tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9075388423619128040.post176892561537964833..comments2023-12-18T00:42:35.441-05:00Comments on Where's My Plan?: Making a list...Sherckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15365366144078711301noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9075388423619128040.post-16468001622297291122019-12-06T11:12:03.767-05:002019-12-06T11:12:03.767-05:00I miss the catalogs! I actually have a post about...I miss the catalogs! I actually have a post about the old Wish Book in line for this month. I'm no help with gift ideas. I'm really hard to shop for because if I want something, I usually just buy it myself. Melliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13326877964335163431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9075388423619128040.post-10018938460829418222019-12-05T00:02:34.890-05:002019-12-05T00:02:34.890-05:00That probably does sum it up. Except I have to gif...That probably does sum it up. Except I have to gift people who don't seem to like anything and don't get pleasantly surprised, more like "I would never wear that Harry Potter sweater in a billion years even though I wanted one last year." I also think it's ridiculous that say, I've been shopping with my mother fifty billion times, I know her tastes and favorite colors, and never ever not once can I pick something for her that she would have also picked for herself.<br /><br />Gifts are hard and you mostly can't win.jenmoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02647726303564119010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9075388423619128040.post-50835377193846919102019-12-03T22:45:03.099-05:002019-12-03T22:45:03.099-05:00My five siblings and I did the "pick a name a...My five siblings and I did the "pick a name and buy one thing on their list" thing for a few years, but... it's kind of pointless. If I have to come up with a list, I might as well buy my own stuff and not wait until December. So we stopped and I don't think there were any regrets.<br />Now I just make a calendar for my parents, the niblings get 529 money, and everyone else gets the joy of my presence or lack thereof. Soooo much better this way.Theresa B (of Nebulopathy)https://www.blogger.com/profile/12747200216210698142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9075388423619128040.post-21062510080848017552019-12-03T22:21:00.446-05:002019-12-03T22:21:00.446-05:00Not offensive to me. Thanks for sharing your persp...Not offensive to me. Thanks for sharing your perspective and raising some questions. <br /><br />I think it's less that I don't want presents and more that I want to be pleasantly surprised. But it's fair to point out, as I think you are, that that's a burden to put on someone else. Know me, love me, give me the perfect gift without me articulating it for you. Sherckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15365366144078711301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9075388423619128040.post-68089384421814511412019-12-03T21:14:50.991-05:002019-12-03T21:14:50.991-05:00This sounds exactly like the Slate articles I'...This sounds exactly like the Slate articles I've seen lately on the "Man Up" column about how men just buy what they want and don't really want anything. You sound exactly like well, everyone else. <br /><br />If you don't actually want anything, do you want presents at all? I guess I just don't get the expectation of "I don't want anything but I do want presents, of uh....something?" I don't have to shop for men any more, but I could never, ever figure out to handle the expectation of "I don't want anything but I do want gifts, you figure it out" back in the day. <br /><br />I hope that's not offensive, it's just a perennial problem that it seems like nobody can solve: Man Gifts. jenmoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02647726303564119010noreply@blogger.com