I'll never understand the need for people to overcomplicate things because it goes against what they think they need to do. I give them the reasons, and they don't think they are good enough by their own fucking standards. It pisses me off, and then they wonder what is wrong.

To reference what this is about, my family and friends feel the incessant need to get me gifts for my birthday and for Christmas. For most people, this is a usual thing, and they don't think twice about it. Personally, though, I don't like receiving gifts. I just don't.

It's not like I'm trying to make someone feel bad when I say "I don't want anything." That's not the purpose, and it's never the way it is delivered.

"What do you want for Christmas," they ask me.

"I want nothing," I respond.

They call me a troll. They get me gifts like a toy sheep that shits candy called the Party Pooper. They wonder why I get pissed off at them afterwards.

"Oh, take a joke."

There's no joke there. I don't want gifts. I want nothing. You didn't get me nothing. You did not satisfy my wishes, which you apparently valued in some way because you asked what I wanted in the first place.

"Too bad. I'm getting you something anyways."

I didn't make the suggestion of "I want nothing" with some form of hostility. I made the suggestion because I appreciate simplicity. I don't need material possessions from someone in order to feel like I'm some goddamn special snowflake. I would rather have the company of good people and conversation. Maybe I should just ask for that? I'd probably still be considered a troll or a party pooper in their eyes.

It annoys me to no end. Then, when they continue to drive the point and I finally blow up at them, I'm the bad guy. I'm spoiling their fun.

I don't give a fuck about your fun in that situation. I'm making it simple, and YOU...you overcomplicate it for no reason.

What do you have to get me? Literally nothing. It's fairly easy. You don't have to drive anywhere, pick anything up, purchase anything, find anything, spend time wondering if it's something I'll like, go without dinner for a night because you spent the money getting it for me, wonder how you are going to make the rest of your water bill, or whatever shit comes up.

You don't have to do anything but bring your ass over, sit down, hang out, and let me enjoy your goddamn company. That's it.

Why are people so hellbent on pushing some kind of goddamn gift on you? Is that really what we mean to someone - material possessions handed over as some token of appreciation? Some sign that you mean something in their life? If you are in my life at all, then you've already achieved that shit. I don't need a new video game, a shirt, a pair of socks, or anything else of the sort to signify that shit.

I don't want anything. Don't get me anything. Simple words. Simple logic. End of conversation.

/rantover