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Grownkid

do you give gifts out of love or obligation?

Grownkid

Grownkid & Joy Coalition

Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Society & Culture

4.84.3K Ratings

🗓️ 27 December 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

with the holidays come the inevitable dynamics of gift giving. who do you decide gets a gift? is there an appropriate minimum to spend on someone? do you have to give a gift to show someone you love them? this episode we talk about how gift giving has turned into a social obligation and how money, guilt, and expectation have changed the ways we give and receive gifts. follow us: @grownk1d @gaelaitor @_kaylasuarez join our social club: www.branchout.app/join/grownkid overshare with us: grownkid.com About our Partners: GrownKid is made in partnership with Joy Coalition where purpose driven content meets powerful storytelling. From 13 Reasons Why to Unprisoned, Joy Coalition projects are made to bridge generations and drive groundbreaking conversations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey everyone. Welcome back to Grown Kid. I'm Gail. And I'm Kayla. And you know you got the holidays

0:17.6

approaching quicker than you might have anticipated. It's

0:20.8

December, blah, blah, blah. Um, unfortunately, this is the scariest time of the year for broke

0:27.2

bitches, aka us. Fuck. So we did just get outed. Um, yeah, especially if you have a big family

0:35.8

too, which we do.

0:57.2

And you have, like, friends that you want to give gifts for, things start to add up. And, you know, this is my first year where I am actively giving out presents, at least in my family. The previous years, they more so considered me as like, oh, it was like, she doesn't have to participate. Like, it's okay. Just give her a presence. Like she's just a student, you know, like she's, she's struggling.

0:57.1

She's a presence. Like, she's just a student, you know, like she's, she's struggling.

1:03.2

She was a student, you know? It was like, it was very just like, it's okay. You can set this one out.

1:03.5

Yeah.

1:11.6

This time around, though, I am in this secret Santa with my family and so I actually have to buy presents. And to preface this, I feel like before, when I wouldn't give out presents to everybody,

1:16.6

I would feel like they would view me as like a freeloader.

1:21.6

Your own family.

1:24.6

Your own family.

1:26.6

Even though I know they like don't think, I would hope they don't think that. Your own family. Your own family.

1:30.1

Even though I know they like don't think... I would hope they don't think that.

1:31.8

But like me and myself would be like, damn, I'm just like...

1:34.3

Preloading out my fucking family.

1:35.9

Yeah, just like receiving all these gifts and I'm just like not giving anything back.

1:39.4

But I would like get like small gifts.

1:42.1

Like fuzzy socks or like, you you know just like cute things like that

1:46.2

whatever fits in the bag of the store

1:47.6

goodbye

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