• Since I have a lot of friends, buying them all gifts got expensive, so I threw a dinner party. • It was a lot of work, but I loved bringing everyone together to celebrate the year. • Now it's my annual tradition, and it's the perfect blend of gift-giving and acts of service.

In 2018, I considered my army of close friends a blessing — until December rolled around. Suddenly, these friendships came with an overhead I couldn't afford, just for the sake of tradition.

Dozens of women who considered me their gay best friend sounded great until it was time to exchange presents with all of them during the holidays. I was too cheap to buy all my friends expensive Christmas gifts but too classy to give them something, well, cheap. I had also grown tired of spending $50 on something pointless

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