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Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 14577918 United States 12/25/2012 03:12 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Ok I let this go on long enough. I kept this going because I saw so much good come from so many people here. I did not mean that I had no presents, but I had no big presents like the ones on their wish lists. I use to make really good money but now I don't. We became parents when my in-laws both died and their adopted son came to live with us. We bought a bigger house in a safer neighborhood. Five years later CPS called us & our family grew to five. I want to build them a cool fort because I can't afford one of the $1,000 ones. I however can build about anything from anything. I work part time for minimum wage so I can get them on the bus and meet them at home again. When I tell a perspective employer that I can start tomorrow but I can't be in till 9, and have to leave by 3:30. They tell me they can't use me. These boys mean the world to us & we are just trying to save as much of there childhood as we can. Yes we have nerff guns, puzzles, and games under the tree, but no bicycles, scooters, footballs, or a fort. We will read from the bible, open presents, make home made cookies, and drink hot coacoa tomorrow followed by a nice dinner. Look, I'm not trying to get them cars, or jet ski's but this economy has tanked. The work force is flooded. Almost everyone has a college degree. I figured there were many of you out there that feel the pinch & are saddened by not being able to give your kids at least one thing the asked for. Btw I have not emailed or PM'ed anyone about this. I don't pay for cable, I only have a 15" tv since my five year old did a flip into it when he first moved in with us. I don't smoke and I only occationaly drink from a bottle or two I keep at the house. We don't eat out, and we never go to bars. Hey, like the rest of you I eat a lot of ramen noodles & I save the flavor packet to have broth latter. I can stretch a dollar. God bless you all, even the mean judgmental spiteful ones. MERRY CHRISTMAS, Every One. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 30820966 United States 12/25/2012 03:14 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Have you thought about selling your computer? Can't give your kids Christmas but you can search for pitty on GLP. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 29808532 ^^ This. Searching for pity and a kind heart to offer to wire him money or send an expensive fort to his house--that he can sell for half the cost to pay down his Christmas credit cards. |
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 14577918 United States 12/25/2012 03:27 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Have you thought about selling your computer? Can't give your kids Christmas but you can search for pitty on GLP. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 29808532 ^^ This. Searching for pity and a kind heart to offer to wire him money or send an expensive fort to his house--that he can sell for half the cost to pay down his Christmas credit cards. Sorry I have no computer. Only a first gen I-pad that is wi-fi only. Thank goodness for free wi-fi. Again I do have presents under the tree. Many others do not & I can understand their situation. |
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Rawfox User ID: 30822992 Germany 12/25/2012 03:52 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Ok I let this go on long enough. I kept this going because I saw so much good come from so many people here. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 14577918 I did not mean that I had no presents, but I had no big presents like the ones on their wish lists. I use to make really good money but now I don't. We became parents when my in-laws both died and their adopted son came to live with us. We bought a bigger house in a safer neighborhood. Five years later CPS called us & our family grew to five. I want to build them a cool fort because I can't afford one of the $1,000 ones. I however can build about anything from anything. I work part time for minimum wage so I can get them on the bus and meet them at home again. When I tell a perspective employer that I can start tomorrow but I can't be in till 9, and have to leave by 3:30. They tell me they can't use me. These boys mean the world to us & we are just trying to save as much of there childhood as we can. Yes we have nerff guns, puzzles, and games under the tree, but no bicycles, scooters, footballs, or a fort. We will read from the bible, open presents, make home made cookies, and drink hot coacoa tomorrow followed by a nice dinner. Look, I'm not trying to get them cars, or jet ski's but this economy has tanked. The work force is flooded. Almost everyone has a college degree. I figured there were many of you out there that feel the pinch & are saddened by not being able to give your kids at least one thing the asked for. Btw I have not emailed or PM'ed anyone about this. I don't pay for cable, I only have a 15" tv since my five