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At a loss (Christmas related)
I'm at a loss as to what to give my family for Christmas...my dad and brother are easy, but it's more my mother - if I cop out and give her a gift certificate, she'll complain...not to my face obviously but I know she will cuz that's how she is. If I give her something that isn't 'expensive enough' she won't say to my face, but I know she'll most likely say shit behind my back about that too so I feel like lose lose situation here...especially considering she spends a ton of money on me and H with money she doesn't even have. What to do...what to do....
More of a vent but suggestions are welcome
More of a vent but suggestions are welcome
Re: At a loss (Christmas related)
B/w 1/8: betas 17,345, progesterone 25.6
Don't get me wrong...I love my mom, but it drives me crazy when she's like this.
My IL's are easy in this department - they actually insist we get them nothing but we still do and limit it to $10 per person. And even then, they yell at us that we spent too much. (We dont tell them what we spend though) Okay, that drives me a little crazy too because for me, I budget this for the holidays and buy only what I can reasonably afford.
What cracks me up is last year, my dad was out of work (again), my mom emailed me essentially saying Christmas was 'cancelled', and then a few days later emails me again saying she bought him a $500 surround sound system #^%@/#!!!! Then in the same email says she can't really afford it because she has no money and put it on credit....I told her to return that shit, but I don't think she did - I wasn't home at all for Christmas last year - and I never bothered asking her about it. If I remember correctly, my brother asked for something ridiculously expensive too, knowing full well that my parents had no money. Again, I didn't ask about that.
Oh, and a few weeks ago, she made a comment about how this year she wants to 'make up for last year', since according to her Christmas sucked last year. We are planning to go visit next weekend after Christmas, so god only knows how much money she spent that she doesn't even have. I should add that my dad, while he is working now, it's a union job that finishes at the end of this month and most likely he will be out of work (again), which I'm sure the cycle of emails about how they are broke will start again.