Read my lips - no more wishlists
As every Christmas season approaches, the wife gets on me to get on Amazon and make a wishlist and as a dutiful husband, I begrudgingly comply. This is a much harder task than it sounds like because I don't want many things and those that I want, I usually buy myself throughout the year. Couple that with the fact that Amazon does not carry that many things that I actually want and the fact that I don't want to add a bunch of crap on there that I don't want just for the sake of helping people find something to buy me for Christmas and you have a delema for yours truly.
I don't want people to buy me things that I don't actually want or need. It is wasteful and takes up space in my house - which I am trying to avoid. But because I know I will never hear the end of it, I scrape together a handful of things that I would be interested in owning and put them on my wishlist and email it to all interested parties.
That is not that bad of a task. What irks me is that I have created this greed list(seriously, let's call it what it is) about 4 times now and have yet to get one single thing on the damned list bought for me. Now, this wouldn't matter except that I am pressured into making the list each year. Each year, I resist a little more, lower my standards a little more, and weep a little when no one is looking. But each year, I have the same results.
This isn't to say that I am not happy with the presents I get, I generally like just about any present that I get. I just don't like making the list if no one is going to use it.
So, this year, if I was going to make a New Year's Resolution(which I am not since last year's resolution was that I would not make another New Year's Resolution) it would be to never add an item to my wishlist again.
From now on people, use your imagination. I am out of the wish list business.
Comments
in previous years, i made wishlists on clothing sites and amazon for my mom, to have the majority of what i wanted completely ignored.
this year, i made a HUGE amazon wishlist for my boyfriend, and he only bought the stuff he had already picked out before i made the list for him. i spent hours on that fucking list just to have it ignored. and i knew what i was getting because he showed it to me. we also did a lot of shopping out together, so i knew everything i was getting before x-mas day. it was kind of lame. i mean, the presents rocked, but it took all the joy out. on the one hand, i was glad i was getting things i wanted, but on the other hand, it's a little annoying that he can't just go out and buy things i'd like...we've been together 4 years.
oh well. i just miss the surprise and mystery involved in christmas. it doesn't exist for me anymore. then again, if you read my last post, you know christmas sucked big time this year, and i can't bitch about the presents too much.