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csziggy

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8. We don't do gifts at a particular time

Thu Nov 15, 2012, 11:45 PM

Nov 2012

If we see something the other wants or needs, we just get it for them.

We've also been married for 35 years!

This year my husband 'gave' me help when I got my knees replaced. He also had the house cleaner when I got home from the hospital that it was when I left! He also works to get the health insurance that paid for those knees.

I gave him a new laptop and his yearly trip to DragonCon. He considers that my new knees will give him many more pleasant trips together - it'd gotten so I couldn't walk with him or enjoy traveling.

It's the in-laws I seldom see and don't really know well (even after 35 years) that are the problem. And my mother in law who doesn't need stuff but that we'd like to give something to. Maybe I'll just give a donation in her name to a cause she supports.

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Holiday shopping - what works for my family - [View all] hedgehog Nov 2012 OP

My solution: trof Nov 2012 #1

I should add - when the kids were little, television hedgehog Nov 2012 #2

A good strategy: Presents for kids only. Arugula Latte Nov 2012 #3

We are finally doing this this year. femmocrat Nov 2012 #7

Definitely. Arugula Latte Nov 2012 #9

My very small family LWolf Nov 2012 #4

Both my family and my husband's family simplified gifts csziggy Nov 2012 #5

I've been married for 35 years, and I've learned it is far, far hedgehog Nov 2012 #6

We don't do gifts at a particular time csziggy Nov 2012 #8

One year we bought my mother a mess of chickens: hedgehog Nov 2012 #10

That's exactly what I was thinking about doing! csziggy Nov 2012 #11