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[quote=Anonymous]Dh and I will spend maybe 200 on the tween, 40 on the toddler (an electric keyboard perhaps or a guitar), nothingon the baby (she doesnt really knwo the difference).

and now, I'd like to vent about christmas  But I have a stepparent  and parent who send an obscene amount of stupid gifts--like a giant box of crap that they buy while traveling around the world, that we don't want--I'm talking truly useless stuff, like ugly leather hats for DH or knitted tea cosy, or hideous change purses and lots and lots of sweatshirts---and that clutters up the house and that we have to pretend we're grateful for and if we're not speedy  or effusiveness enough with our gratefulness I get crap for it. When I was younger I'dbe presented with loads of wrappred presents, but literally none of them in the slightest bit useful or desirable. For 4 years running, when I was a teen, I told my parent/step that I would love a new bike. Instead they must have spent 2k on random crap that I never used. Bead purses, a hat made from the underbelly hair of a musk ox (whenI lived in the west coast and didn'tneed warm hats), hideous place mats, etc. They continue to do it evennow that I'm an adult and have said for years  that we're trying not to have too much stuff in the house, or raise the kids with a sense of entitlement, and that we'd prefer just one gift, or just their company, etc. and every year we get the boxes and boxes of ties, frig magnets, placemats, credit card holders, crazy socks, ugly jewelry, native american pottery, leather wallets from Italy, clothes that don't fit, beadwork dolls, etc. Never once have they asked if there is anything our kids might want or need. And then, we feel stupid and cheap for not sending them 40 things, but we can't afford it (and yes, they also buy each other 40 or so presents each. WTF).

I really hate the whole gift giving thing--they have ruined it for me for life.  [/quote]

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