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@craftyhomebody (443)
United States
December 13, 2009 5:14pm CST
does anyone else have people that you don't here from all
year long and then they start calling and coming around for thanksgiving and christmas just so they can get a christmas present
from you and after christmas you don't here from them again until
the next thanksgiving would you buy them a present?
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7 responses
@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
• United States
14 Dec 09
nO, I SURE wouldn't. I have cut some things out myself. If i'm not your friend all year i'm not your friend at christmas. That is tacky for them to act like that.
@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
• United States
14 Dec 09
I wouldn't care what they said about me. People like that are pretty well known but family members & other people to. U don't deserve to be treated like that by them. U don't need folks like that in your life to start with, noone does. I hope u have a MERRY CHRISTMAS.
@Lostinloveanddancing (100)
• United States
13 Dec 09
A lot of people I know tend to do that. I give them a gift of course. But of very small value like a five dollar gift card. These type's of people will pop in and out through out your life.
@craftyhomebody (443)
• United States
13 Dec 09
yes your right but the sad part is they our my late husband children and that makes it twice as bad. but they did the same thing when he was alive.
@3SnuggleBunnies (16374)
• United States
14 Dec 09
I would certainly NOT buy them anything. Send them a holiday card and call it a day. Now if they give you something first then it's only proper to recipricate and give that person something too. If they ask just say times are tough and you are only buying for your immediate family / household wich for ma y people I know it's true.
@lindiebiz (1006)
• Canada
14 Dec 09
For me I don't give such people presents, friendship is a two way street not one person giving all the time
@allknowing (130292)
• India
14 Dec 09
My experience has been that they make an appearance when they need a crowd to attend their functions. They will be nowhere there throughout the year and when there is a celebration they will keep in touch. How else can a celebration be a success if there is no one to attend it. I do not go!!!
@peixiangshu (120)
• China
14 Dec 09
fortunately, until now nothing like this came to me .but i heard something like this from my some friends and they said that they didn't like this kind persons at all. they said that if this people didn't get touch with them because of this rediculours reasons they would beautify the friendship between them..but this behaviour makes their friendship ugly.
a chirstmas present maybe is not a real reason they call you, maybe they need a large help from you .it's maybe just a opening...
@SomeCowgirl (32191)
• United States
13 Dec 09
I can't really think of anyone like that in my family. My family and I hardly talk as is, lol. I can't think of anything like that in my husband's family either, and I do hope neither myself or my husband have ever been like this, lol.
It's sad when someone comes around just for the gifts, not only that, but really what are you going to get them? You don't know if you don't hear from them...
