• Boomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.world
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    I want to not wake up to an alarm.

    I want to sip coffee on my porch while I watch woodland creatures.

    I want to plow a field and drink barley water.

    I want to tramp around a bog looking for wild edibles while my dog flushes game.

    I want to wander in the woods after a snowfall, with the Milky Way above me and it’s so quiet I can hear the owls fly by.

    I want the fireflies to be all the light I need.

    I want an email to never find me.

    That’s what I want for Christmas.

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    Everything inexpensive, I already have. Everything else is too much to ask for.

    Like pay off my medical bills/student loans.

    Buy a house.

    Get dental work.

    8tb SSD.

    These things are way too expensive to ask anyone for.

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    Money. Not gift cards, not ‘you’ll take me out for a fancy lunch’, not ‘I’ll buy you something off your Amazon wishlist’. Money. Cold, physical currency.

    Why? Parents and relatives are denser than a concrete bomb shelter. I don’t want furniture, I don’t want games, I don’t want gift certificates. If I want something, I’ll buy it myself. And for my ‘splurge’ list, you know what, sure mom. I want an XL David from Bad Dragon, in natural colors, and in a soft+medium firmness. And, because I want to feel like I am being spitroasted, a small Flint, in natural, and soft. I do need to work on my gag reflex. Oh, you’ll just give me cash? Okay then. Don’t open any package addressed to me, mmkay?

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    To me, this is a sign of maturity. No longer requesting specific things, but accepting what others pick out for you.

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      asking what they want is for kids that have no purchasing power, for adults is more fun to take the risk and surprise each other

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      On the contrary, don’t get me things. I do not need more junk that’s tangentially related to my interests cluttering up my house. I don’t have room for more random stuff, thanks.

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    We use the strategy of “luxury consumables” often. Fancy oil/vinegar, chocolate, candles, coffee, etc.

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    “Something not expensive from the heart”.

    Flusters folk a lot. I frankly don’t care if you give me a broken padlock or a dingalong found in a forgotten pawnshop as long as it does tie into, well, me. Intention is what matters to me more than the item.

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      Yep. I ask for photos, letters, memories. A lot of them aren’t fans but I’ve got a couple loved ones who do special outings with me as gifts now at least.

      It’s hard to get them to transition to that, for sure.

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    I generally don’t want things. I get asked for a wishlist every year. I have to come up with a book list because that’s really the only thing I can think of that is a normal gift