Teenager Gets Dragged Online For Respectfully Refusing To Accept A Small Graduation Monetary Gift From Her Grandma

"I appreciate the thought and I will keep the nice card, but not the money"

Maryjane

• Published in Interesting
• September 25, 2023

The best way to wish the young adults in your life luck as they begin their lives after college is with college graduation presents. Cash is always appreciated (and rather common), but thoughtful gift-givers may want to choose a college graduation present that's a little more unique—but still just as practical.

The finest college graduation presents help the new graduate with their challenges. These gifts can help with anything from arranging and furnishing their first apartment to helping them get ready for the working world.

Whether you are receiving a high school diploma, a bachelor's degree, or a master's degree, people can still gift you. Some people even send gifts or have them delivered in advance with instructions to be opened on the day if they are unable to attend in person.

For the OP, her grandma gave her and her siblings an envelope each as "gifts" for being accepted into different programs. You see, the OP recently graduated from college and got accepted into a business school, and her sister was also accepted into a medical school.

It was her grandmother's birthday, and the whole family was around for dinner to celebrate. So the grandma gifted them as they were leaving, but guess what?

The OP rejected her gift and told her to save it for her vacation or use it for something else. This got the rest of the family calling her ungrateful, so she brought her story to Reddit.

Here's the headline

It was a great birthday evening all around until they got up to leave

The OP knows that her grandma understands her position and she intends to speak with her

OP has offered the following explanation for why they think they might be the a-hole:

(1) I upset my elderly grandmother by not accepting her gift for my graduation.

(2) I might be the asshole because I could have just accepted the gift since it was only a small amount of cash. Even if it made me uncomfortable, it would have made my grandmother happy on her birthday.

The Reddit post got hundreds of comments and here are a bunch of them

The best gift you can give her is to be grateful

Finding another way to regift it to her instead of rejecting it

The OP shouldn't be making the decision for her grandma

The OP shouldn't hurt her feelings by refusing the gift

She's getting older and could save it for herself

The OP also put her siblings in a messy situation too

Part of being polite is accepting gifts graciously

The OP added this update later on

While some parents spend lavishly on a car or computer, many choose simpler but no less heartfelt presents to mark the graduation event. OP's grandma gave her gift in her own little way and some redditors couldn't believe she had the audacity to reject it.

As you can already tell, the OP was declared the AH and you can share your thoughts about this story in the comments section below.

Maryjane