To accuse my parents of favouritism?

[StressedMum1212]

Okay so, last week we all went to my sisters new house for a housewarming dinner.
My parents bought her a bottle of wine and didn't get me anything.
I've never been one to be jealous. However, i feel as though this is blatant favouritism. I have always tried my best to maintain a healthy relationship with my parents and always got them gifts for birthday, Christmas etc.

I just think it wouldn't hurt to get me a random gift for once.

I talked to my dad about this and he tried to brush it off by saying it was a housewarming gift and I should've done the same. I am now refusing to talk to my parents until they get me the same gift.

AIBU?

Righto

YABVU - totally normal to take a small gift to someone in their new home - especially if they’re cooking you dinner!

What will it achieve by refusing to talk to them or by talking to them about it?

Very obvious reverse. Your sister is being ridiculous and she should have bought you a housewarming gift.

You are clearly your sister and your sister is you.

I think you know the answer to your question

Maybe I don't want to talk to you either. Did you think about that. I'm trying to share a genuine obstacle I've been facing in my family relationship. Maybe you shouldn't comment on how I interact with my family.

What? Are people really this dim nowadays?

And your sister should be ignoring you for being so rude as to turn up without a housewarming gift yourself 🤣

Thank you! I thought the same!

What is going on today? Is it like the episode of Motherland when they all get pissed and post on the Acton Forum? Someone's having a right laugh.

Clearly a reverse.

They should get you something truly awful, like hardy’s shiraz and really hit you where it hurts

Why post a reverse, bloody ridiculous. Of course YANBU your sister is being unreasonable you don't need people to tell you that.

There's a thing called the cost of living crisis.

I can't work out which sister you are but if you are the one who turned up empty handed and are now refusing to speak to your parents because they took a bottle, then YABVVVVU.

If you are the one that hosted dinner for everyone and your sister turned up empty handed and sulked because your parents didn't buy her some wine as well, YANBU. She is clearly rude and entitled.

Have you reversed this op? Yeah you should have taken a housewarming gift as well if you’re that sister, even a cheap box of chocolates

YABVU. Taking a small gift for a person hosting a housewarming party is normal etiquette. It's not normal to expect gifts just because your sister got a housewarming present.

No it’s fine - you use the money she spent on you to give you a free dinner, and deduct that from your food budget to buy her a bottle of wine or bar of chocolate.

If this isn't a reverse no wonder your sister is the favourite child you are a brat 🙄

Your sister is being unreasonable. First for turning up without a gift and secondly for expecting a gift for no reason.

Your parents shouldn’t buy a gift for you just because they bought her a housewarming gift…It wasn’t your housewarming and there’s no favouritism in that situation.

Ideally, you would have taken a little something too but it’s fine if you really couldn’t afford one.

As for this response to @LeafHunter:

Maybe you shouldn't comment on how I interact with my family.

What on earth did you want/expect from the thread if not responses to your question?!

YABVVU - from your posts I get why your sister is the favourite and not you. Turning up to a housewarming meal empty handed is just rude and then complaining to your parents that you haven’t got a gift like some entitled brat shows you are bonkers. I’m sure they are all pleased you have gone NC.

I'm confused but did you expect a gift for attending someone else's housewarming dinner? Do you expect gifts when it's other people's birthdays?

A houseplant from Aldi or Lidl literally costs a fiver.

Did you mean to say christmas?

No.