He did not give me gifts for birthdays or holidays ... understand how modest sums add up. For each birthday and holiday, my ...

28. I am so happy you could come to my birthday. Gratefulness is what I feel after getting your generous money gift. 29. Thank you for caring enough for me that you would give me money for my ...

For this reason, my grandmother and I typically give her money to avoid getting ... “We didn’t get to spend our birthday together today,” my mom texted me just as I was about to drive ...

But my mom told me how much she liked hers, and I could tell it meant a lot to her to give me something she enjoyed so much. So I eventually changed my mind, and picked out a white and gold one that I ...

Last weekend, we threw my ... me!), but this seemed insane. Had I become a crazy birthday mom while actively trying not to be!? At the end of my birthday-spending shame spiral, I decided to give ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I am planning my 70th birthday ... for money, since I don’t need anything else? GENTLE READER: And they probably have money they don’t need, so they might as well give ...