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[quote=Anonymous]I’d say a family meeting ASAP and ask that the gift thing be done. You know that Everyone can buy what they want/need, gifts are not an expression of love, and you want to stop this tradition so your dc don’t fall in to it.

Emphasize that you can be together, eat or take a walk but this need to gift needs to stop. Or, the other solution is all agree on a small, truly enjoyable item the other person would not buy themselves routinely but you know they like- artisan chocolates, fresh roasted coffee, hard copy of a magazine, fresh flowers, more expensive wine or olive oil. Just a token to say thinking of you today.

On another note, Maybe the laptop request is more it’s hard to know at their age what to get so really not the $$ but just someone to do it for them. My parents lean on my dh for this type of thing ( phones, computers, internet services) he’s more than happy to do all the work as they are overwhelmed by it. But trading gift cards is just silly in my opinion.[/quote]

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