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Teenager gift ideas
So my family is not very "gift oriented" and we don't do gifts beyond my immediate family (parents and brother). My husbands family buys for everyone. It is a money exchange basically. I started making homemade irish cream and caramels and fudge last year instead of buying gift cards or bottles of alcohol. But we are still stuck on what to get the teenagers. My husband thinks cash but I hate that that is basically saying "I value you at 'x'" Plus, ends up being expensive to avoid feeling weird about being cheap.
I'm not cheap about the holidays - I spend on my husband, parents, in laws, they all play a big role in my lfe and support us a lot and I want to show them that. I also am getting gifts for my dog walker, dog daycare, and cleaning person because they all go above and beyond. But I am at a total loss of what to get teenagers and everyone says "Cash!!" but I just hate the idea.
What are MM christmas gifts for teenagers that dont involve gifts cards or cash? Or am I just out of luck and thats the way it is?
Re: Teenager gift ideas
I this is heavy on gift cards, but to get gift cards that go to their interests I think is more personal then cash.
You could also make some kind of treat for them sans alcohol. I have given caramel corn to the teens in my family because they love caramel corn. They always appreciated their own batches of candy/cookies because they finally didn't have to share with siblings or parents.
I really hate all the generic gifts that are normally given to girls. Nail polish, lotions, perfume, jewelry, are all things that are personal to taste. I was always gifted stuff like that from relatives that didn't know me well and it all went in the trash as soon as I got home.
I don't wear nail polish. Scented things give me a headache. I don't wear jewelry. To me, all those generic gifts did was show me how little they knew me or cared to find out about me. They just stereotyped me as "female so must like these things" which simply wasn't true. A simple inquiry to my parents would have told them those gifts didn't work for me, but they couldn't be bothered to even do that.
You can always ask their parents for some ideas as well. The teens in my family are very crafty, so I always check with their parents to see what kinds of projects they are working on or have mentioned wanting to do and get them supplies for that, if possible.
fwiw I don't get much of a reaction out of them for either physical gifts or cash. They are gracious either way but overwhelmed by the sheer number of gifts that my 1 or 2 out of 20 or whatever just have a diminished reaction. I think they probably like cash better because honestly don't most people? I know I do at least.
And like I said they are gracious. If they get cash they are happy about it and not concerned about the value other than mentally calculating "this gets me x closer to being able to buy those new tires or that new play station!"