uh, so my ILs didn't get us any presents.

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they sent stuff for L, but nothing for us (neither the ILs nor my sil). if i'd known that was the lay of the land, i'd have stopped stressing about it in november.

this is the first year they just up and sent nothing. i have to admit, i'm a little peeved. not at the lack of stuff, but the lack of communication and thought--like, event the thought to say "hey, we aren't doing presents this year." my husband is hurt.

[psychmom]

My SIL came here from orlando for christmas and didnt get us anything either.

Whatevs

[fuckyourcouch]

I'm sorry your h is hurt. That's frustrating.

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yeah. he was in charge of buying their presents this year, so he's all "wtf?" and they certainly knew we'd gotten them something, since we'd sent it in time for hanukkah.

[saraandmichael]

=(

i'm sorry. i've been with my husband for 11 years and have never gotten a gift from his family (with the exception of a wedding shower gift). and even though its par for them, it still hurts.

[underwaterrhymes]

The communication piece would frustrate me too. I'm sorry your H's feelings are hurt.

My mom tried to orchestrate everything this year so no one on her side exchanged gifts because she wanted to save my sister and me some money with the baby coming and my sister's move to the Galapagos.

I told her there was no way we were not sending her gifts to her and my stepdad. Then my stepsister and I both talked and decided to exchange, and I found out belatedly that my grandparents and godmother were sending gifts after all, so we had to scramble for them.

So my mom's (thoughtful but totally not doable) plan almost completely failed. Only my sister and I did not exchange gifts this year, which I guess in the end did save us a little money. LOL.

[verycontrary247]

Dec 25, 2012 9:06:38 GMT -5 cville said:

they certainly knew we'd gotten them something, since we'd sent it in time for hanukkah.

Yeah, this would reaaaaaally bother me.