So for once this year there is actually something I really want for Christmas: dumbbells. I've been consistently working out for a year and a half now but the dumbbells I have are not heavy enough for me. And it gets expensive so I always put off buying the next set up. So I had a plan: make an Amazon list with all different denominations of weights and that way everyone can pick which ones to get me and I'll work up a collection. So when people ask what I wanted for Christmas I told literally everyone the same thing: dumbbells.

So after discussing my fitness goals with my boyfriend, he told me he had a single modular dumbbell that goes up to 52lbs. He never uses it so I'm welcome to have it. Great! It helps with some exercises but there are still other exercises that I need two.

So after a night out with my ex in-laws (yes I still hang out with my ex in-laws) I helped them order christmas gifts for my daughter and showed them my list. My aunt told me that dumbbells weren't a christmas gift and dismissed it. My ex MIL also kept asking what else I would want. So I was pretty down that apparently my plan wouldn't work and I wasn't going to get the dumbbells I wanted. Since I was down my bf told me that he actually was always planning to buy me another modular weight for xmas and I should just delete all the dumbbells off of my list. I did just that.

Apparently...I didn't delete them soon enough. Because my ex MIL went home immediately after our conversation about weights not being a christmas gift and bought two sets of dumbbells off of my list. Then later my 7-year-old daughter (yes I even told my child I wanted dumbbells...) was telling her father she wanted to get me dumbbells for XMas but he wasn't sure what size since I deleted them off my list. He called his mother and she remembered what sizes so now my daughter also bought me a set of dumbbells.

I'm not sure what clued my ex in that I probably got duplicates but he decided to bring up that telling literally everyone the same thing was going to be a problem. I told him it's no issue, I took the dumbbells off my list because my bf got me a modular dumbbell so I don't need a bunch of different sizes. He then informed me that everyone got me dumbbells. My bf said he's not returning the modular one. I told everyone else that it would be useful to have some of the smaller denomination weights because it's less bulky than the modular but it's up to them if they want to return what they got and give me something else. Sorry guys...I just really wanted dumbbells...

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TLDR: Told everyone I wanted dumbbells for Christmas so everyone is getting me dumbbells for Christmas...but I am getting duplicates of the same weight...