has to be the dumbest question I’ve been asked in 2013. Pathetic. A bunch of grown ass men around my office were bragging about what their wives/significant others bought for them. Mind you nothing they got was of sentimental value, but of pure bullshit commercialistic greed (iPad, iPhone, Soundbar, watch, shoes, etc.). I stopped believing in Santa well before my age hit two digits. Since then, I’ve never anticipating a big payday on Christmas. Now that I’m getting paid, if I want something, I buy it. I don’t have a long wish list of materialistic bullshit that I need/want to obtain.
These zips I work with were dumbfounded that I didn’t get anything big and expensive. I spent my Christmas with some family, close friends, and enjoyed precious momements that money can’t buy. Amazing how awful our society has become with a dick measuring contest on Christmas Day; even amoung well paid financiers.
Wow that’s pretty comical. I agree. My fiance asked what I wanted our Christmas tradition to be… I said, not exchange gifts and maybe do volunteer work on Christmas. I’d prob get a lot more out of that than something material anyway.
I got a couple books and other little gifts and some cash. Not a big deal this year. I was just happy to be able to see my parents and some friends, all who I don’t see very often.
My GF bought me a pair of boots that I wouldn’t have thought of, but which I like.
I bought her a gift certificate to Lululemon which she used yesterday to buy some stuff that makes her look delicious. Win-win, I say.
For me, I think of Christmas and Birthdays as the time to buy people (or enable them to buy) things that they would normally deny themselves or not think about getting.
As for parents polling kids on what they want, I don’t think it is necessarily bad, as long as it doesn’t become a demands-list. If parents are going to get things for kids, it helps the giver to know what kinds of things might be appreciated more, and then make a decision on that. Perhaps a better way to figure it out is to go shopping with them and see what they gravitate towards, but when kids are teenagers, they generally don’t want to be seen with parents and can be pretty secretive anyway.
It warms my heart to give back as well. So much in fact, that I have many charitable contributions directly taken out of each paycheck. I contribute directly to such things as:
Providing health care for the elderly and underprivilaged…
Providing food for those less fortunate…
Giving support to those who are temporarily out of work…
Supporting the arts and a multitude of educational programs…
The list goes on and on… so much so that I donate upwards of 40% of my pay!
i hate making charitable contributions, mostly because the gubment already gets a huge piece of my paycheck to supposedly help those in need. so fuck em all. if they prefer a gubment that skims off the top to make themselves and their friends rich before the needy get $ one, have at it. that’s all you get from me.
anyway my favorite gift was a post-it note cozy with pictures of my kids & wife from this year’s vacation on all sides.
In order to be fair, I don’t know if anybody really cares what you got for Christmas. It’s kinda like “how are you doing?” It’s just a polite conversation starter.
Or do you have a legitimate beef with something that happened, cvm?
