I hated this gift given by my sister : No Gift Yet!

I’m not too sure if this story will count because I still haven’t received this gift yet.

Last Christmas my family exchanged names instead of giving each person a gift, as the number of people in the family was just getting too big. 

My sister Kristen received my name and as Christmas came and past I had not received the gift yet.  This wasn’t unusual as at the time I lived in Bangkok, Thailand and my sister lived in San Diego, CA. 

After talking with my sister she assured me that it would be on it’s way soon.  As time went by I eagerly checked the mail for its arrival as mail from family overseas is a commodity and extra nice to receive but it never came. 

A couple months later my birthday past and still no gift. 

Six months down the road there was still no gift.  I contacted my sister to catch up with her and after asking her about the gift she told me she had bought it but never sent it. 

One of the things that was a bit hard about this was that our family usually sent gifts to everyone but now that we had exchanged names only one gift was expected and mine had still not come, despite my sister’s assurance she was going to send it. 

Since that time my wife and I have moved back to the states and speaking with my sister again, she tells me she still has not sent it.  Feeling bad about it she tells me to send her a list of things she could add to it and make up for the lost time. 

I sent the new list and now two months later, still no gift. 

I’ve all but given up on my sister now.  This would have to be my worst gift ever, not because of the actual item (who knows what it actually is) but because it was an expectation and promise of a gift from a loved one that has never materialized.