By Definition ~ Galling!
On this gloomy, rain soaked Friday morning, my coworker decided to be extra vexatious, which I never even imagined was possible. It started out simple enough with my comment about ideas for birthday and Christmas presents for my youngster, ending with me rolling my eyes thanking my lucky stars I have my own office to retreat to.
My little one's birthday is three weeks away and I'm getting ready to shop for his presents. I threw it out there that I was planning on buying my son an X-Box for Christmas, as he wanted one last year and I decided against it. My coworker went on this long rant about how I was outrageous for wanting to buy my child this for Christmas. She insisted on telling me that most expensive gift she buys her teenage daughter costs one hundred and twenty dollars and anything more is just ridiculous. While I respect her opinion, I, in no way asked for it, nor needed it.
I explained to her as a child, my mother was a struggling single parent who was unable to provide me with nice, expensive things. I am not now, nor have I ever been a materialistic person, however, I like to give my son the nice things in life when I am able to. I want my son to have the things that I never had when I was his age and I am willing to sacrifice things for myself to do that. I was completely baffled by her attack on my parenting skills over one Christmas present and felt it was unwarranted.
I decided to disregard her impolite comments and continue with my plan to purchase the X-Box for my kid and feel good while doing it. My son is, and will remain, the most important thing in my life and I will strive everyday to make sure he is loved and provided for as much as humanly possible.
HAPPY FRIDAY!!
Seriously? Vexatious? You had to make me go and google a word on a friday afternoon. You couldn't have just said she was annoying? Haha. You go right ahead and buy that boy an xbox... she would have a fit if she knew all of the crap my parents bought us for Christmas over the years... HUNDREDS of dollars each Christmas and I plan on doing the same for our daughter. As long as you teach your children not to EXPECT these things and to be greatful for whatever they receive.... you go right ahead and spoil them, in my opinion.
ReplyDeleteI don't see an xbox as a spoiling thing. My parents would get each of us what we considered a "big" gift whether it be something big or something high priced. We knew after that one thing that we probably weren't getting to much, and still weren't expecting the expensive thing. I think that if you have the means, paul deserves an xbox. He's a really good kid. And I think that your Money situation is not anyone elses business.
ReplyDeleteThanks girls for the support!!!! xoxo
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