Typically with my boyfriend's family everyone buys presents for everyone. Well that was getting expensive and seeing as how my boyfriend's dad is unemployed and we aren't exactly rich either, his mom and aunt suggested drawing names so everyone buys 1 present for someone else and then presents are exchanged with immediate family.

I thought this sounded like a good idea. We got his cousin and his wife. So we bought presents for them and my boyfriend's immediate family.

Well....he drove up to see them and I'm going to family's and he calls me. He says that, well call him J, who is his counsin's step-child, doesn't want to draw names. He wants presents from everyone. Immediately I said "well sucks for him" because I would never expect anyone to just let a kid dictate that (He is 12) but then he says he's on his way to best buy to get him a gift card!

My problem here is on two levels.....1) what a spoiled kid! He is not even blood related to this family! He just asks for everyone to buy him presents and expects it to happen! and 2) where is the discipline? If I would have said that to my parents you better believe that paddle would be waiting for me on the other side.

Now I'm not saying they should beat him for asking. But why isn't anyone putting their foot down? So now we have to spread our budget even thinner for this kid? And I don't know why my boyfriend is even participating. He barely knows this kid and doesn't have the money for it either. I just can't believe every single person in the family is allowing this! What the hell?!