I specifically tell my friends that I don't expect any presents won't pretend to be grateful and that I won't get them anything unless I think I know something they'd like. I also tell them I care about them regularly and check in to see how they're doing.
Love isn't a yearly checklist; it's about being there when you're needed.
Always choose that. Getting something from a loved one is always special, but it's a whole other thing when you make it. That's why hand turkeys and other "silly" things are kept for so forever.
Last year was the first after telling my family I don’t want gifts under any circumstances. If I want it? I either already own it or it is prohibitively expensive. I hated all the waste from shipping (diff state) to the shirts that weren’t what I’d buy for myself. My partner is sending my mother a pic of me with her (mom) taken when we visited in the fall. That’s it. I know she’ll love it and it’s compact and easy.
7 Comments
imPastaSyndrome@lemm.ee · 10 pts · 1y
People buy gifts for people they don't like? Dumbasses
AmidFuror@fedia.io · 3 pts · 1y
Yep. This isn't a problem for adults.
LMagicalus@discuss.tchncs.de · 4 pts · 1y
Kintarian@lemmy.world · -2 pts · 1y
I wanted to
Leate_Wonceslace@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 1y
I specifically tell my friends that I don't expect any presents won't pretend to be grateful and that I won't get them anything unless I think I know something they'd like. I also tell them I care about them regularly and check in to see how they're doing.
Love isn't a yearly checklist; it's about being there when you're needed.
inlandempire@jlai.lu · 3 pts · 1y
I can't even afford presents for people I like currently so I'm resorting to custom stuff I can make with me own hands
Upperhand@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
Always choose that. Getting something from a loved one is always special, but it's a whole other thing when you make it. That's why hand turkeys and other "silly" things are kept for so forever.
some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org · 1 pts · 1y
Last year was the first after telling my family I don’t want gifts under any circumstances. If I want it? I either already own it or it is prohibitively expensive. I hated all the waste from shipping (diff state) to the shirts that weren’t what I’d buy for myself. My partner is sending my mother a pic of me with her (mom) taken when we visited in the fall. That’s it. I know she’ll love it and it’s compact and easy.