 |
10-22-2012, 01:46 PM
|
 |
|
|
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Calgary
Posts: 2,112
|
|
What to Get the Divorce Kids for Christmas
Earlier this year my uncle got a nasty surprise from his wife. The kind that sucks money and lasts a few years 
Anyway his oldest is my god daughter and she's about 15 right now. I think her sisters are 11ish and maybe 5. I'm not close with them because they live in Newfoundland but I always bring them Christmas presents.
My presents don't suck generally but things are so god awful for them right now (my gd is seeing a shrink) that I feel like spoiling them. Thinking maybe a $100 gift card for each of them to Ardene, Toys R' Us, or whatever their age dictates.
Any yays or nays on that?
__________________
1st Offense: We shoot you
2nd Offense: We shoot you
3rd Offense: We give you a mental evaluation, and then we shoot you
|
10-22-2012, 02:03 PM
|
 |
|
|
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Prosperous Lake, NT
Posts: 5,633
|
|
Good on ya.....maybe chat with your Uncle first tho 
|
10-22-2012, 02:12 PM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Edmonton
Posts: 9,677
|
|
My daughter and niece(12 and 13), love gift cards. Ardene's especially. You can add to the list for your niece a pre paid phone card so she can call and talk if she needs it.
|
10-22-2012, 02:16 PM
|
 |
|
|
Join Date: Sep 2012
Posts: 2,974
|
|
Tough one and good for you being so thoughtful. Yeah, spoil them, maybe things like taking them out when you go there. Anywhere they like a couple or few times. Waterslide, movies, etc.. Somewhere special. Anything to try to get their minds off it if you can for a while. Good luck.
__________________
Every day is Military Appreciation Day!
Blue Lives Matter!
|
10-22-2012, 02:28 PM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Calgary
Posts: 2,112
|
|
Thanks guys 
I'm thinking Ardene for the middle child and Toys R' Us for the young one but does anyone know if 15 yr olds still like Ardene? Is that the age where they try to be more adult?
I swear this was easier when I could just buy her a tea set 
__________________
1st Offense: We shoot you
2nd Offense: We shoot you
3rd Offense: We give you a mental evaluation, and then we shoot you
|
10-22-2012, 02:53 PM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Calgary
Posts: 9,599
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Classic_Cool
Thanks guys
I'm thinking Ardene for the middle child and Toys R' Us for the young one but does anyone know if 15 yr olds still like Ardene? Is that the age where they try to be more adult?
I swear this was easier when I could just buy her a tea set |
A girl only needs so many tea sets from her "cool" uncle.
Does she have an Ipod?
__________________
|
10-22-2012, 03:02 PM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Calgary
Posts: 2,112
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by FishingMOM
A girl only needs so many tea sets from her "cool" uncle.
Does she have an Ipod?
|
Yes, but that's a good train of thought.
__________________
1st Offense: We shoot you
2nd Offense: We shoot you
3rd Offense: We give you a mental evaluation, and then we shoot you
|
10-22-2012, 03:49 PM
|
 |
|
|
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Airdrie
Posts: 2,510
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Classic_Cool
Thanks guys
I'm thinking Ardene for the middle child and Toys R' Us for the young one but does anyone know if 15 yr olds still like Ardene? Is that the age where they try to be more adult?
I swear this was easier when I could just buy her a tea set |
I get gift cards for my nices (15+16)in salmon arm from here, never a bad idea according to my sister...
http://www.garage.ca/home/index.jsp
|
10-22-2012, 03:57 PM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Calgary
Posts: 2,112
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by bubba 96
|
Good idea There's 2 of them in the St. John's area.
__________________
1st Offense: We shoot you
2nd Offense: We shoot you
3rd Offense: We give you a mental evaluation, and then we shoot you
|
10-22-2012, 04:01 PM
|
 |
|
|
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Edmonton Alberta
Posts: 9,612
|
|
Yup. Go Garage
I just asked my 16 yr old daughter about Ardenes
"Yeah, like if I was 12 yrs old maybe ......." was the answer
Garage got a " oh yeah"
__________________
When you are born, you get a ticket to the Freak Show.
If you are born in Canada, you get a front row seat.
|
10-22-2012, 04:25 PM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Edmonton
Posts: 9,677
|
|
I forgot about the i tunes card. If they have ipods, they will like that gift card.
|
10-22-2012, 04:27 PM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Calgary
Posts: 9,599
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by huntinstuff
Yup. Go Garage
I just asked my 16 yr old daughter about Ardenes
"Yeah, like if I was 12 yrs old maybe ......." was the answer
Garage got a " oh yeah"
|
Guess you know where to shop now for christmas!
