Filtered away from Helen Magnus
Exactly. I have my reasons, and that's what matters.
I'm kind of hoping in the relatively near future my mom and I can talk about it. Up until now she and I have been very close, so this is just very uncharacteristic of us. And suddenly I'm glad I'm an only child, I never had to compete with gifts from siblings. But hey, sometimes you definitely just need to be selfish in those kinds of situations.
Exactly! My mom does it because she thinks she's protecting me from needless pain or something, but seriously. I'd rather she not lie to me. In the end, the lie hurts more than what she's keeping from me.