After an overwhelming experience unwrapping nearly 40 gifts at a birthday party for his son, the author decided to switch to giving cash as gifts. The chaos of gift opening led to 'present fatigue', where each subsequent gift felt less special and more like a chore. Unwrapping presents, meant to be joyful, quickly turned into a stressful situation for the family. The author's new approach aims to allow kids to choose something they truly want, ensuring a more meaningful gift-giving experience.
We suffered from a severe case of present fatigue. That's when I decided I would never buy birthday presents for kids' parties again.
Tearing off the brightly colored wrapping paper and watching my son's eyes light up as each gift was revealed was a joy, for all of five minutes.
Keeping the enthusiastically written cards with their rightful gift to be able to thank the correct child later on quickly became a losing game, too.
Each gift opening session went on, present overload firmly set in. Each one felt less special than the one before, like a chore we had to get through.
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