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How should I react to this?

Well, yesterday my dad and I went to stare loony Christmas shoppers in the eye to find the perfect gifts for my mom. So today, I tell her that I want to go shopping with her for dad. What does she say? "Oh, I'll just pick him up something on the way home, you don't have to go." So I'm thinking, okay.. Maybe she just wants to get him something herself. She gets home and all she has for him is some new socks. That's it. Seriously?

I don't know, it's just I feel like she backed out on me about shopping for my dad. And avoided coming home before she went to get him something.

At first I wasn't going to make such a big deal out of it, but then I had to go under the tree to get my cat to stop messing with ornaments and I saw the socks wrapped up. No bow, no name tag, just a clumsily wrapped package with 'DAD' (really, she doesn't even write his name?) written in barely visible marker that she didn't even bother to box. We have boxes, so it really shouldn't have been that hard to put in a box.

And I sat there holding it and felt like crying. ***I know Christmas isn't all about the gifts***, but come on. We don't have any money problems or anything. So I talk to her about it and our conversation went something like this.

Me: So you know all dad got was one gift...

Mom: Really..?

Me: Yeah, and it's socks.

Mom: Ha ha, well how many did I get?

Me: Nine.

Mom: Well good~

Me: ...

And then I just lef the room. She doesn't feel the slightest bit upset that we gave our sweat and blood to get her gifts and all she has in return is some socks? How should I handle this?

By the way, I can't drive, so I couldn't have gone to pick my dad up anything by myself.

And, their marriage isn't what you call good, so I guess it's sorta expected. But come on, it's Christmas! And at least my dad put up some effort and didn't seem to **want** to be mean.

PS: I know this was really long, when I'm upset I tend to write lengthy stories and mess. If you've read all of it, thank you.

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  • 1 decade ago
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    Oh. I feel sad for you.. Your mum's really selfish & she doesn't care what your dad would feel after he unwraps his gift & finds a pair of socks. I mean, you could always buy a pair of socks any day like a normal day. But hey, this is the Christmas holidays and I think the gifts you would give should really be special and unlike the normal-stuff. You should ask your mum why she is selfish, she got 9 gifts under the tree & your dad has one, and she could have the nerve smile & not go to the department store for a back-gift buying. Well i'd really get mad at her if she was my mother.

  • 1 decade ago

    You should be kind of angry because that isn't right that your mom gets nine gifts and your dad gets socks. He is gonna feel like Charlie Brown Your mom: i got nine gifts. Your dad: I got socks. :(

    Anyway merry christmas.

  • 1 decade ago

    No offense, but your mum sounds a little materialistic, like she only cares about herself. I'd be pretty angry myself, and as much as its the thought that matters, I would think that she didn't put much thinking into it.

    There IS the possibility that she might be doing the whole 'Santa' thing where she says it's from Santa, but still.

  • I'd ******* punch her if i were you

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