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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What is happening with the Christmas/birthday loophole here? Why is Christmas/birthday okay but not a random Tuesday?[/quote]

We don't celebrate "random Tuesday" but if you do, go for it.  We do celebrate taco Tuesday occasionally.[/quote]

But the economics are the same. I just don’t get why having your parents buy you things is some sort of moral hazard but it’s okay if they keep it to two times a year. Is the overall budget the same either way? So why not just give them the budget? At the point where Christmas and Birthdays are just a layaway system I no longer get the point. [/quote]

Because the kids will start begging for expensive things every random Tuesday, which ups the budget quote a bit if you give in. If you designate a couple / few times a year that it is good to get presents, that helps stay in budget with kids.

With adults, we are typically mature enough to have a yearly or monthly budget and buy what we can afford on a random Tuesday and it's fine. Teenagers living in a UMC bubble are not adults and have to learn self control and budgets. [/quote]

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