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In my family, we all asked each other what we wanted for Christmas and every person said 'Nothing'.
Great that's sorted then!
That's OK for the adults but any suggestions for the teenagers?
Is it normal not to want any more 'things' in your life?
my parents spoiled me as a kid and i feel like anything they buy me for now on is not deserved. I want to earn my shit for now on.
Normal I think, my brother always says he doesn't know what he wants lol...he's 30 and he's always done this. There's nothing I really need, but I'd be happy with Big Bang Theory on DVD, pyjama jeans and maybe an iTunes gift card. But the true meaning of Christmas is family time. :)
Damn son to want nothing awww naw I must have something even is it's pussy from my aunt ur trippn dude
I told my family I didn't want anything last year. I was 19 at that point, still a teen.
I never got birthday presents, so what's so different about Christmas?
I think that the teenagers realize that they've got a lot of things and don't need anymore. I'm the same way.
I don't get anything for Christmas. Which is an infinitely better position than what happened two years ago. My sister and brother got proper presents and I got a packet of chicken soup. I've never been able to figure out my mother's motives for this. She said it was so I'd have something to eat because I wouldn't be joining the family for Christmas dinner, but I'm sure it was some kind of statement or intended to punish me in some way.
I think your mother might be like my mother in law. She buys her girls plasma TVs, takes them on cruises (with their boyfriends), extends their houses, put in a swimming pool for one, etc etc and every year she buys my husband a pair of jeans (the wrong size) and a packet of socks. One year she bought me ear-rings and I don't have my ears pierced, last year she bought us a candle (out of the charity shop she was working in).
I don't get insulted any more. I just laugh! My husband thinks she's senile but I just think she's trying to be hurtful - so I hand her 'gifts' into my nearest charity shop. One year I handed them back to her, for her charity shop - she was furious!
You could be right. When I was a kiddiepop, I remember her own mother in law (my paternal grandma) being very divisive and hurtful. She said and did things I really couldn't understand at the time. My mum was hippie-ish and naive and she was very hurt by it. But now she's doing it herself. I know women are more intelligent than men in many ways, but I find it really offensive that some would use this advantage to make other people feel bad. I usually show that I'm hurt but now I feel hippie-ish and naive. I just can't bring myself to hurt her back, because it's really not what I do. I'd rather try to understand and let her think she's hurt me, even when she hasn't. I'd rather let her think she's caused pain and get some satisfaction from it. I've been doing the same with my father since I was about six years old. The difference is that he's a stupid cowardly bully who is easily worked out, and my mum is my mum. And I love her.
That was the sarcastic statement.
If you don't want to join the family then here's your dinner! Like when marg told Homer your tea is in the kitchen, frozen in the sink!
Mind you what happened to you and how they did this to you is very wrong IMO.
Some parents are way too hard on their kids.
I have to admit, that's how I saw it. But then the better part of me kept thinking she was trying to make sure I had something to eat (which could be insulting in itself because I'm a grown man, a good cook, and I know how to look after myself). But she was looking after me when I wasn't able to look after myself (and maybe even pines for those days). Benefit of the doubt, and all that.
Agree teens gift cards.
It would be nice for someone to provide those cheap lollie stockings though.
I can not think of anything i really need either. For the kids I usually get them warm coats because where I live January and February are typically the coldest months of the year. For adults and teens gift cards to their favorite stores or restaurants are a safe bet.