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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is dumb.  Just stop with gifts to each other or buy yourself what you want and wrap it. If your relationship is otherwise good, let it go [/quote]

[b]The problem with our relationship is that he is constantly deciding what should and should not be important to me and throws a hissy fit when I stick up for myself.[/b] It’s so subtle that I can’t articulate it to other people, let alone a therapist, but it makes me feel invisible and like I don’t matter.

And I’m in the life phase where my child is too little to buy or make a present and my only living older relative is having me buy and wrap presents to be given on her behalf. I just want something tiny to open on Christmas. I know I’m a big baby for saying that but it’s true and I can’t say it anywhere else.[/quote]

Actually, you articulated it very well right here, and a therapist would understand why this bothers you.

It’s probably not a great candidate for couples therapy, but you could do individual therapy to learn how to cope with it, or how to address it. [/quote]

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