Fine I won’t return the gift money
I didn’t post this elsewhere as it’s just compliance and not malicious, but it’s a good wholesome story.
This literally just happened. I don’t talk to my dad anymore, and genuinely don’t know how to or if I want to repair the relationship. So I’ve stopped responding to any of his texts. The last few months he’d send a “happy [whatever holiday it is]” and I left him on read. And my birthday and Christmas passed in this time as well, so he sent me money via cashapp at first. And I declined it because I felt bad because I hadn’t spoken to him in at least a year at that point and currently don’t intend to speak to him at all. 498
then he sent me a Christmas card with cash in it. I was hoping if I left it at the mailroom it would be sent back to the sender, but someone in my unit picked it up for me, and then at that point I wasn’t about to just mail it back. So it’s been sitting untouched since last month. I don’t want the money, and if anyone needs it it’s him.
So now I’ve just ordered a bunch of his favorite candy that he rarely ever buys for himself for the amount of money he sent me. It will arrive in a few days and the package will have his name on it and no way for him to know it was me that sent it. Unless amazon tells him, but I doubt he will think to ask.
So now the money that I don’t want is returned to him in a way that he can’t re-return it. It’s a good idea and doesn’t require me to have to speak to him. 78