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<blockquote data-quote="DammitJanet" data-source="post: 390023" data-attributes="member: 1514"><p>When my boys were small, my step-mom taught me well. I feel very blessed to have had her in my life during that time. She always bought my boys (at least Cory and Jamie) pretty much identical toys but in different colors or opposite figures if they were action figures. They also got the exact same number of toys from them. Sometimes Billy got a different type toy or a slightly more expensive thing but maybe one less toy but he was 3 years older so he understood the concept. As the kids got older, my dad would buy one big "family" gift and then give me money to buy the kids extra presents. </p><p></p><p>I always tried to keep things pretty even. Jamie and Cory were so close in age that they pretty much were into the same things for much of their lives. Now as they grew into late teens things got harder. When Cory was a brat and made things so no one wanted to give him a darned thing, we gave him clothes and maybe something small. After the year when we gave him a portable dvd player and a leather jacket and he lost the coat and sold the dvd player...well lets just say the next year he got walmart jeans and a few shirts. I think that was all he got for the next few years too. After he had Keyana he flat told us not to get him anything but to just buy for her. Last year he did ask us to get him some stuff for his kitchen and we got him pots and pans...a nice set and some glass cookware too. He was over the moon happy...lol.</p><p></p><p>Billy usually gets some sort of computer stuff, games, one time we got him a cool dragon light. Jamie and his wife get whatever we can think of...last year it was this really nice griddle for the kitchen. I got her a gift basket of Bath and Body works. Of course I do the grand kids. </p><p></p><p>My theory is that once you have kids, its time to pass the torch and let me move on to the kids. Of course, my dad always sends me money...lol.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DammitJanet, post: 390023, member: 1514"] When my boys were small, my step-mom taught me well. I feel very blessed to have had her in my life during that time. She always bought my boys (at least Cory and Jamie) pretty much identical toys but in different colors or opposite figures if they were action figures. They also got the exact same number of toys from them. Sometimes Billy got a different type toy or a slightly more expensive thing but maybe one less toy but he was 3 years older so he understood the concept. As the kids got older, my dad would buy one big "family" gift and then give me money to buy the kids extra presents. I always tried to keep things pretty even. Jamie and Cory were so close in age that they pretty much were into the same things for much of their lives. Now as they grew into late teens things got harder. When Cory was a brat and made things so no one wanted to give him a darned thing, we gave him clothes and maybe something small. After the year when we gave him a portable dvd player and a leather jacket and he lost the coat and sold the dvd player...well lets just say the next year he got walmart jeans and a few shirts. I think that was all he got for the next few years too. After he had Keyana he flat told us not to get him anything but to just buy for her. Last year he did ask us to get him some stuff for his kitchen and we got him pots and pans...a nice set and some glass cookware too. He was over the moon happy...lol. Billy usually gets some sort of computer stuff, games, one time we got him a cool dragon light. Jamie and his wife get whatever we can think of...last year it was this really nice griddle for the kitchen. I got her a gift basket of Bath and Body works. Of course I do the grand kids. My theory is that once you have kids, its time to pass the torch and let me move on to the kids. Of course, my dad always sends me money...lol. [/QUOTE]
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