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Originally Posted by Tessa327  I haven't been keeping it real. When I do GEs I always lose track of how much I spend. Even when handcrafted it still adds up and I'm too lazy to do the math. Like another member mentioned here, if I focus on the costs or how much I'll be receiving it sort of ruins it for me.
I admit, I enjoy going over the top and seeing my buddy's reaction more than what I'll be getting. That's the satisfaction I get from GEs and because of this I have to keep it real by limiting my participation. If everyone kept to a reasonable min. and max. amount, I'm sure I'll be signing Tessa up 3-4 times a year. I did so many last year for both my girls that they still have stuff that haven't been used and I do not re-gift because they are items that in time will be used eventually. So for this year I'm only going to stick with 1 no more than 2 GEs for Tessa. Needless to say we plan on making it awesome for our buddy!  |
That is exactly how I felt, for me the whole GE was about buying the stuff for my buddy, everything I bought and looked at got me very excited. Perhaps it has to do with the age of the dog and the gifter, I am old and Lola is not a puppy so she really has everything she could ever need and then some, so what she received was not that important to me. The gifts we received were very nice and thoughtful so I don't want to sound ungrateful but honestly i have to say that the buying and the giving part was what i enjoyed the most. The GE is made up of a wide variety of ages and incomes, going into it I recognized that and was fine with it, we had several young people that were still in school I would never expect them to have the same funds as someone my age did, I also have no children and only one niece so when I drew Cess, a college kid, LOL I felt motherly so I wanted to buy more. In fact I could not stop buying so I put a small box together for Carmen the other young person in the exchange. LOL maybe I should adopt
anyway I hope you understand why a max amount may take the fun away for some of us and just cause someone spends a lot does not mean they require a lot in return, I even said send Lola a ton of dollar store toys since that is what makes her the happiest. hope ya'll understand what I mean.