Hey, hey Waffle gang. I do hope you are well. My name is Mark and today we're checking out some more

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maybe that notification bell too. Let's crack on with today's first story, which comes from

jolly old St. Nicky who says, I gave my son $800 in gifts and my daughter

$4,000 in cash. He took it badly. Our son is 22 and our daughter is 26. She bought a house in

July. We know that moving into a new home always comes with unexpected costs, right after you've

probably depleted most of your funds. So for Christmas we gave her $4,000. Our son, we gave

a few different gifts totaling somewhere around $800. Our daughter had to work Christmas,

but we did Christmas on the 26th, and she stayed with us for the holidays from then until yesterday.

Our son still lives with us, and today he told us both that he didn't want to say anything

while his sister was here, but his feelings were hurt by the disparity in the value of the gifts.

We explained that the gift we got him were tailored to his interest, but his sister has just

passed a big life milestone,

where money is more important to her right now than sentiment.

He said it's still hurtful because it feels like we are more proud of her than him.

My wife got really frustrated when he said that and asked why he would choose the least charitable

interpretation of our actions.

He said that's just how he felt and he couldn't control it. I said that we didn't give her money because we were more proud,

but because we had experience being new homeowners

and knowing that something always breaks in that first six months and it's always expensive.

He said that was all fine and good,

but it's still hurt to get a word present and feel like an afterthought. My wife asked if he

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