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Graduation gifts feel meaningful because they are supposed to celebrate one person, especially when that person asks for something simple and personal.

One teen wants a fishing trip with her dad, but when her sisters suddenly get included, would you speak up or let your gift become everyone’s outing?

Her frustration boils over when the trip disappears entirely after she protests, while her sisters still get to enjoy the day without her.

See how it all went down.

AITA for yelling at my sisters because they wanted to come on a fishing trip then making a joke about it a few months later?

I (18, female) have a sister who is 19 and a stepsister who is 18. I’ve never really gotten along with my stepfamily but that’s not super important.

I had just graduated high school and as a reward for graduating and getting into my chosen program, my dad had booked a fishing charter for me and him (and a family friend) to go and fish for a day, hopefully catch something, and then have a nice fish dinner.

I was super excited for this and spent ages researching everything from thermoclines in the lake to the lures.

Then one night we went out for dinner (me, sisters, dad and stepmom) and my sisters announced how excited they were to go on the fishing trip.

Uh-oh. Let’s see how this girl reacted to them muscling in on her celebration.

Now this wouldn’t have been a problem if that was the original plan.

I’ve gone fishing with them before and it was fun, but I rarely get to spend one on one time with my dad so this was supposed to be special.

On top of that my biological sister had already had her graduation present the year before – a month long European vacation – no, I’m not joking.

I wasn’t allowed to go on that of course, because it was my sister’s present and I’d get one next year.

Yikes! Then, things continued to get worse.

After I tried to explain that no, this was my present and it was my time to have a solo trip, my dad just said that they were coming end of story.

I got upset and yelled at them in the restaurant that it wasn’t fair, that she had her fancy vacation that cost tens of thousands of dollars, and I just wanted one day, one $200 fishing trip.

I then ran off to go sulk and whatnot, only to return about fifteen minutes later just to be screamed at for being ‘ungrateful’ and ‘cruel.’

Then, I was told I was no longer going on the fishing trip.

Read on to find out what happened when the trip came around.

The next day my sisters and stepmom went on the trip, and while my dad did end up taking me on a smaller one it still felt bad. I’ll be honest I was a little grouchy for the duration of it, but I did try to have fun and I did catch a nice coho.

Today, a few months later, my dad suggested my sister go on another short European vacation, helping our step-sister move and staying a bit longer because of course she wouldn’t just stay in Italy for two days.

Then, he mentioned having another fishing trip for the two of us, and I jokingly (like honestly a joke, not passive aggressive joking) said “shouldn’t we wait until my sisters get back?” – to which I was promptly called ungrateful and rude again.

AITA?

It’s totally understandable that this girl is hurt by the way her family treated her.

The double standards are plain to see, and it’s fair that she wanted one special treat for herself when she’s watched her sister be the recipient of the same thing.

It seems unfortunate that equality does not happen much in this family.

Let’s see how the folks on Reddit reacted to this.

This person agreed that this family needs to figure out what fairness really looks like.

Others were shocked by her dad’s attitude and approach to parenting.

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Meanwhile, this Redditor was suspicious that the disparity could be a punishment in disguise.

Her sister received a month-long European graduation trip, while she asked for one inexpensive day fishing with her dad.

After objecting to sharing it, she lost the trip entirely and watched her sisters and stepmom go without her.

A few months later, even joking about the original mess earned another accusation of being rude and ungrateful.

Folks online overwhelmingly showed up in her story’s defense.

She asked for one day with Dad and somehow ended up catching a boatload of favoritism instead of fish.