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12-26-2009, 10:51 AM | #1 |
Twilight lovin' Yakker Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Las Vegas, NV
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| Be honest, you hated that gift! Read me and reply! OK, I have been having this debate with my husband and co-workers all month: Is it the thought that counts when it comes to receiving a gift, or does it totally annoy you when you get something that you don't like or will never put to use? I don't think that it's the thought that counts at all, because if they really thought about you, they would get you something that they know you liked, wanted, or needed! Yesterday my ex mother-in-law (long story, lol) gave me a lotion and spray from Victoria's Secret. I have known this woman for 15 years and she knows that I cannot wear anything fragranced as I have severely sensitive skin. Now I have to go back and either exchange it, or re-gift it to someone else (which I hate doing!). I would have much rather received a gift card for the same amount, and I could have gotten some cute panites or something that I can use! Did you get a horrible gift yesterday and now you have to return it or re-gift it? Tell me about it! Which side do you take?
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12-26-2009, 12:55 PM | #2 |
YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Knoxville,Tennessee
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| I think it is the thought, though people could use a little more of the thought process. For example my new sister in law (since July) sd she told my brother he had to pick the presents for his side of the family. Something mom has always done for him. He was going to get gift certificates. She took him to Belk where she works and sd lets just look around. He saw some dog pjs. So he sd that would be great for my neice, and saw some paw print ones for me. The prob is he got xl for her (she wears a larger size not sure what) and he got me a L. I am more comfortable in 2x (or 3x for pjs). I can wear them but it is tight. Keeping them cause he picked them. I love that he knew that I would love the paw print. Hate he did not realize the size or ask mom. Hsve to admit I love the fact that he thought I was littler than I am. This year since money was tight, people here seemed to try and get what everyone would like. Quality not quantity.
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12-26-2009, 12:58 PM | #3 |
Donating YT 7000 Club Member | I think tha 'the thought counts' if thought goes into what the gift is and who it's for. If someone got my parents a gift certificate to the wine store, that wouldn't be very thoughtful, because they don't drink. you know? So while it's nice "Oh you thought to get me anything at all!" I'd prefer to not get something, than get something that I felt awkward about having no use for. I found that I bought a LOT less this year, but the things I gave had a lot more meaning/thought put into them. and the people I didn't get gifts for were the same ones who didn't get gifts for me, so it was all good! even if you don't know someone well enough to get them something really for them, you can still get them a thoughtful gift. My cousin and her husband live in Pennsylvania, so I don't see them often. They know I love theatre, but I wouldn't expect them to buy me a ticket to a show or whatever. So they bought me a full set of stationary with my initial on it, and a really cute purse. Even though it's not really 'me' it's still really thoughtful, because it's something I can use.
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12-26-2009, 01:01 PM | #4 |
YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Knoxville,Tennessee
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| I just thought of this. I remember my mammaw getting perfume sets from my cousins that rarely saw her. She hated perfume and perfumed lotions. Used jergens original scent only. She kept the bottles on her dresser till I got married and she gave the perfumes to me. I was suppose to give her the bottles back but hubby in a cleaning fit threw them away. LOL I made him call and apologize.
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12-26-2009, 01:08 PM | #5 |
YT 500 Club Member | I spend months looking for the right gift for my relatives, so it really annoys me when its obvious they just went out and grabbed whatever came to hand. My aunt brought me a pair of pjs, okay gift, except she got me a size 14-16[english size] and I'm a 10-12. But then she got my mom the same gift and the same size? My mom wears a size 16-18. I dont think she even looked at the sizes. My brother & sister-in-law brought us both books which neither of us will read as its something were not really intrested in. Fortunately we got great gifts from everyone else. |
12-26-2009, 01:45 PM | #6 |
Inactive Account Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Missouri
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| My sister in law's grandmother got her a scale! She's really pretty thin, so she didn't take it too badly, I know it would have made me pretty upset to get that kind of a gift. |
12-26-2009, 02:42 PM | #7 |
Donating YT 3000 Club Member | I am alway's happy with any gift If i can't use it I will find someone that will. I alway's remind myself that there are people that get no gifts at all. |
12-26-2009, 09:02 PM | #8 |
Twilight lovin' Yakker Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Las Vegas, NV
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| Lol that's true, in that case I'll take my unwanted gift and give it to them.
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12-26-2009, 09:04 PM | #9 | |
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12-26-2009, 09:15 PM | #10 |
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| I think a gift certificate is pretty thoughtless. Sure it's okay for your the mail lady, give her one for a manicure. But for a family member it's just rude. I love to buy gifts. Some people just make it hard so it's not fun for them. It's not easy for everyone. It doesn't mean they don't care or does it? |
12-26-2009, 09:46 PM | #11 |
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12-26-2009, 10:49 PM | #12 |
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| I did not get a gift i didn't like but i do have a funny story, well i think it's funny. Yesterday my boyfriend, his parents and myself were opening gifts and it came my turn and i opened a package and saw that it was in a toaster box. I looked up at my boyfriend's mom and tried my hardest to smile and said "Oh, you got me a toaster", well she likes to wrap gifts in random boxes that don't contain what's on the box. Inside was the Sarah Palin book i wanted. She told me i made the most awful excited face she has ever seen. I was really trying to be grateful for the toaster that i didn't even need. =]
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12-26-2009, 11:30 PM | #13 |
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| I think it is the thought that counts. People are too into what they get... Even if you get something from the check out line shelf... Someone thought enough to gift you something. Now that we are older we don't do gifts... If we find something that reminds us of one another then we get it. We mostly do it for my nephew now nephews. My dad retired last year and we kept reminding him not to buy us anything. (I have two other sisters) but we wanted so very much to buy him an iPod... So we did. He was shocked but we were so happy to give it to him. He actually teared up. The though was what counted. My boyfriends mom got me Dove soap gift set and I am pretty allergic to it. But I was happy she thought of me. People get too into material things... I am happy for what I get. Like another person said... There are some that have nothing. Perhapes donating your unwanted gifts is a good idea. My sister goes overboard with my nephew at times. She collects throughout the year so he gets a ton of things. But the last two years they decorated my moms front house as a gingerbread house... The neighbor dressed up as Santa and they collected donations and toys for the needy. Some of the neighbor kids dressed as elfs and they made a sleigh for pictures to be taken. It was so cute to see. My dad always said," if you didn't get everything on your list... You asked for toooo much."
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12-27-2009, 01:21 AM | #14 |
YT 500 Club Member | I do understand where you come from, as kids we thought ourselves lucky to get anything at all, and its not really the gift. Its the obvious total lack of thought put into its choosing. Many of the books I get from my brother & SIL are ones brought for her to read and then passed on to me as a 'gift'. Hence getting things I dont read about. I hate people buying cloths for me at the best of times and everyone knows this, all they have to do is ask some-one else as we all live close-by if they're not sure about the size. The pjs have been passed on to my neice, the book will probably go to a charityshop where it will hopefully do some good. |
12-27-2009, 03:46 AM | #15 |
"& Seeger, too" Donating Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Central Kentucky
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| I think a gift is gift.... but remembr when giving, that once given, the gift can be done with as the person wishes.... and being offended because it was re-gifted or given to charity wouldn't be right.... it was a GIFT to the person to do what they wish with it...... even it it brings them joy to give it away!
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