My Father's Bday Is Near: What Should I Do?
Last 2018, my father hit his diamond year which is 75 years of age. This year he will be on his 79th birthday. He will be turning 79 at March 17.
So I'm not sure what will I do since I can't touch my money because I'll going to Baguio this 23. And I was thinking about the gift that I'm going to give and all of sudden I remember something that happened years ago when he hit his diamond year.
I was in Senior Highschool during this time, when they texted me that they want me to go home since it was my father's birthday. I agree to it since it was just once for a while, so I was thinking about the gift that he wanted. My father's love perfume so I think it would he nice to buy him a perfume and give it to him.
Everyone knows about Davidof perfume right? Davidof perfume is a perfume where it has a nice smell and I love the women's version of this product. I'm using this for like a years now eversince I was in Jhs and it cost me a lot. So because it has a nice smell, I buy my father that cost 30$ or 1500php it was smell too nice. I like it also, but I didn't know that my mother were expecting that I will give money to my father instead.
When the day arrived, I'm excited to go home since it was a months already when I last go home. I already packed everything that I'll be using while staying at house for like a days, I was like a kid who's excited about everything. It was already 1pm when I got home, the party was ended but still there's a lot of people who's in there.
I greeted my father and my mother also the other part of my family, my mother was laughing while looking to my aunties like she said something but I don't know what it is.
Hours passed it's already night, me and my whole family where inside of the kitchen while having a dinner with the keft over foods from the afternoon, my mother asked me if I have something for my father since it was his birthday and I said yes. She laugh and said, "Give it to him already." My father said, "Give it later just finish your food first.", I thought everything was fine since they were acting nicely, without an idea what will going to happen next.
So after we took a dinner, I go to my room, and get the perfume inside of my bag and give it to my father. It was wrapped with a gift, instead of being happy they told me that they are disappointed. My mother even told me that, "I thought you were going to give him a money." I can't react at all, my feelings were hurt and I feel useless.
My dad said it was okay, but they looked disappointed. They even show the receipt if how much the perfume is, but instead of being thankful, my dad said, "Sana cinash mo nalang." After hearing this word, I just go inside of my room and start crying. I felt like they don't feel my effort at all. They want more than what I can do, and my mother always want the cash instead of things.
After that, one of my cousin whos already on her 40's go to our house. My father suddenly mentioned about the perfume that I gave to him, he said, "You can have this perfume since I don't want to use it ", my cousin as him if he was sure because it was looking expensive.
And that's where my heart suddenly crashed...
I felt like, everytime that I'm giving something to others they will going to reject it and give it to others.
It's always happening each year, last 2020 it's where the covid starts, to be honest I don't have any allowance left from my pocket. It's already enough to buy a cake, no one can go out except me so I buy a cake for my father. He didn't say thank you at all, he just grab it and throw it to the garbage saying, "I don't need that cake. I can buy for my own." That cake was cost 600php or 12$.
I want to ask him why did he do that, why everytime I'm giving him a cake he always handling it out to the others? Why he didn't say thank you at me even once?
To be honest, because of that I'm not sure of I'm going to give my father a gift at his birthday because he's always not accepting it, and my mother wants me to do a Money cake or cake money where the cake have a money inside, she told me to surprise my dad with that but I don't have enough money for that, she told me that it was for next year.
To be honest, I'm not sure what Imma gonna do this this.
Final Thoughts:
This was a raining afternoon to all! I'm answering my modules while watching Kdramas and ended up not finishing them all, HAHAHAHA and while doing article also. Ok I'm doing multi-tasking HAHAAHAH
By the way, thank you so much for cheering me up about being chubby. I really appreciate all of your words. Thank you guys!
OGLU2022
Bakit naman. Hayts. Since wala na akong papa, si mama yung inispoil ko ng little presents and naaappreaciate niya always. Sana sis maging okay na ako dyan sainyo.