I dropped the shield and told her how it fills me with anxiety, how it's a transaction and the exact opposite of the free gift of God's grace, how behind every gift there is the painful pull of obligation of indeterminate size, shape, character, or duration. How it's a mechanism for control.
She asked me if I ever gift gifts to my children, and I told her the truth. I let my wife handle the gifts.
Date: October 30th, 2026 12:49 PM Author: great moniker
the guy from Into the Wild (when he still was living at home) declared to his whole family he would no longer give or receive gifts. i constantly fantasize about doing that