yeah not bad m8, all over rated tho if u ask me, specially if ye got no kids. Spent the day with a loada family anyway, think there was bout 18 of us. I usually get hammered but never drunk much Xmas day, got hammers last night tho, a few beer and a bottle of southern comfort. What bout u m8? U spend it with the misses and kids or what?
Too true mg, only difference tho when ya got kids is it cost ya 1000s extra and then u gotta smile n say arrrr "its all about the kids anyway" NO xmas use to be my excuse to spend a min really i mean a min 500 drugs budget for xmas n boxing day lol I didn't eat no xmas dinner for years.
Yeah round here it's seems to be the same, most my family would spend 500 or more on each there kids at Xmas and its not to say they have money, most them live on council estates
How do I tell a 2yr old n a 1yr old u got a 50 limit tho ttt? Not to mention a missus who then wants better than she got in her youth all that emotional malarky ffs man throw me a bone lolWe've always had a 50 quid limit on presents. Never proved an issue. This year I got a 50 quid shaver, good job
Certainly every situation is a little different, but when I was a kid, if I wanted something more expensive, I was told I'd have to contribute for it myself, or alternatively they'd saybtheyd consider it and just buy something different but still great. Went no sense in raising a spoilt brat who gets whatever he asks for. Not saying that's how it is with you, don't take it the wrong way, but I just think these days kids get anything and everything they have zero need for. We might as well just call em adults for the style of childhood they have these days. Whatever happened to simply playing with a bunch of cardboard boxes a roll of selotape and some micro machines
This is not a wind up post or am I arguing with you m8 u no with u at least out the thread I rarely do neither.Certainly every situation is a little different, but when I was a kid, if I wanted something more expensive, I was told I'd have to contribute for it myself, or alternatively they'd saybtheyd consider it and just buy something different but still great. Went no sense in raising a spoilt brat who gets whatever he asks for. Not saying that's how it is with you, don't take it the wrong way, but I just think these days kids get anything and everything they have zero need for. We might as well just call em adults for the style of childhood they have these days. Whatever happened to simply playing with a bunch of cardboard boxes a roll of selotape and some micro machines
I can understand spending more on a partner, but it can still be in reason. If my girl turned around and said I want this I want that I want I want, I might think about it, but chances are I'd think fuck you the point of presents is that its an indication that someone has taken the time to think about what they like and bought nice things for them through their own thinking, as in to show that they know them and care about them. I hate the notion of buying presents that are not a surprise, what's the point. Christmas is an utter sham these days it seems.
That does make sense, but in that situation is rather not use Christmas as a spending time. While I hate Christmas for its fake religious claims, its largely because these days its about nothing more than money and such. For me Christmas is solely about seeing my family, which alas this year didn't happen due to a stupid fucking job. And while I can't speak for my parents, I feel safe in saying that they don't spend little because of what we already have, but rather that they just don't see a need. They were both brought up in absolute poverty, and as such were brought up to consider Christmas as something more than presents and spending.
he's jist a wee dafty.....up here we'd call him a 'nugget'......its no worth arguing wae clowns like that, he's not got the wit or the patter to put up a worthwhile verbal joust, if he was smart or funny it would be enjoyable but its like playing trivial pursuit with a downs syndrome.