Comments | ernestinewalker: Suck It, Gift-Giving, Suck It Hard

ernestinewalker

Suck It, Gift-Giving, Suck It Hard

Dec 14, 2010 15:08

Let's talk about gifts, because this is the time of year wherein they become really popular and I lose my mind ( Read more... )

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89rodeogirl December 14 2010, 20:11:47 UTC

Gift Cards. The majikal most non-personal yet useful gift EVER.

ernestinewalker December 15 2010, 14:38:48 UTC

My parents always resisted them, because they're NOT PERSONAL RAWR.

Yodie is allowing me to get her a gift card this year. Praise be.

bkwrrm_tx December 14 2010, 20:19:56 UTC

I wish I could get you to quit beating yourself up - it's not *you* that is jacked up, it's the people around you (like your so-called mother and father) who are the ones with issues.

I think you're freaking awesome and amazing and I'm a smart woman, obviously, because I freaking *adopted* you!

Just remember - I love you, the Hamburglar is on the way to loving you, and there are double-handfuls of people who love you, think you're awesomely amazing and can't wait to open up your presents.

*hugggggggs*

ernestinewalker December 15 2010, 14:40:06 UTC

Love you, iMommy!

I'm feeling considerably less insecure today. It's all Mrs. Nemecek's fault. Last night I decided I looked like a potato wearing a wig. Today that description makes me laugh.

wyliekat December 14 2010, 20:20:02 UTC

My husband refused painting classes. Who the hell refuses painting classes? Right now, I'm feeling about the same way around gift giving - what's the point?

ernestinewalker December 15 2010, 14:41:13 UTC

I would not refuse painting classes. My father once made me get him a whole shitton of paint and brushes, because he was going to explore painting. And he's never touched them.

Hopefully that stuff will be in my inheritance, 'cos that was a TON of money.

wyliekat December 15 2010, 14:42:35 UTC

I can imagine. I don't think I'd refuse a gift of any kind if it was given with heart. I just am not made that way.

ernestinewalker December 15 2010, 14:54:49 UTC

EXACTLY! Every year, Yodie gets me something from the Pfaltzgraff catalogue, in this god-ugly pattern. She wants to build an entertaining set for me, piece by piece. Now, it tends to be a bit cheap, and I've broken a lot of it, and the pattern is really horrible and matches nothing about me or my personality, but the idea is really sweet- she knows I like having parties and having people over, and she's trying to indulge that.

So why would I bother hating on that?

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mysupernova December 14 2010, 20:23:36 UTC

My MIL gave me a bar of soap last year. It was a very nice smelling fancy bar of soap, but it is a bar of soap.

I gave my nephews books one year (they have a metric shit ton of toys) and my SIL said "great, where am I going to put those, my book shelf is full".

Gift cards it is! All around!

This year only the under 10 set is getting gifts. My broke ass isn't trying to be broker.

ernestinewalker December 15 2010, 14:43:34 UTC

Yodie and Carl C used to HATE gift cards. Passionately. Like, one year my ex and I got Yodie a $100 gift card to Target (because what DOESN'T Target have, right? She could buy ANYTHING!). She was PISSED, because she doesn't normally go there.

They've gotten better over time, though.

mysupernova December 14 2010, 20:23:53 UTC

What I meant to say is I feel you.

ernestinewalker December 15 2010, 14:44:14 UTC

Word up to ya mama, fo sho.