Most of us have been a recipient of a gift that was really unwanted and possibly even hated. Sometimes it might not be the gift as much as we object to the giver. What did you eventually do with your white elephant? Did you re-gift it? send it back? or sell it at a yard sale?
If you can't think of a single time when you have received an albatross, did you ever give someone a gift that was under-appreciated?
I often find the whole gift exchange around the holidays to be meaningless and, frankly, annoying. Forced gift-buying is not fun (unless I think creatively about some BDSM type scenarios!).
ReplyDeleteThat said, when I receive a gift that is outside of holiday season, it's usually perfect for me. The giver thought of me when they saw it, or made it, and therefore I'm almost guaranteed to love it. These gifts are really special...