My Parents Skipped My High School Graduation To Buy My Little Sister a Labubu, So I Moved Out

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Every generation has its toy craze. For Gen Alpha, the current toy that’s disappearing quickly off shelves is the Labubu. The stuffed toys that can be put on your shelf, your keychain, or your purse will certainly bring back memories of the Beanie Baby craze for anyone over the age of 35. Just like back then, people are going to great lengths to get them. A teen on Reddit is realizing just how far people will go to get a Labubu. She was shocked when her parents skipped her high school graduation to buy her little sister one of the toys.

The teen was adopted as a baby by her parents.

In her post on Reddit’s AITA forum, the 18-year-old explained that her parents didn’t think they could get pregnant. But then, her mom got pregnant with her now 10-year-old sister, who she calls Princess. “Everything changed” after the birth of the “miracle” baby. 

“Princess was spoiled and clearly the favorite. She never got in trouble, was always right, got WHATEVER she wanted, and acted HOWEVER she wanted,” she explained. “I was jealous, and I got in trouble for it,” she admitted.

As her sister got older, her behavior got worse, but the teen was able to distance herself from her family.

Since her sophomore year of high school, the young woman has had a boyfriend. She also has a car. Her boyfriend’s family “loves” her, and as a result, she often stays with them. “My parents didn’t care and this was my normal so I stopped caring too,” she said.

However, she did invite them to her high school graduation. “I was excited, they seemed excited, and some relatives came too,” she said. But her little sister was going to find something to “ruin it.” 

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Her little sister‘s ‘obsessession’ with Labubus was going to overshadow her big day.

On the day of the teen’s graduation, Princess found a “super rare” Labubu for sale in their city. “Now instead of contacting the seller and buying it the next day, my parents went to go get it and not only that spent $350,” she wrote, adding that her parents only spent $150 on her graduation gift.

“Then they showed up so late, our caps were already being tossed,” she said.

After the ceremony, she went to her boyfriend’s house, ignoring her parents. “My parents called, texted, apologized, even came over and begged me to forgive them. Worst part of it all, they think it’s the money and sent me another hundred dollars,” she said. 

“Now it’s serious as they’re threatening to report me as missing/a runaway and contact my future college if I don’t go back home. I feel justified in my actions and don’t think it’s that serious,” she said.

No one believes the teen is at fault, and are encouraging her to cut contact.

“I hate that you’re experiencing this” one person wrote. “I wouldn’t forgive them nor would I go back to their house for a good while, until they can understand what they are doing is completely unacceptable. Which im sure they won’t. Keep staying with [your] bf and his fam!!”

Someone else wrote: “You’re 18, you’re not longer a minor. Even if they tell the police your exact location, the most the police will do is ask if you left willingly.”

“That keychain was just the last straw” another commenter wrote. “From what you write, it seems your parents have been happy to let you live the life of an adult woman in your teenage years. They seem to have done very little to try and repair things. Princess has kept on victimising you, and your parents kept on enabling her.”