It really does.
We have this standard tradition of getting everyone in the family a gift. So we give my 2 brother-in-laws a gift (along with their wives), plus my mom+dad, plus wife's mom+dad. This year we at least decided - instead of everyone getting eachother a present, we will just do 1-secret santa where each person just gets 1 person a gift.
Nieces and Nephews are usually fine, there is always something for kids - especially when they have something like a game console you can just keep getting them a new game or something.
But buying gifts for grown adults just sucks. Mostly because, if there was something I REALLY wanted, I would have already bought it. I want a new desk-chair, but for the life of me - I can't find a nice-ass genuine leather one that I don't fear will fall apart. I want a new router with better range, but WiFi 6 overall sucks and not worth the upgrade until WiFi 7 is out.
At the end of the day, I try to be as nice as possible, because I don't want people stressing over what gift to give me - because I hate it too. So I always tell folks no matter what - Beer is always a safe bet. Stouts, porters, barleywine, old ale, belgian brews, etc... Go to your biggest liquor store - look for a section of beer bottles that are as big as wine bottles, and just pick any. It's hard to screw up.
We have this standard tradition of getting everyone in the family a gift. So we give my 2 brother-in-laws a gift (along with their wives), plus my mom+dad, plus wife's mom+dad. This year we at least decided - instead of everyone getting eachother a present, we will just do 1-secret santa where each person just gets 1 person a gift.
Nieces and Nephews are usually fine, there is always something for kids - especially when they have something like a game console you can just keep getting them a new game or something.
But buying gifts for grown adults just sucks. Mostly because, if there was something I REALLY wanted, I would have already bought it. I want a new desk-chair, but for the life of me - I can't find a nice-ass genuine leather one that I don't fear will fall apart. I want a new router with better range, but WiFi 6 overall sucks and not worth the upgrade until WiFi 7 is out.
At the end of the day, I try to be as nice as possible, because I don't want people stressing over what gift to give me - because I hate it too. So I always tell folks no matter what - Beer is always a safe bet. Stouts, porters, barleywine, old ale, belgian brews, etc... Go to your biggest liquor store - look for a section of beer bottles that are as big as wine bottles, and just pick any. It's hard to screw up.