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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I get your point, but you went about it the wrong way.  Rather than saying something to him in advance of the get-together so he would have an opportunity to go buy something and try to do it right, you set him up by waiting until the event and then shaming him for it when he has no opportunity left to course-correct.  You weren’t looking to get a different outcome this year, you just wanted to make him feel like shit.  And now that’s what he thinks you are.  Congrats.[/quote]

Yup.[/quote]

Yes. The way children learn to buy gifts for others is that someone takes them shopping to do it. No one cared enough to do that for this boys (and you would have been the perfect person, OP, since you place such high value on receiving yourself) and probably even at some point told him "not to worry about it" so they/he wouldn't feel bad.

Also, it's clear how much you dislike him from your post, so it must be apparent to everyone else as well. That is probably why your DH is so resistant to your feedback about him...he's not sure what the motivation is. Anyway, as others have said if you can't get over it then next year do a name swap or something. [/quote]

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