Then he fucking gets mad at my mom for buying a mug for him (“stop buying stuff with my money”). Like this is why nobody wants to talk to you

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I get the “I only want life experiences” IM A COLLEGE STUDENT. I DONT HAVE EXPERIENCE MONEY!

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THAT PART OMFG he’ll say he doesn’t want anything and then go out and buy everything he wants like give me SOMETHING to work with I BEGGG

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my dad is the same, but worse. he added up the total prices of our gifts yet always preaches “it’s the thought that counts” OKAY SO WHY ARE YOU WORRIED ABOUT THE PRICE??

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my asian dad relates to this too hard and just shops on mercari/discount and wears new jackets, shoes, and whatnot on some random day of the week it’s kinda goofy but it’s relatable i fear

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I use to make him gifts because I liked art. My mom would buy him another tie for work. Now that my sister and I are adults she will try to get him things he won’t ask for but needs. She’ll buy him cologne or sweaters since she has adult money and can afford it. I would get him these non expensive toy airplanes that he could just snap together and put on his desk because he loves fighter planes. It depends on the dad but we had to learn how to shop for the man.

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My dad buys himself everything

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My dad says he doesn’t want anything, has no hobbies to actually shop for, but then gets his feelings hurt when he gets something generic for Christmas. Like WORK with us here!!!

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Nah bc he tells us he doesn’t want anything, but gets mad if we don’t get him anything? And everything we get him he hates. But anytime we try and make a gift for him, he thinks it’s stupid and useless and complains that we didn’t spend money on him.

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If he has a hobby or projects he likes buy the raw materials for it. My stepdad got into woodworking, so I bought the materials and printed out the blueprints for a bat box that he and I could build together and hang up outside our house. Great Christmas gift!

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When he buys his own gifts after giving me ZERO ideas and then just drops them off to me to be wrapped

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I buy him books, the man loves a good book and won’t complain about adding to the collection 😌

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