Lower your expectations

By Brilliant... - 25/05/2011 17:44 - United Kingdom

Today, it was my birthday. Some 17 year-olds will receive cars as presents from their parents. Mine, however, booked me a plot in the local graveyard. FML
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mxpklx 12

you have a disease and their not telling you.

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rawrkittehpwnage 0

I wonder why...

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bankrupt 15

First of all, the OP's parents are assuming that the OP's final wishes will be to be buried where they have chosen the plot. What if the OP moves far away? She might not want her body hauled back to her hometown. What if she prefers cremation and did not want to go in the ground at all? This is a legitimate, valid choice and in fact my grandparents made it. They are in a little vault somewhere in New Jersey. Secondly, I am under the impression that the OP's parents purchased a single resting place. What if the OP marries? Most couples prefer to be next to each other in eternity and purchase side-by-side plots. Her parents just stuck her with a single space (although I suppose one can 'trade-in' does anyone know?). Burial (or cremation) is a personal decision. The OP's parents do not respect her as an individual or they would have let her make it herself instead of forcing their opinion on her. This is why a burial plot is an inappropriate gift. The giver is choosing the recipient's final resting place and the recipient might not agree with the choice. Now the consensus is that she is a selfish ingrate when the issue really is that she might not agree with this major decision regarding her eternal future and this is freaking weird, plain and simple. The OP did not say "I expected a car" she said others got cars. I read that as a measure of comparison to demonstrate how utterly bizarre her gift was, not that she specifially expected a car (although I am sure she'd like one but I don't think that was the point). This is the first time I have ever heard of parents buying a burial plot for a child who was not dead and it is really rather upsetting.

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The_Weirdo 10

Wow, I'm proud of myself. I actually all of that comment, before my 6 year-old school boy attention-span kicked in. :)

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the_hypnotoad 5

Thanks, bankrupt, for putting my thoughts down so I don't have to create a long post as well. It is selfish and presumptuous for the parents to choose the child's final resting place.

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bankrupt 15

You are welcome No 225. And you are quite right, this gift is indeed selfish and presumptuous of her parents. And I am still creeped out by it.

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geeksaresexy 18

This is exactly what I was thinking! I already said I'm being buried and I'm not hugely bothered about getting a double plot or where it is so I'd love that gift. Many wouldn't though!

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mikagesouji 0

You know what I got from my father for my 17th birthday? Nothing. Be grateful you got something useful.

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princessbeee 4

my parents did the same thing, but for my sixteenth birthday.

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DriizztD 0

i rekon your parents were just getting your graveplot BEFORE they got u the car just to b on the safe side! happy birthday btw

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zaksyak 1

I don't see the problem, most people would die to have one

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CanadianMuse 0

at least you have one ... I have neither. And I'm 18.

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Riemurasia 0

You're a spoiled brat for expecting a car on your 17th birthday like all the other spoiled kids on the block >_> Normal people pay for their own bloody car, and won't expect such a huge gift for their bday...

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parxxx 0

it could be worse...min got devoriced on mine

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paradiseisland01 0

how lovely is that , you sure have a great son there.

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iiMusic 0

Atleast they got you something right?

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jacobmasterdebai 1

very true they should get me something

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