When the Thought Is Not What Counts

I wrote a post while back about what I might give my daughter for her birthday. I am not going to   add a link to that previous post as if it is regarding a vital world issue that people should read before trying to comprehend this one, okie doke  : )

The point is I wrote a post and her birthday came and went. I went ahead and got the Fitness Centre voucher I was contemplating on getting and presented it to her in an envelope.

“What is this, a piece of paper?” asks the daughter while opening the envelope

Looks at it, reads it, “You have It, I ain’t goin. You bought it for you didn’t you?. You knew I wouldn’t go”

Throws it back on my lap and walks off

“Please Akki  (yea I sometimes call her that : )) I bought it for you”

“nope”

“I thought ******** was my Birthday present from you” (I’d better refrain from saying what that was, due to the out of the ordinary nature of that present)

“Yes, but that was what you wanted, this is from me to you, I really want you to go”

“Nope”

“So you won’t go?”

“Damn right”

 How ungrateful can children be?

Guess I’ll be getting fitter instead.