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No we don't. They earn considerably more than us and buy anything they want during the year. We buy loads of little things for them probably totalling around £50/60.
As an aside the postage to the far east is bloody daylight robbery |
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By *929Man 2 weeks ago
bedlington |
When I was 16 and earning my own money I insisted me and my parents exchanged gifts of equal value I wanted to feel grown up
This year my son is 17 and we are doing the same for the first time |
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Our son is 22 and we contributed towards some of the cost of his trip out here and also gave him some money for new work clothes. That's it. We don't want or expect him to buy anything for us.
We don't buy each other physical gifts either. This holiday is our collective gift to ourselves. We'd rather make happy memories as a family than collect stuff. |
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I'm 30. My dad sends me £100 for Christmas and the same for my birthday. It's the same as he spent when I was a kid. There was a time a few years ago when he didn't want to send me money, he said I need to ask for something tangible.. so I sent him a copy of my gas bill and asked for some money. There's never anything I *need* that he can buy for me... I'm an adult with my own home and a child.. I buy the stuff I need myself. So a £100 boost at Christmas is just nice to have for some extra bits.
My mum died a few years ago but she used to send me like £30 at Christmas too. |
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By *hirleyMan 2 weeks ago
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"Let's be honest you're never shy in coming forward with opinions 
Do you still get or expect expensive Christmas gifts from parents?
Parents do you still buy big expensive gifts for older children?"
I'm not quite under 35 anymore but I will add my opinion.
I've never expected presents, I hate them. I appreciate the person thinking about me but I don't know what to do when I get it.
I know that I'm in the minority, most of the millennials my age and more so, younger gen Zers are very much all about a prize grab. |
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My parents stopped giving us expensive gifts once we got tidy jobs. But if we needed something, e.g. I needed a knee op when I was in my early 20's, they helped me pay privately once I had waited over a year and no sign of actually having it.
That meant more to me than any gift tbh. |
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I fork out a fortune on my two (both past their teens) throughout the year, and my folks have done the same for me over the years; the bank of mum and dad is a strong tradition in our family. So Christmas presents is more about the gift than it is the value. |
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