Quote Originally Posted by channlluv View Post
Now, gifts for family...those often feel like an obligation to me. What is it about sharing a gene pool with someone that seems to make cattiness and sniping okay?
This. This is why I dread the holidays most years.

My mom, for example, insisted on giving presents this year (despite my suggestion that we should all just get together). She sent me a list. I haven't been paid since October. Ummm.....not gonna be buying lots of those "demands" this year.