Oh for crying out loud! Thanks the giver and be happy that they love you!I disagree. Chances are if a person gave a gift that you either didn't like, or didn't want, they did not take enough time to find out who you were as a person, or didn't know you well enough to ask. There's no love involved, only obligation.
IMO, better to hand out a pre-paid credit card rather than give a person something he/she would want to re-gift within the hour.
Like I said in a post in the other thread, the worst Christmas present I ever got was a Hickory Farms cheese try from my husband. I would not have been offended had I gotten the gift from someone else
I would have to agree. For the six years of our marriage, my husband hasn't gotten a present from
his parents. Oh, sure, there's always something under the tree with his name on it, but it's all for "us", which pretty much translates to
me. It started with china and crystal. They finished the set two years ago and started on kitchen things. This year they went all out. Spent hundreds of dollars on kitchenware and told him that it is for Christmas for both of us, my birthday, our anniversary and his birthday. And that was it. His parents became indignant when he politely indicated that he's not so hot on kitchen knives. And yet when his dad found out that mom had told us to buy him a couple of sweaters a few weeks ago, he called to tell us he doesn't want sweaters -- he wants "fun things". I promptly canceled the order and found something else that he would like; because we love him and care about what would make him happy.
Call him shallow or a flake, but my husband is crushed. It's not about things, he just wishes that someone would spend the time to think about him the way that we painstakingly do when we pick out our gifts to others. He's not sure how he suddenly became so out-of-step with his family. My heart absolutely breaks for him, and I have absolutely no clue how to handle the situation.