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[quote=Anonymous]I've often wondered about gifts and how they play out in different SES brackets. I grew up and still am UMC and gift giving was never a huge thing in my family. My husband grew up MC and his parents obsess about who gets what and how much is spent on everyone and they're super offended if things aren't equal and they often give token things like gift certificates that don't require any thought or effort. My family is more about experiences and thoughtful presents. My mom would rather have a $20 calendar from Snapfish than a $100 gift certificate to Nordstrom, for example. There was never an issue with who had however many gifts or what the combined cost of the gifts was. One year I got a new saddle and that was it. It was only a single thing, versus my siblings' multiple items, but it cost more than all their stuff combined. Another year I got lots of earrings because I had just gotten my ears pierced (and they were cheap kids earrings) and my brother got a BMX bike. We were both thrilled. [/quote]

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