A woman was left ‘irked’ at her sister when she surprised her with a weekend getaway – but her sister did nothing but complain about every little detail she’d chosen
Being treated to a getaway by your nearest and dearest is a real treat, and you’ll be so grateful for the effort your loved one has gone to.
However, when one woman surprised her sister with a “foreign city break” and paid for flights and accommodation because she knew her sister “couldn’t really afford the holiday herself”, she was left gutted when rather than showering her in praise, her sister had the complete opposite reaction.
Rather than just being happy that her sister had gone to the trouble to take her away, she took it upon herself to “complain”, and her sister slammed her as “ungrateful”.
Taking to Mumsnet, the stressed woman said: “All she did was complain about the hotel saying [the] staff were rude (I didn’t think so at all), the room was too small, too hot, and we had to share a double bed instead of twin beds.”
The woman said that the complaints did not stop there, however, saying that her sister “didn’t really like the area”, despite the fact she chose it to be “very central”.
She said that the whole situation had “irked” her, as it “feels a bit ungrateful”, and she asked whether she was being unreasonable to feel this way about her sister.
In the comments, people were not impressed by her sister’s behaviour. One wrote: “Did she want to go on this break or did you surprise her? The only reason I can see for griping like this is she didn’t really want to be there at all.
“It is ungrateful either way. Is she just a moaner by nature? One of my sisters is one of these, finds something to complain about in every situation.”
Another fumed: “It would annoy me too! It’s the height of rudeness”, with someone else saying: “Incredibly rude and ungrateful. The hotel would have to be filthy for me to complain about it. Just rude.”
One Mumsnetter defended the sister, however, writing: “It irked you because I’m guessing that not only did you pay for it, you also chose the hotel! Just because you thought it was a great place, doesn’t mean she has to…”
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