Financial disputes
Added 2025-06-18 12:08:17 +0000 UTCThe original punchline was going to be something along the lines of "I want to buy the luxury of not hearing you complaining about not having money", but it was both too long and clunky to fit into comic, and also far too mean-spirited.
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I used to feel the need to keep score but then i noticed how much my partner loves seeing me use the gifts. i know my lack of money stress bc of a nice gift is a gift to my partner. also i did a bunch of therapy surrounding other instances of people trying to use money to control me. like every other form of power dynamic, there are green flags & yellow flags & red flags. i see so many green flags between green & blue. deeply appreciate how you dig into these dynamics in ur work!
sair goetz
2025-06-25 14:12:01 +0000 UTCTo me, gift giving feels like playing poker. The only way to win is a well thought out surprise and not keeping score. If the giftee keeps score, they could feel obligated to waste time and money on a gift. More frequent gifting can encourage bad habits and unrealistic expectations. I prefer to wait for amazing gifting opportunities to come to me. Also if somebody is looking at something but chose not to buy it themselves, you should ask first because they might have a reason for not doing so besides not having money.
Zanoab
2025-06-18 17:35:51 +0000 UTC
