Christmastime for those with big families can break the bank!
Many of us save up money throughout the year so that we're prepared to buy our loved ones the things they want most. It's helpful to write it all out in a list, so that your loved ones can buy you exactly what you want, minimizing returns. Everyone's smiling, everyone's happy, and whatever money you spent on your gift-giving will probably come back to you in the bundle of presents you receive.
But for those with big families with tons of kids, it can be logistically and financially impossible to buy every child a good gift every year. Sure, you could buy every kid a little $5 gift or some mittens or something… but if you're going to spend money on a present, you'd ideally like it to be something that kid is going to be psyched about.
For this big family, having 9 kids is making the holidays a bit harder to navigate. It's good to make a list for each kid, but their Mom is demanding that her sibling buy every kid a $100+ present. That's where this all starts to break down. You can't just demand that your sibling spoil your kids. It would be much more reasonable to ask that sibling to spend maybe $20 or less per kid — there are Goodwill stores or garage sales where you could find some cool and unique stuff for a low price. Or perhaps the sibling could give them all a gift card to somewhere fun, like a movie theater or a Chuck E Cheese location. Since this person also noted that they're not even that close with the mom of 9, it's not possible to plan a few outings with like 3 kids at a time, but the parents could take the kids out using those gift cards.
This mom is clearly expecting way too much! It's going to ruin the holiday cheer if she's being a Grinch about gifting, which we all know is about the thought that counts, rather than the dollar signs next to the present.
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