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Originally Posted by emilyann  My mom used to go out of her way for Christmas. It's sickening now to think back on how much she'd spend on my brother & I a piece. I was a spoiled brat. I'm only 20 now but I don't expect anything from anyone anymore. It used to be who got the better gifts for Christmas between my friends & I... I'm so glad I don't have to deal with that crap anymore. I think it's really ridiculous now that I look back on it and I wish I would've told my mom then to not buy me that much crap, what's the point really?
Sorry if I don't make any sense but one of the replies bothered me a little.  |
Yeah I don't get the out of control gift giving. I told my mom to cut way back and she still asked for lists so I gave her very specific things like a new pair of sewing scissors. My cousins and I are all finally old enough that we are onto the next generation of great grandkids and there are just 2 babies and THEY should get the presents. I have one aunt who insists on giving us (like 25+ yr olds) money and it just means everyone else feels obligated to give gifts and it gets out of hand every year - usually with most of my pile going to goodwill because people are just buying whatever - some of these people I only see once a year and I do NOT need a gift from them! Seriously! The oldest few cousins always demand NO GIFTS for the adult children but they persist. UGH! We just want to eat too many cookies and watch the babies open presents. The cousins usually give each other scratch off instant lottery tickets and spend the whole night playing "bingo" and "lucky 7's" and we have a blast!