This year, I am engaged in New Year's gifts, I bought my mother a ticket to the sanatorium, and my mother-in-law a warm blanket.

Among the New Year worries, a separate place is occupied by the choice and purchase of gifts for all family members. And then you have to scratch your head a lot, as well as run around the shops to find something worthy and please everyone. After all, an unsuccessful gift may well spoil relations even between close people.

And today's edition. "Site" This is the story of a young woman who New Year's gift I decided to give something small, which angered my husband. But is it worthwhile to find out about New Year’s gifts?



It so happened that the last three years our family was provided by my husband, because I was on maternity leave. He also made Christmas gifts for his family. I offered to take over the task, but he refused. He told me that I could not save money. Like, if I go shopping with his salary card, we will not even have money for food, Vitalina recalls.



“I do not consider myself such a spender, but I never managed to convince my husband. So he bought Christmas presents, and I was just indignant. And the argument was really about what. After all, he bought his mother something worthwhile and quite expensive, and there was not enough money for a gift to my mother every time.

Last New Year, for example, my husband brought an expensive food processor under his mother’s Christmas tree, which I would not refuse. But to give the mother-in-law a set of simple pots for him turned out to be the norm. I was even ashamed when he handed these pots to my mother with a pretended solemnity.



Of course, when he went out, I talked to her, apologized and promised that I would give her something normal later when I made my own money. My mother then asked me not to take this situation into my head, because it is nothing. But I do not consider this attitude of my husband to my relatives trifles. It was a shame that he had not done this for the first time.”

“In short, the subject of gifts is firmly in my head. And when I left the decree this year, I began to work with a vengeance. Even the bosses appreciated my efforts and gave me a good award right before the New Year. That was very useful.”



“My husband, however, had a difficult period. His company was in the summer, cuts began, and he hastened to change jobs. And since he still needs to show himself in a new place, his salary is not as good as before. So this time he didn’t even argue when I decided to take the presents on myself.”

As a result, I thought about everything and decided to do my own way. I bought my mother a ticket to the sanatorium, where she had long wanted to go. I can imagine how happy she'll be. But the mother-in-law will get a modest, but cute and warm blanket.



“For my husband, this choice came as a surprise. He began to resent me for saving a gift for my mother-in-law. I remember the previous holidays when he did not do well. He said he would buy a gift for his mother. Let it be, but I'm not going to give up. I think this will be a lesson for him for the future, Vitalina said.



Perhaps you should not spoil the New Year holidays by clarifying relations. Perhaps Vitalina should have set a good example for her husband, buying equally worthy gifts for both her mother and mother-in-law? The people of this world would have no reason to be offended. My husband would probably have made the right conclusions.



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