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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Extreme first world/middle class problem here:

The past two Christmases and birthdays, my mother bought me expensive jewelry. I told her twice that I don’t need more things, especially more wearable things, especially small wearable things that are easy to lose. I would have rather had the money to pay bills, or to pay for a cleaning/organizing service to clear out half of the stuff I had in the small place I live in, or just to spend in a way that would make life easier. To be brutally honest, I would have been happier with a working vacuum cleaner.

That’s what I would request for anyone else who gives me a gift going forward. Give me something that makes my life easier. Relieve some of my stress.

Examples:

- pay one of my bills
- babysit or pet sit for a weekend
- Cook some nutritious and delicious meals for me for a week
- Don’t give me any gifts for ten years and then help me on a downpayment for a house
- Day at a spa
- Marijuana :)

Semi joking on the last one. But THINGS only give me more stress. I want experiences or conveniences. [/quote]

I was disappointed because last year I got a Tiffany bracket instead of a new bridle for my horse. The bracelet mostly sits in a drawer. Would have preferred the more useful gift but here we are.[/quote]

How tragic?  Clearly you can afford to buy a new bridle for your horse.  Rick people people problems.[/quote]

It might be a troll post, but first world problems still exist. It’s one thing to have a first world problem and acknowledge it and that it doesn’t matter so much in the grand scheme of things, it’s another if your first world problem trumps (heh) everything else, including actual real world problems. [/quote]

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