Ridiclous gifts

[MrsCat 6]

my poor daughter got a big fat NOTHING from her grandparents on the ex's side. they told her ahead of time that they were not doing a gift exchange this year so she didnt expect nothing....i guess the they meant they were not haveing a gift exchange with her but everyone else they baught for. i felt so bad for her.

that makes me sad Donna.

[Amby 490]

I just got money so I didn't get anything stupid. My sister got a freaking townhouse!

[mawilson 2,133]

We got a Wii from my MIL.

We do not have, nor want, a TV.

What to do...

Sell it on eBay. Duh.

my poor daughter got a big fat NOTHING from her grandparents on the ex's side. they told her ahead of time that they were not doing a gift exchange this year so she didnt expect nothing....i guess the they meant they were not haveing a gift exchange with her but everyone else they baught for. i felt so bad for her.

That is beyond fcuked up. To me, that puts them in the same category as pedophiles. Anyone that would harm a child is nothing but SICK!

No Christmas gift is the same as sexual abuse?

[jundp 191]

my poor daughter got a big fat NOTHING from her grandparents on the ex's side. they told her ahead of time that they were not doing a gift exchange this year so she didnt expect nothing....i guess the they meant they were not haveing a gift exchange with her but everyone else they baught for. i felt so bad for her.

Wow. Just, wow.

My ex's brothers always give my daughter something amazing....$200 gift card, tons of clothes (expensive that I'd never buy), etc. And they give my son...well let's see this year he got a remote control helicopter (he's 17) and last year he got a beaded bracelet from India (he's not gay or metrosexual....)

My 11 month son got NOTHING from my husband's father who (by the way) has TONS of money. So he couldn't buy a toy for his first and only grandson?????

But my mother-in-law did even better - we got a Christmas card from her that contained instructions what to do with her body after her death.

Nice family you married into there .....

we just got normal gifts. Though a friend gave us 4 martini glasses, which was really nice, except someone else gave us 4 martini glasses and we got a set of 12 for our wedding, so apparently our friends want us to drink?!

We don't 'do' Christmas. We do immediate family only (the kids and each other) and everyone else gets either photos or candy. Too much stress. We go see a show as a family. This year Nutcracker, next year maybe Handel's Messiah, and we do a bunch of fun stuff together for free. I hate all the materialism.

[Jasman0717 9]

I bought an 8" telescope. Now if I can just figure out how to use it

[MrsCat 6]

We don't 'do' Christmas. We do immediate family only (the kids and each other) and everyone else gets either photos or candy. Too much stress. We go see a show as a family. This year Nutcracker, next year maybe Handel's Messiah, and we do a bunch of fun stuff together for free. I hate all the materialism.

I need my husband to buy into this. Christmas has become a mad shopping frenzy upping each years price by the rate of inflation. its just getting stupid at this point.

[DeadPoolX 9]

We don't 'do' Christmas. We do immediate family only (the kids and each other) and everyone else gets either photos or candy. Too much stress. We go see a show as a family. This year Nutcracker, next year maybe Handel's Messiah, and we do a bunch of fun stuff together for free. I hate all the materialism.

I need my husband to buy into this. Christmas has become a mad shopping frenzy upping each years price by the rate of inflation. its just getting stupid at this point.

I'd say the main culprits are the media and commercials. The news media talks about "Black Friday" non-stop when it's getting close to the holidays and stores inundate TV viewers with rampant ads for their products. With those two in places, shoppers get hyped up and storm malls and individual stores in the high hopes of getting an overpriced item at 30-50% off.

[Nessa 23]

i got christmas tree ornaments from a co-worker, and we don't do christmas tree

[jundp 191]

We don't 'do' Christmas. We do immediate family only (the kids and each other) and everyone else gets either photos or candy. Too much stress. We go see a show as a family. This year Nutcracker, next year maybe Handel's Messiah, and we do a bunch of fun stuff together for free. I hate all the materialism.

I need my husband to buy into this. Christmas has become a mad shopping frenzy upping each years price by the rate of inflation. its just getting stupid at this point.

I'd say the main culprits are the media and commercials. The news media talks about "Black Friday" non-stop when it's getting close to the holidays and stores inundate TV viewers with rampant ads for their products. With those two in places, shoppers get hyped up and storm malls and individual stores in the high hopes of getting an overpriced item at 30-50% off.

I agree DPX.

