Entitled brother buys mother an expensive birthday gift without consulting siblings, expects them to cough up nearly $200 but one sibling refuses: ‘This isn’t my problem’

Gift-giving is one of the most nerve-wracking experiences anyone can go through, at least in their day-to-day lives. You always wonder if you're going way over the top or too low below the bar. It's a never-ending battle, surely, because even when your special someone opens their gift, they're probably not going to tell you they hate it even if they secretly do. Maybe that's for the best. At the end of the day, the only thing we can do is get to know a person enough to understand what they like and hope that that is enough.

If you're sharing a gift and contributing some money, say, with your siblings for your mom's birthday gift, you better consult with the siblings and ensure everyone's on the same page about prices and things of that nature. If you don't communicate, you might end up like the sibling in this story who's expected to cough up nearly $200 for their mother's birthday gift. Scroll to read.

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It's one thing if the siblings' gift for their mother was something agreed upon—but it wasn't. The specific sibling who posted this story explains that their brother went out of the way to buy an expensive gift, then expect nearly $200 (which is nearly four times their usual $50 contributions) from siblings who were kept in the dark. It's not about price, it's about principle. It appears the brother who expects his siblings to hand over $200 no questions asked doesn't understand proper etiquette. If he has it like that, he can pay for the poster's share, too. Mr. Big Bucks!
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