Anonymous
Post 12/19/2025 11:39     Subject: What are you getting your early/mid 20s son for Xmas?
Anonymous wrote:A buck mason coat for daily wear
Cedar incense
Cologne
A UV light therapy mask for his stubborn adult acne that defies prescription topicals


You mean blue light? UV would be terrible.
Anonymous
Post 12/19/2025 11:29     Subject: What are you getting your early/mid 20s son for Xmas?
Anonymous wrote:We just have a joined credit card allowance for our kids

10K among the 3

Oldest gets 5K, middle gets 3K, youngest gets 2K a month. That's it.

My learned experience is that they need money more than whatever gift I think is cool.

I don't feel guilty because my ex just spent 60K doing one of those Bravo yacht experiences for a WEEKEND


Why are you not diving the cash evenly?
Anonymous
Post 12/18/2025 06:41     Subject: Re:What are you getting your early/mid 20s son for Xmas?
Anonymous wrote:My 22-year old son likes experiences and practical items. He already has a lot of his preferred ‘stuff’ and lives in a very small apartment with little room for new things.

Some things from his wish list:
-SCUBA lessons
-Snowboarding pass to local ski/board area
-Behind the Scenes Tour of local football or baseball or basketball stadium or arena
-Ocean fishing charter day trip
-Gas gift cards
-Costco membership
-Premium streaming membership for a year


Same with ours, with a sprinkle of knickknacks, a reheat-able coffee mug, and wood working tools sprinkled in.
Anonymous
Post 12/16/2025 19:00     Subject: What are you getting your early/mid 20s son for Xmas?
Wow this makes me so happy we stopped doing Xmas presents when the kids got old enough for it to be kind of hard to figure out what they might want. I live away from where they each live and in a nice place with good weather so now I just get them each a plane ticket (around $300) and then we enjoy time together in a lovely vacation-type place. They know that’s what they’re getting and nothing more.
Anonymous
Post 12/13/2025 09:34     Subject: What are you getting your early/mid 20s son for Xmas?
DS 1 - Rug and lamp for apartment (upgrading college hand me downs, along with clothing (mainly sweaters from Quince) and RT airfare for domestic trip.

DS 2 - A bunch of random workout related equipment (his request) and work out clothing and RT airfare for domestic trip.
Anonymous
Post 12/13/2025 09:28     Subject: What are you getting your early/mid 20s son for Xmas?
A buck mason coat for daily wear
Cedar incense
Cologne
A UV light therapy mask for his stubborn adult acne that defies prescription topicals
Anonymous
Post 12/13/2025 07:36     Subject: What are you getting your early/mid 20s son for Xmas?
A nice belt, a book, an album, and money towards a camera.
Also a fun calendar and the standard stuff like socks, gum, candy, etc. in a stocking.
Anonymous
Post 12/13/2025 00:20     Subject: What are you getting your early/mid 20s son for Xmas?
Level 99 gift card (for his December birthday)
Anonymous
Post 12/12/2025 23:15     Subject: Re:What are you getting your early/mid 20s son for Xmas?
Pizza ball . Totally recommended https://youtu.be/GxOkeLQohC0?si=REyqUL_h722UTe7z
Anonymous
Post 12/01/2025 17:45     Subject: What are you getting your early/mid 20s son for Xmas?
Anonymous wrote:We just have a joined credit card allowance for our kids

10K among the 3

Oldest gets 5K, middle gets 3K, youngest gets 2K a month. That's it.

My learned experience is that they need money more than whatever gift I think is cool.

I don't feel guilty because my ex just spent 60K doing one of those Bravo yacht experiences for a WEEKEND



I'm sure you both are just lovely.

Anonymous
Post 12/01/2025 17:42     Subject: What are you getting your early/mid 20s son for Xmas?
Nice watch
Tecovas
Oliver cabell sneaker
Anonymous
Post 12/01/2025 16:29     Subject: What are you getting your early/mid 20s son for Xmas?
Anonymous wrote:We just have a joined credit card allowance for our kids

10K among the 3

Oldest gets 5K, middle gets 3K, youngest gets 2K a month. That's it.

My learned experience is that they need money more than whatever gift I think is cool.

I don't feel guilty because my ex just spent 60K doing one of those Bravo yacht experiences for a WEEKEND


Do you mean “Below Deck”?
Anonymous
Post 12/01/2025 16:16     Subject: What are you getting your early/mid 20s son for Xmas?
Anonymous wrote:We just have a joined credit card allowance for our kids

10K among the 3

Oldest gets 5K, middle gets 3K, youngest gets 2K a month. That's it.

My learned experience is that they need money more than whatever gift I think is cool.

I don't feel guilty because my ex just spent 60K doing one of those Bravo yacht experiences for a WEEKEND


No one can relate to this and it doesn't even answer the question but ok.
Anonymous
Post 12/01/2025 16:13     Subject: What are you getting your early/mid 20s son for Xmas?
My kid is also a december baby! He'll be 20 right before xmas. He's asked for a gym membership at school, which I am inclined to cover. Both of his siblings need new phones, and this seems comparable! Plus, he needs nothing else. (Except new sneakers. The ones I bought him in august came home for thanksgiving looking like someone put on the beltway and ran over them repeatedly for a week or two.)
Anonymous
Post 12/01/2025 16:09     Subject: Re:What are you getting your early/mid 20s son for Xmas?
I've got two sons who are that age. I'm not sure what I'm getting them. I did get the older one some Airtags. He would probably like some car stuff too. I haven't gotten anything for the other. He needs a laptop. I should probably do some research and find one.