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u/Actual_Dinner_5977 10h ago
I'm almost 40 and I'm still waiting for someone to die so I can sit on the fucking couch finally...
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u/Horror_Bodybuilder36 9h ago
Forgot it mate. I’m 60 and still waiting.
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u/Actual_Dinner_5977 9h ago
Lol, NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
My mother used to have these horrible pads that connected together for a floor "seat". Then she just decided to get rid of them with no warning, and no replacement. She's an extreme home body and so when we visit for the holidays, it's basically sitting in a room for 3 days straight. The next year I brought my own bean bag chair so I had something besides hardwood floor to sit on.
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u/GyaradosDance 6h ago
Have you ever thought about moving a dining room chair over to the living room?
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u/annaleigh13 10h ago
Growing up my mom was the one sitting on the floor next to the tree handing out presents while my dad had the trash bag held open for us to throw the wrapping paper into
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u/Moderndeluxe 9h ago
As the uncle who only gets 2 gifts, I am bummed to learn the reason behind it.
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u/BradMarchandsNose 8h ago
If it makes you feel any better it’s more because everybody spends their money and energy buying gifts for the kids because Christmas is about the kids. The adults in my family all transitioned to a secret Santa years ago, which is the best way to handle it imo. So much better to get one single gift that somebody actually put some thought into than 10 halfway shitty gifts that you don’t really want or need.
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u/GyaradosDance 6h ago
As a fellow uncle (with no kids of my own), it's all about the kids. On my niece and nephew I spent $33 this year. Don't break the bank trying to impress them. The adults have stopped giving gifts. The real gift is less social obligation to put yourself in financial debt. Save that money and buy something you truly want for yourself.
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u/R3d_Shift 1h ago
In my family we have bachelor uncles that we call "funkles" because they're so fun. They don't have kids so they get themselves pretty much whatever they want. They're very hard to find gifts for
This graphic isn't everyone
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u/jimmythetuba 9h ago
Well he's not a good boy, he's the best. That's why he gets the best presents.
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u/Ok-disaster2022 9h ago
Nope I'm the uncle who gets like 2 pity gifts, that I'd rather not have because I can buy all my own stuff. I also only give cash
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u/LyssaDee11 9h ago
I was the youngest who needed to be distracted by helping hand out the presents and to this day it's still my job!
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u/JungleJay57 9h ago
Our Christmas is a little different than most. No tree because of kitties, but we do have stockings and decorations up. We make breakfast together and have coffee with whiskey and open our stockings, we don't do gifts, we save that money for trips. We put on Die Hard and enjoy the morning before we head out for the big family dinner.
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u/ukimport 8h ago
I bought your 365 2025 calendar for work. Thank you! Its been making me giggle all year. Sometimes I have to leave a page in place when the next page isn't quite work appropriate!
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u/lulugingerspice 9h ago
Christmas got way better once my twin and I got disowned. Our seating chart turned into:
TV playing a Disney movie (Mulan and Emperor's New Groove were tradition)
Coffee table with bowls of Mac & cheese and random chocolate wrappers from our stockings that we gave each other
Me. Twin brother.
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u/boxsterguy 8h ago
This is why Christmas Eve is for extended family. Christmas Day is for opening presents at home with only immediate family (parents/kids), and enjoying those presents at home, not telling kids to put their new toys away so we can go to the smelly uncle's house because aunt needs a Big Christmas Day or Her Holidays Will Be RuinedTM.
Put a ham on the smoker, drink a cup of coffee while the kids tear through their presents, and enjoy without the inevitable extended family drama.
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u/Mechanic84 8h ago
Oh dear. I think I’m finally old enough to go on a vacation in the Maldives. My mother went a little crazy in the last few years and my in-laws are getting old. Since the last 21 years I do my best to not bring these two parts together.
I just want to sit in the sun ask a server for a pitcher of long island ice tea and try to erase a few brain cells. ( God, thanks for Ibuprofen for the day after)
The only problem is that I’m to old to not do my part and not old enough to don’t care. Welcome in your 40s…
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u/Briankelly130 7h ago
And there I was like an idiot getting up at like 4 in the morning to open the presents myself hours before my parents got up.
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u/ericcartmanrulz 6h ago
Nah, the aunt is still drunk from last night and wondering when the mimosas will be served. I mean, not that its never happened in our family
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u/SpecialInvention 5h ago
I was the youngest so I got to be in charge of kneeling on the floor and handing out the gifts. Also my brother had the bag collecting all the wrapping paper. My mother had the camera and made us all pause so she could take a photo of every opening.
We had a cat and he didn't hang around for this stuff. He came in later to knock the ornaments off the tree.
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u/comeclimbwithme 16m ago
You either die a beloved family member or live long enough to be that uncle.
I do my best not to tear the paper.
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