What are the gifts other people inevitably get but don’t want? Since becoming an adult it’s been bath salt and such which I’m allergic to and alcohol which I don’t drink. Foods which I’m allergic to have always been an issue.
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The gifts we get but didn’t want
- Thread starter ZebraAutismo
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Au Naturel
Au Naturel
I send them to Goodwill where they may find a home and make someone else happy.
Yes we've already packed up a carrier bag of unwanted food gifts that someone will enjoy, after selecting a few items we want. Also a couple of soft toys. I like to get tokens or money and choose something, but I do like to give items to charity too. Others will benefit.
Xerces Blue
Evil Overload
Not an issue I've had to deal with.
My friends and family give me either shirts with funny things printed on them or they ask me what I want.
And I usually say something like socks or underwear complete with sizes, color and style preferences.
For the most part my family is rather precise in our needs and desires.
We used to give more gifts but that has been curtailed.
I really wanted my non-rent expenses to increase 200-300%, Thanks globalists - I hope you DIE A HORRIFIC DEATH.
My friends and family give me either shirts with funny things printed on them or they ask me what I want.
And I usually say something like socks or underwear complete with sizes, color and style preferences.
For the most part my family is rather precise in our needs and desires.
We used to give more gifts but that has been curtailed.
I really wanted my non-rent expenses to increase 200-300%, Thanks globalists - I hope you DIE A HORRIFIC DEATH.
My aunts and uncles usually just give me money… they know I can’t go overboard with spending in my current situation, so they know an extra $50 or $100 would help. I save it for things that are important, or things that I really, really would like to have that I can’t otherwise afford. But I always make sure there’s something left over for emergencies.
My parents ask me what I want. They always have. If I say “nothing” or “it doesn’t matter” they get me something anyway. But they know me well enough to know what kinds of things I DON’T like or what wouldn’t be useful.
My friends usually give me really caring and thoughtful gifts, and so do some of their parents. I don’t have a huge group of irl friends but most of the ones I do have are very close.
I’ve had crappy friends who gave me crappy gifts. But they were not good friends to begin with so I was just like “whatever” and donated the gifts to Goodwill or Savers. They weren’t thoughtful things at all to give someone but hopefully someone else was able to put them to good use.
I make sure gifts are meaningful and well-thought-out before I give them to anyone. I know everyone in my life understands that I can’t (figuratively) flush thousands of dollars down the toilet, so they know it doesn’t matter how much things cost, it’s the sentiment behind them.
My parents ask me what I want. They always have. If I say “nothing” or “it doesn’t matter” they get me something anyway. But they know me well enough to know what kinds of things I DON’T like or what wouldn’t be useful.
My friends usually give me really caring and thoughtful gifts, and so do some of their parents. I don’t have a huge group of irl friends but most of the ones I do have are very close.
I’ve had crappy friends who gave me crappy gifts. But they were not good friends to begin with so I was just like “whatever” and donated the gifts to Goodwill or Savers. They weren’t thoughtful things at all to give someone but hopefully someone else was able to put them to good use.
I make sure gifts are meaningful and well-thought-out before I give them to anyone. I know everyone in my life understands that I can’t (figuratively) flush thousands of dollars down the toilet, so they know it doesn’t matter how much things cost, it’s the sentiment behind them.
It doesnt matter much to me. If there's something I particularly want I'll simply go buy it myself.
That being said they usually do ask what I want, or just give Visa gift cards, and with the gift cards I then try to find something particularly interesting to get with those since it gives the gift-giver a good sense of satisfaction if I do that and then tell them about it, particularly with my mom. Trouble is coming up with an idea for each one.
That being said they usually do ask what I want, or just give Visa gift cards, and with the gift cards I then try to find something particularly interesting to get with those since it gives the gift-giver a good sense of satisfaction if I do that and then tell them about it, particularly with my mom. Trouble is coming up with an idea for each one.
One year the neighbor gave a wrapped box which I put under the tree. When opened on Christmas, inside was spoiled & moldy fruit. They failed to tell me to open it immediately. It was re-gifted: to the garden soil via the compost pile.
Our elderly friend Ginny loved to cull sales and the dollar store all year long for gifts for the 3 kids. She always gave from the heart but usually without discernment. CDs of Elvis and Perry Como for the 15 year old boy, Eyore pyjamas for the 12 yearl old girl (who was insulted to be given a gift for a younger child) etc.
One year she gave everyone socks aling with their odd ball gift. The trouble is that Ginny would wrap gifts as she bought them and would forget their contents. So it came to be that one year, the 9 year old, received 16 pairs of socks and nothing else. We all had a good laugh over that one!
One year she gave everyone socks aling with their odd ball gift. The trouble is that Ginny would wrap gifts as she bought them and would forget their contents. So it came to be that one year, the 9 year old, received 16 pairs of socks and nothing else. We all had a good laugh over that one!
got nothing from relatives but money from another people group
i keep food for the foodbank ,got free vegan toffee with peanuts, thats going to the foodbank or i could throw it down the toilet alternatively,also female sanitary products,this year is the same as the last 21 ,,no family all dead, father died late nov this year,but a cousin once removed contacted me which meant more, im having my yearly(December) horrible nightmarish panic attacks,ask your foodbank what they need !and never !get ,ive got tea ,coffee ,vegan custard two flavours,vegan christmas pudding great for cold uk,it feels like im!, as colonel jack o neill says sticking it to the man,which i love
Any products I can’t eat or given to family or friends or donated to the food bank. I use to volunteer at a food bank so know the score.
I know I am great full just always have a giggle at some of the gifts I get but always find a use for them. One mans trash and all that.
I get gifts like that from my elderly Granny. She dousn’t quite know how old am I. Always smile at what she gets me bless her. I’ve had toddler toys when I’m in my teens, off brand Disney DVDs. Bless her she try’s so hard.
Awkward
Very true. Love an unusual gifts. That year I learnt about Chocolatiering.
One mans trash. Love buying other people’s stuff after Christmas ironically
Clothes is such a weird one ever the right size or something I’d wear (unless from my Mum) and she wouldn’t be affended and would even help me swap it. I’d never buy someone clothes personally.
When I was a kid, I wanted 1. books and 2. things to do or make, so I was disappoined if a relative gave me chocolates or clothes. Especially chocolates, because what would happen is that my parents would monitor my intake of sweets and put them in the sweets box and allow me just one item per day.
As an adult, people give me money or cakes, plants or flowers, sometimes wine. I usually like the wine if it's a decent red wine, not so keen on the cakes or sweets because I rarely eat those, money is great, plants are great but not flowers or ornamental gifts, I much prefer to receive gifts that I can keep and use. I tend to prefer the practical over the aesthetic, though I do like plants.
As an adult, people give me money or cakes, plants or flowers, sometimes wine. I usually like the wine if it's a decent red wine, not so keen on the cakes or sweets because I rarely eat those, money is great, plants are great but not flowers or ornamental gifts, I much prefer to receive gifts that I can keep and use. I tend to prefer the practical over the aesthetic, though I do like plants.
do you mean grateful? I know people that are younger than me have a different language?
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