__________________
|
10-22-2012, 04:38 PM
|
|
Banned
|
|
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Rycroft
Posts: 21,548
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by huntinstuff
Yup. Go Garage
I just asked my 16 yr old daughter about Ardenes
"Yeah, like if I was 12 yrs old maybe ......." was the answer
Garage got a " oh yeah"
|
x2
|
10-22-2012, 05:05 PM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Edmonton Alberta
Posts: 9,612
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by FishingMOM
Guess you know where to shop now for christmas!
|
I give cash. I hate shopping. Lol
__________________
When you are born, you get a ticket to the Freak Show.
If you are born in Canada, you get a front row seat.
|
10-22-2012, 05:08 PM
|
 |
|
|
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: GP AB
Posts: 16,250
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by huntinstuff
I give cash. I hate shopping. Lol
|
I give cash all year long, feeding them, clothing them, transporting them, and generally putting up with their BS. I figure they should give me cash at Christmas....but yeah, I usually end up giving them what they want. I'm such a damn sucker.
__________________
'Once the monkeys learn they can vote themselves a banana, they'll never climb another tree.'. Robert Heinlein
'You can accomplish a lot more with a kind word and a gun, than with a kind word alone.' Al Capone
|
10-22-2012, 05:37 PM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Jan 2010
Posts: 592
|
|
x3 on Garage, My 15 yr old wont go anywhere else.
|
10-22-2012, 05:52 PM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Calgary
Posts: 9,599
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by huntinstuff
I give cash. I hate shopping. Lol
|
Ordering online has been a god send.
Think all us non shoppers should be able to encourage the shoppers to do our shopping - with our budget for us.
Still trying to talk a shopper into it.
Sounds like OP got some good solid answers.
__________________
|
10-22-2012, 06:17 PM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Calgary
Posts: 2,112
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by FishingMOM
Ordering online has been a god send.
Think all us non shoppers should be able to encourage the shoppers to do our shopping - with our budget for us.
Still trying to talk a shopper into it.
Sounds like OP got some good solid answers.
|
Sure did. Thanks to everyone
__________________
1st Offense: We shoot you
2nd Offense: We shoot you
3rd Offense: We give you a mental evaluation, and then we shoot you
|
10-22-2012, 06:49 PM
|
|
Banned
|
|
Join Date: Feb 2009
Posts: 12,078
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Classic_Cool
Sure did. Thanks to everyone |
Phone the kids. Ask them what the want from uncle for christmas. Make the kids know that there is still family and your a very important part of their family, even though your in Alberta. The girls will understand and think you are more than "classic cool".
Make sure the kids can phone you at any time. A little card will ensure that.
Uncles and Aunts are very important in the children's changes in family matters.
|
10-22-2012, 07:44 PM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Blackfalds
Posts: 385
|
|
Gift cards are good. Being a friend when they need to talk is a good idea as well, from personal experience, kids going through divorce do not tell their shrinks everything and it lingers for a long, long time having a family member they can trust is invaluable. IMO. cheers
|
10-22-2012, 09:24 PM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: calgary
Posts: 480
|
|
kids
Good on ya for doing the extra. It does mean a lot to the kids to not be forgotten.
We have done mall gift cards and the kids like them. We have bought Chinook and Southcentre gift cards and the kids can use them at any of the stores in the mall, that way they are not committed to any one particular store.
My girls are 12 and 15 and they like that they can shop different stores and even go tot he food court when they're hungry with the cards. My older daughter is really into taking pictures with a quality point and shoot. She has a real knack for it and she has a lot fun with it.
Geo
|
10-22-2012, 10:17 PM
|
 |
|
|
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Lethbridge
Posts: 1,810
|
|
Prepaid Visa then she can shop where ever she wants.
Tickets to come visit in the summer.
|
10-22-2012, 11:27 PM
|
 |
|
|
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Redcliff, Alberta
Posts: 2,618
|
|
Sure wish I had an uncle, or three!
Very thoughtful of you.
__________________
There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed. ~ Ernest Hemingway
www.SnakesonaPlain.ca
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
All times are GMT -6. The time now is 10:20 PM.
|
Linear Mode
