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difficult child says I ruined Christmas
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<blockquote data-quote="1905" data-source="post: 567806" data-attributes="member: 2668"><p>You said your relatives give the kids gifts. Would it be possible to let them know of your situation and see if there is some way they can help? Also, since difficult child is slighted by everyone on her birthday- plan a birthday for her. Invite the relatives who normally honor easy child with gifts and some other friends. This way, she can be sure her birthday will be fun for her and there will be plenty of gifts. Also, that idea may take her mind off her slightly smaller than normal Christmas this year, plus she'll have something to look forward to and to plan. </p><p></p><p>You could do something so easily that would be awesome for a 14 year old. We can come up with great ideas.</p><p></p><p>Or you could say something like....."OMG! I left your Christmas gifts at work!!!!" Then when everything is on sale and you have the $50 back- buy gifts and pretend you just left them there.</p><p></p><p>Borrow money from a relative.</p><p></p><p>Are they seeing your ex? Will he help, even with the birthday? Does he have relatives who acknowledge them on holidays? Tell them your situation and see if they can help. </p><p></p><p>Another idea is to look in the paper there are great sales and coupons. Go to the website hip2save, great deals are constantly posted- for stores and on-line sites, plus you can print out coupons, and they post discount codes. I just bought my niece a $59 Fisher-Price pirate ship for $17 based on advice from that site. It came from Kohls. I had 2 codes. I think Star or Hound turned me on to that site.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="1905, post: 567806, member: 2668"] You said your relatives give the kids gifts. Would it be possible to let them know of your situation and see if there is some way they can help? Also, since difficult child is slighted by everyone on her birthday- plan a birthday for her. Invite the relatives who normally honor easy child with gifts and some other friends. This way, she can be sure her birthday will be fun for her and there will be plenty of gifts. Also, that idea may take her mind off her slightly smaller than normal Christmas this year, plus she'll have something to look forward to and to plan. You could do something so easily that would be awesome for a 14 year old. We can come up with great ideas. Or you could say something like....."OMG! I left your Christmas gifts at work!!!!" Then when everything is on sale and you have the $50 back- buy gifts and pretend you just left them there. Borrow money from a relative. Are they seeing your ex? Will he help, even with the birthday? Does he have relatives who acknowledge them on holidays? Tell them your situation and see if they can help. Another idea is to look in the paper there are great sales and coupons. Go to the website hip2save, great deals are constantly posted- for stores and on-line sites, plus you can print out coupons, and they post discount codes. I just bought my niece a $59 Fisher-Price pirate ship for $17 based on advice from that site. It came from Kohls. I had 2 codes. I think Star or Hound turned me on to that site. [/QUOTE]
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