My Sister Called Me Cheap Over Her Kids’ Christmas List Until I Arrived With 12 Giant Boxes

she said, bright and casual. “You always overthink.”

“I can’t buy all that.”

“You won’t or you can’t?”

She said it like those were the only two settings I came with.

“I won’t,” I said.

She laughed. “Okay, principled. Get whatever. Just don’t make it weird.”

We hung up. I stared at a sandwich I did not want and thought about every small yes that had turned continue reading …