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indigo26
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Obvious regift is obvious
Ever get a gift that you *know* has to be a regift? Did you look at it and go wth? Or was it something you could actually use so you didn't mind?
We were recently gifted four plastic cups with some golfing event dated two years ago - not gonna lie, I totally side-eyed it. Neither one of us golfs and I had to look it up to figure out what it was from. Sent a nice thank you card and promptly shoved them in with our camping/boating stuff (aka Idgaf if it gets broken or lost during said boating trips).
We also got a multi-picture frame from a friend - and I recall seeing her open an eerily similar one earlier this year at her bridal shower. That I was thrilled with since we had a different one on our registry anyways.
We were recently gifted four plastic cups with some golfing event dated two years ago - not gonna lie, I totally side-eyed it. Neither one of us golfs and I had to look it up to figure out what it was from. Sent a nice thank you card and promptly shoved them in with our camping/boating stuff (aka Idgaf if it gets broken or lost during said boating trips).
We also got a multi-picture frame from a friend - and I recall seeing her open an eerily similar one earlier this year at her bridal shower. That I was thrilled with since we had a different one on our registry anyways.
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Re: Obvious regift is obvious
On the one hand, I don't begrudge a gift. I don't expect anyone to spend any money, let alone a lot of money, on my 2 year old.
On the other hand, toddler gifts don't have to cost much. You can go to Half Price Books and find books for like $2. She LOVES books. WAY more than most of her toys! There's also children's clothing resale places that have some really good steals on used kids clothes. That'd be a great, cheap gift too.
But again, it's not a big deal. I just shrug. I've regifted too, although I usually only do that if I'm sure the other person would like it.
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And yea - the glasses are weird. They're also super close friends with DH and have already brought up the glasses when they dropped by unannounced last week. I had to bean dip quick on that.
My dad also was in town for a conference for his work and came to visit us once. He brought my sister, BIL, H, and me some "presents". Basically just crap they gave him at the conference (like pens, flashlights, candy, etc.). I mean, that's fine and all, but he was acting like these were things he bought for us as presents. Which I'm 99.99% sure he didn't.
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Overall, I don't care a bit about re-gifting. I evaluate the gift on its merits: if it's something I like I am not bothered by how it came into the possession of the giver, and if it's lame I don't care how much they spent on it it's still lame.
But yea, the wife seems to think they gave us an awesome gift and I'm doing my best to be nice - hence why I came here to snark. (Of course I have issues with her deciding to drop by unannounced but that's a whole different can of worms...)
OTOH, I am loving reading everyone else's stories. I mean I'm not against regifting if you at least put some thought into whether or not the person would like the gift in question - but man people like to pass on some random shit!
One year, in my stocking, I got a yellow gold herringbone necklace that had obviously been used, was about 20 years out of style, and actually fake. My MIL had gone and cleaned out her mom's stuff and decided to gift us all her junk.
eta - We do dirty Santa at our work Christmas party every year. Year before last, one of my co-workers stole the giant flask that I brought for my gift. He re-wrapped it and brought it back last year. I mean, if you're going to re-gift don't do it at the place and with the people you originally got it from.
mind because I love different eye shadows and it was still a high quality brand. Now she always gives me her free make up products and tbh, I kinda look forward to it haha.
The store is out of my price range and their makeup is awesome
We got a wedding album and cook book that looked like a regift. I didn't care for it, but it's the thought that counts, right?
Also, if he was so intent on giving us this, why not just bring it to our house? We live 10 minutes away from him.
Anyway, we open the giant box. It's a HUGE Mikasa...vase? Maybe? I don't know. To fill this vase, you'd have to have like 8 dozen flowers. It's so weird. It had very obviously been repacked.
I was mostly irritated because we then had to lug this giant box/vase home with all of our other shit (dress, tux, suitcases, the centerpieces we wanted, etc).
I sent a very nice thank you, and now we use the vase to collect wine corks. We'll maybe fill it all the way to the top in 75 years.
On on a serious note, the having to lug it home would've irked me big time. All of my bridal shower guests were local, and the few who gave me large gifts just shipped them to us instead of them dragging them to the shower and me dragging them home. And that was a shower, aka a gift-giving, "ooh look what Aunt X gave" event...I can only imagine coming home from a wedding!
I just can't imagine that at one point, he didn't think that maybe bringing this giant thing all the way to the resort wasn't the best plan.
A friend of mine regifted me a pretty Liz Claiborne pin one Christmas. It's a deer, and I think of her when I wear it because she's really into animal rights.