[Well that's a little insulting but the worst he gets is a dour look. Thank you for your faith in her reliability, Yamato.
But his gift really isn't that bad. Veronica had made that intricate cake at Thanksgiving, and she talked about cooking and baking a lot. So he was on the right track, just slightly off the mark.] We'll exchange those and try to find her some unique ones that can be used year round.
[If he got them at the mall then she knows where to go and they'll probably have something else fun and he won't have wasted any money! She's a genius of efficiency.]
How impressive are you talking, though? Mom's kind of expensive. [She tried to hide it from most people but anyone who had a vague understanding of clothes or even jewelry would figure it out kind of quickly. And for their dad:] Get him a book of lame dad jokes so he can torture the rest of us until next Christmas. Easy.
[Their father was notoriously difficult to shop for in that while their mother was expensive their father was really kind of cheap in his own way. He didn't skimp on things that were necessary or mattered, but he wasn't exactly a man of excess, either.] Or you could go half with me on the tablet I was going to get him.
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But his gift really isn't that bad. Veronica had made that intricate cake at Thanksgiving, and she talked about cooking and baking a lot. So he was on the right track, just slightly off the mark.] We'll exchange those and try to find her some unique ones that can be used year round.
[If he got them at the mall then she knows where to go and they'll probably have something else fun and he won't have wasted any money! She's a genius of efficiency.]
How impressive are you talking, though? Mom's kind of expensive. [She tried to hide it from most people but anyone who had a vague understanding of clothes or even jewelry would figure it out kind of quickly. And for their dad:] Get him a book of lame dad jokes so he can torture the rest of us until next Christmas. Easy.
[Their father was notoriously difficult to shop for in that while their mother was expensive their father was really kind of cheap in his own way. He didn't skimp on things that were necessary or mattered, but he wasn't exactly a man of excess, either.] Or you could go half with me on the tablet I was going to get him.