Teen Asks Mom To Give Her H&M Gift Cards As She Always Has Bad Taste In Buying Her Christmas Clothes, Mom Gets Heartbroken

Giving gifts is a very old custom that predates maybe even humanity. It was presumably a widespread practice in prehistory, fostering relationships of trust that helped to preserve amicable relations between various social groups.

We used to be excited about some of the things we got as kids—that new toy truck, the newest video game, amongst other things. We kindly thanked the givers and moved on to the next person.

Sometimes, hidden amongst those gifts are underpants and socks. What a dull bunch of gifts they were, and the OP of today's story was pretty tired of the type of gifts her mom got her.

OP's mom is the embodiment of a stay-at-home mom for her and her younger siblings. Growing up, all of the girls got the same haircut as their mom, the same clothes styles, etc.

But the OP is kind of the polar opposite of her extroverted character, and that was always considered "problematic behavior."

So I tried to be proactive and made the "only H&M gift cards instead of clothes" rule for clothes related presents a few years ago. I argued it would be fun to go shopping together. With the thought, it would be quality time and a good way for her to see what I like. Since she insists on gifting clothing.

It worked for a while, but her mom once again gave her clothes, and this time, she totally hated the sweater down to the color. Her mom was heartbroken over the incident, and you can read the full story below.