Re:Gift
Wednesday, December 24th, 2008Omar, Omar, Omar. Poor thing can’t catch a break on my blog. Oh well.
Several Christmases ago, Omar and I decided that we would each take care of getting our moms’ Christmas presents and sign the other person’s name to it. Great idea in my opinion.
I took care of my mom’s present- a bottle of perfume and some new clothes.
Christmas Eve was upon us. We were to exchange presents with Om’s family that night. Omar got home from work and we were getting ready to go to his family’s Christmas Eve party.
I ask about his mom’s present to make sure he doesn’t leave it at home.
Little did I know, Omar didn’t buy his mom a present. Instead he pulled out a Barnes and Noble $20 gift card that he won several days earlier at work, signed our names to it and that was that.
The look on her face was such the look of embarrassment. I was so embarrassed for her. Poor thing. She got a re:gift from her son.
I’m not even sure she enjoys reading.
After that, I handled getting presents for his mom-for Mother’s Day, birthdays and such- though wait a second…i did pick out her birthday present one year and he made me take it back to the store because he thought $25 was too much to spend- so nevermind.
Lesson from this dating dilemma: Don’t date a cheap guy. Because, honey, money isn’t everything, but if that’s how he treats his mother, then you’re in store for a lot worse.
