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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A sponge.

Not a white elephant gift and the only present I got. The giver gave the rest of my family things like fancy pocketknives and books.[/quote]

That's me! (Not the sponge thing, but the disfavored person thing.) My parents and siblings shower each other in gifts, and I work hard at picking thoughtful presents for them. My SIL has "forgotten to to pack the present she got for me," multiple times. And then never mailed it... hmmm... My MIL has given me discount trash from Marshalls that has nothing to do with me. Kinda like the "craft" snowman. She knows my house. My own mother gave me crumpled, stained, old tablecloths in the wrong size the year I asked for new table linens. (She is well off, so it wasn't a poverty thing. And if it were, she could have at least washed/ ironed/ wrapped them.) I felt like Harry Potter and his toothpick that year.

But hey, I'm good enough to deal with cleaning out their house and finding them caregivers and being on-call for tech support! So I've got that going for me.

And this year, BOTH of the gifts I received were relatively useful and thoughtful. It's still a fraction of what everyone else had to open on Christmas morning, but two is a banner year for me. Good thing I have an amazing partner and kids who love to make me feel loved. [/quote]

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