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)
hateevryone 15
Guess he wanted you to be jealous.
karman850 7
That happened to me too! But what I did was study the book and not help my sister in math of she needed it.. She failed pre calculus!
KiddNYC1O 22
Lmao. Slick bastard.
JayMan143 0
That's wrong!
DK1234567 8
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buca100 4
Good story to tell for sympathy. But I'm so sorry. That freaking sucks so much. Maybe he will get you an iPad also so you don't feel jealous on her birthday. Fingers crossed.
DasHaas 9
Apparently he thinks you're smart enough to study and do something with your life instead of wasting your time playing with a tablet. Consider it a compliment and a good idea.
the_true_batman 10
My last birthday sucked too. Waited all day for a text from my mom, finally at 10pm I texted her saying "omg you didn't text me!" To which she replied "Was I supposed to?"
moonboobs 4
In gandpas mind, "A math book is much better! You can't even turn the stupid metal thing on. Kids and their technology!"
SAgirl 24
Easy to see who is going to get all the inheritance.