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KitSileya

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19. Don't you still ask for wish lists?

Reply to redqueen (Reply #5)

Mon Dec 23, 2013, 12:38 AM

Dec 2013

That's what we do in my family. My mom will ask, what do you want for Christmas, and we'll all think of some things. The other adult members of the family ask each other as well, which is why my brother will be getting the last two books in the Dune series for Christmas, and my mom will be getting a facial cream.

Even before birthdays, we ask each other what we want.

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i am not woman, hear me wimper. i must be a man. lol [View all] seabeyond Dec 2013 OP

Gift certificates always fit, and they are always the perfect color! Squinch Dec 2013 #1

ya... but i have to have presents under the tree. i might resort to that, so the boys get seabeyond Dec 2013 #2

Gift certificates wrapped in really big boxes? Squinch Dec 2013 #3

that is an absolute. yea... my youngest want some shirts. cool. he is starting to look for his seabeyond Dec 2013 #6

i think this is it. abso fuckin' lutely. cool. done. lol. thanks. nt seabeyond Dec 2013 #13

. Squinch Dec 2013 #17

Mmmm. Apple tortilla... xulamaude Dec 2013 #4

ahhhh. i started BEFORE you by about a glass and a half. yes. that is the seabeyond Dec 2013 #7

Our kid got over the presents under the tree thing xulamaude Dec 2013 #11

good mama. sincerely. nt seabeyond Dec 2013 #12

Ha! Same here. redqueen Dec 2013 #5

woman... i expected SOOO much from you. you disappoint. but, also make me feel better. seabeyond Dec 2013 #8

Ha yeah, I got out but I didn't ger much... redqueen Dec 2013 #20

i got a couple books. and a comedy movie for each boy. i like the suggestion gift certificates and seabeyond Dec 2013 #22

Don't you still ask for wish lists? KitSileya Dec 2013 #19

Oh yeah, I ask. redqueen Dec 2013 #21

actually, i was proud of youngest. he actually told me two this year. and oldest,.... seabeyond Dec 2013 #23

That's why I start shopping early Sea BainsBane Dec 2013 #9

oh, woman. you are absolutely correct. that is the RIGHT way to do it. as i start telling seabeyond Dec 2013 #10

I am a woman. I swear to you that shopping is comparable to the cave man hunting mastodon PDJane Dec 2013 #14

ahhh, pdjane, how fun are you. seabeyond Dec 2013 #15

I fail at shopping, makeup, and wearing high heels Warpy Dec 2013 #16

then, how can we be women. we fail at women. oh noes11!!111!11!!! seabeyond Dec 2013 #18