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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]we both work. he is just not great at selecting presents and getting it done and i like doing it. OP, how hard is it really to be kind, pick a few things off of amazon and call it a day? surely there are some things your husband does that you dont want to/arent good at. this seems like a silly battle to fight. and a selfish one. [/quote]

DH either assuming OP will do this, or he simply will not do this for his family because he is an asshole is one thing.

DH and OP sitting down and having an adult discussion about how they will handle gifts/cards/family acknowledgments is quite another.

It's fine for a wife to take on this "emotional labor," but it shouldn't be a given/a cultural or gendered norm/unacknowledged effort.[/quote]

What, you mean having lady bits doesn't automatically make you better at gift giving!?!?!?  And here I thought that extra X chromosome carried all the natural born talent for gift giving, cooking, and thank you card writing.

My DH is so much better at getting gifts for his family than I will ever be.  If he ever tried to pass it off to me, I'd refuse.  [/quote]

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