Maybe not too complicated to understand

[Michael Mc C]

Okay, remember that part about the loving detachment? Well, Christmas shopping makes that really really difficult. I'm in a fine mood but as I was packing up the car I realized I was in TOO fine a mood. Nothing wrong with enjoying some gift shopping but I was feeling in the groove. "W is going to love this!", "Wait until she opens this one!", etc. Just like last Christmas when things were normal...

Well, I decided that I love my wife. I don't believe that our sitch is reason enough to NOT show her some love on Christmas. I haven't gone crazy buying gifts and most will be from the kids anyway.

There's a chance that I'd be setting myself up for disappointment but I'm already sure that whatever gifts I get from her will be directly from my "wish list" with no extras thrown in based on what she knows about me. I think I'll be fine as long as I'm not expecting any "thoughtful" gifts (gifts that she gets because she just knows I'll love them, even though I've never mentioned them before in my life). She used to be pretty good at that.