Tickets to Hamilton.
Ok, I'll gladly take those off your hands. I'd love to go or they are worth a ton.
Tickets to Hamilton.
Username checks out.Wow sorry but so many folks complaining about getting a gift. For shame folks. Coming off petty here
Family knows that if anyone lost their mind and purchased these for me, I would sell them to the highest bidder and then yelled at them. I have made my dislike of the show known. Thankfully my family seems to be in their right mind and won't pay the insane prices.Ok, I'll gladly take those off your hands. I'd love to go or they are worth a ton.
I swear the best Xmas we had was the year we went to VT to visit extended family and the whole family was told only something you make can be gifted. We went to candlelight carols church service on there then sang carols in the neighborhood. We decorated a freshly cut tree with popcorn and cranberries and paper ornaments. We awoke and exchanged simple gifts like brownies, honey, maple syrup, granola, wooden toys, knitted mittens and scarves and small hand crafted gifts,had a huge breakfast then went sledding. It was so much less stressful.
There's nothing petty about it if you read the replies. The complaint is not about getting a gift, it is that the gifts in question are unnecessary and the wishes of the recipient are being ignored, or worse, purposely disrespected.Wow sorry but so many folks complaining about getting a gift. For shame folks. Coming off petty here
I feel your painLast year DH bought me several things. One was a lovely turtleneck sweater. I am going through menopause and it actually made me sick to think of wearing it. I don’t normally don’t return any of his gifts even if I don’t particularly like them but I did return that sweater. So, again this year, turtlenecks.
DH and I have talked about it many times, and we decided together that the right choice to make in this situation is to accept the gift graciously and with kindness. In other words, we don't give them the reaction that they want, we model the mature behavior they aren't exhibiting, and we take the high road. In no way do I think that making a stand or throwing a fit would change their behavior in this particular situation - they will never admit they're in the wrong, so to start a fight about it wouldn't lead to things changing.
That's not to say, however, that we let them do this when it's something that's really important - when our children were small they started out showing that sort of favoritism with our eldest, and I immediately and permanently put a stop to that behavior in no uncertain terms. DH backed me up. If I saw that their behavior towards me was affecting our children I'd put a stop to it, but until then we've chosen the approach above.