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Its called a "gift" for a reason!
My H and I have a set limit that we spend on both sets of parents - it's a pre-set limit so we can stay on budget and we always discuss way ahead of time and stuck to it.
For my parent's presents this year, we gave them a gift certificate to go towards their cruise, my mother some sweaters and a small gift certificate, and my father a pair of jeans he wanted, and a cift certificate to an online store he wanted.
I hadn't purchased the online gift certificate prior to Christmas morning because the notification of the gift would have been sent directly to his email and I didn't want to spoil the "surprise" of the gift.
As my parents were opening their gifts, I said to my father, "One of your gifts isn't here and I'll explain why." He then says, "Oh good, cause I wondered why you seemed to have been so cheap this year."
Ummmmm, WTF?!?!?!
"Your good friend Miranda has just taken a piece of cake out of the garbage and eaten it. You will probably need this information when you check me into the Betty Crocker Clinic"
Re: Its called a "gift" for a reason!
I am a very sarcastic person and my dad has a personality very similar to mine. I wish I could say he was joking, however he was not - my mother, brother, and H just stared at him. I had no quick response and he did not laugh or try to recover from his rude comment.
"Your good friend Miranda has just taken a piece of cake out of the garbage and eaten it. You will probably need this information when you check me into the Betty Crocker Clinic"
Wow!!! That was pretty crass, especially coming from one's own parent! My parents don't like it when we spend "too much" money on them. They're older (70 and 74) and hard to buy for as it is; H and I usually do a $50 gift card to a restaurant they like, plus something small for each of them to open as well. They would rather buy stuff for us and us use our money on things for the house or bills.
H and I even set a limit on each other as well. We do a set amount for each other plus a $20-$30 gift for each other to be from SD.
I'm sorry. That had to be hard to go through.
Weird to say but could it be an age thing? My grandmother seemed almost to develop mild Tourette's in the years before full Alzheimers kicked in.
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That's what I'm thinking....my grandmother started developing this word/thought vomit several years ago....sort of a "I don't give a sh*t attitude".
"Your good friend Miranda has just taken a piece of cake out of the garbage and eaten it. You will probably need this information when you check me into the Betty Crocker Clinic"
My MIL isn't very old (late 50s, early 60s) but has developed this due to medical issues she's going through. DH describes it as her filter being broken.
A good example for us is similar to yours. She's been asking for a mother's ring for every holiday since DH and I got married (she only has 2 sons and DH was the second to get married). Well, she was really specific that she wanted her birthstone, FIL's stone, both boys, and both DIL's. So this year we finally got our act together and got her one. Well, DH, BIL, and I all share the same birthday (they are twins), so we decided to just order one stone representing the three of us and everyone else would get their own stone. This was to save money and to keep the ring simple. As soon as she got it in the mail (long story, but she knew it was coming), she called DH to complain and ask why there weren't 2 more stones in it. When DH explained our reasoning, her response was, "well, I don't care how many stones there are in it. I can't believe you left 2 stones out of it." 