SD wants to buy hex an expensive present...

We have SD (age8) tonight. Last time until Christmas week, when we have her all week. She informs me that Dr. Evil has bought me FOUR presents-two shirts, lotion and "something else". Urgh, wtf??? She says that we need to start working on getting a present for her Mom. I asked her what she had in mind. She said jewelry, and it has to be REALLY nice, after all her mom bought me FOUR presents. She was thinking along lines of 80$. I snorted. Dr. Evil and SD have a taste for expensive things. I was hoping to lure SD into Dollar General and getting her to pick out 10$ worth of stuff for her mom. So Dr. Evil is surrounded by tacky, ugly knick knacks that her precious mini-me picked out. It looks like SD is too smart for that.
I told SD that this isn't about ME picking out a gift for her mom, it's about HER picking out ONE nice thing for mom (around 10-15$), and a present for her dad since nobody takes her to get presents for her parents. This isn't a contest. This is about Christmas and doing something nice.

She gave me her blank stare that COD have perfected so well.
I KNOW this is a "lets see how high we can get Toastergirl to jump" and hoping I will respond with, "How high?" I am NOT spending more than 15$ on that horrid woman. And I'm not doing this for her, I'm doing this for SD so she can feel good about giving BOTH of her parents presents. Hex is doing this to manipulate me into trusting her, to say "ohhh but I'm sooooo nice to Toastergirl, I bought her presents", and she will likely ask SD, "Aww I spent a lot of money on Toastergirl, how much money did she spend on me?"

She's is ALWAYS trying to compete WHEN I DON"T WANT TO. There is no competition, crazy woman! I have my OWN DD. Who is 5 months old and cries less than yours!!!

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Wait... So you and bm

Wait... So you and bm exchange gifts?

heck no, this is a new thing

heck no, this is a new thing that happened this year. SD came crying to me that her mom won't buy her dad a present for Christmas because, "my mom hates my dad". And I felt bad for her, so I told her we could go pick out presents for both of her parents. She told this to hex, who I guess thought, "aww how thoughtful" and now this is turning into a "who can buy the best gift for the other".

Ahhh I see. That's so cool

Ahhh I see. That's so cool you're doing that, I don't think I could because Bm would def turn it into a competition just like yours is. I like how another poster said to take her somewhere to make Bm something, maybe like a paint pottery place?

GREAT IDEA!!

Take her JCP and let her rip

Take her JCP and let her rip in the jewellery section. One of those nice MOM pendants. And remind her this is not a competition about the most expensive things. Tell her about giving from your heart. $100 worth of gifts means nothing if all you wanted is a showercap.