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This time, we sent an air fryer to our youngest granddaughter, the cheapest thing on her registry. Eloise called us, livid, accusing us of being cheap. I remember picking up her call and she didn\u2019t even say hi, she just started ranting, \u201cSeriously, Grandma? I just got your gift. An air fryer? That\u2019s the cheapest thing you could find on my registry!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was taken aback because as much as the air fryer was the cheapest on their registry, I still thought it\u2019d be useful to them, so I told her that. Eloise kept on complaining, \u201cUseful? Come on, you know you can do better than that. Everyone knows you have the money. I just can\u2019t believe you\u2019d be this cheap with me. It\u2019s embarrassing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this heated moment, I told her, \u201cYes, you\u2019re right. We are cheap, old, and useless. The only thing you DIDN\u2019T know is that the day before the wedding, we were going to gift you a check for $40,000.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I revealed this in an attempt to explain to Eloise about the cash gift we usually give our grandkids before the wedding but she was so angry at this point, that she wasn\u2019t listening to a thing I said. I speculated that maybe she didn\u2019t believe we would gift her such an amount of money after only buying her an air fryer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eventually, she said, \u201cNo, it\u2019s clear. You just don\u2019t love me enough to show it. You know how much pressure I\u2019m under with the wedding. And then, this? It\u2019s like you don\u2019t even care,\u201d then she hung up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite our shock at Eloise\u2019s reaction, we gifted her a China set but withheld the $40,000, feeling she hadn\u2019t earned it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last week, after confirming the truth from relatives, she called, accusing us of discrimination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt wasn\u2019t the air fryer,\u201d I told her. \u201cIt was the disrespect.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eloise pleaded, nearly in tears, claiming stress. But we stood firm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now she\u2019s boycotting Christmas. Her mother sides with her, but after all we\u2019ve done, we believe her reaction was deeply ungrateful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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