IT is ok to regift just as long as you mean it with a good heart maybe your finacially strapped and you have a over abundance of something be glad you got a gift anyhow you could have gotten not a thing. Plus you won’t be stuck sinking your ship more if you already have bills to pay. Plus if you cant use it but it is a wonderful gift at least your a blessing to others… Plus if you have bought something with some one in mind well at least it really did come from your heart.
OK, I admit it; I “regift”. I am a middle-aged woman with many acquaintances who like to give gifts. The problem is: so many of them believe scented candles, soaps, and perfumes are appropriate; and they would be, if I wasn’t allergic to them. So I can either store them in the garage where they won’t affect me too much OR I can pass them along to someone I know will appreciate them and make his/her day special.
Passing along something nice doesn’t mean I appreciate it less; rather, it means I can make someone else feel better for the day. it makes me feel special when people remember me with presents as it does anyone else. So if someone in my neighborhood or office needs a lift, sometimes I can supply it with a “regift” of something I know they will like.
I happen to be in the gift business,and specialize in gift baskets.I ask my customers to answer a few questions about the person for whom I am making the customized gift basket .This insures that the person will like/and keep the gift.
SO I think the real issue is to be considerate when giving gifts.Don’t just give anything to anybody.This will eliminate the need to “regift”.
I have just ‘celebrated’ my 40th birthday, and one of my dear friends came around today to give me a present. Bear in mind that I had previously bought him ‘jokey’ gifts and made the effort to go around to his house to help celebrate his birthday….so, I was looking forward to getting something silly/funny, and I was expecting to laugh about what he’d bought.
He passed me a carrier bag from a men’s upmarket clothes store, in which I found a ‘Fragrance Diffuser’ in the scent of ‘Herb Garden’. He said ‘Oh, it’s a Herb Garden when I was ‘opening’ it…so I was a bit confused to see some small glass jar with scented oil,etc. My fella pinted out after her left, that he was suspicious that the present was a regift, and when we checked, it’s not even current stock!
Now, the moral of the story is that if he gave me a creme egg instead, it would have meant so much more because it would demonstarte that he not only knew me well, but thought about what I liked, and bought a meaningful gift.
I know he meant well, and will be embarassed when I ask him if he can go and get me another one for Mother’s Day, but I would rather he didn’t bother getting a present at all – previous people have commented that there is a social expectation, but that’s only if you allow it. I really though the world of this guy, but now I think a lot LESS about him and I know that’s the parallel opposite of what he was trying to achieve. I hve learned from this incident that the only thing that’s important is the FRIENDSHIP….nothing else!
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IT is ok to regift just as long as you mean it with a good heart maybe your finacially strapped and you have a over abundance of something be glad you got a gift anyhow you could have gotten not a thing. Plus you won’t be stuck sinking your ship more if you already have bills to pay. Plus if you cant use it but it is a wonderful gift at least your a blessing to others… Plus if you have bought something with some one in mind well at least it really did come from your heart.
JCH | 1 month ago
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OK, I admit it; I “regift”. I am a middle-aged woman with many acquaintances who like to give gifts. The problem is: so many of them believe scented candles, soaps, and perfumes are appropriate; and they would be, if I wasn’t allergic to them. So I can either store them in the garage where they won’t affect me too much OR I can pass them along to someone I know will appreciate them and make his/her day special.
Passing along something nice doesn’t mean I appreciate it less; rather, it means I can make someone else feel better for the day. it makes me feel special when people remember me with presents as it does anyone else. So if someone in my neighborhood or office needs a lift, sometimes I can supply it with a “regift” of something I know they will like.
Sandy DeWitt | 4 weeks ago
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regifting-naughty or nice?
I happen to be in the gift business,and specialize in gift baskets.I ask my customers to answer a few questions about the person for whom I am making the customized gift basket .This insures that the person will like/and keep the gift.
SO I think the real issue is to be considerate when giving gifts.Don’t just give anything to anybody.This will eliminate the need to “regift”.
Veronica Smith | 3 weeks, 2 days ago
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farah safi | 3 weeks, 1 day ago
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Re-gifting does NOT rock!
I have just ‘celebrated’ my 40th birthday, and one of my dear friends came around today to give me a present. Bear in mind that I had previously bought him ‘jokey’ gifts and made the effort to go around to his house to help celebrate his birthday….so, I was looking forward to getting something silly/funny, and I was expecting to laugh about what he’d bought.
He passed me a carrier bag from a men’s upmarket clothes store, in which I found a ‘Fragrance Diffuser’ in the scent of ‘Herb Garden’. He said ‘Oh, it’s a Herb Garden when I was ‘opening’ it…so I was a bit confused to see some small glass jar with scented oil,etc. My fella pinted out after her left, that he was suspicious that the present was a regift, and when we checked, it’s not even current stock!
Now, the moral of the story is that if he gave me a creme egg instead, it would have meant so much more because it would demonstarte that he not only knew me well, but thought about what I liked, and bought a meaningful gift.
I know he meant well, and will be embarassed when I ask him if he can go and get me another one for Mother’s Day, but I would rather he didn’t bother getting a present at all – previous people have commented that there is a social expectation, but that’s only if you allow it. I really though the world of this guy, but now I think a lot LESS about him and I know that’s the parallel opposite of what he was trying to achieve. I hve learned from this incident that the only thing that’s important is the FRIENDSHIP….nothing else!
Josie Wales | 1 week, 1 day ago
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