‘Every year I get a $15-$25 gift card for a place I don’t go or never visited’: Cheap father gives adult son a Ruby Tuesday gift card despite the restaurant not existing in their city

I understand that not everybody is a fantastic gift-giver. Most people are not like me…someone who heard my sister talking about drinking glasses she desperately wanted on the Monday before Christmas and had them wrapped and ready for her to open on Christmas Day. Most of us can’t give gifts to save our lives, so …
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‘He cleared out his storage compartment between the driver and front passenger seats’: Stunned coworker details terrible secret Santa gift

Gift-giving is an art form that few are genuinely skilled in. To do it well, you need real knowledge and empathy for the person you are giving a present to, as well as being on top of the savage game that is the retail industry during the festive season.  To put it bluntly, it is …
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‘No one ever gifts the father baby stuff’: Expecting dad buys his wife $2000 stroller for Christmas, gets chewed out for counting baby items as gifts for her

You should strike a certain balance when buying gifts for an expecting mother. She’s going through a massive shift in her life, and you don’t want to reduce her to this new duty she’s taking on. If I was pregnant and the only things people could think to get me for Christmas were novelty t-shirts …
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«The gift card was going to pay for new tires»: Selfish boss opts for office Christmas party instead of gift cards despite that being what the majority of employees wanted

When I was a kid, I was given very clear instructions before birthdays and Christmas morning. My parents would always give me and my sister «the talk»: The «no matter what you feel about the gift, say thank you and don’t tell them if you don’t like it» talk. It is so important for people …
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Crafty Gifters Plot the Best Christmas Presents to Give to Enemies

In an ideal world, our enemies stay a world away from our own environment. They’re the ex we have blocked forever, or that guy who pushed in front of us once in the line for Starbucks who we’ll never see again. However, the reality is that many of the people we don’t like we also …
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Funniest Gift Giving Memes About the Perils of Presents

There’s a reason that retail workers across the land dread this most special time of year: everyone and their dog is out there buying presents. It’s no secret that Christmas is the ultimate consumerism fest. Right about now, most of us have a list of loved ones, friends, and even co-workers that we have to …
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Guy Gets Girlfriend Identical Gift To Last Christmas, Realizes He’s Not Alone

There’s a reason that there are so many gift guides out there: festive present buying is an art form, and it’s one that many of us are not well trained in. Almost everyone has had to endure the ritual of forced politeness when they receive an unwanted gift, and the willingness to ask if they …
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Women Put Their Foot Down Over Disappointing Gift Idea

‘Tis the season of mindless consumerism. Straight after the rigmarole of Thanksgiving, we have to dive straight into the panic of festive gift buying. Awkward family members, friends and the dreaded work Secret Santa are all conspiring to make us do something stupid and expensive on Black Friday.  As if the buying wasn’t bad enough, …
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Woman Gives Chronically Tardy Sister A Clever Christmas Gift

Writer Julia Prescott officially gets the award for most inventive Christmas gift ever – a choose-your-own-adventure style story that she wrote for her always-late sister. We’re just mad that we’ll never think of something that clever…