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Spkaser's avatar

Reading this makes me think that what we really want is to be seen.

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Heide Horeth's avatar

I am also not a good gift receiver for a few reasons. One, I am very practical and am fortunate to be able to buy what I think I still need or want. I own enough stuff, so no help is needed in that department. I also am very sentimental, so even if I don't really care for a gift, I will likely still keep it. It may become yard art but I feel badly not to hold on to it...at least for a time. Lastly, I have never had big earnings so I equate gifts with $. Even when I was young, I would say to myself..is this purchase worth the x amount of hours I would need to sacrifice in order to buy it? I still think this way. So when friends spend money on me, I feel badly that they had to work (punch a clock) in order for me to have the gift. I"d rather they would just spend the time with me. At my age the only real gifts are home made and mostly consumable. When my sone was young I had him write me a poem for my Christmas gift, and now I have a lovely collection of his writings. Less has certainly become more.

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