DH brought home lovely hampers from work and I’m struggling to find shelf space for cakes, biscuits, sweets, wine that we don’t eat except at Christmas. No one else I know wants more of this stuff and our food banks are only taking cash donations.
I was looking at it thinking how much more I’d have appreciated a packet of rich tea biscuits, teabags and baked beans. But that wouldn’t be a “gift”. I’ve just realized that “gifts” are an actual category in themselves. I know I’ve spent a small fortune on luxuries and gifts that are socially acceptable too.
There was a suggestion on one of the man-gift threads this year about buying replacements of stuff people already have and love and that sounds ideal to me (unfortunately being a woman the styles/brands/cuts that I love continually disappear before I realize how attached I am)
I guess I’m getting old and turning into one of those awkward-to-buy-for relatives.
Honestly I really appreciate anyone taking the time and effort to get me a gift and I’m touched by their generosity. It just all feels a bit mad to me this year. Anyone else feel the same way?