fruitcake is off the gift list this year in my family!
my mom always sent a fruitcake, a really good one from some place in texas, to each of us kids. last year we sadly sent them to each other. this year we decided not to.
VOLUMES are written about gifts and gift giving! how can i even get a handle on the subject in a simple blog entry.
he gets her a roomba for xmas.
his thoughts...
he is clever and generous.
she will be happy not to have to vacuum.
it will be fun to set up and to watch it, see how the cat reacts!
he has solved a problem!
her thoughts...
he is stingy and overly practical.
he thinks of her as a housekeeper.
he just wants to play with this toy himself.
he isn't very romantic.
what the gift means to the giver can be completely different from the meaning understood by the receiver! the gift is a coded message and each side has a different decoder ring.
and of course...
everyone has way too much stuff anyway!
It's true. I used to try to give non-tangibles (theatre tickets, massage gift certificates) or things I'd made (prints, books, glasses painted with classic tattoo flash) but that isn't always possible. Why do we do this, anyway?
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