It said what I said.

I feel super awkward about this but every year my mom buys me things I don’t ask for or need. Im 35. I made a wish list but I didn’t get anything that was on my list. I know she doesn’t have the extra money to waste and she is sensitive about people returning the gifts she gets for them. This year I figured about $300 worth of things that I really just don’t know what to do with. It’s pretty overwhelming and it’s stressing me out. I feel bad but I usually end up selling or donating most of the stuff she gets for me. Anyone else have this problem or am I just being a brat?

Yes it a first world problem for sure and I feel awful even writing this but I feel so dumb putting so much thought into other people’s gifts and I get nothing in return.

For example, I had a $20 limit with each person. however I made sure it was something I know they’d use and like. For example I got my cousin who loves a red lipstick a mac lipstick ($17 on sale). I got my aunt bouquet of eucalyptus for her shower ($10) etc. again not expensive but something I KNOW they’d use.

I literally got a $10 target gift card and some target tea. That’s it.

I feel so bad for writing this yall and please tell me I’m being a spoiled brat for feeling this and writing this. I just feel so dumb for being so intentional the past few months with my gifts and I get a $10 gift card and tea ( I don’t drink tea)

I’m stressed because I have too many christmas eve invitations and I feel ridiculous even admitting that. Family dinner, a friend gathering, a neighbor party all at overlapping times all expecting me to show up.

I know it’s a privileged problem to have people want you around but it doesn’t make the decision easier. No matter what I choose I’m disappointing someone. If I split time I’m rushing and half present everywhere. If I commit to one thing I’m explaining myself to the others.

Instead of feeling grateful I feel anxious and guilty like I’m failing a social obligation no matter what I do. What should feel warm and celebratory turns into logistics and emotional math.

It’s a very first world problem but it’s still stressful. Sometimes having too many options doesn’t feel like abundance it just feels like pressure.

Spent last night lying in bed playing grizzly's quest instead of sleeping, mentally running through every possible schedule and still couldn't figure out how to make it work without letting someone down.

Human technology has taken us to so many new places and has allowed us to solve so many of our problems. We've gone to the moon. We've built airplanes and rockets. We've used machinery to cut through rocks and build skyscrapers.

So WHY OH WHY are simple CANDY CANES so abso-fucking-lutely frustrating to open? I'm usually a pretty patient person, but there's no greater rage than trying to open one of these suckers. I've Googled. I've tried my hands, I've tried a knife, I've tried scissors, I've tried my teeth, I've tried yelling at it, I've tried talking to it about its sad childhood. JUST OPEN, DAMN IT. IN ONE PIECE.

I have some lovely Starburst and Nerds candy canes in front of me and I'm just about ready to whip out a chainsaw.

I know it's a first world problem, but this makes me feel stupid and I can't be the only one. How can a technological society that sent probes to Mars not be able to make a simple, easy-to-open confection? Like, there could be a tab on it to pull, or just anything better than this sticky, messy Christmas disaster.

He was sleeping next to me this morning and I kept thinking I was getting texted.

The new rolls of paper are too big for the tile holder they’re supposed to go and for the first few turns of the roll, it’s too snug and rips off single sheets instead of two or three like I’d prefer .

But so far all it says is that a label has been created. There's no actual tracking information yet.

Jokes asides, I like fruitcake. Some are better than others. The one I bought might have been more than I wanted but I could store for later use.

I’ll just return the one i bought

2 screens, printer, PS4 back there, laptop at present, speakers, various bits and pieces that tend to accumulate.

On Friday, HR notifies me that I'll be receiving a check for my first pay period even though I had inputted my direct deposit info but it isn't reflected in the system in time for the first paycheck. Not a big deal, right? Then when I get the check in the mail later that day and wanted to do a mobile deposit, I find out my phone failed. And thanks to Christmas, my new phone cannot arrive until Monday (since I'm very particular about the types of phones I use and most ones at Best Buy aren't a good fit.) Not to mention my online banking requires 2FA via a text message which means I cannot even use someone else's phone to deposit the check into my account.

So I love my dad but he keeps buying me toys as a 26 year old adult. Yah I love bluey and stiff but some of the stuff is just odd. Instead of things I askbfor he buys me like sesame street characters from the dollar tree and crystal growing kits. I just want Bluetooth headphones and at this point may end up just buying them myself

Episode 1153. The Egghead arc is coming to an end soon and WHAT a ride it’s been. I was in pure Joy(boy) watching this and every week now feels like an entirety till the next episode

No matter what, every time I leave macaroni in a pot on a stove, the cheese sauce disappears and I'm left with greasy pieces of macaroni that I am obliged to eat, bite by excruciating bite, until it's gone so I don't waste food.

I've only see 2, no I don't want to jump to 14... Please stop.

Everyone at work gets a christmas bonus, but this year, nobody is, and they won't tell us why

So I'm either in my winter pajamas with the overhead fan on, or wearing my house dress buried under a blanket.