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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 209902" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>I got a coffeemaker from long-ago neighbors as a wedding present. Inside the package was a card addressed to their son and his bride from a relative I KNOW they despised. It was a very fancy coffeepot, and I am sure the giver was the reason they didn't keep it. BUT I was very touched at their thoughtfulness, esp as they have extremely limited budget and they paid priority postage to send teh package from Oh to OK. I didn't care that it was regifted. They could have returned it and kept the $80 that it cost, but instead they sent it to me. So that was very sweet.</p><p> </p><p>We ALWAYS reuse gift bags, and even wrapping paper in our family. My mom and my dad's little sis exchanged the same wrapping paper back and forth 14 times (ONLY at Christmas, mind you, so 14 YEARS) with different gifts in it. You could see where it had been folded, taped, etc... It was a tradition with them. But we frequently have to double check the tags on gifts to get them to the right person because the old tag was left on or somesuch.</p><p> </p><p>My sister in law from husband's side did regift a kitchen gadget or 12 that her mother in law gave her. I LOVE to cook and LOVE kitchen gadgets. The ONLY kitchen thing she ever liked was the Senseo pot we gave her last Christmas - cause she only drinks 1 cup a day at home! So she knew I would like the gadgets and gave them to me. Sometimes she left the cards from her mother in law on because they were hysterically funny, but never meant it in a mean way.</p><p> </p><p>I have a strange family. We spend ten or fifteen bucks a person on holiday presents, and used is fine with us. We are all thrift store shoppers. So used is OK. My bro takes it to the extreme though. We buy what we think each other will like, he buys because it is cheap. He is the only one I ever get upset with over gifts. Simply because he doesn't ever take time to think about what I would like or enjoy. I dread opening his gift each year, simply because I have to make nice over something that is just awful. Sigh. But I still make nice.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 209902, member: 1233"] I got a coffeemaker from long-ago neighbors as a wedding present. Inside the package was a card addressed to their son and his bride from a relative I KNOW they despised. It was a very fancy coffeepot, and I am sure the giver was the reason they didn't keep it. BUT I was very touched at their thoughtfulness, esp as they have extremely limited budget and they paid priority postage to send teh package from Oh to OK. I didn't care that it was regifted. They could have returned it and kept the $80 that it cost, but instead they sent it to me. So that was very sweet. We ALWAYS reuse gift bags, and even wrapping paper in our family. My mom and my dad's little sis exchanged the same wrapping paper back and forth 14 times (ONLY at Christmas, mind you, so 14 YEARS) with different gifts in it. You could see where it had been folded, taped, etc... It was a tradition with them. But we frequently have to double check the tags on gifts to get them to the right person because the old tag was left on or somesuch. My sister in law from husband's side did regift a kitchen gadget or 12 that her mother in law gave her. I LOVE to cook and LOVE kitchen gadgets. The ONLY kitchen thing she ever liked was the Senseo pot we gave her last Christmas - cause she only drinks 1 cup a day at home! So she knew I would like the gadgets and gave them to me. Sometimes she left the cards from her mother in law on because they were hysterically funny, but never meant it in a mean way. I have a strange family. We spend ten or fifteen bucks a person on holiday presents, and used is fine with us. We are all thrift store shoppers. So used is OK. My bro takes it to the extreme though. We buy what we think each other will like, he buys because it is cheap. He is the only one I ever get upset with over gifts. Simply because he doesn't ever take time to think about what I would like or enjoy. I dread opening his gift each year, simply because I have to make nice over something that is just awful. Sigh. But I still make nice. [/QUOTE]
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