Jen and her husband were in their 70s and had five grandchildren. Three were women, and two were men. They were always prepared to welcome their grandchildren.

Their youngest child, Eloise, had married, and as was tradition, the grandparents would buy the lowest thing on the wedding register and gift them $40,000.

As they wanted their grandchildren to keep it as a secret, they were the only ones who were aware of the tradition. Until now everyone had kept their secrets.

But their granddaughter, Eloise, accused them of being cheap. “Are you serious, Grandma?” I just received your present. An air fryer? That’s the cheapest item on my register!” She replied when Jen called her.

Jen informed Eloise that she thought it was useful. “Useful? Come on, you can do better than that. Everyone knows you’ve got the money. I can’t believe you would be that cheap with me. “It is embarrassing.” It was Eloise’s response.

As Jen had enough, “Yes, you’re right. We are cheap, old, and useless. The only thing you DIDN’T know is that the day before the wedding, we were going to gift you a check for $40,000.” She said.

As the dispute heated up, “No, it’s obvious. You simply don’t love me enough to express it. You know how much pressure I’m under for the wedding. And then this? “It’s as if you don’t care,” Eloise replied before hanging up.

Then they chose not to give the money to Eloise, and she called again a week later after learning that they had actually given $40,000 to each of their grandchildren.

“I recently discovered out that you did give the money to everyone else when they were married. “Why didn’t I receive anything?” She asked.