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Originally Posted by Flabbibulin
About 30% of the reason I got married to someone thoughtful was so I would be off the hook from the obnoxious duty of buying gifts for weddings, birthdays, christmas, and in this case, teachers at the end of year… so when my wife calls me to consult on whether we should get this or that and insists on my constructive feedback, I just about lose my marbles.
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Class gifts are the best... Inevitably, there's some keener parent that will take it upon themselves to be the organizer, everyone sends them $40 (or whatever) and that one parent is on the hook for buying gifts, etc.
Interestingly, we had our first ever interaction with a "group gift" for one of my kids' friends a few weeks ago... Same idea, everyone throws money at a single, larger gift card (say for Chinook) and that's it... Definitely doesn't work for all ages, but as the kids get older, I think I could get used to this...