year old did a flip into it when he first moved in with us. I don't smoke and I only occationaly drink from a bottle or two I keep at the house. We don't eat out, and we never go to bars. Hey, like the rest of you I eat a lot of ramen noodles & I save the flavor packet to have broth latter. I can stretch a dollar. God bless you all, even the mean judgmental spiteful ones. MERRY CHRISTMAS, Every One. My suggestion is, be honest with the kids. Less reading in the bible, more explaining the story of christmas and economy. They will understand. The message is always love. The new playstation is just because we are all so happy if our kids are :D Merry christmas. It doesnt need any religion to celebrate love festivities. Put the bible away, god is elsewhere ^^ |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 28675875 Canada 12/25/2012 04:02 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | lol there is nothing more pathetic than watching SO many of you parrot the "communism" bullshit. I have news for you people - your train was derailed by the big banks and their political cronies, who had NO problem having you poor SOB's bail their ass out, but when it comes to your neighbour or friends?? It's COMMUNISM! All you can do is turn on each other in blind ignorance, while your banker and corporate masters laugh all the way to the bank at your expense. If you're honestly that willfully blind and stupid, you all deserve what's coming. Merry Christmas! |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 19706474 United Kingdom 12/25/2012 04:11 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I've done the best I could bu still I could not come up with the money for gifts. So they are not getting the play set / fort they wanted again this year. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 14577918 We are all alive & healthy, but that's hard to explain to a five & a seven year old. Anyone else? They have your love and they have life those are the best two gift's you can possible have! You can show them that giving another person love is far more valuable than life itself |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 30625390 Spain 12/25/2012 05:18 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I've done the best I could bu still I could not come up with the money for gifts. So they are not getting the play set / fort they wanted again this year. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 14577918 We are all alive & healthy, but that's hard to explain to a five & a seven year old. Anyone else? Great occasion to get back to basics..give them love..and teach them love..that love is the gift..not things The amoun t of money you give or get..or prezzies you give or get cant and shouldnt represent how much you love someone..like I said in the other thread Love is so precious..it cant be translated into things..its a gift itself..just put a big pink bow around your head..do a little dance..and say..hey I am your gift this year..this is my gift for you..the love I will always feel for you..no shop can ever sell this..and no one else will have this exact same present as you..because its for you and just for you and give them a big hug and a kiss.. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 12546839 United Kingdom 12/25/2012 05:34 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I've done the best I could bu still I could not come up with the money for gifts. So they are not getting the play set / fort they wanted again this year. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 14577918 We are all alive & healthy, but that's hard to explain to a five & a seven year old. Anyone else? Thinking of my child hood, some of the things I enjoyed the most were big brown boxes (like washing machine size). I made this into my own fort, or base, went inside it, it was a spaceship, a den etc etc When you are a kid your imagination is limitless, toys are quite limited and soon get boring. But a box, it can be anything. Nothing was stopping you making a fort out of some paper mache too. |
nibiflex User ID: 6719764 United Kingdom 12/25/2012 05:57 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Del Boy: All the things that we've ever got out of life have come from my intelligence and my foresight Rodney: Well, I'm glad somebody's owned up, ....He who dares wins Rodders ...eekerstard also |
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nibiflex User ID: 6719764 United Kingdom 12/25/2012 06:05 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | nothing, narda ,zilch , imagine how i feel im a loser who cant even get his kids xmas presents ,i have just been paid and my cash went in trying to pay bills Del Boy: All the things that we've ever got out of life have come from my intelligence and my foresight Rodney: Well, I'm glad somebody's owned up, ....He who dares wins Rodders ...eekerstard also |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 12546839 United Kingdom 12/25/2012 06:13 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | my son wasn't very happy when i had too say i couldn't afford presents for him and his siblings yesterday Quoting: nibiflex Condoms are cheap, children you cant afford arent. Something is wrong if with child benefit, tax credits and so on if you cant afford to make ends meet and live on treasure island. |
