If your sister was a health buff with a habit of feeding you lame health foods on special occasions, would you suck it up and eat the damn stuff, or would you politely say, “I’d prefer real chocolate?”. It’s quite the conundrum, according to one Reddit user, u/amIornot56, who posted a plea for help to the AITA, or Am I The A-Hole Reddit.
They wrote, “Last year, my sister made a “cake” for my graduation party which was a spiced vegetable loaf of sorts which honestly did not taste great. I have a sweet tooth so this was a bit of a disappointment for me….I ate the loaf thing then without complaint but it’s not something I’d ever want for a celebration.”
Hard same. What the heck is a spiced vegetable loaf?
The OP continued to explain that her sister brought a “block of coconut and almond milk” to her birthday — which was, unsurprisingly, a disappointment.
She writes:
“She went on about how this is really against her way of life and what she believes and that if I was truly healthy I wouldn’t crave cake and sweets etc but then relented and said she will bring a healthy cake….Yesterday she showed up with this block of “ice cream cake” which was essentially a block of frozen coconut and almond milk with some maple syrup. I was pretty disappointed again and after taking one bite refused to eat the rest of it.”
The OP wrote, “My sister made a big deal about me refusing to eat the cake. She said I was being a brat and that she was only trying to make our family make better choices.”
People had some thoughts about this not-so-sweet (get it?) situation:
AITA for refusing to eat the “cake” my sister made for my birthday party? https://t.co/ymsFG5igtx pic.twitter.com/zvlMYmTrHm
— Am I the Asshole? (@AITA_reddit) March 7, 2020
Lots of people made fun of her sister (which was a nice reprieve from the uber-shaming health nut peanut-gallery trolling the internet):
I really want to watch this terrible sister’s YouTube videos. Preferably while eating McDonald’s.
— Ella Dawson (@brosandprose) March 8, 2020
you had me at NTA with “My sister is a Youtuber”
— sam stans orangutans (@SamsquatchTweet) March 7, 2020
NTA. It is your birthday. You’re allowed to indulge on your birthday. How would your sister like it if you gave her a cake you wanted but she hated?
— ExKage (@ExKage) March 7, 2020
Nah, NTA. It’s your birthday, and all you wanted was cake! pic.twitter.com/wqFJmtIBYq
— Ginny Beesly (@ginnybeesly) March 8, 2020
What an insufferable sister to have to deal with. Since she disregards all requests, she should be banned from bringing any food, ever. And happy birthday to the imaginary person who isn’t reading this 🎂🎁🎉
— 😷🦇CoronaVirusKat🦇😷 (@AnyHooItsYou) March 7, 2020
Well-said. Everyone wants a REAL cake, Jesus ever-loving Christ.
If I ate a block of frozen milk when I was expecting cake, I would also be upset. pic.twitter.com/5RVG3q1D4Z
— Jen (@such_hockey_wow) March 7, 2020
— janet snakehole (@themeowsterz) March 7, 2020
STOP LETTING HER BRING THE CAKE.
Let her bring like a veggie tray everyone can properly ignore.
— JA (@jaclark1315) March 8, 2020
STOP LETTING HER BRING THE CAKE.
Let her bring like a veggie tray everyone can properly ignore.
— JA (@jaclark1315) March 8, 2020
“Your birthday cake is not her journey,” is the most profound thing EVER written about a birthday cake.
Your birthday cake is not her journey. 🙄 if she didn’t want to have sugary cake she could have let someone else take care of the cake and just say, “no thanks” come cake time. People do it all the time. The sister seems super selfish.
— Erika with a K (@imaginaryerika) March 8, 2020
These tweets sum it all up pretty well:
*begs you to let her bring the cake*
*promises to bring a normal cake*
*brings a weird shitty health food*
*is offended that you didnt like it*
yeah… NTA. she might have a case if you had forced her to buy a normal cake and eat the whole thing, but she brought it on herself.— speed weed (@buttsmcgoo) March 8, 2020
Y’all this is like if I offered to bring meat to a BBQ and brought tofu instead. That’s not the same thing and she knows it, and she did it to make a point.
— Andee (@SrirachaCupcake) March 7, 2020
Finally, THIS:
If the rules of this family are “you must eat and appreciate the food brought to you on your birthday, not matter what it is,” I would definitely abuse this rule on sister’s next birthday if I were OP.
— The Reptile Brain (@TheReptileBrain) March 8, 2020
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