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[โ€“] Gruntyfish@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

I have a similar experience with my extended family that I only see once a year during the holidays. They usually gave me cheap gifts that I had no use for, and I always had to pretend to be grateful for them. I've said for years that I'd rather just get nothing at all than the gifts that were obviously just given to me for the sake of giving me something.