"Surprise! It's my birthday."
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birthday, birthdays, shopping spree, shopping sprees, birthday present, birthday presents, present, presents, gift, gifts, shop, shops, shopping, buy, buys, buying, retail therapy, forgot, forget, forgets, forgetful, husband, husbands, spouse, spouses, wife, wives, retail therapy, retailer, retailers"For Father's Day, I'm giving my dad an hour of free tech support."
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tech support, fathers day, father's day, gift, gifts, present, presents, technical support, holiday, holidays, young generation, younger generations, computer, computer whiz, computer whizzes, computer nerd, computer nerds, nerd, nerds, geek, geeks, computer geek, computer geeks, son, sons, father, fathers, dad, dads"Oh shoot, we still need to get Hanukkah gifts for the Rosenbaums."
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santa, santa claus, kris kringle, father christmas, saint nick, st nicholas, saint nicholas, st nick, pelznickel, mr claus, mrs claus, hannukkah, gift, gifts, present, presents, friend, friends, jewish, christian, christians, judaism, christianity, realistic, realism, gifting, second temple, home, marriage, home life, shpasik, jtoons"I can't quite picture who would enjoy a gift in that price range."
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gift counsellor, gift counsellors, gift counselor, gift counselors, department store, department stores, shopping mall, shopping malls, mall, malls, gift, gifts, present, presents, counselling, counseling, price, prices, price range, money, finances, customer, customers, customer request, customer requests, customer service, service, shopping, shopper, shoppers, christmas shopping, xmas shopping, man, men, difficult, consumerism"We didn't have time to pick up a bottle of wine, but this is what we would have spent."
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dinner party, dinner parties, party, parties, host, hosts, hostess, hostesses, gift, gifts, present, presents, wine, bottle of wine, money, cash, spending, consumerism, no time, manners, etiquette, bad manners, bad etiquette, crass, crude, modern life"Is it any wonder you got coal in your stocking?"
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cat, cats, furniture, claw, claws, clawing, scratch, scratches, scratching, nice, christmas, present, presents, gift, gifts, xmas, x-mas, disobedient, disobedience, stocking, stockings, santa claus, santa claws, father christmas, cat owner, cat owners, cat lover, feline, felines"Dad, would you consider a leadership gift to my snowboard capital campaign?"
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snowboard, snowboards, save up, saves up, saving up, dad, dads, son, sons, goal, goals, snowboarder, snowboarders, campaign contribution, campaign contributions, campaign contributor, campaign contributors, gift, gifts, donation, donations, donate, donates, spin, spins, spinning, opportunity, opportunities, hobby, winter sport, winter sports"We had the usual exchange of gifts-she gave me this diamond collar, and I ate all my dinner."
"It's been weeks since you brought me exculpatory lilies."
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flower, flowers, gift, gifts, guilt, guilty, guilty conscience, guilty consciences, cheat, cheats, cheating, cheater, cheaters, infidelity, spouse, spouses, unfaithfulness, lilies, lily, florist, florists, motivation, motivations, motivate, motivates, motivating, vase, vases, apology, apologies, apologize, apologizes, apologizing, apologise, apologises, apologising, problem, problems"This year, we just decided to give money to ourselves."
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christmas, xmas, yule, noel, shopping, christmas shopping, shopper, shoppers, money, finances, personal finances, gift, gifts, present, presents, gift-giving, exchanging gifts, exchanging presents, holiday, holidays, consumerism, commercialisation, commercialization, retail, frugal, cheap, saving money, cutting costs"Honey, I've got you some flowers to complain about."
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flowers, gift, gifts, spontaneous gifts, unwanted gift, unwanted gifts, unasked for gift, unasked for gifts, unappreciated, unappreciative, futile gesture, futile guesters, too little too late, bad relationship, bad relationships, failing relationships, failing relationship, failing marriage, failing marriages, bad marriage, bad marriages, complain, complainer, always complaining, complaining, complaint, stereotypes, never happy"Flowers? That's so arrogant!"
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arrogant, arrogance, presumptuous, presumptuousness, feminist, feminists, feminism, militant, militants, gift, gifts, present, presents, assumption, assumptions, assume, assumes, gender stereotype, women's lib, women's liberation, bouquet, bouquets, date, dates, dating, modern life, modern times, valentine, valentines, valentine's day, valentines day"I'm going out. Do you need any voles?"
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animals, pets, dining, food, shopping, consumerism, grocery, groceries, grocery store, grocery stores, errand, errands, vole, voles, rodent, rodents, consumer, consumers, cat, cats, running errands, gift, gifts, present, presents, cat gift, cat present, predator, predators, prey, consideration, considerate, polite"Regift the bicycle, Charles, but put this in my Panama pile."
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butler, butlers, upper class, upper classes, upper-class, upper-classes, snob, snobs, ungrateful, ungratefulness, kid, kids, childhood, childhoods, bicycle, bicycles, gift, gifts, regift, regifts, re-gift, re-gifts, re-gifting, regifting, birthday, birthdays, present, presents"I need a box of the gayest chocolate you've got."
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love, loving, romance, romantic, romancing, valentine, valentines, date, dates, dating, loves, loved, boyfriend, boyfriends, husband, husbands, valentine's, valentine's day, gayest, chocolate, chocolates, box of chocolates, celebrating, celebrates, celebration, celebrations, candy, candies, candy, shop, chocolatier, patisserie, pastry, pastries, truffle, truffles, fancy, gift, gifts, present, presents, foodie, foodies, food blog, food blogger, food lover, food lovers, lgbt, lgbtq, lgbtq+'Be My Valentine'
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myth, myths, myth of sisyphus, sisyphus, sisyphus myth, boulder, underworld, hill, meaningless, meaningless task, sisyphean, sisyphean task, valentines, valentine, couple, couples, love, tough love, loving, gift, gifts, pointless gifts, cycle, cyclical, consumerism, scorned, husband, husband and wife, wife, housewife, fishwife, nag, nagging, house wife, high standards, marriage, marriedLine of children to see Santa Claus; Line of parents to use the ATM
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atm, automated teller machine, atms, automated teller machines, atm machine, atm machines, cash point, cash points, cash machine, cash machines, money machine, money machines, bank machine, bank machines, bank, banks, money, cash, line, lines, lining up, line up, queue, queues, queuing, santa, santa claus, mall santa, sit on santa's knee, visit santa, season, seasons, seasonal, mall, malls, store, stores, shop, shops, winter, christmas, christmastime, christmas season, xmas, noel, yule, shopping, xmas shopping, christmas shopping, consumerism, gift, gifts, present, presents, kids, kids, child, children, adult, adults, parent, parents, family, families, shopping mall, shopping malls, department store, department stores