Life’s Lessons

We aren’t celebrating Christmas but I grew up seeing Mamang giving gifts to her parents, siblings, nephews and nieces even how little a thing is despite the fact that we are not that blessed financially. New Year’s eve has been the most awaited time of the year for all of us when we were kids up to this time because it is gift-giving! So when I started working, I tried to wrap something for my relatives even if it’s just small things as long as I can have something to give out to them. Ace also learned that “new year’s tradition” so he was sharing with the expenses in buying gifts for my grandparents, aunts and aunts-in-law, uncles and uncles-in-law, cousins and cousins-in-law, nephews and nieces.

Last year, I wasn’t able to wrap gifts for my relatives because I didn’t spent New Year with them as Ace and I celebrated the new year with his family. Then weeks ago, I was thinking of not giving gifts to my relatives because we are not spending new year (again) with them. I thought I can go over the guilt feeling of not wrapping something for my relatives. Then I recalled Mamang making her own little way to give something to everybody or just to her parents and Tatay (Daddy’s father), her siblings and us (her kids and Daddy). Yesterday afternoon, I am bothered by this thought so I wanted to go out and buy things that I could give as gifts to my relatives. But I still need to ask approval from Ace first because when I told him we’d buy something for his relatives (because PILs will be spending Christmas at MIL’s hometown), he said NO. Ace isn’t that “maramot” I know. Maybe he is thinking about the budget. His performance bonus is already exhausted for he bought a sofa set for our place, the remaining money went to our payables, and bought gifts for his Mom and Dad that we gave the other day during dinner, and for me. Now what is left for him to enjoy is just a meager amount not enough to sustain us until his next payday. But I don’t mean to get the budget for the gifts from him. I just need his approval so I could go shopping (without the “why” look at me). After all, we are not particular about “MY INCOME” and “HIS INCOME” for we combine everything and make the most out of it.

Maybe to lessen the expenses on gifts, we would give out some of the things that Ace received from their suppliers. Only those things that he cannot use. After all, most are just promotional items such as pens, shirts and bags. Now I wish he received more or will receive more so we could have more to give.LOL. For even just a little thing such as promotional pens (that Ace received from their suppliers) will mean a lot to the receiver. Anyway, I just need to make up my mind and make a list of the recipients so I could work on a budget. This will never be easy because we belong in a BIG family both in my mother and father’s side. I have no problem with Ace’ side because their family’s not that big like ours. Oh well, wish me luck!

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