I live far away from my family and some years I can visit for Christmas and sometimes not...this year was a year that I couldn't. I took some extra effort to try to get some fun gifts of things I thought they would enjoy and after sending my "Merry Christmas!" message to them in the afternoon on Christmas I didn't hear from them at all except the "Merry Christmas too!" replies scattered around except one of my sisters who I texted with most of the night. I feel really stupid but I am actually upset that I got no reaction from anyone else, like maybe they were all really busy? But when it was 7pm, 8pm, 9pm I was just really upset. I didn't want to call because I didn't really know what they were all doing if they weren't really texting me I figured they must be busy. I know Christmas isn't suppose to be about gifts but I like buying gifts and now I'm just thinking "God, they must have hated it all" and feeling really dumb for being upset. And my family is great, I have no issues with them otherwise we all get along, not in a Brady Bunch kind of way but we are a pretty happy family. I don't know, how weird would it be to ask them "So uh did you like my present?" the day after Christmas.....or should I just leave it alone?
user
Didn't get any Christmas greetings from family, I'm feeling really dumb. Should I ask them if they liked my present?
assistant
I live far away from my family and some years I can visit for Christmas and sometimes not...this year was a year that I couldn't. I took some extra effort to try to get some fun gifts of things I thought they would enjoy and after sending my "Merry Christmas!" message to them in the afternoon on Christmas I didn't hear from them at all except the "Merry Christmas too!" replies scattered around except one of my sisters who I texted with most of the night. I feel really stupid but I am actually upset that I got no reaction from anyone else, like maybe they were all really busy? But when it was 7pm, 8pm, 9pm I was just really upset. I didn't want to call because I didn't really know what they were all doing if they weren't really texting me I figured they must be busy. I know Christmas isn't suppose to be about gifts but I like buying gifts and now I'm just thinking "God, they must have hated it all" and feeling really dumb for being upset. And my family is great, I have no issues with them otherwise we all get along, not in a Brady Bunch kind of way but we are a pretty happy family. I don't know, how weird would it be to ask them "So uh did you like my present?" the day after Christmas.....or should I just leave it alone?
user
Was having a really busy day, no one seemed to like my Christmas gifts so I took the extra time to try to get them something fun. Now I feel stupid
assistant