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I hate to be "that guy" but I don't think I like the whole Christmas present thing.
I like getting things for Liz and my brother... and that's about it. I hate how it's all about expectations. I'd be totally cool with receiving nothing and giving things to Liz and my brother. I don't want stuff and I don't want to have to get stuff for people just because they are getting me stuff.
The gifts seem less special because it's expected that you exchange them.
It removes a bit of the spontaneity from life to have all these "occasions" with presents.
I love the part of the holidays where you get to spend time with family, but even that's skewed due to the whole gift ritual because there's this one magical day that's the big day where you spend with family and every family is competing for that time. I wish I could just dedicate one day to each family and that the date didn't matter and we could relax and enjoy one another's company (and do the gift thing if necessary) on that day.
Now the whole thing feels like an arbitrary rush and it stresses me out to buy all these gifts. Not to mention I want to be saving money to spend on my daughter and a house.
It's going to be trickier moving forward because there will be the whole Santa deal for my daughter and future kids for the next couple decades. Now there will be a set of expectations AND a story to fulfill every year.
I like getting things for Liz and my brother... and that's about it. I hate how it's all about expectations. I'd be totally cool with receiving nothing and giving things to Liz and my brother. I don't want stuff and I don't want to have to get stuff for people just because they are getting me stuff.
The gifts seem less special because it's expected that you exchange them.
It removes a bit of the spontaneity from life to have all these "occasions" with presents.
I love the part of the holidays where you get to spend time with family, but even that's skewed due to the whole gift ritual because there's this one magical day that's the big day where you spend with family and every family is competing for that time. I wish I could just dedicate one day to each family and that the date didn't matter and we could relax and enjoy one another's company (and do the gift thing if necessary) on that day.
Now the whole thing feels like an arbitrary rush and it stresses me out to buy all these gifts. Not to mention I want to be saving money to spend on my daughter and a house.
It's going to be trickier moving forward because there will be the whole Santa deal for my daughter and future kids for the next couple decades. Now there will be a set of expectations AND a story to fulfill every year.