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VA: More Gift Giving and the Last Psychiatrist

Jun 4th, 2008

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When I bitched about the current GIMMEE culture, I realize I never offered a solution to the problem. Instead, I merely insisted that gift giving traditions, in their current forms, […]

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  1. on 04 Jun 2008 at 7:45 pm1Sami

    If you mention “no gifts” in an invitation card, that would be bizarre, like any other kind of mention or even hinting towards a gift.

    For me it has worked that I have ever since I hit teenage years said verbally “I won’t buy you gifts, and I won’t expect gifts on any occasiation” whenever there is any talk about any gift-related party.

    But me never buying gifts is slightly incorrect. If I know what to get, I get it. Like last winter I did buy something for someone. Actually bought something.

    A friend of mine was jelous of my little flask. Plain metal one, no ornaments. He used to live in Ireland and he likes whiskey.

    I bought same kind of flask, went to a jeweler to make inscription on it with my handwriting and bought a bottle of Irish whiskey, that was put in cascet in ‘97, they made 5000 bottles of that particular whiskey and no new batch has come out yet.

    I was about to give the gift, when he told me he’s throwing a birthday party in a month. So I waited almost a month to give the gift. Only couple of days before I gave it.

    But damn that whiskey was good. (If you mix ice or cola in your whiskey, don’t even bother thinking what kind of whiskey that was.)

    Although normally I am against a gift because it is expected, although not expected, still, if you have thought in it, it’s brilliant.

    I was thinking about the shopping list V mentioned couple of posts back. Great gift would’ve been a self-knitted too large woolen pullover. For example. With a fix-guarantee. Sure, at first the kid will throw it in the corner and play with the plastic toys. But those toys will end up in to the same corner. The difference is that the toys will remain there. The self-made woolen shirt will last and last until it is too small. (Therefore too large at first.) With a promise that if there’s a hole, you’ll fix it.

    In few years, when you are fixing the elbows of the shirt, ask the kid what else did he get at the same birthday party when he got the shirt…