I had to wait for my first gift exchange, too. It was well worth the wait. You have to understand that while neither of you would ever sign up for a gift exchange and not do your part, there are loads of people who would. Making new members wait a few months helps to avoid having casual new users sign up then lose interest or even worse sign up just to get freebies never intending to send gifts themselves.
I did the same thing you did -- by the time I was eligible I had a stash of neat things for the GE (I still have quite a stash for future ones). I still enjoyed the GEs I didn't participate in, and got a lot of ideas for gifts to send by reading all the posts.
BTW - love your photo DBlain. |