44070dart
Well-Known Member
Here we go...
A couple years ago I sat down with the wife and said, "dear after 40 years of marriage, gift buying is getting old". There is nothing I want that I haven't bought ( within our income level, no Rolls Royce here) and she can do the same. So I think for the holiday we should not exchange gifts. Believe me guy's, it's NOT money related.
I think asking what do you want, the size (lord help you if it's too big) the color, and where to buy at the best price has gotten old. Especially when it's about the same sweaters, tops, and slacks each year. Also I don't know what to ask for anymore. If I needed it, I already bought it, and so did she.
We still buy for our daughter, her husband, granddaughter and close family, but not for each other. Other than our daughter, she wants to fabricate gifts we exchange to others.
We go out for a nice dinner on the 23rd of December to celebrate Christmas together. Last few years on her birthday we usually do dinner and a movie, then go away for a weekend.
I get the holiday growl each year from my daughter so I thought I would ask here. Let me be the first to say *** Merry Christmas ***
A couple years ago I sat down with the wife and said, "dear after 40 years of marriage, gift buying is getting old". There is nothing I want that I haven't bought ( within our income level, no Rolls Royce here) and she can do the same. So I think for the holiday we should not exchange gifts. Believe me guy's, it's NOT money related.
I think asking what do you want, the size (lord help you if it's too big) the color, and where to buy at the best price has gotten old. Especially when it's about the same sweaters, tops, and slacks each year. Also I don't know what to ask for anymore. If I needed it, I already bought it, and so did she.
We still buy for our daughter, her husband, granddaughter and close family, but not for each other. Other than our daughter, she wants to fabricate gifts we exchange to others.
We go out for a nice dinner on the 23rd of December to celebrate Christmas together. Last few years on her birthday we usually do dinner and a movie, then go away for a weekend.
I get the holiday growl each year from my daughter so I thought I would ask here. Let me be the first to say *** Merry Christmas ***