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<blockquote data-quote="hearts and roses" data-source="post: 369086" data-attributes="member: 2211"><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: darkslateblue">I know it feels strange to give someone who isn't always the nicest person a gift. But in my humble opinion a birthday is a celebration of a life and I refuse to pass the day without some sort of acknowledgement. Just because my difficult child (or easy child) behave poorly at times, I won't allow that to take away MY joy in celebrating their day. After all, I had some involvement in their birth as well, lol.</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: darkslateblue">That said, I will admit that I've toned it down a bit as they've gotten older. Mostly, I give gifts that are necesseties rather than frivolous. I will usually put a cap on cost and try to work within those parameters. Something they need and then something small I think they may enjoy. We do the same thing at Christmas. And I was just thinking that for Christmas this year we will be scaling waaaaay back and I am planning on giving them a heads up real soon because I just don't have the resources to go crazy. </span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #483d8b">I say go with your heart. For me, gift giving brings <em>me </em>pleasure.</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hearts and roses, post: 369086, member: 2211"] [SIZE=3][COLOR=darkslateblue]I know it feels strange to give someone who isn't always the nicest person a gift. But in my humble opinion a birthday is a celebration of a life and I refuse to pass the day without some sort of acknowledgement. Just because my difficult child (or easy child) behave poorly at times, I won't allow that to take away MY joy in celebrating their day. After all, I had some involvement in their birth as well, lol.[/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=darkslateblue]That said, I will admit that I've toned it down a bit as they've gotten older. Mostly, I give gifts that are necesseties rather than frivolous. I will usually put a cap on cost and try to work within those parameters. Something they need and then something small I think they may enjoy. We do the same thing at Christmas. And I was just thinking that for Christmas this year we will be scaling waaaaay back and I am planning on giving them a heads up real soon because I just don't have the resources to go crazy. [/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#483d8b]I say go with your heart. For me, gift giving brings [I]me [/I]pleasure.[/COLOR][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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