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"You never buy the items I actually tell you to get, so now Mom, you're on your own!"

Verbatim. [/quote]

I agree with some version of this.  Stop dancing with her since she won't follow the choreography even though she requested the specific dance.[/quote]

Trust me, I have. I literally just told her that exact same thing. And every year, same thing, over and over. The thing is, I do try to give her some gifts that are practical in nature (i.e. a new sleeping bag) because otherwise, she will buy some stupid toy or gadget thing that they will never play with/use. I'm not asking her to buy underpants or socks but they are not little kids anymore so they don't want toys. But apparently what I give her is not "exciting" so she doesn't want to give them that. I've also asked her to give them experience stuff--Dave and Buster's cards, bowling gift cards, etc--but nope, it has to be an actual gift. But she needs 8-10 ideas like this, I don't know what to tell her. It's like a vicious circle of hell.

Honestly, I'm over the fact that she rejects some of the ideas. I'm more pissed that the few ideas that she did find acceptable two months ago, she tells me 10 days before Christmas that she isn't getting. And now it's on me.  [/quote]

Why do you need to go out and get your kids more gifts?  That part makes no sense to me. I get that this song and dance is annoying. But your kids don’t actually need to have things and it’s not going to ruin anyones day if something you thought they’d like is not under the tree. [/quote]

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