Disrespectful arseholes. I would be livid and call them on it. All. Over. Fucking. Facebook.

Stay strong, hun.

Have you even been to Kensington recently, OP?
I was there in the summer when mummy booked the Albert Hall for my birthday party. The whole area was full of grubby tourists. I'm not a racist but some of them hadn't got that colour in a salon. And Harrods has never been the same since that Arab bought it. The one whose son stole our Diana away.

I can't understand how any decent parent would want their child to live there.

Absolutely, Sallying - there are DCs involved here. Will no-one think of the children?

Gasp There are children????

Do OP's parents not understand that she will probably be turned in to SS for having her children live in such a place! Why, it's just beyond the pale!

Thanks for all the support. Things are still very difficult here tbh. My instinct is to cut all contact but I feel slightly bad as I'm the only one of my siblings who still has anything to do with them. My DB went no contact after they bought him the wrong model of Ferrari for his 21st. But then maybe this is what it will take to make them reflect on their appalling behaviour.

OP