I Scream, You Scream... No body screams for ice cream.
The story
Am I the asshole for buying everyone ice cream?
my family seems to think I am.
my grandma's birthday is in a few days but she's been sick and bummed out, not to mention I'm working a lot and my mom has been bothering me about cleaning my room... so I gave my grandma her presents early. which she loved but I suppose it was my fault because this is where this issue starts...
my grandma didn't feel great and wanted me to take her to the store, I went and while she was shopping I got gas. she gave me $10 towards it which was nice. I would tell her to keep it but for people that understand out there ...doing that is more trouble than it's worth. normally I would sneak it back into her purse or a coat pocket so it's a surprise when she finds money around but she wanted to get ice cream so I decided to use some coupons and order it ahead since she wasn't feeling well. however you want to think of it.... I used the $10 either towards my gas or towards her gigantic sundae, I wasn't going to ask for any more money.
I decided to buy my mom and stepdad a little ice cream too, I know what they like... but when I got home they didn't say thank you. my mother called me fat and uncontrollable, especially noticing that their 2 sundaes were a medium instead of a large like mine and my grandma's. my stepdad said he didn't need it and when the time came later for a snack they openly grabbed chips. they do this often so I'm bothered by it but probably not as much as another person would be or I should be.
meanwhile... everyone had gotten a different ice cream. I could tell which one was which by size and toppings. my grandma had her ice cream in her freezer, before she went to bed (8pm) she said she didn't feel good and wasn't eating it tonight, not a problem. I left and around 9 when I went for my ice cream, eating past the toppings I chose for myself I noticed the ice cream place messed up, that ice cream wasn't my ice cream.. I assumed it was switched with my grandma's or they just gave me ice cream with nuts which I do not eat so I put the ice cream back in the freezer to figure out tomorrow when I got up and my grandma was awake so I could dig through her toppings to see if that was actually 'her ice cream' under there and if it really was a mistake then I would just scoop my ice cream out and switch.
I went to sleep. The next morning I got up and asked if she had eaten the ice cream, how she was feeling, etc..
"oh I was so sick last night. I got up in the middle of the night and had 'a little' ice cream blah blah.. why?"
"a little? oh ok good. I was wondering because I was trying to eat mine and when I got past my toppings on the one side I could see that wasn't my ice cream. I ordered everyone butter pecan with extra nuts.. I guess the girl was confused because I got butter pecan but with all my toppings on top"
"but you don't like nuts"
"yea I know. at first I thought maybe she mixed our ice cream up and I was going to check to see if you got my Oreo but since you had 'a little' how was it?"
"don't get me ice cream anymore"
?
"it tasted funny"
??? *walking to the freezer, prepared to get her ice cream to check but stops*
"it was probably my taste buds since I'm sick. yea, I ate the whole thing"
"... I thought you said you had 'a little'?"
"no I ate the whole thing"
"even though 'it tasted funny'?"
"well that was just my taste buds. I pushed through it"
"well.... I ...okaaay.. so.... what color was the ice cream?"
"it was ice cream"
"yes. what color? black? white? gray?"
"yea it was like black"
"that was my ice cream"
"you gave it to me!"
"yea because I thought it was yours. your toppings were on top. we both had different toppings so..."
"ok well then give me my ice cream"
...?
"the ice cream you still have. you didn't eat it right? the yellow butter pecan.. that was mine so give it to me."
"it has all my toppings on it.. you won't like that.."
"I'll pay you for it"
"no no it's ok"
I didn't take her money. I took off my toppings as best I could and gave her the ice cream. she complained to my mother about something because a while later my mother says something like "I can't believe you took her money, it's ice cream! her birthday is next week that could have been her present"
I didn't say anything and idk what was said by who but.... I got my grandmother at least $50 of stuff. sure she gave me $10 'for gas' but I'm paying for her Netflix and with her $10 Starbucks and the $12 ice cream for her... and that's just TODAY. I get people things all the time. PLUS I buy my mother's birthday cake and my grandma's cake every year....
I ignored what my mother and stepdad said again. I asked my grandma how the ice cream was, if it was better than the previous one. she said "it was ok. I still can't taste right but I know that there was no basically no toppings on it and the few things that were there weren't even what I liked. (name) you have to remember I like nuts. lots and lots of nuts, and caramel. this didn't have that"
"yea ..all the nuts and the caramel were on the first one you ate. this one I took the toppings off because I knew you wouldn't like it"
"yeaaa... that first one tasted funny. just don't get me ice cream anymore"
my mother walked by in that moment, overhearing, and decided to tell me that no one needed or wanted ice cream, and I should be more thoughtful since some people are lactose intolerant. my grandma and stepdad basically agreed saying they didn't ask for any of that.
so I guess I'm just some wicked witch pushing my evil lactose on people, talking about my topping agenda.

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Points of view
based on the circumstances you've described, it seems that your intentions in purchasing ice cream for your family were thoughtful and generous. 😥
It is clear you aimed to uplift your grandmother's spirits while maintaining familial harmony. Misunderstandings can often arise in familial dynamics, especially when well-meaning gestures are not reciprocated with gratitude. It appears your efforts to be considerate of your grandmother's preferences and your compromise in offering her your preferred ice cream reflected genuine kindness. While your family's reaction may have been unanticipated, your dedication to their happiness is commendable. Such experiences, although challenging, provide invaluable insights into interpersonal relationships and communication intricacies. May future engagements with your family bring clearer understanding and mutual respect.
I think there's a little more to consider here. While it was nice of you to buy ice cream for everyone, it seems like your actions might have been slightly presumptuous; perhaps checking if they wanted it would have made a difference. It sounds like there was a lack of communication on both ends, and assuming your grandmother's preferences without a quick confirmation could have been part of the hiccup. I get that your intentions were good, but it seems like everyone had different expectations and desires in this situation, which led to some frustration. In the future, maybe a quick conversation about what each person actually wants would clear things up and prevent misunderstandings. It's a tough spot, but it could have been handled differently. 🤔