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Forward gifted anything ?
I have a friend that does it all the time which is why I 'suggested ' we stopped buying one another for Christmas , she looks at the labels like M&S for example and takes them back for vouchers, I couldn't do this , you?
I have a friend that does it all the time which is why I 'suggested ' we stopped buying one another for Christmas , she looks at the labels like M&S for example and takes them back for vouchers, I couldn't do this , you?
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Heard a funny story on the radio yesterday. Mum buys "horrible" vase as a present for her daughter (daughter's words not mine). Daughter keeps it for a while then puts it in a charity shop. Couple of weeks later mum sees it and buys it so daughter can have a matching pair!
11:40 Thu 19th Nov 2020
I'm too much of a hoarder to engage in forward gifting. I know plenty of people who do it though. More than once a present I've received on my birthday in April has looked remarkably like a present that I'd sent in the opposite direction for Christmas ;-)
My friend used to have a more direct approach to the present she received. Everything she got for her birthday on a Friday would car booted on the Saturday, without fail!
My friend used to have a more direct approach to the present she received. Everything she got for her birthday on a Friday would car booted on the Saturday, without fail!
Ridiculous tradition in my view the giving of gift just because its tradition other than for sprogs. Remember those bath sets that had two bath cubes and some other never used stuff in them? Always found their way to the next raffle and was always the last prize to be claimed. Take Martin Lewis' advice and stop wasting money.
I have regifted things if I know someone in my circle would love it, I have exchanged things in M& S etc I once handed a very expensive sweater back to the giver and said it was a wonderful thought but I know I will never wear it but I cherish the idea you thought I might. What gave me more pleasure was they kept it for themselves and had the joy of wearing something they would never have bought for their own use.
Not in that case, I felt honesty would prevent them making the same expensive mistake again. Beige cashmere would never be my thing. You've met me. Do I come across as a beige woman?
I could have kept it and gifted it elsewhere. I keep notes of who gave what do I don't regift back into the same family.
I could have kept it and gifted it elsewhere. I keep notes of who gave what do I don't regift back into the same family.
Constantly. There is nothing we want (apart from a time machine), so everything gets recycled to others, who hopefully will find joy in it. Anything left over (rare) goes to the charity shop.
Once, a bottle of wine (we're teetotal) we gave to a neighbour was given to us a couple of years later, by the neighbour. Wonder where it is now, like a message in a bottle...
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Once, a bottle of wine (we're teetotal) we gave to a neighbour was given to us a couple of years later, by the neighbour. Wonder where it is now, like a message in a bottle...
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I dislike 'gifts' - things I would never buy myself and don't want. I'm difficult to buy for (I think most people are difficult to buy for) and gifts are just wasted on me. I realised that gifts are wasted on most people.
Many years ago I added up the cost of the gifts I bought and the value of the gifts I had received and realised it was a complete waste of their money and mine.
I told everyone that in future I would only buy gifts for under 18s and not to buy me anything. Big relief for me, and hopefully for them, too.
Many years ago I added up the cost of the gifts I bought and the value of the gifts I had received and realised it was a complete waste of their money and mine.
I told everyone that in future I would only buy gifts for under 18s and not to buy me anything. Big relief for me, and hopefully for them, too.
