Christmas Obligations or How to Trap Yourself
I must tell you all a little tale about the road paved with good intentions.
Sixteen years ago, Prince Charming was a single man living the bachelor high life. His married brother and sister-in-law had a baby and the benevolent wonderful man who would later become my husband, decided to begin a tradition. On the birth of each of his nieces and nephews, he would by them a $100 savings bond. And, at every Christmas, he would get each of them another $50 savings bond.
Its a wonderful thing for an uncle to do.
Did I mention that his family is Catholic?
He has 2 sisters and a brother.
So far, this amounts to a total of nine nieces and nephews. They range in age from 16 to newborn. There is no reason to believe that this is the end of the line.
Now, Prince Charming and I are DIZO (double-income, zero-orgasm) but we aren't filthy rich. Comfortable, yes. But lottery winners? Not exactly.
So, this year's tribute to the nieces and nephews amounts to $250. This is likely more than we are spending on each other.
The problem is, you can't stop this once started. Where does it end?
And, to be fair, we will need to do this for our children too. Not that that is a big deal, but its not like their Aunts and Uncles will do it.
They are all charming children and I love them. But this is a cautionary tale. Heed it well!
