Regifting: Your philosophy and experiences

[Cmonster]

I think the whole gift giving thing crossed a line way back. This whole "Christmas as an Industry" has people giving gifts out of obligation and that has led us to the re-gifting dilemma.

I get called "Grinchy" for my opinions on this quite frequently, but giving gifts out of a perceived obligation is horse**** to the nth degree. No wonder people give ****ty gifts and then pass them on to others. It is the logical eventuality of what has become a farce and proof that the spirit is gone out of this holiday.

If you give a gift....from the heart...you ain't gotta put any freaking thought into it. If you can't give it from the heart you shouldn't have to give one. If you give a gift from the heart, there is no expectation of any gift in return. That's how it works.

I think you'll find a lot of other people who feel the same way Todd, but won't admit it... Well said.

SC

[johnmiic]

There's nothing wrong with re-gifting!

Gift-giving has been spoilt for me because I worked too many retail jobs in my past. I worked at a store where they did Secret Santa and I politely declined. The manager put my name in anyway without my knowledge and I was handed the name of someone to buy a gift for. I blew my top when they told me my name was put in anyway. I confronted the manager about it and he told me I better "cut out the crap and go along with it". I found the guy that had my name and I took it from him and gave him the person's name I was given.

Then they bought me crazy stuff and filled a red stocking for me with: a penis shaped, white-cocholate, lolly-pop and a condom in a glass "break in case of emergency" container and garbage like that. Every year after that I hung up a hand-written slip on the bulletin board, that looked like a greeting card, warning people not to include me in their "Holiday Celebration"...OR ELSE! Ignore my request & see what happens.I still have that sign around here somewhere. I have to scan it.

[saildog]

Then they bought me crazy stuff and filled a red stocking for me with: a penis shaped, white-cocholate, lolly-pop and a condom in a glass "break in case of emergency" container and garbage like that.

Yeah, legend has preserved Gold, Frankincense, and Myrrh and somehow overlooked the gifts of Brad and Howard, the arsehole Fourth and Fifth Magi...apparently.

Thank Gawd for those that uphold the tradition...YEAAHHH.

[Duncan]

Yeah, legend has preserved Gold, Frankincense, and Myrrh and somehow overlooked the gifts of Brad and Howard, the arsehole Fourth and Fifth Magi...apparently.

Thank Gawd for those that uphold the tradition...YEAAHHH.

I was just going back through this thread, and notice the above post; laughing my arse off.

[LadyZod]

I don't do what I call regifting. I work with a bunch of folks who are of a different generation than I who enjoy things I do not.

I end up receiving gifts which I call "old lady gifts". Since I am neither old or a "lady" in the sense of domestic crap, I usually pass these thing along to older women in my family, but not as Xmas or Birthday gifts. I pass them along as "Hey I got some crap I don't want, you want it?" Usually I get a yes. If I get a no.... it goes into storage as a revenge gift.

For example, I woman I hated who married my Grandfather always gave me crap I hated. I didn't hate anyone enough to pass those along until my father married a DB. She recieved many gifts from my collection of yuck. And in turn crap she gave me got passed onto my grandfather's albatross.

[johnmiic]

For example, I woman I hated

Is there a typo in there?

until my father married a DB.

I've led a very sheltered life; DB?

[kingdom warrior]

Is there a typo in there?



I've led a very sheltered life; DB?

Dumb Beach.....

[LadyZod]

DB can be used as dumb "beach" or as a female cleansing item. Both are equally similar to my father's ex.

[kingdom warrior]

DB can be used as dumb "beach" or as a female cleansing item. Both are equally similar to my father's ex.