Money starts an argument roughly every moment of every day since forever.

And the arguments can take any form you could imagine – like hey, what about this one:

Imagine having a scholarship for school, but you don’t tell you dad when the money comes in, letting him continue to pay for things. How would you expect your dad to react when he finds out?

This woman seemed to think her dad would be pleasantly surprised. Let’s find out if she was right.

AITA for not telling my dad when my scholarship money came in?

I (23F) am a PhD student who got accepted with a scholarship (i got TA position) back in january, i was very happy and i told both my parents that very second!

At the time i didn’t receive the money until well after 4 months in which my dad would ask me if i have money for transport and stuff and i’d say no, so he would give it to me.

Two weeks ago he asked me again and i said yes (because that’s when i received it) i received the money from the scholarship so no need to give me.

He was shocked and started acting weird but i didn’t think much of it.

She should it would be a nice surprise.

When it did come in, I didn’t immediately tell him not because I was hiding it, but because I wanted to surprise my parents with something nice.

As a thank you i wanted to support him financially in our yearly summer travels.

I told my mom about my plan and even asked her not to mention it to him yet, because I wanted it to be part of a thoughtful gesture like a small vacation or break together.

But now it’s all backfired.

The thing is… he’s now really upset.

He feels like I “hid” the money from him, and worse, he thinks I didn’t tell him because I assumed he’d ask me for it.

That’s absolutely not true because i would give it all if he asked!

He also found out that my mom didn’t tell him either, and he’s extra hurt by that.

Her further gestures are going unappreciated.

I ended up deciding to book them an Airbnb (my brother and dad were already planning to go) with a pool for a day to relax and enjoy themselves.

Now, he says he doesn’t even want the vacation, and that I should’ve discussed it with him first.

He’s also claiming he never agreed to the idea, even though he did when I brought it up earlier.

He is being stubborn and very hard headed.

I can’t get refunded on the trip and he is refusing to go! And if i end up going, he will be mad

So… AITA for not telling him the money had arrived right away ?

Not everyone likes surprises, especially when it comes to money.

Let’s see what the comments on Reddit make of this:

This person doesn’t think she has much common sense.

What kind of weird plan is this?

And how long had this been happening?

Don’t make it rain.

Seems like they need to sit down and talk it out.

If you liked that story, read this one about grandparents who set up a college fund for their grandkid because his parents won’t, but then his parents want to use the money to cover sibling’s medical expenses.