My husband asked me this one particular year if he could by-pass giving me a present so that he could give his sister and his friend Marian a really nice present. I asked if we could include my mother in that, being that she helped us constantly. After he became enraged he agreed to her as well.
After I said "sure." He then promised me a really GREAT gift the next year, for being kind enough to sacrifice my Christmas. That was 1994. Last year , 7 years later, I finally received a gift from him for Christmas. It wasn't that spectacular. It was a two piece outfit, I got the top half. To make it worse, this was after I asked for it, and was told I was selfish for wanting a gift!
