>set aside good chunk of my salary for presents
>spend hours hunting through stores to find specific, personal gifts for everyone
>wrap everything myself
>show up early at my parents place to help out with preparations
Here's the kicker:
>unwrapping time comes around
>I get 4 presents, all "couple presents"
>a book from a cartoonist I liked when I was like 7 years old
>a hipster poster that says "normal is way overrated" with a picture of a fish on it
>a vacuum cleaner from my parents
>a fucking charity gift card where the money went to giving an African farmer 6 ducks or something
>meanwhile my normie family is fawning all over my specialty presents
Fuck my uncaring family. I knew they didn't care that much about me, but this was straight up insulting.
They're all getting gift cards next year. Fuck trying to be nice and caring.
>got friend a gift card
>$50
>realize we're not that close anymore and it might be weird
>>25225207
>reeee I didn't get anything
>friendzoned again >:-(
>>25225260
It's a good excuse to get closer to your friend, though.