Happy Sunday folks!

Got the wean’s girlfriend visiting from Austria for the week and look what their Dad brought as a gift!

Would love to hear of some interesting/peculiar gifts that folk have unexpectedly received? I was absolutely blown away by getting this and it’s just such a nice wee gesture that I was blown away.

  • @thegiddystitcher@lemm.ee
    1•1 year ago

    Christ that’s infuriating. My partner’s dad gets the same thing for everyone every year, except the other women in the family get a Next voucher as part of theirs and I get an Amazon one to spend on board games and books. I actually look forward to it so much every year!

    Maybe there’s some way to get your enthusiasm for reading vs spas across to her. Emphasise how much longer that would last in terms of enjoyment, or something. There must be some way to get through to her!

    I hope so, because a yearly injection of free books is an excellent gift.

    • HipPriest
      2•1 year ago

      I’ve really tried, but their side of the family takes birthdays seriously and has this thing about ‘real’ presents being… I don’t actually know. I guess Spa vouchers count because it’s an experience. But digital books are somehow a cop out. Or something. She’s a bit stubborn and not my mum so it’s a bit awkward to keep finding ways of saying ‘i just want an Amazon voucher because that’s what would really make me happy’ without it coming across as me being the dick!

      It’s just a culture clash because my family don’t really make a big deal out of birthdays at all and certainly don’t have some weird caste system of presents lol