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I posted last year to this thread on Foo:
Originally Posted by
Jim from Boston
”Gifts that were bought for you but were actually for the giver.”
I once heard a comedian do a sketch on “gift escalation” where as the relationship grows, one tries to give better gifts, unendingly, and often not to be used. For a decades-plus anniversary I bought my wife pearl earrings that she doesn’t wear.
I thought of an “escape clause” where one would buy their own gift, wrap it, and give it to the “giver” to give back. That way one would always receive a gift that he/she really wanted, and the “giver” would likely learn something about the “recipient” they might not have known.
PS: The "giver" is also spared the time and anxiety of looking for that "perfect gift."
Last edited by Jim from Boston; 12-04-19 at 09:06 PM.