Cat, we just decided that enough was enough. This year P had just started working so we didn't really have much disposable income anyway, but really, the kids are old enough to understand that it's about family, not 'stuff.' They have other relatives who buy them 'stuff' anyway so I don't feel too bad

We do a traditional Southern German dinner, then open gifts, and then the day after Christmas we do the show. I just don't see the point in spending that kind of money on stuff. And why wait till Christmas anyway? If there's something you really want, just save up for it and buy it!

[Fandango 1,439]

my poor daughter got a big fat NOTHING from her grandparents on the ex's side. they told her ahead of time that they were not doing a gift exchange this year so she didnt expect nothing....i guess the they meant they were not haveing a gift exchange with her but everyone else they baught for. i felt so bad for her.

That is beyond fcuked up. To me, that puts them in the same category as pedophiles. Anyone that would harm a child is nothing but SICK!

Seriously? I mean it totally sucks (*hiugz* Donna)...but pedophiles?

My 11 month son got NOTHING from my husband's father who (by the way) has TONS of money. So he couldn't buy a toy for his first and only grandson?????

But my mother-in-law did even better - we got a Christmas card from her that contained instructions what to do with her body after her death.

ding ding ding we have a winner

[Ban Hammer 13,330]

I bought an 8" telescope. Now if I can just figure out how to use it

what kind?

[Ling Ling 22]

We got a Wii from my MIL.

We do not have, nor want, a TV.

What to do...

Sell it on eBay. Duh.

my poor daughter got a big fat NOTHING from her grandparents on the ex's side. they told her ahead of time that they were not doing a gift exchange this year so she didnt expect nothing....i guess the they meant they were not haveing a gift exchange with her but everyone else they baught for. i felt so bad for her.

That is beyond fcuked up. To me, that puts them in the same category as pedophiles. Anyone that would harm a child is nothing but SICK!

No Christmas gift is the same as sexual abuse?

No...didn't say it was the same...but to me all child abuse, sexual, mental, physical is wrong. Feel free to prioritize as you wish, but to me wrong is wrong.

There's not a "little wrong" way to abuse a child.

[Nessa 23]

I bought an 8" telescope. Now if I can just figure out how to use it

what kind?

watch your neighbors, duh

[Lyuba 0]

my poor daughter got a big fat NOTHING from her grandparents on the ex's side. they told her ahead of time that they were not doing a gift exchange this year so she didnt expect nothing....i guess the they meant they were not haveing a gift exchange with her but everyone else they baught for. i felt so bad for her.

Wow. Just, wow.

My ex's brothers always give my daughter something amazing....$200 gift card, tons of clothes (expensive that I'd never buy), etc. And they give my son...well let's see this year he got a remote control helicopter (he's 17) and last year he got a beaded bracelet from India (he's not gay or metrosexual....)

My 11 month son got NOTHING from my husband's father who (by the way) has TONS of money. So he couldn't buy a toy for his first and only grandson?????

But my mother-in-law did even better - we got a Christmas card from her that contained instructions what to do with her body after her death.

Nice family you married into there .....

we just got normal gifts. Though a friend gave us 4 martini glasses, which was really nice, except someone else gave us 4 martini glasses and we got a set of 12 for our wedding, so apparently our friends want us to drink?!

We don't 'do' Christmas. We do immediate family only (the kids and each other) and everyone else gets either photos or candy. Too much stress. We go see a show as a family. This year Nutcracker, next year maybe Handel's Messiah, and we do a bunch of fun stuff together for free. I hate all the materialism.

Yeah, this family is something else. They are just famous for driving me crazy.

[Fandango 1,439]

We got a Wii from my MIL.

We do not have, nor want, a TV.

What to do...

Sell it on eBay. Duh.

my poor daughter got a big fat NOTHING from her grandparents on the ex's side. they told her ahead of time that they were not doing a gift exchange this year so she didnt expect nothing....i guess the they meant they were not haveing a gift exchange with her but everyone else they baught for. i felt so bad for her.

That is beyond fcuked up. To me, that puts them in the same category as pedophiles. Anyone that would harm a child is nothing but SICK!

No Christmas gift is the same as sexual abuse?

No...didn't say it was the same...but to me all child abuse, sexual, mental, physical is wrong. Feel free to prioritize as you wish, but to me wrong is wrong.

There's not a "little wrong" way to abuse a child.

Yeah, you kinda did....