TL;DWTR / CW - Me getting mad about Christmas gifts to family. Pass on it if you wanna
Being smashed drunk is a great way to handle Christmas shopping for family, it turns out. No second guessing, no agonizing for hours on what they might think or do, fuck it. I'm gonna be the dork Aunt that gives my niece and nephew books, but they'll be cool things like Pokemon, dragons, and stuff that's fun to say aloud to a 2 year old. I'm especially giving my niece the Frog and Toad collection, as it meant so much to be as a kid. I hope it means a lot to her too.
And for the rest of 'em? I'll do my best and not give them like a shitty store brand shower gift set or whatever, but holy shit guys I'm underemployed and you put any art I give you as a gift ends up in the basement, so I'll do my best I guess. I HATE giving profunctory(sp) gifts, it's so lame and just shit. And these gifts are for people making high double digits, if not triple digit, so it feels so futile and pointless. I just need them to specifically say "Amount doesn't matter, please stop doing gift math" to my dumb ass. And every year I have to give a gift to an abusive piece of shit, in the grand illusion our family plays that he's not an alcoholic asshole that tears everyone down.
Don't get me wrong, I love to give people gifts, especially useful ones, in a desperate, but sad way of saying "You're important to me, even if I don't show it very well". However, family gifts and the dumb emotional math behind it stress me the hell out every year and it sucks. Please let my small labors of love, words, and time together be enough. It's all I've ever wanted from anyone else.
Ending on a more light-hearted note, I'm totally giving my nephew manga next year and totally starting that shit :sickos:. COMIC BOOKS ARE STILL READING, AND I'LL STILL BE THE COOLEST AUNT, SUCK IT STEPHANIE