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[quote=Anonymous]Sadly, you can't decide this for other people. As in, you can't tell your parents to stop buying gifts or to stop expecting them. What you can do, is when asked what you'd like for your birthday, is to just say "I'd love it if you'd come to dinner with me, instead of buying me a gift". But be prepared to pay for the meal yourself. When their birthdays come around, offer to take them out to celebrate. Don't bring a gift. Pay the bill. If they are very attached to the idea of gifts, they might think you are rude for not bringing a gift, so you need to be prepared for that. My family did this pretty naturally without any big discussion. In my DH's family this would be seen as mutiny. So he is in charge of buying all their gifts.[/quote]
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