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    Dad gets even with entitled rich aunt after she refuses to accept the animatronic dogs he got her for Christmas: 'A dog is for life, not just for Christmas'

    This entitled wealthy woman was dismissive of her brother every Christmas, but this time, he was prepared to get even. 

    As we all prepare to gather with our families this holiday season, let this story serve as an essential reminder to extend some grace to our loved ones who have cultivated different lifestyles from our own. 

    This lady amassed a ton of wealth over the course of her chosen career, and she seemed to flaunt that elitist status every chance she got but especially when her brother was present for the holidays. He was not as well off, but he always brought a sense of humor and joy to family Christmas festivities that his sister seemed incapable of bringing to the room. 

    This year, his gift to his sister was a bit of a joke. He purchased her a set of animatronic dogs, knowing that it would likely bother her. Still, everyone in the family got a kick out of the gift, and they were all excited to see what his sister would have to say about it. Let's just say that she didn't exactly handle it with the grace that she should have…

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    • The best part of the story was that this woman thought she successfully got rid of the dogs by sneakily putting them in her brother's car when no one was looking. However, when he arrived home after the gathering and discovered the animatronic dogs in his trunk, he knew that he couldn't let his sister win this one. So he came up with an even better idea to get them back to her house.

      He decided to use her love of expensive items against her better judgment… because, let's be real, it's easy to manipulate people who like nice things. If you tell them an ugly bag cost $4,000 in a convincing enough way, that bag might suddenly become beautiful in the eyes of a certain kind of person. For this aunt, she most certainly fell into that category, and that served the author well in the next chapter of his revenge scheme.

    • "My Dad's Petty Christmas Revenge"

      This happened many Christmas's ago, but still makes me laugh whenever I remember it and when this time of year rolls around. It's technically my dad's petty revenge on his older sister, but he's a technologically challenged older gentleman and has no idea that R t exists, so I am posting this on his behalf. For context, we live in the UK.
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    • So my dad and his sister get along most of the time, but are ultimately very different people. Her and my uncle are wealthy, whereas my dad often struggles to make ends meet, even more so now that he is physically disabled. Even though he's had a harder life, my dad has always been an optimistic guy with a great sense of humour. My aunt on the other hand, is very serious and her wealth has made her quite
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    • snooty and unable to relate to the hardships my dad deals with, which is a major point of contention between them. This always becomes more stark at Christmas time when my dad often can't afford to give gifts as lavish as hers and she acts very resentful of that.
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    • One Christmas, my dad was looking for a gift to give my aunt and uncle, and found a pair of animatronic singing dogs in a charity shop. They were vintage, very silly and made my dad, sister and I laugh a lot. My dad knew my uncle would also find them hilarious, so he bought them as a gift for him and my aunt.
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    • They were a hit at Christmas! We (my dad, his girlfriend, my sister and I) travelled. down to my aunt's house for Christmas day and unveiled the dogs to much applause. My uncle laughed himself to tears, their cat tried to attack the dogs as they sang, which
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    • made everyone laugh harder, and we all had a great time. My aunt, however, had a forced smile on her face the whole time and was mumbling something to herself about "not having anywhere to put them."
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    • For reference, her house is huge. Like, 6 bathrooms and a heated swimming pool, huge. There was plenty of space for the dogs. It was very obvious that she just loathed them with every fibre of her being.
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    • When it was time for us to leave, my dad's girlfriend started packing our things into the car and we all said our goodbyes. Unbeknownst to us, my aunt had shoved the dogs into our car while my dad's girlfriend's back was turned. We didn't
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    • realise they had come back with us until we were home. It put a dampener on our otherwise fun day. We were all a bit put out, except for my dad that is. He just laughed and rolled his eyes, clearly used to his sister's behaviour.
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    • My dad has always been a bit of a jokester, so he began to plan his petty revenge. He found a fancy empty box that had once contained a posh, luxury brand of beauty products; something his girlfriend had received as a Christmas gift from a friend.
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    • He put the dogs inside it, along with a handwritten note. Then he packaged it up, wrote my aunt's address on it, and dropped it off at the post office.
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    • We never knew how my aunt reacted to it, nor saw those singing dogs again, but my family and I all have a good chuckle whenever we imagine her reaction to opening what she thought was an expensive gift, only to see the dogs and read what my dad wrote: "A dog is for life, not just for Christmas."
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    • random321abc I have to admit when I got to the bottom and I read how he mailed that back to her in the box, I was rolling my eyes like, "oh, typical!". But then the note that said a dog is for life not just for Christmas made me absolutely crack up!
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    • OP pandaboat8 Glad it made you laugh! I don't know how many people will know the "a dog is for life" slogan if they're not from the UK or familiar with the Dog's Trust charity, but regardless I'm happy to spread the Christmas cheer!
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    • G-Knit Great story! Years ago when my now wife and I were dating, I crocheted a pair of simple curtains for my kitchen window. She didn't like them. After we married I took them down for her. I didn't care either way. One of them got lost, but the next Christmas she found the other wrapped under the tree. It was so funny; we both had a good laugh. Guess what I got the following Christmas. This exchange went back and forth: Birthdays, Christmas, whatever. Then we forgot it for a few years. The la
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    • OP pandaboat8 Aww I love that! Thank you for sharing. My aunt unfortunately doesn't have the same sense of humour as my dad, otherwise we might have had a similar back and forth with the dogs haha.
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    • Odd-Outcome450 Well she sounds lovely...or something
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    • OP pandaboat8 She's always been a piece of work! Though she has mellowed out a bit over the years.
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    • Mariesophia The US also has a similar slogan.
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    • OP pandaboat8 I didn't know that! Hopefully that means more people will understand my dad's joke then haha. I know the slogan originated in the 70s and was trademarked by the Dog's Trust in the UK. It's still used quite widely in their adverts on tv around Christmas time here.
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    • Cute Recognition_880 Love your dad!
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    • OP pandaboat8 Couldn't ask for a better dad! I love him dearly.
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    • warmcarmille Your aunt really thought she pulled a fast one by sneaking those dogs into the car like a secret mission. There is nothing more satisfying than a snob getting outplayed by someone with a sense of humor and a charity shop find. I once accidentally regifted something to the person who gave it to me, but your dad doing it on purpose is the level of confidence I aspire to have. He turned a moment of disrespect into a family core memory that is way more valuable than whatever she probabl
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    • OP pandaboat8 You're absolutely right! It's now a treasured family story that we always tell around Christmas time and get a laugh out of. It really annoyed me at the time that she did it, but my dad always has a knack for seeing the funny side of things, or turning an otherwise negative situation into a positive one.
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    • Rukubi2 Please give your dad my appreciation for his revenge. Great dad you got.
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    • OP pandaboat8 Will do! He's an amazing dad.
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    • Pogostickio Who Let The Dogs Out? Thanks for the belly laugh.
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    • OP pandaboat8 My pleasure!
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    • I_dnt_Need_anew_name She must have been wooful after opening the box.
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