Joint Accounts

‘My Partner’s Family Spends Too Much On Holiday Gifts’

How to navigate a gifting culture clash

Kristin Wong
Forge
Published in
3 min readDec 16, 2019

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Illustration: Laurie Rollitt

Dear Joint Accounts,

My fiancee and I both have children from previous marriages, and this is the first year we’re doing Christmas as a blended family, celebrating with her parents, siblings, and their kids.

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Kristin Wong
Forge
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Kristin Wong has written for the New York Times, The Cut, Catapult, The Atlantic and ELLE.