Social Anxiety

Last night my kids got here and told me that their dad had taken them shopping. He let them pick out what they wanted for christmas. Autumn says “Dad spent $300. yesterday”  I put on a smile and ask what they picked out. One of them got some $50 toy and so did the other and all this other stuff. It was nice to see them so happy and excited. I don’t have the money that my ex does, I can’t go out and buy the kids stuff like that. I got them each a couple things they asked for, but nothing over twenty bucks. At my house each kid has 5 or 6 gifts. One of them is a pack of socks, the other is an outfit, so that gives them 3 or 4 toys. I hope they’re not too disappointed. I suppose it could be a lot worse, I could have not been able to get them anything. And they do need to learn that they can’t have everything they want and that not everyone is as well off as their father. I don’t really feel like I have to compete with him, mainly because there’s no way I could without charging up a huge credit card bill that I wouldn’t be able to pay off. So let him blow his money on them and I’ll save mine!

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