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<blockquote data-quote="TerryJ2" data-source="post: 227375" data-attributes="member: 3419"><p>Looking at it from both sides, we have invited "casual" friends over on holidays and have given nice, but inexpensive gifts. We always discuss how we are going to go about opening the gifts--do we open them first, then invite people over? Or open everything at once? No, too chaotic. You get the idea.</p><p>If we buy a family gift, it is clearly a family gift, like, a huge tin of popcorn that is to be shared.</p><p>You cannot share 1 pr of slippers with-two people. (At least, not unless they're Siamese twins, and then you'd still have the wrong # of slippers. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> )</p><p>It is never considered good form to invite "outside" people over in the midst of gift-giving. It obligates the inviter to give gifts they otherwise may not want to give. Which, in your case, was pretty obvious. I see you as an outsider here, and agree with-others, that even if you do marry your boyfriend, this may be a glimpse of things to come.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TerryJ2, post: 227375, member: 3419"] Looking at it from both sides, we have invited "casual" friends over on holidays and have given nice, but inexpensive gifts. We always discuss how we are going to go about opening the gifts--do we open them first, then invite people over? Or open everything at once? No, too chaotic. You get the idea. If we buy a family gift, it is clearly a family gift, like, a huge tin of popcorn that is to be shared. You cannot share 1 pr of slippers with-two people. (At least, not unless they're Siamese twins, and then you'd still have the wrong # of slippers. :) ) It is never considered good form to invite "outside" people over in the midst of gift-giving. It obligates the inviter to give gifts they otherwise may not want to give. Which, in your case, was pretty obvious. I see you as an outsider here, and agree with-others, that even if you do marry your boyfriend, this may be a glimpse of things to come. [/QUOTE]
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