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I tried it with my family and they still insisted on offering gifts. I couldn’t take them in good conscience and eventually I left that family, I’m happier now

by ljm 7y ago

I tried it with my family and they still insisted on offering gifts. I couldn’t take them in good conscience and eventually I left that family, I’m happier now than I was playing their game. The only time I do gifts now are because I genuinely, altruistically, want to share something.

JohnFen 7y ago
> The only time I do gifts now are because I genuinely, altruistically, want to share something. And that is the sort of gift that actually has meaning! I frequently give gifts to my friends and family, but rarely around some sort of event. It happens when I see something that I know a particular person would love, so I get it and give it to them. I think that makes the gift truly meaningful. Not because its actually personalized, but because it demonstrates that I was thinking about them at a time when I was not expected to be.