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OK, would it be impolite to ask our relatives to not buy us presents this year, and instead give us the money?
The problem is that we have loads of work that we want to do in the garden and house; but it involves, for instance, hiring machinery/equipment (mini-digger, skip, floor sander etc), as well as buying any products etc as needed (fencing materials, varnish). We've done loads of stuff for free without machinery, including dismantling a 15ft long, 10ft high rotten wooden greenhouse, including digging up the foundations - all by hand, on our own. We've got to the stage where a lot of the work that is left needs specialist stuff (massive tree stumps to dig out, a couple of tons of soil to move, a massive concrete slab to break up and move etc)
We are pretty skint, and can save up over time for most of the stuff; however, it will take us ages to save up for some of the stuff.
Now, if I ask my mum, she won't mind not buying us stuff, and will give us the money instead. However, a lot of the relatives on Mr OWG's side of the family still buy gifts. It's not that about 90% of them aren't nice, well thought out gifts (usually to do with cooking or gardening); but when we're wanting to get on with other stuff, I'd rather have an actual £5/£10 note in my hand to use as we see fit.
I just don't know how they'd take it... I had thought of writing a nice letter to everyone (by hand, not on the computer) and explaining why we want this instead of actual presents...
Would you be offended to get such a letter? What would you think?
Argh! Help!
The problem is that we have loads of work that we want to do in the garden and house; but it involves, for instance, hiring machinery/equipment (mini-digger, skip, floor sander etc), as well as buying any products etc as needed (fencing materials, varnish). We've done loads of stuff for free without machinery, including dismantling a 15ft long, 10ft high rotten wooden greenhouse, including digging up the foundations - all by hand, on our own. We've got to the stage where a lot of the work that is left needs specialist stuff (massive tree stumps to dig out, a couple of tons of soil to move, a massive concrete slab to break up and move etc)
We are pretty skint, and can save up over time for most of the stuff; however, it will take us ages to save up for some of the stuff.
Now, if I ask my mum, she won't mind not buying us stuff, and will give us the money instead. However, a lot of the relatives on Mr OWG's side of the family still buy gifts. It's not that about 90% of them aren't nice, well thought out gifts (usually to do with cooking or gardening); but when we're wanting to get on with other stuff, I'd rather have an actual £5/£10 note in my hand to use as we see fit.
I just don't know how they'd take it... I had thought of writing a nice letter to everyone (by hand, not on the computer) and explaining why we want this instead of actual presents...
Would you be offended to get such a letter? What would you think?
Argh! Help!
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