Today, the whole family came over to celebrate my 18th birthday. My grandfather bought me a giant mathematics book. Apparently, he didn't want my 16 year old sister to be "jealous", so he got her the new iPad. FML
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leogirl95 12
That is just all kinds of unfair right there.
DocBastard 40
Psh, an iPad? What can you really do with that? But a giant math pad? Why, you can make paper airplanes, play tic-tac-toe, doodle, origami...oh, and learn math! You DEFINITELY got the better end of that deal.
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Comments (158)
Pandacupcakelove 26
Wow... Well hopefully she'll share?
p3mguin 7
You really don't have brothers or sisters, they are bitches when they have to share. Especially teenagers.
Unbweavable 17
Wishful thinking but.....no
Pandacupcakelove 26
Haha, please... I have two older siblings, I know... I said "Hopefully" ;)
omgalice 5
When it's your grandpa's birthday give him a toilet brush and get your grandma an awesome present 'so she wouldn't be jealous' and see how he likes it.
Delta2Almanac 7
Maybe your grandpa got you a hooker since you're 18 and didn't want the rest of the family to see ;)
rattusrattus 19
Must be a very small one then, to be able to hide between the pages of a book.
zandalee 20
It's a happy little hooker...
silencebabyy 23
yowzers. guess you know who the fav granddaughter is. fyl. id be pissed. plus its your birthday not hers
Enslaved 38
Sounds like your little sister is his favorite granddaughter.
Rocky007 15
"favorite" in more ways than one, perhaps.
Keep_It_Hot99 8
What the hell are you suggesting?
YoursTru1yXo 0
Lol seems legit *thumbs up* Gotta love his logic
pcentral 17
Gotta love grandparents and their complete ignorance.
Sheh_fml 25
It is pure idiocy to give younger sibling anything on the older ones birthday, especially in that age. Even if you where a lot younger it would be just as mean. It is YOUR day. Giving the younger one presents not only on their birthday (when you get nothing) and on yours.. Well, it's not hard to feel less loved. Just as good to teach the younger one to wait until it's their birthday, so they grow up learning patience and the older one don't feel completely unloved.
ebonyirony 29
I totally agree. The only time my siblings can get gifts on the same day is Christmas. My brother manages to drag his birthday into the week of mine though. (it sucks cause he always gets games and I have to pay for mine)
FMLKitten 15
One time my grandfather gave my younger brother $200 and gave me a scarf from Target. Sadly, he didn't mix up the gifts :(
Outnuendo 8
Just remember that if you ever get assaulted, a massive mathematics books is a far better self defense weapon than an iPad.