Comments on: What Do You Do With a Gift That You Don’t Want?

By: Linda

Linda — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 06:36:53 +0000

Here is a hard one… my toddler children whent with dad to buy me a gift and came back with a fish tank and dozen of gold fish and one beta fish… I did my time in life trying to keep gold fish alive, I can’t get them to last longer than a week… and to have a beta in the tank with them, OH DEAR… can we say that there is going to be problems on both sides of the fence with these fish! Now, I’ve said that to say this… I just don’t want to take care of fish on top of 4 kids, 3 cats, 8 plants, my homework, 2 kid’s homework, housework, and daily chores of being a house wife and student… I feel like crap that I don’t like the gift because it’s what my children want me to have. I don’t really know what to say or do about this… and I am talking about 2 children from the ages 3 and 4.

By: MInTheGap

MInTheGap — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 14:03:31 +0000

You’re probably right, Chris. There are all different reasons for buying at Christmas time, and I’m sure this is one of the times of year that Children tend to dominate the parents!

By: Curtis Barnes

Curtis Barnes — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 13:39:35 +0000

i bet there are a lot more families that just buy kids a bunch of stuff just because its christmas, rather than deal with “family” time at christmas. If kids get mad at buying them the wrong gift…imagine how bad it would be if they got nothing!

By: MInTheGap

MInTheGap — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 13:34:45 +0000

If you could get enough people together to do it then it would make a dent– and who knows what it would do to the stock market. It’s sick when we base our economy on the generosity of people at Christmastime!

By: Curtis Barnes

Curtis Barnes — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 22:03:21 +0000

maybe even boycotting one christmas and making all about family and not about gifts….i bet retailers would love that!

By: Curtis Barnes

Curtis Barnes — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 17:01:35 +0000

I know exactly how everyone feels. I strongly dislike knowing my gifts before i get them, nor do i like others to know what i got them. The problem is that people have found cooler and cooler things and defined their lives by them,so if we stray away from these it makes for unhappy lives. For instance, as girls age they find brands they like, styles that suit them and colors of outfits they feel cute in. Boys find toys that are cool for the moment, games that they will play for 5 minutes. And if we don’t pay attention to what these exact colors, outfits, or games are we aren’t getting them what they want. Kids have become spoiled….how do i know?….i was one of those kids..that had huge christmas’ every year…getting huge GI Joe machines and figures, nintendo games, the beauty of my christmas’ were, that i was a kid that didn’t care about style of clothing, what toys were cool…i just said “mom, i want gi’joe’s and she got a whole bunch of things..and i was greatful….now, i get patay knifes, hideous sweaters, and $6 cologne, and my little brother gets the hottest abercrombie shirts, new nike’s, snowbaords, paintball guns,..its not that i am ungreatful for $6 cologne, and patay knifes, i would rather my mother not buy me anything instead of wasting it on things i don’t need, she refuses to buy “best buy” gift cards, and understandably so!…my problem is getting her to understand that she is wasting alot of the money she doesn’t have, on things that i don’t need….anyways…hope you all loved the story…we all need to get back to a time where christmas is about being together, regardless of gifts….Merry Christmas to all!

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JHS — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 19:23:57 +0000

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By: MInTheGap

MInTheGap — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 15:29:37 +0000

Unfortunately, this one gift actually wants a monthly subscription fee in order to get its full benefit– and that’s one of the things I’m struggling over. There may be an option to just pay when you want updates, but if there’s not, I may never see the full benefits.