My wife and all her friends/family are buying all kinds of gifts for each other and running exchanges and whatnot.
All my male friends and I don't buy or exchange gifts for holidays. Seems pointless, we could all just go out and buy whatever we want for $20 and save the hassle, potential embarrassment, conflict, etc. The guys all just generally seem to get this and are all happy with it.
And every year my wife asks me what I want from my in-laws for christmas.
"I don't really need anything"
"Well you have to get something."
"No, I really don't."
"Yes you do."
"Fine, I could use some socks I guess."
a month later
"Oh wow.. socks thank you so much."
Come on, what's the point of this? Let's just have a nice dinner and catch up with each other. This gift exchanging is silly. It was fun when we were kids but as an adult it's just a pain for everybody.