Cooking a holiday meal is a big undertaking. It can be difficult to balance everyone’s wants, needs, and dietary restrictions. One grandma asked everyone what they wanted for dessert for a holiday gathering. She declined to make one of her granddaughter’s requests.
The granddaughter’s sister stepped up and made the dessert instead. The grandma was not pleased, so the sister took to Reddit to see if she was in the wrong. She thought she was doing the right thing.
There might be favorites.
The sister began her story by giving the reader a bit of background information. She is 27 and her little sister is 24. They have always felt they were not their grandma’s favorite grandchildren but admit this could be in their heads. “For reasons I won’t get into, she and my mom have always butted heads and we’ve always felt like she’s favored my aunt and her kids as a result,” the sister explained. “Currently (though this was not the case when we were kids), my aunt and her family live just down the street from her, and my parents, sister, and my husband and I live about 3 hours away.”
Grandma makes the desserts.
Grandma is having everyone over and asked for requests for desserts. “She’s usually very good at taking everyone’s requests and making what everyone likes,” the sister went on to say. “This year, she texted us all and asked us what we wanted. I requested a cake that I like, my mom requested some cookies, and my sister requested these chocolate cinnamon pretzels that she has made several times.”
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Not everyone's request was taken into account.
Grandma declined the sister’s request. “My grandmother said that she would make the rest of it, but she told my sister that she didn’t want to make the pretzels again because she had already made them many times in the last couple of months for my uncle,” the sister continued. “She said that the other items would be eaten by multiple people, but she was worried that my uncle wouldn’t eat them again and so my sister would be the only one eating them.”
The sister stepped up.
It was difficult for the older sister to see her younger sister sad. “My sister was heartbroken,” she stated. “To my sister, this seemed very much like the favoritism that we all talk about. She specifically asked what everyone wanted, made the things that everyone else asked for, and then left out to one small thing that my sister asked for.”
The sister decided to do something about it. “Even though my grandmother likes to be the one to make everything, I made the pretzels for my sister and brought them to Christmas,” she stated. “She was so happy to have her favorite dessert, but my grandmother was angry and said that it was her job to make the desserts for everyone. But I couldn’t bear the thought of my little sister not having what she wanted when everyone else did.” The older sister concluded by asking if she was wrong for bringing the pretzels.
The older sister did the right thing.
Reddit users saw nothing wrong with the older sister’s actions.
“That was so thoughtful of you!” gushed one user.
“What a great sister you are!” chimed in another.
“You did a good thing for your sister,” agreed another user.
Lots of grandmas have favorites.
It seems many grandmas out there have favorite grandchildren and are not good at hiding it. “Non favored grandkids unite!” exclaimed one user. Perhaps they can start a support group.
Even grandmas can be wrong.
Lots of users on the forum took issue with the grandma’s actions.
“Your grandma sucks,” wrote one user.
“Your grandmother is suspect,” chimed in another.
Another agreed: “Your grandmother says she makes desserts for everybody, except your sister. I don't understand why your grandmother acts like a child.”
This older sister has nothing to worry about. She did right by her sister and kindly pointed out to her grandma that she will not tolerate bad behavior anymore.
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