nibiflex User ID: 6719764 United Kingdom 12/25/2012 06:22 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | my son wasn't very happy when i had too say i couldn't afford presents for him and his siblings yesterday Quoting: nibiflex Condoms are cheap, children you cant afford arent. Something is wrong if with child benefit, tax credits and so on if you cant afford to make ends meet and live on treasure island. Its a bit late after you lose your job when you could afford your children and rather than be dependent on the state you get into any job ,my case is different my children are in a disability care unit after my wife passed on i had a nervous breakdown etc ,so my income NOW is totally different if i had the children living with me ,but i never miss birthdays ,just got a bit of difficulties being on low income at the moment . Del Boy: All the things that we've ever got out of life have come from my intelligence and my foresight Rodney: Well, I'm glad somebody's owned up, ....He who dares wins Rodders ...eekerstard also |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 30357128 Canada 12/25/2012 06:22 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | We had to move from our more expensive apartment to a cheap one in a bad area! where I live we don't have programs for christmas for low income families (if we do I don't know how to access them due to the language barrier.. yeah I'm an anglo in Quebec) A few special angels made Christmas happen for me this year and I cannot thank them enough! otherwise my kids would have had nothing but a few dollar store toys under the tree. Think before you rip someone apart, most people are doing the damn best they can. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 1346203 United States 12/25/2012 06:24 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Ever heard of toys for tots? Your kids are THAT spoiled to need a Playset? Might as well throw in some paintball gear while you're at it! Most normal "poor" kids get a $20 gift from Walmart and THAT'S IT! If they can't be happy with a box of cereal and a comb, YOU have failed as a parent! |
Doomalicious User ID: 1376927 United States 12/25/2012 06:30 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Bitch puhlease.....When I was young I played outside till dark. When Mom called me it was too late, ass whoopin commenced. We collected chestnuts that fell and made cabins on the neighbors clothelines out of the blankets our friends stole from the laundry. Get creative and don't bitch about gifts. Tell your kid to smell the great outdoor! SMILE...you're not as stupid as they think you are! "Once a government is committed to the principal of silencing the voice of opposition, it has only one way to go and that is down the path of increasingly repressive measures, until it becomes a source of terror to all its citizens and creates a country where everyone lives in terror" - Harry S Truman "The single most inspiring source for us is the human struggle." Jared Leto “Money, without brains, always is dangerous. Properly used, it is the most important essential of civilization.” - Napoleon Hill “Failures see the hole in the donut, but do not see the donut around the hole.” - Napoleon Hill “One of the great mistakes is to judge policies and programs by their intentions rather than their results.” ― Milton Friedman Every man has a right to utter what he thinks is truth, and every other man has a right to knock him down for it. - Samuel Johnson |
nibiflex User ID: 6719764 United Kingdom 12/25/2012 06:30 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I dont really have to explain anything to you ,my income is less than 1k a month i pay council tax ,heating, mortgage ,i fell behind with the mortgage when my father passed away and chose to buy a £99 suit to show my respect at the funeral ,and the fact i live 250miles away from there ,so the petrol and the suit all added up, then the mortgage company started putting charges on ,then every other company started putting charges on ,so i ended up paying most of my income catching up with everything ,dont you dare go on about condoms you self righteous prick , i tried and tried and no i got no vices Del Boy: All the things that we've ever got out of life have come from my intelligence and my foresight Rodney: Well, I'm glad somebody's owned up, ....He who dares wins Rodders ...eekerstard also |
nibiflex User ID: 6719764 United Kingdom 12/25/2012 06:38 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | they may not have presents off me today ,but i get some money next week ,now it could pay towards the mortgage and stop me losing my home or i could get presents out of it ,what do i do Del Boy: All the things that we've ever got out of life have come from my intelligence and my foresight Rodney: Well, I'm glad somebody's owned up, ....He who dares wins Rodders ...eekerstard also |