Our family does a Yankee swap, where everyone brings a $30 gift, wraps it up, and puts it on a table. Then we pull numbers out of a hat and make a game of who gets what. It's fabulous because there are about 35 people in my immediate family, and I only need to spend $60 to shop for all of them! LOL! And all the people who have kids do a drawing and do a Secret Santa for other people's kids. I would die if I had to buy gifts for everyone.
NellieOleson - that sucks. Majorly sucks. I'm crying for you!!
We do the Yankee swap (we call it a Chinese exchange though) with H's extended family. And the last few years we've bough for all of the kids. This year, since there are an even number of them we did a secret Santa type thing and drew names, so we only have to buy for 2 of them this year. With his parents and sister we usually draw names and just buy for the couple. I need him to figure out if we're doing that again this year or not.
Post by silverspoon on Nov 30, 2016 12:41:39 GMT -5
My sister and I called the no gifts thing years ago and are more than happy with it. We just buy for our kids.
I can't get my SIL on board with this plan. She's all crafty and likes to make stuff. Well I'm not and I don't really care to shop for stuff she doesn't really want anyway. Can't we just buy for the kid!!?!?!?
Parents are the worst. I dread shopping for H's dad and girlfriend every year and even my own parents are just hard to buy for.
I realized when I went to get dressed that I can't find any of my clothes. I know I have a crap load of clean clothes that need to be folded in the laundry room so now I'm folding a mountain of clothes. And I still can't find any pants. Where the heck did all of my pants go?!
Post by NellieOleson on Nov 30, 2016 17:05:22 GMT -5
My husband is very helpful and does a lot around the house, but sometimes his lack of foresight just leaves me with a big huge WTF. I mean, on Sunday he finally cleaned the grill - which had needed to get done for months. He did a great job, and we cooked fajitas the next day. I just went outside to grab a few toys that were stored on our patio, and realized he cleaned the grill on the slatted table over the toys. So the doll stroller, wagon, everything in the wagon, bubble mower and more are completely covered in nasty, black grill debris. Not to mention the entire table is covered in it, too. Of course he didn't bother to clean any of this up. How could he not realize this was a stupid idea?
NellieOleson cause he's a guy. They tend to not think stuff like that all the way through
Yeah, kind of like earlier in the fall when he went to town all over our yard with the electric hedge trimmers, and then took months to actually pick up all the stuff he trimmed. I think there's still some out there, actually.
NellieOleson cause he's a guy. They tend to not think stuff like that all the way through
Yeah, kind of like earlier in the fall when he went to town all over our yard with the electric hedge trimmers, and then took months to actually pick up all the stuff he trimmed. I think there's still some out there, actually.
NellieOleson cause he's a guy. They tend to not think stuff like that all the way through
Yeah, kind of like earlier in the fall when he went to town all over our yard with the electric hedge trimmers, and then took months to actually pick up all the stuff he trimmed. I think there's still some out there, actually.
Men are intrinsically self-centered; women are intrinsically other-centered. The Men Are from Mars, Women are from Venus book is my Gospel on the subject. My question to everyone is - why have they been allowed to run the world for so long ?!?!?!
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