Sorry to utter the C-word in October, but I got into a conversation about this a couple nights ago where people seemed amazed that adults would still maintain a wishlist like this. I’m on the side of it’s totally normal, but maybe I’m wrong?

Personally despite repeated attempts, my mam and grandma will not stop buying Christmas gifts. So I set up a wishlist on Giftster and they just have it bookmarked. I go through and make sure it’s up to date a couple of months before Christmas or my birthday.

The husband also has a link to it so I suspect he falls back on that for inspiration quite a lot.

Normal or no?

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    1 year ago

    We kind of do this, but a bit less formal. The way I see it, if you don’t have some kind of list, you end up buying crap you don’t want for each other. Better to either agree not to gift or provide a short list like you do. I’m in my 50s, so I’m definitely not a kid anymore!

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      1 year ago

      Exactly! My mam is the type to go out in the January sales, buy a load of pointless tat that catches her eye, and keep it in a cupboard all year until finally just giving it out at mostly random to her various children and niblings. The list sometimes feels like I’m being a bit demanding, but on the other hand it does help cut down on the amount of random pink makeup bags, gross year-old hot chocolate sets and non-vegetarian snacks despite the fact I’ve been veggie for 25 years she seems to send over ever year.