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<h2>AITA for making my wife wrap her own Christmas presents</h2><blockquote> I (32M) hate wrapping up presents. That&#39;s why I usually just either get stuff gift wrapped at the store or put gifts in a gift bag with some tissue paper. My wife (30) hates when her gifts aren&#39;t wrapped up pretty so she can take pictures of them to post. </blockquote><blockquote> A couple of the gifts I got her this year are from online merchants that don&#39;t do gift wrapping. She saw me putting them in gift bags and made a face. She said she really wanted them wrapped up nice. </blockquote><blockquote> We have had this discussion many times. My father was a cheap bastard that used to scream at my mom for wasting money on gift wrapping. I like gift bags because they can be reused. I literally get like a panic attack thinking about wrapping a gift. Yes I know it&#39;s stupid. Yes I have therapy to deal with my many many issues. </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><blockquote> So she ended up wrapping her own gifts. But she is mad at me for &quot;not making an effort&quot;. She said I need to get over it and just man up and learn to wrap gifts. </blockquote>EDIT<blockquote> The reason I left the gifts I ordered online in the shipping boxes is because my wife likes to open stuff. I don&#39;t know why. She took the boxes out of the bags and then wrapped the shipping boxes. She didn&#39;t want to remove them from the shipping boxes until she opens them. </blockquote>Here&#39;s how people judged OP: <a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Jazz_Minn/">Jazz_Minn</a> writes:<div className="ad-splitter"></div><blockquote> NTA. OP did &quot;wrap&quot; the presents by putting them into gift bags. A totally normal and acceptable way to &quot;wrap&quot; presents. </blockquote><a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/musicman0359/">musicman0359</a> writes:<blockquote> YTA. Make an effort. It doesn&#39;t take much effort to learn how to wrap things and it&#39;s your wife not worth it? </blockquote><a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Longjumping-Hawk4871/">Longjumping-Hawk4871</a> OP responded:<blockquote> F**k you </blockquote><a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Top_Barnacle9669/">Top_Barnacle9669</a> writes:<blockquote> Oh I get that, but I still think you could have got someone to wrap these last two for you. Its important to her </blockquote><a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Longjumping-Hawk4871/">Longjumping-Hawk4871</a> OP responded:<blockquote> They came three days before Christmas and it is -40 out. </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/SecretJealous4342/">SecretJealous4342</a> writes:<blockquote> I&#39;m recommending he divorce the crazy insta obsessed woman. </blockquote><a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Longjumping-Hawk4871/">Longjumping-Hawk4871</a> OP responded:<blockquote> Seriously dude. Cut this out. </blockquote><a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/anniedarknight9/">anniedarknight9</a> writes:<blockquote> NTA. Many of the top comments haven&rsquo;t seen your edit. Your wife prefers the gifts to be in the shipping boxes. Only 2/11 weren&rsquo;t &ldquo;wrapped.&rdquo; Which by the way, are these smallish gifts or what? Never have I ever gotten anyone 11 gifts. Do you get 11 gifts lol </blockquote><a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Longjumping-Hawk4871/">Longjumping-Hawk4871</a> OP responded:<blockquote> The two gifts that were in gift bags were each about the size of a small toaster oven. And no I didn&#39;t get 11 gifts. But that&#39;s okay. I buy whatever I want during the year. It was one of the first things I worked on with my therapist. </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/heartthumper/">heartthumper</a> writes:<blockquote> NTA But in the future, maybe you could look into <a href="https://waste4change.com/blog/getting-to-know-furoshiki-the-japanese-method-of-fabric-wrapping/" rel="noopener nofollow ugc" target="_blank">Furoshiki</a> It&#39;s Japanese wrapping with cloth instead of paper: economical and reusable but also cute and you could add reusable <a href="https://www.michaels.com/search?q=floral%20picks" rel="noopener nofollow ugc" target="_blank">floral picks</a> for decoration. If that still doesn&#39;t fit the bill, then the complaint isn&#39;t about you not putting in effort and is instead a specific aesthetic. </blockquote><a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Longjumping-Hawk4871/">Longjumping-Hawk4871</a> OP responded:<blockquote> One of the very first comments was about this. I am going to look into it for Valentine&#39;s Day. </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

Man makes wife wrap her own Christmas presents; says, 'I hate wrapping up presents.'

AITA for making my wife wrap her own Christmas presents I (32M) hate wrapping up presents. That&#39;s why I usually just either get stuff gift wrapped at the store or put gifts in a gift bag with some tissue paper. My wife (30) hates when her gifts aren&#39;t wrapped up pretty so she can take pictures of them to post.  A couple of the gifts I got her this year are from online merchants that don&#39;t do gift wrapping. She saw me putting them in gift bags and made a face. She said she really wanted them wrapped up nice.  We have had this discussion many times. My father was a cheap bastard that used to scream at my mom for wasting money on gift wrapping. I like gift bags because they can be reused. I literally get like a panic attack thinking about wrapping a gift. Yes I know it&#39;s stupid. Yes I have therapy to deal with my many many issues.  So she ended up wrapping her own gifts. But she is mad at me for &quot;not making an effort&quot;. She said I need to get over it and just man up and learn to wrap gifts. EDIT The reason I left the gifts I ordered online in the shipping boxes is because my wife likes to open stuff. I don&#39;t know why. She took the boxes out of the bags and then wrapped the shipping boxes. She didn&#39;t want to remove them from the shipping boxes until she opens them. Here&#39;s how people judged OP: Jazz_Minn writes: NTA. OP did &quot;wrap&quot; the presents by putting them into gift bags. A totally normal and acceptable way to &quot;wrap&quot; presents. musicman0359 writes: YTA. Make an effort. It doesn&#39;t take much effort to learn how to wrap things and it&#39;s your wife not worth it? Longjumping-Hawk4871 OP responded: F**k you Top_Barnacle9669 writes: Oh I get that, but I still think you could have got someone to wrap these last two for you. Its important to her Longjumping-Hawk4871 OP responded: They came three days before Christmas and it is -40 out. SecretJealous4342 writes: I&#39;m recommending he divorce the crazy insta obsessed woman. Longjumping-Hawk4871 OP responded: Seriously dude. Cut this out. anniedarknight9 writes: NTA. Many of the top comments haven&rsquo;t seen your edit. Your wife prefers the gifts to be in the shipping boxes. Only 2/11 weren&rsquo;t &ldquo;wrapped.&rdquo; Which by the way, are these smallish gifts or what? Never have I ever gotten anyone 11 gifts. Do you get 11 gifts lol Longjumping-Hawk4871 OP responded: The two gifts that were in gift bags were each about the size of a small toaster oven. And no I didn&#39;t get 11 gifts. But that&#39;s okay. I buy whatever I want during the year. It was one of the first things I worked on with my therapist. heartthumper writes: NTA But in the future, maybe you could look into Furoshiki It&#39;s Japanese wrapping with cloth instead of paper: economical and reusable but also cute and you could add reusable floral picks for decoration. If that still doesn&#39;t fit the bill, then the complaint isn&#39;t about you not putting in effort and is instead a specific aesthetic. Longjumping-Hawk4871 OP responded: One of the very first comments was about this. I am going to look into it for Valentine&#39;s Day. 

AITA for making my wife wrap her own Christmas presents   I (32M) hate wrapping up presents. That&#39;s why I usually just either get stuff gift wrapped at the store or put gifts in a gift bag with some tissue paper. My wife (30) hates...