Its the lack of thought that gets me. I LOVE buying stuff for my kids! 2 of them are adults with their own kids and they all get stockings and so do my son in laws! They love it. This year I found Disney Face masks in Boots- obvs theyre aimed at young kids but i got my 2 their fave Disney character (from their childhood) face masks!
When they were little I’d think of things they’d really like and buy the silly things like tape or glittery hair ties that they’d put on their list. Just to see their faces light up made me day!
For Beggy its like buying for the kids is a chore that has to be ticked off her non existent to do list as fast as possible so she can get home to sit on her arse with a hot cup of tea and snog the dog.
For someone who has 3 kids shes not got a maternal bone in her body.
that sounds so lovely, your family are very lucky
my mother now asks me what id like for Christmas. I suggest something small, maybe a luxury lipstick. She’ll buy it online to my address, and request I buy her something (usually bigger) and have it ordered to her.
it’s very clinical and sad. I’d rather she just not ask me and post me something small and thoughtful she picked out.
I usually wrap the presents she sends via Amazon anyway to make it slightly more Christmassy. I don’t really chose to spend Christmas with her anymore, unsurprisingly.
the girls will will happy at those presents but sad too. They won’t be able to say anything because that would make them ungrateful. I feel so sad for them. My mother also continued to buy me items for Christmas that I’d long grown out of. IMO Rebecca had children far too early, with the first guy that came along. She should’ve waited until she had some life experience instead of diving into the SAHM life way before her time, that has caused resentment and disconnect from her kids.