{"id":83504,"date":"2024-10-04T07:46:07","date_gmt":"2024-10-04T00:46:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/?p=83504"},"modified":"2024-10-04T07:46:07","modified_gmt":"2024-10-04T00:46:07","slug":"my-sister-threw-our-grandpa-a-birthday-party-but-demanded-that-he-pay-for-it-when-the-bill-came-karma-retaliated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/my-sister-threw-our-grandpa-a-birthday-party-but-demanded-that-he-pay-for-it-when-the-bill-came-karma-retaliated\/","title":{"rendered":"My Sister Threw Our Grandpa a Birthday Party but Demanded That He Pay for It When the Bill Came \u2014 Karma Retaliated"},"content":{"rendered":"

When my younger sister Ariel offered to plan Grandpa’s 90th birthday, I knew things would go awry, but I didn’t expect this. The first odd thing I noticed was the party venue.\n

Ariel chose a sushi restaurant for the party knowing well that Grandpa didn’t like sushi. To make matters worse, the guests were mostly her loud university friends. Grandpa’s friends and relatives? She didn’t even invite them.\n

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When I confronted her during the party, she brushed off my concerns saying Grandpa was “happy to hang out with the youth” when he was clearly feeling out of place.\n

It seemed like Ariel had thrown a party for her friends while Grandpa just sat in a corner. I felt so terrible for him.\n

Then, just when I thought it couldn’t get worse, Ariel handed the bill to Grandpa.\n

“Here you go, Gramps! Happy birthday! Time to pay up!” she laughed, oblivious to the disaster.\n

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I couldn’t stay quiet.\n

“Ariel, what are you doing? Gramps shouldn’t pay for his own birthday!”\n

I snatched the bill, but Gramps, always the peacekeeper, offered to pay.\n

“It’s alright, Jocelyn. I can handle it,” he said.\n

I wasn\u2019t letting that happen.\n

“Let me take care of this, Gramps,” I smiled. “You’ve done enough for all of us.”\n

Then, as Ariel went back to her friends, I asked the bartender for the aux cable. I pretended I wanted to play a special song for Grandpa.\n

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Instead, I plugged the cable into my phone and played Ariel’s voice messages where she was ranting about her friends. The same friends who were sitting right there.\n

“I can’t stand my roommate!” her voice echoed across the room. “She’s always in my space, and her boyfriend is the worst. He’s such a slob, and she’s just as bad!”\n

I watched in silence as Ariel’s jaw dropped open and her friends looked at her with wide eyes. Soon, all of her friends left, and she just sat there in silence.\n

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Ariel knew why I’d played the audio, and didn’t have the guts to confront me.\n

That’s when Gramps, ever wise, looked at Ariel and said, “Ariel, you need to take responsibility for your actions. This isn’t how we treat family or friends.”\n

“I’m sorry, Grandpa,” Ariel apologized.\n

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Grandpa and I didn’t have to say a lot to make her realize how wrong it was to invite her friends to Grandpa’s birthday party, and then ask him to pay the bill. Karma had done its job, and I was sure Ariel wouldn’t dare do such an immature thing again.\n

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